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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 (x02220@1)     C#mBm
	 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 (x02220@1)           C#mBm     A (x02220@1)    C#mBm
	You don't know        how I feel
	 A (x02220@1)              C#mBm     A (x02220@1)    C#mBm
	You'll never know        how I feel
	 A (x02220@1)          C#mBm     A (x02220@1)        C#mBm
	When I needed you    to come around
	 A (x02220@1)           C#mBm      A (x02220@1)         C#mBm
	You always try        to bring me down

	           C#m (x13321@4)        Bm (x24432@1)Oh, but I know, girl, believe me when I say that
	C#m (x13321@4)    Bm (x24432@1)                 E (022100@1)You are surely, surely gonna pay, girl

	     A (x02220@1)           C#mBm       A (x02220@1)      C#mBm
	But it's all right        all right girl
	         A (x02220@1)    C#mBm      A (x02220@1)           C#mBm
	You can hurt me        but it's all right

Verse 2:

	Hey now, one day ah, you will see
	You'll never find aguy (x02210@1)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 (x02220@1)           C#mBm       A (x02220@1)      C#mBm  [key changes to Bb]
	But it's all right        all right girl
	          Bb (x1333x@1)          DmCm      Bb (x1333x@1)      DmCm
	Hey, say it's all right       all right girl

Verse 3 (in Bb):

	     Bb (x1333x@1)             DmCm              Dm (xx0231@1)  Cm (x3101x@1)Now there's one thing       I wanna say, hey, yeah
	        Bb (x1333x@1)      DmCm         Bb (x1333x@1)        DmCm
	You'll meet aguy (x02210@1)      who'll make you pay
	       Bb (x1333x@1)         DmCm      Bb (x1333x@1)        DmCm
	He'll treat you bad       and make you sad
	    Bb (x1333x@1)          DmCm      Bb (x1333x@1)        DmCm
	And you will lose       the love you had

	           Dm (xx0231@1)   Cm (x3101x@1)Oh, but I hate to say I told you so, but
	Dm (xx0231@1)            Cm7/F (131310@1)              F (133211@1)Baby, you gotta gotta reap what you sow

Coda:

	     Bb (x1333x@1)          DmCm      Bb (x1333x@1)      DmCm  [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