Wrong Time, Right Place chords by Justin Hayward
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When I'm a writer,
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a writer of songs,
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pretty little ditties and sing -alongs,
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so I ain't made a dime
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in a while.
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I've been hittin' the circuit
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To sell my wares
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Got a lot of material, nobody cares
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They tell me that my song's gone out
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of style
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Hey, hey, well I score a showcase
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Some big record man
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I know by the end he's gonna be my fan
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I play my music bit by bit
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My hands are shaking,
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my head is high
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He sneezes and he fidgets,
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says, what else you got?
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I shrug and I'm like, that was it
He says,
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if you'd been in here in 73
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You're the kind that I
would've signed instantly
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But it's now, not then,
and if I may be bold
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Your material just feels a little old
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I walk out his office, head full of strife
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Cause this is the story of my life
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I'm in the right place at the wrong time
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And it's a short walk but a long climb
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I'm in the right place at
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the wrong time
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I'm in the right song with the wrong rhyme
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Is there a space where I belong?
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I'm just in the right place
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at the wrong time
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Hey, hey
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Is there anybody else who feels this way?
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I am a singer, dreams are big,
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but producers' minds are small,
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so I can't get a gig,
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and I've been at it for a while.
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Take my Corol la, I drive around
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From audition to audition,
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they don't like my sound
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Tell me my singing's out of
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style
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Singing in a bar, owner looks at my face
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Says I remind him of a girl
who used to work in this place
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She made it real big,
but that was way back when
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You'd be set if you'd been around
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then
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I throw back a whiskey, then one more,
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because I've heard it all before. I'm in
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the right place at the wrong time,
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and it's a short walk but a long time.
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I'm in the right place at
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the wrong time.
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I'm the right song with the wrong rhyme,
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and there's space where I belong.
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I'm in the right place at the wrong time
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Hey, is there anybody else
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who feels this way?
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I leave the building
Walk out the bar
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I head for the street
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And I get in my car
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I'm praying, Lord,
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please send some kind of sign
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Then I see a woman
Her eyes are deep in black
Through my windshield
there's a man with a guitar on his back
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I wonder if her life is just like mine
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Stare at each other
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Feelings hypnotized
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We never break the contact
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from each other's eyes
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Even as she accidentally
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mows me down
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Now he's bloody on
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the pavement
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And I am close to death
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And I can smell the alcohol
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upon her breath
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An d I hear sirens com
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ing from across town
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Now my song is done and my life is too
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And my story is a testament
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to all those who are in the right
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place at the wrong time
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and it's a short walk but a long time
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in place at the wrong time
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I'm in the right song with the wrong rhyme
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Is there a space where I belong?
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Is right place at the wrong time?
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We're in the right place
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at the wrong time
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It's a short walk but a long climb
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We're in the right place at
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the wrong time
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We're in the right song with
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the wrong rhyme
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There's a space where we belong
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We're in the right place
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at the wrong time
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Hey, hey, now
I'm not the only person
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who feels this way
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Hey, hey, hey, hey,
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hey
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Hate the Iron Man
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Lost laws
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Hate the Iron Man his laws
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Hate the Iron Man
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Mmmhmm
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Mmmhmm
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Right Place
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Wrong Time you
Wrong Time, Right Place
Justin Hayward
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