You Were Right Acoustic Version chords by Badly Drawn Boy

Song:  You Were Right (Acoustic vers)
Artist:  Badly Drawn Boy
Album:  Have You Fed The Fish?

Chords by r.whyte- bolton, england
Data: 11/05/04


Intro:

G - F#m - D - A
G - F#m - Bm - A
G - F#m - D - A        A7

Verse 1:

    D	 A            D        Bm        F#m
And yooooouu     were right to bide your time

             G          D
and not buy into my misery

         G                     F#m
Well the good things are never free

       Em             F#m              G
Do the colours of the rainbow look the same to

F#m    D     A            A7
ev-----ry----one?


Verse 2:

    D             A	    D       Bm
And I-----------------I was rushing round in

F#m           G           D
circles for a reason to believe

          G                   F#m
Wipe the slime from off your sleeve

          Em            F#m
You could follow me for weeks and I'm not

G       F#m    D     A
going   an-----y-----where

A7

Mid 8:

Em                Bm               A     A7  G
   Sometimes it's hard to love someone

 Em        Bm                A            A7
  ‘til the day that they are gone



Verse 3

    D	   A          D     Bm        F#m
And I-------I    just had a dream the other

            G              D
night I was married to the Queen

  G                F#m                Bm
Madonna lived next door,  I think she took a


         A
shine to me

        G                   F#m
And the kids were all grown up, but I had to
Em       F#m
turn her down

           G        F#m  D    A            A7
‘cos I was still in love with you


Chorus:

    G         F#m  D  A
I'm turning Madon--na down

       G       F#m Bm    A
I'm calling it my  best  move

             G          F#m  D   A             A7
I'll get her tickets to what she needs


Break

F#m  Bm  G  F#m  D     A
F#m  Bm  G  F#m  Bm    A     A7


Verse 4:

D             A          D      Bm    F#m
I----------------I     remember doing nothing on
    G             D
the night Sinatra died

        G                      F#m
And the night Geoff   Buckley  died

        Bm                A
And the night Kurt Cobain died

        G                 F#m
And the night John Lennon died

    Em              F#m             G
I remember I stayed up to watch the news with
F#m   D      A            A7
ev----ry-----one


Chorus:

    G          F#m   D   A
And that was a lot   of  nights

    G          F#m  Bm  A
And that was a lot  of  lives

               G          F#m  D    A          A7
Who lost their tickets to what they need

Verse 5:

    D  A          D    Bm      F#m
And I---I     was busy finding answers while you
     G                D
just got on with real life,

       G                 F#m
Always hoped you'd be my wife,

      Bm              A            Em
But I never found the time for the question to
F#m
arrive,

       G            F#m  D         A     A7
I just disguised it in   this      song


Verse 6:

    D     A           D     Bm        F#m
And soooooongs    are never quite the answer

       G               D            G
Just a soundtrack to a life, that is over all
    F#m
too soon

         Em               F#m
Helps to turn the days to night

            G         F#m  D    A              A7
While I was wrong and you  were right


Chorus


    G          F#m D   A
And this was a lesson learned,

    G         F#m Bm   A
I'm happy to  be your  fool,

    G                   F#m  D   A             A7
And get you tickets to  what you need


Verse 7: (Whistle- like there's no-one listening)

D  A  D  Bm  F#m  G  D  G  F#m  Em  F#m

G  F#m  D  A               A7


Chorus:

    G           F#m    D    A
I'm turning the lights down low

    G        F#m  Bm   A
I'm ready to make my   move

             G           F#m  D   A      A7   D
I'll get you tickets to  what you neeeeeeeeeeed