Its All Right (ver 2) by Impressions
IT'S ALL RIGHT
As recorded by The Impressions
(From the 1963 Album THE IMPRESSIONS)
Words and Music by Curtis Mayfield
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Curtis Mayfield - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Joseph Thomas - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Horns'
Intro
Q=168
C#/G# F#/A# C#/G# F#/A#
12/8
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
W Q. E E E Q E Q E Q. E E E Q E Q E
|-------------------||--------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11-|
|-------------------||o-------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11-|
|-------------------||-------10---------10----11-|------10---------10----11-|
|-------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| W Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------||o-6-----6---6-6------7---7-|-6-----6---6-6------7---7-|
|-------------------||--6-----6---6-6------6---6-|-6-----6---6-6------6---6-|
|-------------------||--6-----6---6-6------8---8-|-6-----6---6-6------8---8-|
|-------------------||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| H. Q. Q. W. Q. Q E Q E Q E
|-------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------||---------------------------|-------------6------8---6-|
|-------------------||--6------------------------|-------8---6------8-------|
|--------------8----||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------|
1.
C#/G# F#/A# C#/G# F#/A# C#/G# F#/C#/G#
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-------9----11------9----11-|-------9----11-------9------11--||
|-------9----11------9----11-|-------9----11-------9------11-o||
|------10----11-----10----11-|------10----11------10------11--||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E +Q. E E E
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--6------7---7-6------7---7-|--6------7---6-(6)-----x-------o||
|--6------6---6-6------6---6-|--6------6---6-(6)-----x--------||
|--6------8---8-6------8---8-|--6------8---6-(6)-----x--------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| +W. +H. Q. Q.
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-(6)------------------------|-(6)----------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------8-------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
2.
C#/G# F#/C#/G#
Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------9----11-------9-----11--||
|------9----11-------9-----11--||
|-----10----11------10-----11--||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|
| Q. Q E +Q. E E E
|------------------------------||
|-6------7---6-(6)-----x-------||
|-6------6---6-(6)-----x-------||
|-6------8---6-(6)-----x-------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|
| W
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
C#/G# F#/A# C#/G# F#/A#
Q. E E E Q E Q E Q. E E E Q E Q E
||--------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11-|
||o-------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11-|
||-------10---------10----11-|------10---------10----11-|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-6-----6---6-6------7---7-|-6-----6---6-6------7---7-|
||--6-----6---6-6------6---6-|-6-----6---6-6------6---6-|
||--6-----6---6-6------8---8-|-6-----6---6-6------8---8-|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
C#/G# F#/A# C#/G# F#/A#
Q. E E E Q E Q E Q. E E E Q E Q E
|-------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11-||
|-------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11-||
|------10---------10----11-|------10---------10----11-||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-6-----6---6-6------7---7-|-6-----6---6-6------7---7-||
|-6-----6---6-6------6---6-|-6-----6---6-6------6---6-||
|-6-----6---6-6------8---8-|-6-----6---6-6------8---8-||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
Chorus
C# C#/E#D#m
Q. E E E Q E Q E
|----------9----------13-----13-|
|----------9----------14-----14-|
|---------10----------15-----15-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| Q E Q E Q E Q E
|--9----9--9----9-13--13-13--13-|
|--9----9--9----9-14--14-14--14-|
|-10---10-10---10-13--13-13--13-|
|-11---11-11---11-15--15-15--15-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
C#/G#
Q. E E E Q E Q E Q. E E E Q E Q E
|-------11----------11-----11-|-------9---------9----11--|
|-------11----------11-----11-|-------9---------9----11--|
|-------11----------11-----11-|------10--------10----11--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Q. Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E
|-11----11---11-11--11-11--11-|--------------------------|
|-11----11---11-11--11-11--11-|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x--|
|-11----11---11-11--11-11--11-|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x--|
|-13----13---13-13--13-13--13-|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
Bridge
1.,2. 3.
$
C#/G# G# A#m
Q. E E E Q E Q E 3x Q. E E E Q E Q E E E E Q E H.
|-------9---------9----11--||-------9---------8-----8-||--9----------9-------|
|-------9---------9----11-o||-------9---------9-----9-||-11---------11-------|
|------10--------10----11--||------10---------8-----8-||-10---------10-------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------||---------------------|
|-------------------------o||-------------------------||---------------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------||---------------------|
|
| Q. Q E Q E Q E 3x Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q E H.
|--------------------------||-------------------------||--6------x---6-------|
|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x-o||-6-----6---6-x-----4-----||--6------x---6-------|
|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x--||-6-----6---6-x-----5-----||--6------x---6-------|
|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x--||-6-----6---6-x-----6-----||--8------x---8-------|
|-------------------------o||-------------------------||--8------x---8-------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------||--6------x---6-------|
E#m7 A#m E#m7
E E E Q E H. E E E Q E H. E E E Q E H.
|--8----------8---------|--9----------9---------|--8----------8---------------|
|--9----------9---------|-11---------11---------|--9----------9---------------|
|--8----------8---------|-10---------10---------|--8----------8---------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Q. Q E H. Q. Q E H. Q. Q E Q E Q.
|--8------x---8---------|--6------x---6---------|--8------x---8------8--8-----|
|--9------x---9---------|--6------x---6---------|--9------x---9------9--9-----|
|--8------x---8---------|--6------x---6---------|--8------x---8------8--8-----|
|-10------x--10---------|--8------x---8---------|-10------x--10-----10-10-----|
|--8------x---8---------|--8------x---8---------|--8------x---8------8--8-----|
|-----------------------|--6------x---6---------|-----------------------------|
A#m E#m7 D#m7
E E E Q E H. E E E Q E H.
