How to play Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd

This tab has 46 notes, across the low E, A, D, G and B strings, open strings up to fret 3, at 97 BPM. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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97BPM at full speed
46notes
0 to 3fret range
Beginnerlevel

The tab

Each line is a string: high e on top, low E at the bottom. The number is the fret to press, and 0 means play the string open. Read left to right, one note at a time. The small numbers count the notes.

Sweet Home Alabama tab, 46 notes. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. D3 open D string
  2. D3 open D string
  3. D4 B string, fret 3
  4. A3 G string, fret 2
  5. D3 open D string
  6. C3 A string, fret 3
  7. A2 open A string
  8. C3 A string, fret 3
  9. D4 B string, fret 3
  10. G3 open G string
  11. G2 low E string, fret 3
  12. E2 open low E string
  13. G2 low E string, fret 3
  14. D4 B string, fret 3
  15. G3 open G string
  16. A2 open A string
  17. B2 A string, fret 2
  18. D3 open D string
  19. E3 D string, fret 2
  20. D3 open D string
  21. B2 A string, fret 2
  22. A3 G string, fret 2
  23. G3 open G string
  24. D3 open D string
  25. D3 open D string
  26. D4 B string, fret 3
  27. A3 G string, fret 2
  28. D3 open D string
  29. C3 A string, fret 3
  30. A2 open A string
  31. C3 A string, fret 3
  32. D4 B string, fret 3
  33. G3 open G string
  34. G2 low E string, fret 3
  35. E2 open low E string
  36. G2 low E string, fret 3
  37. D4 B string, fret 3
  38. G3 open G string
  39. A2 open A string
  40. B2 A string, fret 2
  41. D3 open D string
  42. E3 D string, fret 2
  43. D3 open D string
  44. B2 A string, fret 2
  45. A3 G string, fret 2
  46. G3 open G string
Plain text tab
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3-----------------3--------------3--------|
G|----------2-----------------0--------------0-----|
D|-0--0--------0-----------------------------------|
A|----------------3--0--3-----------------------0--|
E|-------------------------------3--0--3-----------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------3-----------------3--|
G|----------------2--0-----------2-----------------|
D|----0--2--0-----------0--0--------0--------------|
A|-2-----------2-----------------------3--0--3-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3-----------------------------|
G|-0--------------0--------------------2--0--|
D|-------------------------0--2--0-----------|
A|-------------------0--2-----------2--------|
E|----3--0--3--------------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: D3, open D string, 10 times.

Strings
Low E, A, D, G and Bfive strings
Frets
0 to 30 is an open string
Lowest note
E2open low E string
Highest note
D4B string, fret 3
Open strings
22of 46 notes
Tempo
97 BPM49 BPM at half speed

How to practice it

Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every note.

  1. Start slow

    Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (49 BPM), 0.75x (73 BPM) or 1x (97 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.

  2. Loop the hard part

    Set a loop around any stretch of notes and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: notes 8 to 11, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 3, 3, 0, 3 across the low E, A, G and B strings).

  3. Play it and watch the score

    Lark listens through your mic. Every note turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.

  4. Read the coach's note

    When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.

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