AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "But Its Alright" Tablature

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 C#m 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 C#m Bm A C#m Bm
You don't know how I feel
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
You'll never know how I feel
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
When I needed you to come around
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
You always try to bring me down

C#m Bm
Oh, but I know, girl, believe me when I say that
C#m Bm E
You are surely, surely gonna pay, girl

A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
But it's all right all right girl
A C#m Bm A C#m 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 C#m Bm A C#m 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