It's Alright, Ma Chords by Bob Dylan The Band
- Key: G
- BPM: 130
- Capo: no capo
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IT'S ALRIGHT, MA CHORDS
[Intro] D G D Asus4 Dsus4 Asus4 D ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G D Darkness at the break of noon D Shadows even the silver spoon D The handmade blade the child's balloon Em7 Am7 Eclipses both the sun and moon Dsus4 G D To understand you know too soon there is no sense in tryin' G D Pointed threats they bluff with scorn D Suicide remarks are torn D And the fools gold mouthpiece Asus4 Am7 The hollow horn plays wasted words proved to warn Dsus4 D That he not busy being born is busy dying [Chorus] G Temptation's page flies out the door D You follow find yourself at war D Watch waterfalls of pity roar Asus4 Am7 You feel to moan but unlike before G D You discover that you'd just be one more person crying Asus4 A So don't fear if you hear Asus4 D G A foreign sound in your ear Asus4 G A Asus4 D It's alright Ma I'm only sighing [Verse] G D Some warn victory some downfall D Private reasons great or small D Can be seen in the eyes of those that call Am7 To make all that should be killed to crawl G D While others say don't hate nothing at all except hatred G Disillusioned words like bullets bark D As human Gods aim for their marks F Asus4 To make everything from toy guns that sparks Am7 To fleshcolored Christs that glow in the dark Dsus4 G D Easy to see without looking too far that not much is really sacred G D While preachers preach of evil fates D Teachers teach that knowledge waits Asus4 F Asus4 Can lead to one hundred dollar plates Am7 Goodness hides behind its gates Dsus4 G D But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked [Chorus] A An' though the rules of the road have been lodged D G It's people's games that you got to dodge Asus4 G A D But it's alright Ma I can make it [Verse] G Advertising signs that con D You into thinking you're the one D That can do what's never been done Am7 That can win what's never been won G D Meantime life outside goes on all around you G You loose yourself you reappear D You suddenly find you got nothing to fear D Alone you stand without nobody near Asus4 Am7 When a trembling distant voice unclear Dsus4 G Asus4 D Startles your sleeping ears to hear someone thinks they really found you G A question in your nerves is lit D Yet you know there is no answer fit D To satisfy insure you not to quit Am7 To keep it in your mind and not forget C G D G D That it is not he or she or them or it that you belong to ■ ■ [Chorus] A Although the masters make the rules G D G Asus4 For the wise men ■ and the fools ■ A D I got nothing more to live up to [Verse] G D Old lady judges watch people in pairs Asus4 Limited in sex they dare to push fake morals insult and stare Am7 Money doesn't talk it swears Dsus4 Obscenity who really cares G D Propaganda all is phony G While them that defend what they cannot see D With a killer's pride security D It blows the minds most bitterly Asus4 Am7 Asus4 Am7 Dsus4 For them that think death's honesty won't fall upon them naturally G D Life sometimes must get lonely G My eyes collide headon with stuffed graveyards D False Gods I scuff at pettiness which plays so rough Asus4 Walk upsidedown inside handcuffs Am7 Dsus4 Kick my legs to crash it off say alright I have had enough G D What else can you show me [Chorus] A And if my thoughtdreams could been seen D G They'd probably put my head in a guillotine A Asus4 D But it's alright Ma it's life and life only Asus4 D G D ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro]