Sweet Home Alabama - Verses (Guitar 1 & 2)

Listen to the following parts combined.

Guitar 1

Once you get use to the feel of the intro the verse rhythms are virtually the same. Again, these guitar parts are split into chords then a riff as shown highlighted below.

Guitar 2

The second guitar in the verse is not a difficult part to play although you do have to listen to the audio demo a few time to get the timing right. I would suggest playing the D note (2nd string 3rd fret) with your 3rd finger then the G note (1st string 3rd fret) with your little finger as if you were playing the top end of a G Major chord. This way in bar 7 when you slide up to the 5th fret you can place your 1st finger on the 3rd fret 1st string (G note)

Verse Pre-Chorus (Guitar 1)

The only difference in this part is the end riff (highlighted in yellow) is new all the rest stays the same.

Verse Variation

Guitar 1

Listen to the following parts combined.

This variation only happens once in the song in the 3rd verse.

Song Text (verse 3)
In Birmingham they love the gov' nor (Boo ooh ooh)
Now we all did what we could do...

The (boo ooh ooh) is F C D as shown below (boo=F ooh=C ooh=D). The D chord is the start of the next bar.

Guitar 2

Start this riff (yellow highlight) with your 1st finger on the 4th string 5th fret. It's a bit difficult to get the 1st finger from the 3rd note in the riff (3rd string 5th fret) up to the next (5th string 5th fret) but it's not a major riff in the song like the others are so you don't really hear it too much.