My Life Is Right

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