|--9----------8-----------------|--8----------6-----------------|
|-11----------9-----------------|--9----------7-----------------|
|-10----------8-----------------|--8----------6-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Q. Q E +Q E Q E Q. Q E +Q E Q E
|--6------x---8--(8)---8--8---8-|--8------x---------------------|
|--6------x---9--(9)---9--9---9-|--9------x--11-(11)--11-11--11-|
|--6------x---8--(8)---8--8---8-|--8------x--11-(11)--11-11--11-|
|--8------x--10-(10)--10-10--10-|-10------x--11-(11)--11-11--11-|
|--8------x---8--(8)---8--8---8-|--8------x--13-(13)--13-13--13-|
|--6------x---------------------|------------11-(11)--11-11--11-|
E#m7 F#
E E E Q E H.
|--8---------11------------------|
|--9---------11------------------|
|--8---------11------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
| Q. Q E +Q E Q E
|--8------x---9--(9)---9--9---9--|
|--9------x--11-(11)--11-11--11--|
|--8------x--11-(11)--11-11--11--|
|-10------x--11-(11)--11-11--11--|
|--8------x---9--(9)---9--9---9--|
|--------------------------------|
E#m7 G#
E E E Q E Q E Q E
|--9------13---9----11-11--11-|
|-11------13--11----11-11--11-|
|-10------13--11----11-11--11-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| Q. Q E Q E Q E
|--8-------x--------11-11--11-|
|--9-------x--11----13-13--13-|
|--8-------x--11----13-13--13-|
|-10-------x--11----13-13--13-|
|--8-------x--13----11-11--11-|
|-------------11--------------|
4th - 6th Verses
C#/G# F#/A# C#/G# F#/A#
Q. E E E Q E Q E Q. E E E Q E Q E
||--------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11--|
||o-------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11--|
||-------10---------10----11-|------10---------10----11--|
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------------------|
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-6-----6---6-6------7---7-|-6-----6---6-6------7---7--|
||--6-----6---6-6------6---6-|-6-----6---6-6------6---6--|
||--6-----6---6-6------8---8-|-6-----6---6-6------8---8--|
||o--------------------------|---------------------------|
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
C#/G# F#/A# C#/G# F#/A#
Q. E E E Q E Q E Q. E E E Q E Q E
|-------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11-||
|-------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11-||
|------10---------10----11-|------10---------10----11-||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-6-----6---6-6------7---7-|-6-----6---6-6------7---7-||
|-6-----6---6-6------6---6-|-6-----6---6-6------6---6-||
|-6-----6---6-6------8---8-|-6-----6---6-6------8---8-||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
Chorus
C# C#/E#
Q. E E E Q E Q E
|----------9----------13-----13--|
|----------9----------14-----14--|
|---------10----------15-----15--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
| Q E Q E Q E Q E
|--9----9--9----9-13--13-13--13--|
|--9----9--9----9-14--14-14--14--|
|-10---10-10---10-13--13-13--13--|
|-11---11-11---11-15--15-15--15--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
D#m
Q. E E E Q E Q E
|-------11----------11-----11-|
|-------11----------11-----11-|
|-------11----------11-----11-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| Q. Q E Q E Q E
|-11----11---11-11--11-11--11-|
|-11----11---11-11--11-11--11-|
|-11----11---11-11--11-11--11-|
|-13----13---13-13--13-13--13-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
1.
To Coda
C#/G#
Q. E E E Q E Q E Q. E E E Q E Q E
|-------9---------9----11--|-------9---------9----11--||
|-------9---------9----11--|-------9---------9----11-o||
|------10--------10----11--|------10--------10----11--||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Q. Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x--|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x-o||
|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x--|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x--||
|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x--|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x--||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
2.
D.S. al Coda &
C#/G# G#
Q. E E E Q E Q E
|-------9---------8-----8--||
|-------9---------9-----9--||
|------10---------8-----8--||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|
| Q. Q E E E E Q.
|--------------------------||
|-6-----6---6-x-----4------||
|-6-----6---6-x-----5------||
|-6-----6---6-x-----6------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
Outro
C#/G# C#/G# F#/A#
Q. E E E Q E Q E Q. E E E Q E Q E
|-------9---------9----11-||-------9----------9----11-|
|-------9---------9----11-||-------9----------9----11-|
|------10--------10----11-||------10---------10----11-|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|
| Q. Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x-||-6-----6---6-6------7---7-|
|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x-||-6-----6---6-6------6---6-|
|-6-----6---6-x---x-x---x-||-6-----6---6-6------8---8-|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
C#/G# F#/A# C#/G# F#/A#
Q. E E E Q E Q E Q. E E E Q E Q E
|-------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11-|
|-------9----------9----11-|-------9----------9----11-|
|------10---------10----11-|------10---------10----11-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-6-----6---6-6------7---7-|-6-----6---6-6------7---7-|
|-6-----6---6-6------6---6-|-6-----6---6-6------6---6-|
|-6-----6---6-6------8---8-|-6-----6---6-6------8---8-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
C#/G# F#/A#
Q. E E E Q E Q E
|-------9----------9----11--*|
|-------9----------9----11--*|
|------10---------10----11--*|
|---------------------------*|
|---------------------------*|
|---------------------------*|
|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------------*|
|-6-----6---6-6------7---7--*|
|-6-----6---6-6------6---6--*|
|-6-----6---6-6------8---8--*|
|---------------------------*|
|---------------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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