Chords for roger mcguinn - it's alright ma (easy rider ost.)
Tempo:
124.25 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
A
C#
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[A] [Em]
[E] Darkness at the break of noon, shadows even the silver spoon, [D] a hand made blade the child's
balloon, [A#m] eclipses both [C#] the sun [C] and moon, do you understand you know too soon, there is
[E] no sense in trying.
[A] [E] [Em]
[C#m] Point of threats they bluff [Em] the scorn, suicide remarks are [G] torn, from the fool's gold mouthpiece
a hollow [C#] horn, plays wasted words, prove [C] to warn, that he not busy being [Em] born, is busy dying.
[E]
[D] [E] [A] [Em]
[C#] Temptation page [A] flies out the [E] door, you follow find yourself at [G] war, watch water falls of
pitted [C#] roar, you feel to moan but unlike [C] before, you discover that you just be one [E] more person [Em] crying.
[E]
So don't fear, [B] when you hear, [E] a foreign sound to [A] your ear, [E] [A] it's alright ma, [B]
[E] I'm only saying,
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [Em]
[A]
[Em]
[C#] A question in your nerves is [E] lit, yet you know there is no answer [G] fit, to satisfy ensure
you not [Em] to quit, [C#m] you keep it in your mind and not [C] forget, that it is not he or she or
[E] them or it that you belong [Em] to,
[A] [Em] [E]
although the masters [A] [B] make the rules, [E] oh the wise men [A] and
the fools, I've got nothing [B] ma, [E] to live up to,
[Em]
[C#] for them that must obey authority [Em] that
they do not respect in any [G] degree, who despise their jobs their destiny, [C#m] speak jealously
of them that are free, [C] do what they do just to be, nothing more than something they [E] invest in.
[A] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[N]
[E]
[Gm] [N]
[C#]
[A] [Em]
[E] Darkness at the break of noon, shadows even the silver spoon, [D] a hand made blade the child's
balloon, [A#m] eclipses both [C#] the sun [C] and moon, do you understand you know too soon, there is
[E] no sense in trying.
[A] [E] [Em]
[C#m] Point of threats they bluff [Em] the scorn, suicide remarks are [G] torn, from the fool's gold mouthpiece
a hollow [C#] horn, plays wasted words, prove [C] to warn, that he not busy being [Em] born, is busy dying.
[E]
[D] [E] [A] [Em]
[C#] Temptation page [A] flies out the [E] door, you follow find yourself at [G] war, watch water falls of
pitted [C#] roar, you feel to moan but unlike [C] before, you discover that you just be one [E] more person [Em] crying.
[E]
So don't fear, [B] when you hear, [E] a foreign sound to [A] your ear, [E] [A] it's alright ma, [B]
[E] I'm only saying,
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [Em]
[A]
[Em]
[C#] A question in your nerves is [E] lit, yet you know there is no answer [G] fit, to satisfy ensure
you not [Em] to quit, [C#m] you keep it in your mind and not [C] forget, that it is not he or she or
[E] them or it that you belong [Em] to,
[A] [Em] [E]
although the masters [A] [B] make the rules, [E] oh the wise men [A] and
the fools, I've got nothing [B] ma, [E] to live up to,
[Em]
[C#] for them that must obey authority [Em] that
they do not respect in any [G] degree, who despise their jobs their destiny, [C#m] speak jealously
of them that are free, [C] do what they do just to be, nothing more than something they [E] invest in.
[A] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[N]
[E]
[Gm] [N]
[C#]
Key:
E
Em
A
C#
C
E
Em
A
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_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] Darkness at the break of noon, shadows even the silver spoon, [D] a hand made blade the child's
balloon, [A#m] eclipses both [C#] the sun [C] and moon, do you understand you know too soon, there is
[E] no sense in trying.
[A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] Point of threats they bluff [Em] the scorn, suicide remarks are [G] torn, from the fool's gold mouthpiece
a hollow [C#] horn, plays wasted words, prove [C] to warn, that he not busy being [Em] born, is busy dying.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C#] Temptation page [A] flies out the [E] door, you follow find yourself at [G] war, watch water falls of
pitted [C#] roar, you feel to moan but unlike [C] before, you discover that you just be one [E] more person [Em] crying.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
So don't fear, _ [B] when you hear, _ [E] a foreign sound to [A] your ear, _ [E] _ [A] it's alright ma, [B] _
[E] I'm only saying,
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] A question in your nerves is [E] lit, yet you know there is no answer [G] fit, to satisfy ensure
you not [Em] to quit, [C#m] you keep it in your mind and not [C] forget, that it is not he or she or
[E] them or it that you belong [Em] to, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
although the masters _ [A] [B] make the rules, _ [E] oh the wise men [A] and
the fools, _ _ I've got nothing [B] ma, _ [E] to live up to, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] for them that must obey authority [Em] that
they do not respect in any [G] degree, who despise their jobs their destiny, [C#m] speak jealously
of them that are free, [C] do what they do just to be, nothing more than something they [E] invest in. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] Darkness at the break of noon, shadows even the silver spoon, [D] a hand made blade the child's
balloon, [A#m] eclipses both [C#] the sun [C] and moon, do you understand you know too soon, there is
[E] no sense in trying.
[A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] Point of threats they bluff [Em] the scorn, suicide remarks are [G] torn, from the fool's gold mouthpiece
a hollow [C#] horn, plays wasted words, prove [C] to warn, that he not busy being [Em] born, is busy dying.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C#] Temptation page [A] flies out the [E] door, you follow find yourself at [G] war, watch water falls of
pitted [C#] roar, you feel to moan but unlike [C] before, you discover that you just be one [E] more person [Em] crying.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
So don't fear, _ [B] when you hear, _ [E] a foreign sound to [A] your ear, _ [E] _ [A] it's alright ma, [B] _
[E] I'm only saying,
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] A question in your nerves is [E] lit, yet you know there is no answer [G] fit, to satisfy ensure
you not [Em] to quit, [C#m] you keep it in your mind and not [C] forget, that it is not he or she or
[E] them or it that you belong [Em] to, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
although the masters _ [A] [B] make the rules, _ [E] oh the wise men [A] and
the fools, _ _ I've got nothing [B] ma, _ [E] to live up to, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] for them that must obey authority [Em] that
they do not respect in any [G] degree, who despise their jobs their destiny, [C#m] speak jealously
of them that are free, [C] do what they do just to be, nothing more than something they [E] invest in. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [N] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _