You May Be Right - Billy Joel

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[Intro Lick]

(Can be played
   
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 by 2nd guitar or with pinky off A chord)
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(We can get the intro lick and the A working together...
it can be a little tricky, but with practice it is possible.)

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A|-0---0---0--
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[Verse 1]

Friday night I

 crashed your 

party,

Saturday I said I'm sorry
              
Sunday came an

              
d trashed me o

    
ut again
       
I was only hav

ing fun,
         
Wasn't hurting

 anyone
        
And we all enj

oyed the
              
Weekend for a 

   (  
change

[Verse 2]
           
I've been stra

nded in the co

mbat zone,

I walked through Bedford Stuy alone
              
Even rode my m

              
otorcycle in t

    
he rain
         
And you told m

e not to drive

,
       
But I made it 

home alive
             
So you said th

              
at only proves

            
 that I'm insa

ne

[Chorus]
        
You may be rig

ht,
           
I may be crazy
             
Oh, but it jus

            
t may be a lun

atic
           
You're looking

     
 for
              
Turn out the l


ights,
              
Don't try to s


ave me
             
You may be wro

              
ng for all I k


now,
              
But you may be

    
 right

[Interlude]
 
(Play Intro li

ck x4)

[Verse 3]
  
Remember how I

 found you the

re

Alone in your electric chair
              
I told you dir

              
ty jokes until

       
 you smiled
          
You were lonel

y for a man
          
I said "Take m

e as I am"
             
'Cause you mig

              
ht enjoy some 

              
madness for a 

  (  
while

[Verse 4]
    
Now think of a

ll the years y

ou tried to

Find someone to satisfy you
              
I might be as 

              
crazy as you s


ay
        
If I'm crazy t

hen it's true
           
That it's all 

because of you
             
And you wouldn

              
't want me any

        
 other way

[Chorus]
        
You may be rig

ht,
           
I may be crazy
             
Oh, but it jus

            
t may be a lun

atic
           
You're looking

     
 for
              
It's too late 

    
to fight
              
It's too late 

    
to change me
             
You may be wro

              
ng for all I k


now,
              
But you may be

    
 right

[Interlude]
 
(Play Intro li

ck x2)

[Lead Break]
            
         

[Chorus]
        
You may be rig

ht,
           
I may be crazy
             
Hey, but it ju

             
st may be a lu

natic
           
You're looking

     
 for
              
Turn out the l


ights,
              
Don't try to s


ave me
             
You may be wro

              
ng for all I k


now,
              
You may be rig


ht

[Interlude]
 
(Play Intro li

ck x2)

[Outro] (with Intro lick)

You may be wro

ng but you may

 be right

You may be wro

ng but you may

 be right

You may be wro

ng but you may

 be right

You may be wro

ng but you may

 be right

(fade out)


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Additional Notes:

At
            
You may be rig

ht,
           
I may be crazy

and
              
Turn out the l


ight,
              
Don't try to s


ave me


Try playing:
           
You may be rig

ht

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I may be crazy

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