It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) chords by Billy Preston

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Verse 1
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 (E minor)  (A major) Darkness at the break of noon,  (A flat major) shadows even the silver spoon,  (G major) a handmade blade the child's  (E minor) balloon,
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 (F sharp major) eclipses both the sun an (F sharp minor) d moon,  (G major) don't understand you know too  (A major) soon, there  (D major) is no  (E flat major) such thing as  (E minor) tri al yet.  (A major) 
Advertising signs,
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they con  (E major) you into  (A flat major) thinking you're the one  (A minor) 
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 (G major) That can do what's never been  (E minor) done
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That  (F sharp major) can win what's  (E minor) never
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been  (D major) won  (G major) 
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Meantime, life outside  (A major) goes on
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All  (D major)  (E flatdim) around  (E minor) you
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 (A major) Some win victories, some downfall
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 (A flat major) Private reason (E major) s, great or  (A flatdim) small
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 (G major) Can be seen in the eyes
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of those that  (E minor) call
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To  (F sharp minor) make all that should be killed to crawl
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 (G major) While others say,  (E minor) don't hate nothing at all
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 (A major) Except  (D major)  (E flat major) hatred,  (E minor) no
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 (A major) Temptation pages fly out the door
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 (A minor) You fol (E major) low, find yourself a  (A minor) door
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 (G major) Watch waterfalls of pity roar
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You  (F sharp minor) feel  (F sharp major) the moan, but un (F sharp minor) like  before
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 (G major) You dis (E minor) cover you just be one more
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 (A major) One  (D major) more  (A major) person cry (E minor) in'
No more, -ha -ha -ha -ha.
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 (A major) Words work like bullets,
Bach,
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While  (E minor) hu  man gods  (A minor) aim for their  (G major) marks.
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 (E minor) They make everything from
toy guns that spark
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To  (F sharp minor) flush -colored
Christ that glow in the dark.
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 (E minor) It's easy to see without lookin' too far,  (A major) 
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Not much  (D major) is  (E minor) really sacred, no more, no more,
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ah  (A major) -ha -ha -ha  (E minor) -ha -ha.  (A major)  (A flat major)  (G major) 
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 (F sharp minor)  (F sharp major)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (E flat major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major) Preachers preach of evil fates,
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 (A flataug) Teachers teach  (A flat major) that knowledge wait (E major) s,
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Can  (E minor) lead to hunger -dollar plays
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For  (F sharp minor) goodness' sakes, behind its gates
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But  (G major) even the
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Presid (E minor) ent of the
United
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States  (A major) 
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Sometimes  (D major) must  (E flatdim) 
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have to  (E minor) stand naked
It's alright,
Ma
It's alright,
Mama
I'm on trial
It's alright,
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Mama, now  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Mama,  (A major)  (E minor) it's alright  (A major)  (E minor) 
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It's  (A major) alright,  (E minor) 
Mama
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Mama,  (A major)  (E minor) it's alright
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It's  (A major)  (E minor) alright,
Mama
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It's  (A major)  (E minor) alright, now
It's alright,
Mama
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Mama,  (A major) it's  (E minor) alright
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It's  (A major)  (E minor) alright,
Mama
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Mama,  (A major)  (E minor) it's all right
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 (A major) It's  (E minor) all right, mama, mama,  (A major) mama
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It's  (E minor) all right, mama
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Mama,  (A major)  (E minor) mama, mama
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Don't worry,  (A major)  (E minor) mama
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I'm  (A major) only trying,
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 (E minor) Mama,  (A major)  (E minor) it's all right
You're doing all right, mama
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Mama,  (E minor) mama