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Right Place - Wrong Time by Joe Iconis
Right Place - Wrong Time
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D
[Verse]
D Am7
Well, I'm a writer
D Am7
A writer of songs
D Am7 D Am7
Pretty little ditties and singalongs
G C D Am7 D
So I ain't made a dime in a while
Am7 D Am7
Been workin' the circuit
D Am7
To sell my wares
D Am7
Got a lot of material
D Am7
Nobody cares
G C D Am7 D
They tell me that my songs have gone out of style
Am7 D Am7 D
Mhmm
Am7 D
Hey hey
D Am7
I score a showcase
D Am7
Some big record man
D Am7
I know by the end
D Am7
He's gonna be my fan
G C D
I play my music bit by bit
Am7 D
Woo!
Am7 D Am7
Well my hands are shakin'
D Am7
My head is high
D Am7
He sees this and fidgets
D Am7
Says "what else you got?"
G C
I shrug and I'm like
D Am7 D
"Well, that was it"
Am7 G
He says "if you'd come in here in '73
Bb
You're the kind that I would have signed instantly
C
But it's now, not then, and if I may be bold
Db
Your material just feels a little old"
[Pre chorus]
G
I walk out his office, head full of strife
A
'Cause this is the story of my life, I'm in the
[Chorus]
G A Bm
Right place at the wrong time
G A Bm
And it's a short walk, but a long climb
G A D G
I'm in the right place at the wrong time
G A Bm
I'm in the right song with the wrong rhyme
G A Bm
Is there a space where I belong I'm
G A D G
Just in the right place at the wrong time
C
Hey, hey
D Am7 D Am7
Is there anybody who feels this way?
D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D
[Verse]
D Am7
I am a singer
D Am7
My dreams are big
D Am7
But producer's minds are small
D Am7
So I can't get a gig
G C D Am7 D
And I've been at it for a while
Am7 D Am7 D Am7
In my Corolla, I drive around
D Am7
From audition to audition
D Am7
They don't like my sound
G C D Am7 D Am7
They tell me my singing's out of style
G
Singin' in a bar, owner looks at my face
Bb
Says me I remind him of a girl who used to work in this place
C
She made it real big, but that was way back when
Db
You'd be set if you'd been around then
[Pre-chorus]
G
I throw back a whiskey, then one more
A
Because I've heard it all before, I'm in the
[Chorus]
G A Bm
Right place at the wrong time
G A Bm
And it's a short walk, but a long climb
G A D G
I'm in the right place at the wrong time
G A Bm
I'm in the right song with the wrong rhyme
G A Bm
Is there a space where I belong I'm
G A D G
Just in the right place at the wrong time
C
Hey, hey
D Am7 D
Is there anybody who feels this way?
Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D
Oh, oh
[Verse]
Am7 D
I leave the building
D
Walk out the bar
D
I head for the street
D
And I get in my car
G C D
I'm prayin', Lord, please send some kind of sign
D
Then I see the woman
D
Her eyes are deep and black
D
In my windshield there's a man
D
With a guitar on his back
G C D Am7 D
I wonder if her/his life is just like mine
Am7 D
Stare at each other
Am7 Am7
Feelings hypnotized
D Am7 D Am7
We never break the contact from each other's eyes
G C D Am7 D Am7
Even as she accidentally mows me down
D Am7 D Am7
Now he's bloody on the pavement
D Am7
And I am close to death
D Am7 D Am7
And I could smell the alcohol upon her breath
G C D Am7 D Am7
And I hear sirens comin' from across the town
G
And now my song is done and my life is too
A
And my story is a testament to all those who are in the
[Chorus]
G A Bm
Right place at the wrong time
G A Bm
Short walk but a long climb
G A D G
Right place at the wrong time
G A Bm
I'm in the right song with the wrong rhyme
G A Bm
Is there a space where I belong I'm
G A D G
Right place at the wrong time, we’re in the
G A Bm
Right place at the wrong time
G A Bm
And it's a short walk, but a long climb, we're in the
G A D G
Right place at the wrong time
G A Bm
We're in the right song with the wrong rhyme
G A Bm
Is there a space where I belong I'm
G A D G
Just in the right place at the wrong time
C
Hey, hey
D Am7 D Am7
Now I'm not the only person who feels this way
D Am7 D Am7
Hey, hey
D Am7 D Am7
Hey, hey
D Am7 D Am7
Hey, hey
D Am7 D Am7
Hey, he-e-ey
D Am7 D Am7
Hey, he-e-ey
D Am7 D
Hey, he-e-ey
Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7
Hey hey, he-e-eeeeeeeey
D Am7 D Am7
Mhmm
D Am7 D Am7
Mhmm
[Outro]
G A C D
Right place, wrong time
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