Half Right

This is another great Elliott Smith song from Heatmiser’s final album Mic City Sons. There’s also a pretty good version on the New Moon album from ’07. ---- Listen to the recording and this should be pretty easy to                        figure out. On the 11th beat start picking the D string too. Again listen to the song and this will be easy to figure out. Go for 5 more beats and then switch to A and add in the A string. Again use either version (the acoustic Smith one or the Heatmiser one) for reference here. Then finally hit C and keep doing the same thing. When I’m about to go into the first verse I always briefly hold down the third fret of the high E to get that sound you hear Elliott playing at the same point in the Heatmiser version. I have no idea what he actually does in the song but any little lick you can think of should sound good. After this you repeat it again. If you’re playing with a full band (drums bass etc.) this is where everything else except vocals should come in as evident in the recording. When I play the song alone I skip the repeat and play G A and C instead. Now the chords: You shouldn’t talk to your yourself Well I pictured somebody else Someone that looks like What I look like Would you say that one of your dreams Got in you and ripped out the seams? Thats what I’d say Thats what I’d say He was a sucker for your double-dose Motherfucker turned white as a ghost Don’t you say hi Don’t you say hi With a broken sink for a face And a head that just takes up space He’s not half right He’s not half right Dsus2         Em It’s already half past A7sus4        Cadd9 And it won’t last I was sticking up for my friend When there’s nothing much to defend It’s a lost fight It’s a lost fight ’Cause when I talk to you on the phone Well it’s just like being alone It’s not half right It’s not half right (Repeat the intro to end.) ---- This is the simplest version of this song possible. If you want a way more detailed overview follow this link: http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1032/halfrighttab.jpg The version in the link was tabbed by this kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k96BZMh9-E&feature=related