"It's Alright Ma"

Capo second fret

intro/riff : d(1) d(2) slide to d(3) slide back to d(2)


D(1)  D (2)  D(3)  D (2)
--x-  --x-  --x-   --x-
--3-  --3-  --5-   --3-
--2-  --2-  --4-   --2-
--0-  --3-  --5-   --3-
--0-  --0-  --0-   --0-
--0-  --0-  --0-   --0-

D/B
Darkness at the break of noon
D/A
Shadows even the silver spoon
D/C
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
D/B
Eclipses both the sun and moon
D/Bb
To understand you know too soon
                              riff
There is no sense in trying.

D/B
Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
D/A
Suicide remarks are torn
D/C
From the fools gold mouthpiece
D/B
The hollow horn plays wasted words
D/Bb
Proved to warn

That he's not busy being born
               riff
he's busy dying.

D/B
Temptation's page flies out the door
D/A
You follow, find yourself at war
D/C
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
D/B
You feel to moan but unlike before
D/Bb
You discover
D/Bb
That you'd just be
D/Bb
One more person crying.

D              A
So don't fear if you hear
D               G
A foreign sound to you ear
D      A       G   A          D     Riff
It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.



      Unusual Chords:

D(1)  D (2)  D(3)  D/B   D/A   D/C  D/Bb
--x-  --x-  --x-  --x-  --x-  -x--  --x-
--3-  --3-  --5-  --3-  --3-  -3--  --3-
--2-  --2-  --4-  --2-  --2-  -2--  --2-
--0-  --3-  --5-  --0-  --0-  -0--  --0-
--0-  --0-  --0-  --2-  --0-  -3--  --1-
--0-  --0-  --0-  --0-  --0-  -0--  --0-