Maybe you were right (Chords)
These are the official lyrics and chords for the song “Maybe you were right”. It’s track #2 from the album “Feast your Eyes on Me”.
One of my (rare) upbeat, uptempo, loose songs. So don’t get too hung up on precise timings, and feel free to improvise around the chords if you feel like it.
As such, the chords aren’t that special or unique, nor set in stone. Still, for completeness:
- D7 = XX0212
- B7 = X21202
- C* = X30005
- G* = 300005
Remark: The verses are slightly faster than the chorus. Which is … unusual, but fits this song and its theme, that’s why. (It’s usually the other way around.)
Remark: We’re actually in the key of G Major, not C major, even though it may seem so.
Verse 1
G D
They say the beauty’s in the pause
C
The memory shines when it’s lost
Em
Guess I will never forget
Verse 2
They say you cannot force a spark
The light’s much brighter in dark
But I have to close my eyes
Pre-Chorus 1
Am
So you see it’s all a mess
D7
I’ll just work with what I have
Chorus 1
C
And I believe that there’s a place
Em
where it will find me and I’ll do it all
C
But you believed that I’m just running, fleeing,
Em
with my back against the wall
D
But I will conquer countries,
C G
sail my ship to worlds unknown
D
Or you will hear me saying,
C* G* D
maybe you were riiiiiiiight ___
Verse 3
You say I have to slow it down
I’m just met with a frown (half tempo)
With this time and space I drown
Verse 4
You say, some silence would be nice
(no lyrics/silence for one bar)
Guess your wish comes at a price
Pre-Chorus 2
B7 C B7
It’s a bitter realization
Em Am
That my age is not my skill
B7 Em
Still don’t know my occupation
Am
But I guess I never will
D7
I never will
Chorus 2
Feel like my work is done my mind
can rest now I am satisfied
You feel my body’s drained, the age old test
is will I make it to the night
But hey I made some things,
I made a thing out of thin air
And now I make excuses,
‘cause maybe you were riiiiight __
Maybe in my mind
Things are not as fine
Maybe you were right
Solo
Verse 5
But if I may be so bold
I guess to have and to hold
Means to live under sun
Pre-Chorus
Am
With your arms outstretched
D7
Only thoughts of you in my head
Chorus
(optional key change: one semitone higher)
But first I’ll have to find you,
get you, keep you, never let you go
My world so far was numbers, papers,
and a future growing cold
I guess I could make space,
for a few days, for better ways
And when we greet the night,
I’ll say maybe you were riiiiight ___
Maybe we have time
Maybe I need a guide
Maybe you were right
Outro
IMPROVISE. (Or just do the solo again.)