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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":653887,"song":"Its Alright Ma","artist":"The Byrds","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11577605-its-alright-ma-chords-by-the-byrds/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/653887?type=chord","rating":0.198,"votes":0,"content":"intro/riff : d(1) d(2) slide to d(3) slide back to d(2)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nDarkness at the break of noon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nShadows even the silver spoon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/C[/ch]\r\nThe handmade blade, the child's balloon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nEclipses both the sun and moon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/Bb[/ch]\r\nTo understand you know too soon[/tab]\r\n                              riff\r\nThere is no sense in trying.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nPointed threats, they bluff with scorn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nSuicide remarks are torn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/C[/ch]\r\nFrom the fools gold mouthpiece[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nThe hollow horn plays wasted words[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/Bb[/ch]\r\nProved to warn[/tab]\r\n\r\nThat he not busy being born\r\n               riff\r\nIs busy dying.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nTemptation's page flies out the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nYou follow, find yourself at war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/C[/ch]\r\nWatch waterfalls of pity roar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nYou feel to moan but unlike before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/Bb[/ch]\r\nYou discover[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/Bb[/ch]\r\nThat you'd just be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/Bb[/ch]\r\nOne more person crying.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo don't fear if you hear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA foreign sound to you ear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                 Riff\r\nIt's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nSo don't fear if you hear\r\n\r\nA foreign sound to your\r\near\r\n\r\nIt's alright, Ma, I'm\r\n\r\nonly sighing.\r\n\r\n\r\n(D/B)As some warn victory,\r\nsome downfall\r\n(D/A)Private reasons great or\r\nsmall\r\n(D/C)Can be seen in the eyes\r\nof those that call\r\n(D/B)To make all that should\r\nbe killed to crawl\r\n(D/Bb)While others say don't\r\nhate nothing at all\r\nExcept hatred.\r\n\r\n\r\n(D/B)Disillusioned words like\r\nbullets bark\r\n(D/A)As human gods aim for\r\ntheir mark\r\n(D/C)Made everything from toy\r\nguns that spark\r\n(D/B)To flesh-colored Christs\r\nthat glow in the dark\r\n(D/B)It's easy to see without\r\nlooking too far\r\n(D/Bb)That not much\r\nIs really sacred.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhile preachers preach of[/tab]\r\nevil fates\r\n(D)Teachers teach that\r\n[tab]([ch]G[/ch])knowledge waits\r\n(D)Can lead to[/tab]\r\n(A)Goodness hides behind its\r\ngates\r\n(G)But even the president of\r\nthe United States\r\n(A)Sometimes must have\r\nTo stand naked.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]D/B[/ch])\r\nAn' though the rules of[/tab]\r\nthe road have been lodged\r\nIt's only people's games\r\nthat you got to dodge\r\nAnd it's alright, Ma, I\r\ncan make it.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]D/A[/ch])\r\nAdvertising signs that[/tab]\r\ncon you\r\nInto thinking you're the\r\none\r\nThat can do what's never\r\nbeen done\r\nThat can win what's never\r\nbeen won\r\nMeantime life outside\r\ngoes on\r\nAll around you.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]D/C[/ch])\r\nYou lose yourself, you[/tab]\r\nreappear\r\nYou suddenly find you got\r\nnothing to fear\r\nAlone you stand with\r\nnobody near\r\nWhen a trembling distant\r\nvoice, unclear\r\nStartles your sleeping\r\nears to hear\r\nThat somebody thinks\r\nThey really found you.\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]D/B[/ch])\r\nA question in your nerves[/tab]\r\nis lit\r\nYet you know there is no\r\nanswer fit to satisfy\r\nInsure you not to quit\r\nTo keep it in your mind\r\nand not forget\r\nThat it is not he or she\r\nor them or it\r\nThat you belong to.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]D/Bb[/ch])\r\nAlthough the masters make[/tab]\r\nthe rules\r\nFor the wise men and the\r\nfools\r\nI got nothing, Ma, to\r\nlive up to.\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]D/A[/ch])\r\nFor them that must obey[/tab]\r\nauthority\r\nThat they do not respect\r\nin any degree\r\nWho despise their jobs,\r\ntheir destinies\r\nSpeak jealously of them\r\nthat are free\r\nto be\r\nNothing more than\r\nsomething\r\nThey invest in.\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]D/C[/ch])\r\nWhile some on principles[/tab]\r\nbaptized\r\nTo strict party platform\r\nties\r\nSocial clubs in drag\r\nOutsiders they can freely\r\ncriticize\r\nTell nothing except who\r\nto idolize\r\nAnd then say God bless\r\nhim.