It’s All Right
Curtis Mayfield, 1963· Songs Well-Known in America · p.177
Intro: (backup singers)
A D E A D E AD AD AD A A D E A D E AD AD AD A
Chorus: A D E A
Say it's all right (it's all right)
D E A D E A
Say it's all right (it's all right)
D E A C#m Bm
It's all right, have a good time
E A D E A D E
'Cause it's all right, whoa, it's all right
A D E A D E A D E A D E
We're gonna move it slow, when lights are low
A D E C#m Bm
When you move it slow, it sounds like more
E A D E A D E
And it's all right, whoa, it's all right
A D E A D E A D E A D E
Now listen to the beat. Kinda pat your feet
A D E C#m Bm E A D E A
You got soul, and everybody knows that it's all right, whoa, it's all right
Bridge:
F#m C#m F#m C#m
When you wake up early in the morning, feelin' sad like so many of us do
F#m C#m F#m C#m
Hum a little soul. Make life your goal
Bm C#m Bm E
And surely something's got to come to you And say it's... (Chorus)
A ADEA ADEA
Now everybody clap your hands. Give yourself a chance
A C#m Bm E A D E A
You got soul, and everybody knows that it's all right, whoa, it's all right
Bridge:
F#m C#m F#m C#m
Someday I'll find me a woman who will love and treat me real nice
F#m C#m F#m C#m
Then my woe's got to go and my love, she will know
Bm C#m Bm E
From morning, noon, and night and she's got to say it's... (Chorus)