You Were Right Badly Drawn Boy
Song: "You Were Right"
Artist: Badly Drawn Boy
Album: "Have You Fed The Fish?" (also on the soundtrack to the film "About A Boy")
Tabbed by: Dan Sirkett (enpdms@bath.ac.uk)
Data: 07/11/02
Intro:
G(III)/F#m/D5/A5/riff
G(III)/F#m/Bm(VII)/A(V)/riff
G(III)/F#m/D5/A5/riff A
Verse 1:
And [D]you [A] were righ[D]t to bide your time[Bm] and not[F#m] buy into my [G]misery[D]
Well the [G]good things are never [F#m]free
Em F#m G(III) F#m Bm(VII) A(V) A(V)
Do the colours of the rainbow look the same to everyone?
Verse 2:
And [D]I [A] was rush[D]ing round in circ[Bm]les for [F#m]a reas[G]on to believe[D]
Wipe the [G]slime from off your [F#m]sleeve
Em F#m G(III) F#m Bm(VII) A(V) A(V)
You could follow me for weeks and I'm not going anywhere
Break 1:
[Em] Sometimes it's [Bm/F#]hard to love some[A]one
[Em] Until the [Bm/F#]day that they are [A]gone
Verse 3:
And [D]I [A] just had [D]a dream the othe[Bm]r nigh[F#m]t I was marrie[G]d to the Queen[D]
And Ma[G]donna lived next [F#m]door, I think she [Bm]took a shine to [A]me
And the [G]kids were all grown [F#m]up, but I [Em]had to turn her [F#m]down
G F#m Bm(VII) A(V)
Cause I was still in love with you
Chorus:
G(III) F#m D5 A5/riff
I'm turning Madonna down
G(III) F#m Bm(VII) A(V)/riff
I'm calling it my best move
G(III) F#m D5 A5/riff A
I'll get a ticket to what you need
Break 2:
F#m Bm G F#m Bm A x2 A
Verse 4:
[D]I [A] re[D]membe[Bm]r doing [F#m]nothing on the n[G]ight sinatra d[D]ied
And the [G]night Geoff Buckley [F#m]died
And the [Bm]night Kurt Cobain d[A]ied
And the [G]night John Lennon [F#m]died
My suggestions for extendeding the verse (as seen on BBC TV Top of The Pops):
John Bonham
Frank Zappa
Jimi Hendrix
Duane Allman
George Harrison
Marvin Gaye
Bob Marley
Elvis Presley
Em F#m G F#m Bm(VII) A(V)
I remember I stayed up to watch the news with everyone
Chorus:
G(III) F#m D5 A5/riff
And that was a lot of nights
G(III) F#m Bm(VII) A(V)/riff
And that was a lot of lads
G(III) F#m D5 A5/riff
Who lost a ticket to what they need
Verse 5:
And [D]I [A] was [D]busy [Bm]finding [F#m]answers while you just g[G]ot on with real l[D]ife,
Always [G]hoped you'd be my [F#m]wife,
But I [Bm]never found the [A]time for the [Em]question to [F#m]arrive,
G F#m Bm(V) A(V)
I just disguised it in a song
Verse 6:
And [D]songs[A] are [D]never [Bm]quite the [F#m]answer
Just a [G]soundtrack to a [D]life, that is [G]over all too [F#m]soon
Helps to [Em]turn the days to [F#m]night
G F#m Bm(VII) A(V)
While I was wrong and you were right
Chorus:
G(III) F#m D5 A5/riff
And this was a lesson learned,
G(III) F#m Bm(VII) A(V)/riff
I'm happy to be your fool,
G(III) F#m D5 A5/riff
And get you tickets to what you need
Verse 7: (Whistled)
[D] [A] [D] [Bm] [F#m] [G] [D] [G] [F#m] [Em] [F#m]
G F#m Bm(VII) A(V)
Chorus:
G(III) F#m D5 A5/riff
I'm turning the lights down low
G(III) F#m Bm(VII) A(V)/riff
I'm ready to make my move
G(III) F#m D5 A5 D
I'll get you tickets to what you neeeee-eeeed
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