Tabs
Feb 6, 2023
But It's Alright by Huey Lewis and the News
Tab: in word document format video: But It's Alright
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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com
Song: But It's Alright
By: Huey Lewis and the News {version}
[intro:] 6 X {A A C#m Bm } {2 X guitar only, band comes in on 3}
[verse: 1]
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
You don't know how I feel
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
You'll never know how I feel
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
When I needed you to come around
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
You always try to put me down
[bridge:]
C#m Bm
Oh, but I know, girl, believe me when I say that
C#m Bm E
You are surely, surely gonna pay, girl
[chorus:]
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
But it's all right all right girl
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
You can hurt me but it's all right
[verse: 2]
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
Hey now, one day ah, you will see
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
You'll never find a guy like me
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
Who'll love you right both day and night
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
You'll never have to worry 'cause it's all uptight
{bridge:]
C#m Bm
Oh, but I'm tellin' you girl and I know it's true
C#m Bm E
That I was made to love only you
[chorus:]
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
But it's all right all right girl
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
You can hurt me but it's all right
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
Go on, yeah
[Repeat verse w/glockenspiel solo over first four lines]
{bridge:]
C#m Bm
Oh, oh, yeah
C#m Bm E
My my my baby, wow, yeah!
[chorus:]
A C#m Bm A C#m Bm
But it's all right all right girl
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m
Hey, say it's all right all right girl
[verse: 3] {in B}
B D#m C#m D#m C#m
Now there's one thing I wanna say, hey, yeah
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m
You'll meet a guy who'll make you pay
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m
He'll treat you bad and make you sad
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m
And you will lose the love you had
[bridge:]
D#m C#m
Oh, but I hate to say I told you so, but
D#m C#m F
Baby, you gotta gotta reap what you sow
[coda:]
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m
But it's all right all right girl
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m
You are payin' now, but it's all right
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m
So goodbye, now, goodbye, girl
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m
You're payin' now, say bye-bye
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m
You hurt me once, you hurt me twice
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m
Oh, but-a baby, that don't cut no ice
Hey, goodbye, baby
B D#m C#m B D#m C#m B
chords:
A 577655
B 224442 or 799877
Bm 224432 or 688666
C#m 446654
D#m 668876
E 022100 or 779997