The Basics play this in A, capoed at the fourth fret (I think),
	but I learned to play it this way.  The words and chords in
	parentheses are stuff that my college group does when we sing
	it.  I don't think they're in the actual song...  Enjoy, and
	God bless!


			It's Alright -- by the Basics
                        (Written by Tom Lillo)


         D                                 A                 (D)
	Walking through the valley, all my troubles close at hand,

        Bm          G                 D                A
	I am just a pilgrim searching for the promised land

         D                                A                (D)
	Devil's on my tail, you know he's dogged me all the way

        Bm           G                 A            D
	every time I lose him he comes back another day... (but...)


                D                    G   (step down bass notes)
Chorus:  It's alright (echo)  it's alright (echo)

          Em                   A          G      D
       	You know I'm bound for glory, and it's alright (repeat)



        D                             A                  (D)
	Wandering through the desert, it seems like forty years,

        Bm                   G                A              D
	Don't know where I'm going but when I started it was clear

        D                          A                 (D)
	Sun beats down on upon me, hot sand burns my feet (yeowch!)

        Bm                  G             A               D
	Without that Living Water I would perish from the heat...



	A                                G              D
Bridge:	When the road is rocky, when the wind begins to blow

        A                    F#m                 G              D
	seems I've journeyed so far, but there's so far left to go

	A			       G              D
	When I lose the heart to try, when I slip and fall

	A                  F#m          G                 A
	Still I hear that gentle voice, still I hear that call...

	(...sayin' to me...)