My Life Is Right Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

A-0-0-0-3h4-----|--------|-------------3p0-|-(0)-|

  q E E E E E E E q.^B e3e3e e3e3e q q (w)

This isn't exact, and that's last bit sounds like "Unskinny Bop"

by Poison (yeah, I know, it's really "I Know A Little" by

Skynyrd), so I don't like it. But this is as good as I can do

with this bit.

3) "My life's fun is wild?" Bell didn't really say that, did he?

Well, it's the best *I* can do with it. Any better suggestions are

welcome.

4) There is a piano in here, mostly doing the chords.

5) The vocal harmonies are a large part of this (and almost every Big

Star) song. The most amazing bit comes during the "So right" part.

The backing vox (singing "right") go from G to F# over the G-D

change, and then they go back up from F# to G over the D-A

change, making the A chord an amazing dominant 7th. This is, of

course, a very basic expanation of what is going on here. I'm

sure it's a lot more complicated, but this'll get you started.

"My Life Is Right" (Chris Bell/??? Eubanks)

Performed by Big Star

From the album _#1_Record_ (available on CD with the also-godlike

_Radio_City_)

Transcribed without express permission by Marc Hirsh

(piano only)

DOnce I Emwalked a Glonely roDadD♯

(guitar enters)

EmI had no Cone to share my Gload

DThen you Emcame and showed the GwayD D♯

EmNow I Chope you're here to Gstay

 You give me Alight

 You are my Aday

 You give me Glight

 And that's DrighAt

 You give me Alight

 You are my Aday

 You give me Glight

 And that's DrighAt

 So GrighDt

 So DrighAt

 So GrighDt

DLonely Emdays of GuncertainDty D♯

EmThey disapCpear when you're near Gme

DWhen I'm with Emyou, my Glife's fun is Dwild D♯

EmAnd now I Clong to see you Gsmile

 You give me Alight

 You are my Aday

 You give me Glight

 And that's DrighAt

 You give me Alight

 You are my Aday

 You give me Glight

 And that's DrighAt

 So GrighDt

 So DrighAt

 So GrighDt

 My DlifAe is GrighDt

 My DlifAe is GrighDt

 My DlifAe is GrighDt

DOnce I Emwalked a Glonely roDadD♯

EmI had no Cone to share my Gload

DThen you Emcame and showed the GwayD D♯

EmNow I Chope you're here to Gstay

 You give me Alight

 You are my Aday

 You give me Glight

 And that's DrighAt

 You give me Alight

 You are my Aday

 You give me Glight

 And that's DrighAt

 So GrighDt

 So DrighAt

 So GrighDt

 My DlifAe is GrighDt

\ /

^ --"It's easy to be nuts. Try being me."

V (_The_Fisher_King_)