It's Never Alright Chords

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It's Never Alright by Dwight Yoakam is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em, Dsus4, Am, Gsus4 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 1:
 
G             C   D                 Em 
It?s never alright. It comes and it goes. 
               C                           D Dsus4 
Oh it?s always around, even when it don?t show. 
                 Em                           C 
They say it gets better. Well I guess that it might. 
                   G    D                  G  C  G 
But even when it?s better, it?s never alright. 


Verse 2:
 
           C D                      Em 
It?s never OK. Lonely moves here and there. 
             C                            D    Dsus4 
Sometimes it stays in one place and just stares. 
                  Em                      C 
They say that the darkness is just before light. 
                 G     D                   G      C G 
Each day may get brighter, but it?s never alright. 


Chorus/Bridge
 
Am                                      G   Gsus4 G 
Try real hard to remember as good as it gets. 
        Am                       F               D 
But the harder and harder I try, all I can do is forget. 


Verse 1 (horns on first two lines, then sing last two) 


Verse 3:
 
                C   D              Em 
It?s never been mine to win or to lose. 
                    C                       D Dsus4 
No it?s always been yours, to pick or to choose. 
                 Em                           C 
They say love is better when set free now halftime 
                   G    D                  G  C  G 
But even when it?s better, it?s never alright. 
                G    D                    G  C  G, G C G 
Even if it gets better, it won?t be alright. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante