Chords for Al Green Biography

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_ _ _ _ _ [B] Legendary gospel, soul and R [C]&B singer, Reverend Al Green, one of the most influential artists
in music, [Am] selling over 20 million records [D] worldwide and ranked number 65 [G] by Rolling
Stone as one of the greatest artists of all time.
This is his story. _
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_ [D] Born [Eb] April 13, [D] 1946 in [N] Forest City, Arkansas, to Robert and Cora Green, the sixth of ten
children, the son of a sharecropper, Al began performing at age 10 in Forest City, quartet
called the Green Brothers.
Touring in the 1950s in the South until his family packed up and moved to Grand Rapids,
Michigan, where they began touring around Michigan.
Green's father kicked him out of the group when he called Green's listen to Jackie Wilson,
one of Green's inspirations, as well as Wilson Pickett, James Brown and one of my favorites, Sam Cooke.
Al Green's debut solo LP released in 1967 on the Hotline imprint called Pickup Train, _
gaining him the attention of legendary producer Willie Mitchell.
Willie hired Green as a vocalist for a Texas show with his band and asked him to sign with his label.
Green's debut [B] album with High Records, Green [N] is Blues, released in 1969, enabled Green
to show off his powerful and expressive voice, obtaining moderate success.
It wasn't until 1972 when Green achieved his greatest success with his Let's Stay Together
album, which peaked at number one on the Soul Albums chart and held that position for ten weeks.
This album helped Green embark on a string of critically unsuccessful albums.
_ [Gm] Al [Bb] Green's 1973 [Bm] Call Me album, [Em] Wally regarded as a masterpiece and considered [G] one of the
best soul albums ever made.
[D] Praise for its [G] emotive singing style [C] covering both Willie Nelson [Cm] and Hank Williams.
_ Al's I'm Still in Love with You, his fifth studio album, peaked at number four on the
Billboard charts, which included [Am] hit songs such as Love and [A] Happiness, For the Good
Times, its [Bb] title [Bm] song I'm Still in Love with You.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] That song I'm Still in Love [E] with You even [B] had President Barack Obama singing it.
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On October 18, _ 1974, [C] Mary Woodson White, Green's girlfriend, became upset with Green when he
[D] refused to marry her, even though she was married and had her own children.
[E] While Green was taking a [N] shower, White took a pan of boiling grits and poured it onto
Green, causing burns on Green's back, stomach, and arms.
After, she went and found Green's pistol and killed herself.
Green cited this incident as a wake-up call to change his life, [Am] becoming an ordained [Db] pastor
at the [E] Full Gospel [N]
Diabolical located in Memphis in 1976, delivering services down the street from Graceland.
According to Glide magazine, by the late _ 1970s, Green had begun concentrating exclusively
on gospel music.
His first gospel album was The Lord Will Make a Way.
[Dm] Green was [Am] recording a series of gospel songs from 1981 to [G] 1989, garnering [E] eight soul gospel
performance [C] Rammies in that [F] period.
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_ [Dbm] _ Green began to return [N] to R&B after spending several years recording gospel music, first
releasing a duet with Ennie Lennox, Put a [Eb] Little Love in Your Heart, for the 1988 [Bb] film
Scrooge.
[D] Green's first secular album, Your Hearts [Fm] in Good Hands, was released in 1995 [Bb] to positive
[F] reviews and that same year [F] inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. _ _
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_ _ _ [B] In [Ab] 2008, his Lay It Down album [D] marked his full return to chart [Gbm] success, reaching number
nine on [B] the Billboard chart, making [Bm] it his most successful album in 35 [D] years and received universal [Gbm] acclaim.
_ [E] Al Green [N] sure does stand with some of the greatest names in music history.
Al Green, I think, proved that he can be successful in any genre.
I'm Winfrey Walker and I appreciate you for watching.
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