Adam Melchor – Dead Right (Guitar)

Capo 5 Video Lesson
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https://open.spotify.com/track/14HpBdw9sNza0BHd57WYR6 Worked out on request for K205. Do you mind your avatar is here? Producers Adam Melchor & Noah Conrad Track 5 on The Diary of Living May 2, 2025 If you like my "work" don't hesitate to add favorite or to give it the STARS it deserves (with explanation?). Here is the list of all the songs I did upload for UG: https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/contribution/3817887-frans.vanuytv/tabs?sort=-date&page=1&per-page=50 ATTENTION: All chords for 2 or 4 beats OR count the * [Intro] | C | Am | Em | Em | [Verse 1]
C                  Am    Em                Em
  Living on stolen time,   hoping you make eighteen.

C                      Am     Em                 Em
  Don't it feel like a crime?   You barely got a daydream.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
           C
It cuts me sharper than a razorblade,

Am
drive in towns with native names,

    Em                                D
two crooked smiles laughing in the headlights.

C
  Light leaked through the barren pines.

     Am
When I asked, "Are you scared to die?",

    Em                                   D***
you said, "You gotta live up 'til you're dead, right?"
[Chorus 1]
                     C
And I think you were dead right,

Am                 Em         D
  I think you were dead right.
[Verse 2]
                   Am*
Always had shallow breath (Ah-ah-ah-ah),

Em                 Em
  a face lit up by embers (Ah-ah-ah-ah).

C                    Am
  Smiling with a cigarette (Ah-ah-ah-ah)

Em                   Em**
  you didn't need forever.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
   D**     C
It cuts me sharper than a razorblade,

Am
drive in towns with native names,

    Em                                D
two crooked smiles laughing in the headlights.

C
  Light leaked through the barren pines.

     Am
When I asked, "Are you scared to die?",

    Em                                   D***
you said, "You gotta live up 'til you're dead, right?"
[Chorus]
                     C           Am
And I think you were dead right,

                 Em         D
I think you were dead right.

                 C               Am
I think you were dead right,

                 Em   D
I think you were dead right.
[Post-Chorus]
C       Am           Em         Em**
  Ah-ah-ahh, ahh, ah Ah, ah-ah, ah

D**                        C
Ah, ah, ah-ah (I think you were dead right)

           Am          Em            Em** D**
Ah-ah-ahh, ahh, ah Ah, ah-ah, ah Ah, ah, ah-ah
[Bridge] N.C. I don't know if we'll meet again N.C. or how this big, old river bends.
     N.C.                                 Em
I'll always see your crooked smile in headlights.

C                                 G
Now you're on the other side

    Am
and sometimes I'm still scared to die

    Em                                  D***
but I watched how you lived up 'til the end.
[End-Chorus]
                C             Am
I know you were dead right,

                Em            D
I know you were dead right.

                C             Am
I know you were dead right,

                Em            D
I know you were dead right.

[Post-Chorus]
C     Am        Em            Em**
Ah-ah-ahh, ahh, ah Ah, ah-ah, ah

D**                             C
Ah, ah, ah-ah (I think you were dead right)

      Am           Em         Em**
Ah-ah-ahh, ahh, ah Ah, ah-ah, ah

D**                             C
Ah, ah, ah-ah (I think you were dead right)

      Am                             Em
Ah-ah-ahh, ahh, ah (I think you were dead right)

       Em**       D**                         C
Ah, ah-ah, ah Ah, ah, ah-ah (I think you were dead right)
Am Em Em Em*