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From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: j/jackson_j_j/but_its_alright.crd
A US hit twice - once in 1966, again in 1969 - for soul singer J. J. Jackson.
But It`s Alright
(Jackson / Tubbs)
Intro:
(guitar w/reverb, 6X [band enters 3rd time]):
A Cm Bm
v v v v
-5---5-----9-777-
-5---5-----9-777-
-6---6-----9-777-
-7---7----11-999-
-7---7----11-999-
-5---5-----9-777-
Verse 1:
A Cm Bm A Cm Bm
You don`t know how I feel
A Cm Bm A Cm Bm
You`ll never know how I feel
A Cm Bm A Cm Bm
When I needed you to come around
A Cm Bm A Cm Bm
You always try to bring me down
Cm Bm
Oh, but I know, girl, believe me when I say that
Cm Bm E
You are surely, surely gonna pay, girl
A Cm Bm A Cm Bm
But it`s all right all right girl
A Cm Bm A Cm Bm
You can hurt me but it`s all right
Verse 2:
Hey now, one day ah, you will see
You`ll never find a guy like me
Who`ll love you right both day and night
You`ll never have to worry `cause it`s all uptight
Oh, but I`m tellin` you girl and I know it`s true
That I was made to love only you
But it`s all right, all right girl
You can hurt me, but it`s all right
Go on, yeah
[Repeat verse w/glockenspiel solo over first four lines]
Oh, oh, yeah
My my my baby, wow, yeah!
A Cm Bm A Cm Bm [key changes to Bb]
But it`s all right all right girl
Bb Dm Cm Bb Dm Cm
Hey, say it`s all right all right girl
Verse 3 (in Bb):
Bb Dm Cm Dm Cm
Now there`s one thing I wanna say, hey, yeah
Bb Dm Cm Bb Dm Cm
You`ll meet a guy who`ll make you pay
Bb Dm Cm Bb Dm Cm
He`ll treat you bad and make you sad
Bb Dm Cm Bb Dm Cm
And you will lose the love you had
Dm Cm
Oh, but I hate to say I told you so, but
Dm Cm7/F F
Baby, you gotta gotta reap what you sow
Coda:
Bb Dm Cm Bb Dm Cm [continue]
But it`s all right all right girl
You are payin` now, but it`s all right
So goodbye, now, goodbye, girl
You`re payin` now, say bye-bye
You hurt me once, you hurt me twice
Oh, but-a baby, that don`t cut no ice
Hey, goodbye, baby [fade]
-- another ace 60`s tab from Andrew Rogers
