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"It's All Right"
(Curtis Mayfield)

[Note: This is in shuffle rhythm but is notated as straight 4/4.]

Intro [2X]:

DbDb Piano Chord 
      GbGb Piano Chord 
  /Ab   DbDb Piano Chord 
      GbGb Piano Chord 
  /Ab
v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-----9-----9--11-|-----9-----9--11-
-----9----11---9-|-----9----11---9-
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DbDb Piano Chord 
  GbGb Piano Chord 
  DbDb Piano Chord 
  GbGb Piano Chord 
    DbDb Piano Chord 
  GbGb Piano Chord 
  DbDb Piano Chord 

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
---9---9---9---9-|---9---9-9-9---9-
---9--11---9--11-|---9--11-9-9--11-
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Verse 1 (guitar continues over Db and Gb as per first two bars of intro):

DbDb Piano Chord 
    GbGb Piano Chord 
   /Ab  DbDb Piano Chord 

Say it's all right (it's all right)
GbGb Piano Chord 
   /Ab  DbDb Piano Chord 
    GbGb Piano Chord 
   /Ab  DbDb Piano Chord 

Say it's all right (it's all right)
GbGb Piano Chord 
   /Ab  DbDb Piano Chord 
     FmFm Piano Chord 
         EbmEbm Piano Chord 

It's all right, have a good time
Ebm/AbEbm/Ab Piano Chord 
     DbDb Piano Chord 
          GbGb Piano Chord 
   /Ab  DbDb Piano Chord 

'Cause it's all right, whoa, it's all right

[1,2: Gb /Ab (to next verse)  3,4: Fm/C (to bridge)]

Verse 2:

We're gonna move it slow
When lights are low
When you move it slow, it sounds like more
And it's all right, whoa, it's all right

Verse 3:

Now listen to the beat
Kinda pat your feet
You got soul, and everybody knows
That it's all right, whoa, it's all right

Bridge 1:

BbmBbm Piano Chord 
                            FmFm Piano Chord 

When you wake up early in the morning
BbmBbm Piano Chord 
                    FmFm Piano Chord 

Feelin' sad like so many of us do
BbmBbm Piano Chord 
           FmFm Piano Chord 

Hum a little soul
(Fm)      EbmEbm Piano Chord 

Make life your goal
FmFm Piano Chord 
     EbmEbm Piano Chord 
                       FmFm Piano Chord 
     EbmEbm Piano Chord 
      AbAb Piano Chord 

And surely something's got to come to you    And say it's...

[repeat verse 1]

Verse 4:

Now everybody clap your hands
Give yourself a chance
You got soul, and everybody knows
That it's all right, whoa, it's all right

Bridge 2:

Someday I'll find me a woman
Who will love and treat me real nice
Then my woe's got to go
And my love, she will know
And she's got to say it's...

[repeat verse 1]

Coda (guitar as per intro):

Db   Gb /Ab  Db [repeat]
Now everybody clap your hands
Now give yourselves a chance
You got soul... [fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers