"It's All Right" (Curtis Mayfield) {Note: This is in shuffle rhythm but is notated as straight 4/4.} Intro {2X}: /Ab v v v v v v v v -----9-----9--11-|-----9-----9--11- -----9----11---9-|-----9----11---9- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- 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- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- Verse 1 (guitar continues over as per first two bars of intro): Say it's all right (it's all right) Say it's all right (it's all right) It's all right, have a good time 'Cause it's all right, whoa, it's all right {1,2: (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: When you wake up early in the morning Feelin' sad like so many of us do Hum a little soul ( Make life your goal 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 From morning, noon, and night And she's got to say it's... {repeat verse 1} Coda (guitar as per intro): {repeat} Now everybody clap your hands Now give yourselves a chance You got soul... {fade}

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