Steve Earle – Feel Alright (Guitar)

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------------------------------- tab - millser19 ------------------------------- I first heard this song in the ending montage of the Wire and have loved it since. It is a fun and very easy song to play so here is my best attempt at transcribing it. Enjoy! Standard tuning (EADGBe) chords used: G (320033) Dm-sus4(XX3233) Cadd9 (X32033) Em (022000) Dsus4 (XX0233) intro riff:
e|----------------------|
B|---3--3--3----3--3----|
G|---0--0--0-0--0--0----|
D|-------3---0---3------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
(intro riff) (G Dm-sus4 Cadd9 ) x 6 VERSE 1:
G
I was born my papa's son 

  Cadd9               Dm-sus4     (G   Dm-sus4   Cadd9)x2
A wanderin' eye and a smokin' gun 

    G
Now some of you would live through me

Cadd9          Dm-sus4            (G   Dm-sus4   Cadd9)x2 
Lock me up and throw away the key 

       G
Or just find a place to hide away 

Cadd9              Dm-sus4       (G   Dm-sus4   Cadd9)x2
Hope that I'll just go away
CHORUS:
        Em     Dsus4   Cadd9      (G   Dm-sus4   Cadd9)x2
I feel alright,      I feel alright tonight  

        Em     Dsus4   Cadd9      (G   Dm-sus4   Cadd9)x2
I feel alright,      I feel alright tonight 
(same chord pattern throughout the song) VERSE 2: I'll bring you precious contraband And ancient tales from distant lands Of conquerors and concubines and Conjurers from darker times Betrayal and conspiracy Sacrilege and heresy CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL ( G Cadd9 Dm-sus4 Cadd9 ) x 2 (listen to get the timing right) ( G Dm-sus4 Cadd9 ) x 4 VERSE 3: I got every thing you wont or need Your darkest fear, your fondest dream I ask you questions, tell you lies Criticize and sympathize Be careful what you wish for friend Because I've been to hell and now I'm back again CHORUS OUTRO:
                (G   Dm-sus4   Cadd9) x2
I feel alright    

                 G   Dm-sus4   Cadd9   (G) 
I feel alright