BADLY DRAWN BOY - "you were right2" Tablature

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:

D A D Bm F#m G D
And you were right to bide your time and not buy into my misery

G F#m
Well the good things are never 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:

D A D Bm F#m G D
And I was rushing round in circles for a reason to believe

G F#m
Wipe the slime from off your 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 Bm/F# A
Sometimes it's hard to love someone

Em Bm/F# A
Until the day that they are gone



Verse 3:

D A D Bm F#m G D
And I just had a dream the other night I was married to the Queen

G F#m Bm A
And Madonna lived next door, I think she took a shine to me

G F#m Em F#m
And the kids were all grown up, but I had to turn her 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 A D Bm F#m G D
I remember doing nothing on 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



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:

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

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

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

G F#m Bm(V) A(V)
I just disguised it in a song


Verse 6:

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

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

Em F#m
Helps to turn the days to 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