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/Bb[/ch]\r\nWhile one who sings with[/tab]\r\nhis tongue on fire\r\nGargles in the rat race\r\nchoir\r\nBent out of shape from\r\nsociety's pliers\r\nCares not to come up any\r\nhigher\r\nBut rather get you down\r\nin the hole\r\nThat he's in.\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]D/A[/ch])\r\nBut I mean no harm nor[/tab]\r\nput fault\r\nOn anyone that lives in a\r\nvault\r\nBut it's alright, Ma, if\r\nI can't please him.\r\n\r\n([ch]D/C[/ch])\r\n\r\nOld lady judges watch\r\npeople in pairs\r\nLimited in sex, they dare\r\nTo push fake morals,\r\ninsult and stare\r\nWhile money doesn't talk,\r\nit swears\r\nObscenity, who really\r\ncares Propaganda, all is\r\nphony.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/Bb[/ch]\r\nWhile them that defend[/tab]\r\nwhat they cannot see\r\nWith a killer's pride,\r\nsecurity\r\nIt blows the minds most\r\nbitterly\r\nFor them that think\r\ndeath's honesty\r\nWon't fall upon them\r\nnaturally\r\nLife sometimes\r\nMust get lonely.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nMy eyes collide head-on[/tab]\r\nwith stuffed graveyards\r\nFalse gods, I scuff\r\nAt pettiness which plays\r\nso rough\r\nWalk upside-down inside\r\nhandcuffs\r\nKick my legs to crash it\r\noff\r\nSay okay, I have had\r\nenough\r\nWhat else can you show\r\nme?\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/C[/ch]\r\nAnd if my thought-dreams[/tab]\r\ncould be seen\r\nThey'd probably put my\r\nhead in a guillotine\r\nBut it's alright, Ma,\r\nit's life, and life only.\r","plain_text":"intro/riff : d(1) d(2) slide to d(3) slide back to d(2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                              riff\nThere is no sense in trying.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat he not busy being born\n               riff\nIs busy dying.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSo don't fear if you hear\n\nA foreign sound to your\near\n\nIt's alright, Ma, I'm\n\nonly sighing.\n\n\n(D/B)As some warn victory,\nsome downfall\n(D/A)Private reasons great or\nsmall\n(D/C)Can be seen in the eyes\nof those that call\n(D/B)To make all that should\nbe killed to crawl\n(D/Bb)While others say don't\nhate nothing at all\nExcept hatred.\n\n\n(D/B)Disillusioned words like\nbullets bark\n(D/A)As human gods aim for\ntheir mark\n(D/C)Made everything from toy\nguns that spark\n(D/B)To flesh-colored Christs\nthat glow in the dark\n(D/B)It's easy to see without\nlooking too far\n(D/Bb)That not much\nIs really sacred.\n\n\n\nevil fates\n(D)Teachers teach that\n\n(A)Goodness hides behind its\ngates\n(G)But even the president of\nthe United States\n(A)Sometimes must have\nTo stand naked.\n\n\n\nthe road have been lodged\nIt's only people's games\nthat you got to dodge\nAnd it's alright, Ma, I\ncan make it.\n\n\n\ncon you\nInto thinking you're the\none\nThat can do what's never\nbeen done\nThat can win what's never\nbeen won\nMeantime life outside\ngoes on\nAll around you.\n\n\n\nreappear\nYou suddenly find you got\nnothing to fear\nAlone you stand with\nnobody near\nWhen a trembling distant\nvoice, unclear\nStartles your sleeping\nears to hear\nThat somebody thinks\nThey really found you.\n\n\nis lit\nYet you know there is no\nanswer fit to satisfy\nInsure you not to quit\nTo keep it in your mind\nand not forget\nThat it is not he or she\nor them or it\nThat you belong to.\n\n\n\nthe rules\nFor the wise men and the\nfools\nI got nothing, Ma, to\nlive up to.\n\n\nauthority\nThat they do not respect\nin any degree\nWho despise their jobs,\ntheir destinies\nSpeak jealously of them\nthat are free\nto be\nNothing more than\nsomething\nThey invest in.\n\n\nbaptized\nTo strict party platform\nties\nSocial clubs in drag\nOutsiders they can freely\ncriticize\nTell nothing except who\nto idolize\nAnd then say God bless\nhim.\n\n\nhis tongue on fire\nGargles in the rat race\nchoir\nBent out of shape from\nsociety's pliers\nCares not to come up any\nhigher\nBut rather get you down\nin the hole\nThat he's in.\n\n\nput fault\nOn anyone that lives in a\nvault\nBut it's alright, Ma, if\nI can't please him.\n\n(D/C)\n\nOld lady judges watch\npeople in pairs\nLimited in sex, they dare\nTo push fake morals,\ninsult and stare\nWhile money doesn't talk,\nit swears\nObscenity, who really\ncares Propaganda, all is\nphony.\n\n\n\nwhat they cannot see\nWith a killer's pride,\nsecurity\nIt blows the minds most\nbitterly\nFor them that think\ndeath's honesty\nWon't fall upon them\nnaturally\nLife sometimes\nMust get lonely.\n\n\nwith stuffed graveyards\nFalse gods, I scuff\nAt pettiness which plays\nso rough\nWalk upside-down inside\nhandcuffs\nKick my legs to crash it\noff\nSay okay, I have had\nenough\nWhat else can you show\nme?\n\n\ncould be seen\nThey'd probably put my\nhead in a guillotine\nBut it's alright, Ma,\nit's life, and life only.","chords":["D/B","D/A","D/C","D/Bb","D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}