Chords for 3 Questions Interview: Victoria Vox

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_ [Bm] _ The _ 52 Song Project _ started in _ 2011 _ [B] _ with _ memorizing 52 [N] cover songs. _
And it was just a way for me to kind of go back to school _ _ _ _ _ [B] and learn _ _ _ other songwriters'
chord _ _ progressions, their lyrics, _ _ _ _ _ _ just [D] their songs.
And I had never really, as a songwriter, I just [B] really had never spent much time learning
_ other people's music.
And so I [Gb] felt _ _ _ _ it was just, it was something that I needed [Eb] to do.
_ And then towards the end of that year in 2011, and it was, [Ab] I just posted the videos to YouTube, _
[G] _ _ towards the end of the year, _ _ people started writing [Gbm] in saying, we're going to miss this weekly project.
[N] What's next?
And I knew that I wanted to _ _ focus back on my _ songwriting, and so it seemed kind of like
_ _ the next step that I should do.
And I was really nervous about announcing it, because when I say I'm going to do something,
I do [B] it.
_ But writing _ _ 52 songs _ seems a little crazy.
_ _ [Bb] And I'd never done that kind of writing before.
And so I put out a subscriber _ _ _ _ -based model _ that _ _ allowed me to take some [C] time off from
touring and [G] just stay home and focus on the songwriting.
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_ I had a [B] set of rules for the project that I shared with the subscribers.
[Abm] _ And one of the rules [F] was that I would not care if they liked the song.
_ _ [E] And I think in doing that, [Bb] I gave myself full artistic freedom _ and creative [E] freedom. _
And it could be any musical _ style, _ [G] _ any _ [Abm] genre, any song _ [B] subject, _ any instrument.
They weren't signing [N] up to get 52 _ _ awesome Victoria Vox songs.
It could be anything.
_ And I think just from having that freedom, _ _ _ there never was a formula _ for it.
And [B] I would challenge myself to _ _ be inspired by maybe picking up a different instrument.
_ Most of the time I _ _ wrote on the ukulele, I think all but _ [Eb] three, _ maybe four, were written
on the uke. _
But _ the second [A] week, _ [F] a friend gave me _ [F] _ a giant thumb piano with butter knives.
And that's kind of what [N] inspired _ the _ ostinato riff that I now play on [B] ukulele.
But it's just that it comes from somewhere [G] else. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ It's [G] called Sweetest Melodies.
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_ [C] I'd search you _ _ out, [Cm] _ _ _ _ pay [C] _
_ _ _ _ no attention _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ [Bb] the _ _ crowd. _
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_ A sea [Eb] of bodies, _ _ _ _ they don't mean _ _ _ anything.
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_ I'm drawn to your _ _ _ _ _ sound. _ _
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_ _ [Bb] Sweetest _ _ _ melodies [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] are _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
running _ _ _ through _ [Bb] _
_ _ your [Cm] _ veins. _
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[Eb] And _ _ _ _ every [Bb] _ _ _ word _ [Cm] I _ _ _ ever _ _ [Ab] _
heard you _ [Eb] say _ _ _ _ [Bb] comes out as _ [Cm] song to me. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] We've only _ _ time _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ every _ intention _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ to get it _ right.
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ Here comes [C] the _ interlude _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ between our [C] _
_ _ solitudes, _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] ready to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ harmonize.
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Sweetest _ _ _ _ [Cm] melodies _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] are _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ running _ _ _ through [Bb] _ _ _ your _
[Cm] _ veins. _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] And _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] every _ _ _ word _ [C] I _ _ _ ever _ _ [Ab] _ heard you [Eb] _ say _ _ _ [Bb] comes _ out as [Cm] song _ to me. _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] The _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ [Bb] sweetest _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] melodies _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] are _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ running _ _ [Bb] through _ _ _ your _ [Cm] _ veins.
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_ [Cm] And _ _ _ _ [Bb] every _ _ _ word _ [Cm] I _ _ ever _ _ _
[Ab] _ heard you [Eb] _ _ say _ _ comes _ [Bb] out as _ [Cm] song to me. _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ The [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] sweetest _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] melodies _ _
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_ [Eb] are running _ _ through _ [Bb] _ _ _ your [Cm] veins.
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_ _ _ _ [F] And [B] _ _
_ _ [Bb] every _ _ _ word [C] I _ _ _ [Ab] ever _ _ _ heard you _ [Eb]
say _ _ _ _ comes [Bb]
out as _ [Cm] song to me. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are _ a _ song _ to [C]
me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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