Chord Half Right by Elliott Smith

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 . - - - - you want to start out the song picking the G and B strings , B first , playing an Em7 . 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 : G Em7 you shouldn’t talk to your yourself A well , i pictured somebody else C someone that looks like C what i look like G Em7 would you say that one of your dreams A got in you and ripped out the seams? C thats what i’d say C thats what i’d say G Em7 he was a sucker for your double - dose A motherfxxker turned white as a ghost C don’t you say hi C don’t you say hi G Em7 with a broken sink for a face A and a head that just takes up space C he’s not half right C he’s not half right Dsus2 Em it’s already half past A7sus4 Cadd9 and it won’t last G Em7 i was sticking up for my friend A when there’s nothing much to defend C it’s a lost fight C it’s a lost fight G Em7 ’cause when i talk to you on the phone A well , it’s just like being alone C it’s not half right C 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 : the version in the link was tabbed by this kid :