Big Star – My Life Is Right (Guitar)
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From: [email protected] (Marc Bennett Hirsh)
Subject: CRD: "My Life Is Right" (Big Star)
And here we have another great unknown pop gem from the band whose
entire career was based on obscurity. Notes:
1) The Eb in the verses isn't realy a chord, it's just a walkup note.
All you have to do is play the 1st fret on the D string. That's
it. I'd put it in TAB, but it'd be lonely, since it's the only
bit in that area that requires it. So just remember: Eb=1st fret,
D string. Got it? Good.
2) There is some very cool acoustic 12-string guitar stuff going on
underneath the "You give me light" part, but I can't get it
exactly. Here is a rough approximation:
E---------------|---0----|-----------------|-----|
B---------------|---2----|-----------------|-----|
G-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2----|-4p2p0---------2-|-(2)-|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|--------|-------4p2p0---2-|-(2)-|
A-0-0-0-3h4-----|--------|-------------3p0-|-(0)-|
E---------------|--------|-----------------|-----|
q E E E E E E E q.^H 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)
D Em G D Eb Once I walked a lonely road
(guitar enters)
Em C G I had no one to share my load D Em G D Eb Then you came and showed the way Em C G Now I hope you're here to stay A You give me light A You are my day G You give me light D A And that's right A You give me light A You are my day G You give me light D A And that's right G D So right D A So right G D So right D Em G D Eb Lonely days of uncertainty Em C G They disappear when you're near me D Em G D Eb When you're around, my life's worthwhile Em C G And now I long to see you smile A You give me light A You are my day G You give me light D A And that's right A You give me light A You are my day G You give me light D A And that's right G D So right D A So right G D So right D A G D My life is right D A G D My life is right D A G D My life is right D Em G D Eb Once I walked a lonely road Em C G I had no one to share my load D Em G D Eb Then you came and showed the way Em C G Now I hope you're here to stay A You give me light A You are my day G You give me light D A And that's right A You give me light A You are my day G You give me light D A And that's right G D So right D A So right G D So right D A G D My life is right
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Marc Hirsh ([email protected])
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