Billy Joel - She's Right On Time: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "She's Right On Time" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn She's Right On Time Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Billy Joel

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "She's Right On Time" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

E                 B/E
Turn on all the Christmas lights
        D/E          A/E
'Cause baby's coming home tonight
C/E             B/E                E  E/D
I can hear her footsteps in the street
C                B
Turn the choral music higher
A7sus            A
Pile more wood upon the fire
Dm7                  G7              C   C/A#
That should make the atmosphere complete

F            G
I've had to wait forever
Am          B
But better late than never

Chorus:
E
She's just in time for me
She's right on time
She's right where she should be
She's right on time

I'm a man with so much tension
Far too many sins to mention
She don't have to take it anymore
But since she said she's coming home
I've torn out all my telephones
Soon she will be walking through that door

I may be going nowhere
But I don't mind if she's there

Chorus

C          D     Em
Left to my own device
      G7/D           C
I can always make believe
              A7/C#    D  C#+          C
That there's nothing wrong,  whoa, oh, oh, oh
C              D       Em
Still I will chose to live
       G7/D         C
In the complicated world
        A7/C#          D
That we shared for so long
       D#dim7           E
Good or bad, right or wrong

And it occurred to me
While I set up my Christmas tree
She never missed a cue or lost a beat
Every time I lost the meter
There she was when I would need her
Greeting me with footsteps in the street

I guess I should have known it
She'd find the perfect moment

Chorus

C                B
Turn the choral music higher
A7sus4           A
Pile more wood upon the fire
Dm7                  G7              C  C/A#
That should make the atmosphere complete

I've had to wait forever
But better late than never

Chorus

She's right on time
She's right on time


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A7

Guitar chord A7

A7sus4

Guitar chord A7sus4

A#

Guitar chord A#

Am

Guitar chord Am

B

Guitar chord B

C

Guitar chord C

C#+

Guitar chord C#+

C#

Guitar chord C#

D

Guitar chord D

D#dim7

Guitar chord D#dim7

Dm7

Guitar chord Dm7

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

G7

Guitar chord G7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "She's Right On Time" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "She's Right On Time" by Billy Joel.

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