G G
When the Alabama's keel was laid
G C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
G Em
She was laid in the yard of Jonathon Laird
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
G
She was laid in the yard of Jonathon Laird
G C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
G Em
She was laid in the town of Birkenhead
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
C D G C
She was laid in the town of Birkenhead
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
G
Down Mersey Channel she sailed then
G C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
G Em
And Liverpool gave her guns and men
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
G
And for Mersey Channel she set forth
G C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
G Em
To destroy the commerce of the north
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
C D G C
To destroy the commerce of the north
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
G
Into Cherbourg harbour she sailed one day
G C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
G Em
To collect her share of the prize money
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
G Em
And many a sailor met his doom
C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
G Em
When the Yankee ship hove into view
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
C D G C
When the Yankee ship hove into view
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
G
A shot from the forward pivot that day
G C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
G Em
Blew the Alabama's steering gear away
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
G Em
Of the three mile limit in '64
C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
G Em
She sank to the bottom of the ocean floor
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
C D
Roll, Alabama, roll
C D G C
She sank to the bottom of the ocean floor
C G D G
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
