Right Time, Right Place - The Stereophonics
YouTube link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjFR5i2etBU
When playing live, Kelly Jones tunes his acoustic guitar down 1/2 step to Eb (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb) so
he can play the song using open chords. To transpose this tab to play it this way -which is better for
solo/acoustic guitar, tune your guitar down to Eb then go to the bottom of the tab and where it shows
‘TRANSPOSE’, click ‘+1’ one time, this will then show chords as:
Intro: Am C Am G
Verse: C Em7 Dm F G -disregard the 'A#m C# A#m G# chords that show up in the intro after transposing,
they're all Am and C.
Chord forms used:
G#m [4 6 6 4 4 4]
B [7 9 9 8 7 7]
F# [2 4 4 2 2 2]
D#m7 [11 13 11 11 11 11]
C#m [9 11 11 9 9 9]
E [x 7 9 9 7 7]
F#* [x 9 11 11 11 9]
[Intro] Studio recording is two discrete, complimentary riffs played on two electric guitars:
G#m B G#m F# x2
Guitar 1
G#m B G#m F#
e]------------------------------------------------------------|
B]-0---9-7-----------0---9-7-----------0---9-7----------------|
G]-6/8---------------6/8---------------6/8--------------------|
D]-4/6---------------4/6---------------4/6--------------------|
A]------------------------------------------------------------|
E]------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e]------------------------------------------------------------|
B]---------6b8r6-4-6/8-------6b8r6-4-6/8-------6b8r6-4-4h6----|
G]------------------------------------------------------------|
D]------------------------------------------------------------|
A]------------------------------------------------------------|
E]------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro] Live versions: One guitar playing the two riffs combined
Guitar 1
G#m B G#m F#
e]------------------------------------------------------------|
B]-0---9-7----------0---9-7-----------0---9-7-----------------|
G]-6/8----6b8r6-4-6-6/8-----6b8r6-4-6-6/8----6b8r6-4-4h6------|
D]------------------4/6---------------4/6---------------------|
A]------------------------------------------------------------|
E]------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
B
You like rockin', I like mine
D#m7
Our brothers were older, was another time
C#m
You got drums, I got a guitar
E F#*
And we made up a band, who knew we'd go far?
B
I met a girl who gave me her heart
D#m7
I gave her back mine 'til the day we part
C#m
We shared the same bus to the school they taught art
E F#*
Teenage kicks, shoot for the stars
B
We played some clubs, people saw me sing
D#m7
They asked if we'd record with them
C#m
Wе said, "Why, sure", so we drove to thе smoke
E F#*
I'd never been that far away from home
B
We made a few records, top of the charts
D#m7
Flew around the world, became big stars
C#m
Climbed up the ladder, broke some hearts
E F#*
Drank a million beers in a thousand bars
B
I met another girl, had a couple of kids
D#m7
It didn't work out, but what a gift
C#m
I met my soul, became my wife
E F#*
My lover, my rock, we're in it for life
B
Life's got a way of making things pay
D#m7
No matter how hard we try to refrain
C#m
Fate or love or chance we deal
E F#* E
Or that beautiful word's serendipity, oh, yeah
[Chorus]
B G#m
Where would I be now if I hadn't met you?
F# E
Right place, right time, oh, yeah, yeah
B G#m
Where would I be now if I hadn't met you?
F#
Right place, right time, yeah
[Interlude] (Intro riff)
G#m B G#m F#
Guitar 1
e]------------------------------------------------------------|
B]-0---9-7-----------0---9-7-----------0---9-7----------------|
G]-6/8---------------6/8---------------6/8--------------------|
D]-4/6---------------4/6---------------4/6--------------------|
A]------------------------------------------------------------|
E]------------------------------------------------------------|
G#m B G#m F#
Guitar 2
e]------------------------------------------------------------|
B]---------6b8r6-4-6/8-------6b8r6-4-6/8-------6b8r6-4-4h6----|
G]------------------------------------------------------------|
D]------------------------------------------------------------|
A]------------------------------------------------------------|
E]------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
B
I met my uncle at the boxing ring
D#m7
It wasn't punching people, it was discipline
C#m
They lied, I was older, all the fights I'd win
E F#*
Stays with me today, even when I sing
B
Then I met temptation or did it rape me?
D#m7
It took me for a ride 'til I couldn't see
C#m
Like a candy shop with all you can eat
E F#*
No money back and no guarantees
B
I met the disease of the mind and the fears
D#m7
And all the time it robbed from me
C#m
(I) tried to integrate the child and the man
E F#*
Just before it slips through my hands
B
My love, my children, everything changed
D#m7
Weight of the world, ball and a chain
C#m
Like a boat in a storm without a sail
E F#*
Navigating life and love and grace
B
I met this world in the corridor
D#m7
In front of many people, I was born to perform
C#m
Reconcile the passion and the rage
E F#* E
I made it this far, keep turning the page, oh, yeah
[Chorus]
B G#m
Where would I be now if I hadn't met you?
F# E
Right place, right time, oh, yeah, yeah
B G#m
Where would I be now if I hadn't met you?
F#
Right place, right time
E B G#m
Oh, yeah, yeah, where would I be now if I hadn't met you?
F# E
Right place, right time, oh, yeah, yeah
B G#m
Where would I be now if I hadn't met you?
F# B
Right place, right time, ye-ah, yeah, yeah
