Chords for Aretha Franklin recording "This Is for Real"

One of the most difficult aspects of being a recording star
is maintaining a career over a long period of time.
There have been numerous artists who have captured the public's attention with one hit song,
never to be heard from again.
Others have stretched their popularity over two or three years before their record stopped selling.
Once in a while, though, you find an Elvis Presley or a Mick Jagger or a Frank Sinatra
who just keep right on cranking out the hits.
And on any such list of superstars, you have to include the name of Aretha Franklin,
who this year won her 11th Grammy Award.
Move in there, Aretha.
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_ [F] _ [G] Today, _ _ _ _ _ [N] Aretha is in Harry Langdon's Hollywood photo studio.
These shots will be used for her next album.
It's pretty flashy stuff.
But Aretha's look and sound have changed a lot over the years.
Her [Bb] first record was released in 1960.
[Ab] Since then, she [Bb] has recorded over [Fm] 30 [Eb] albums,
all of them with at least some influence from the music of her childhood. _ _ _ _ _
Never _ _ [Fm] cry.
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ Never _ cry.
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Aretha's father is a Baptist preacher.
She grew up singing in the [E] choir at church and playing [Em] the piano at [Am] home.
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[Am] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] Canadian Sunset.
That's the first [N] song you learned to play?
Yeah.
My dad gave me that record by Eddie Haywood.
And he says, can you play this?
Listen to it and try to play it.
Now, that's a little different approach, giving you a record and say play it
instead of giving you the sheet music.
Yeah, well, I don't read music and I didn't read music then.
I played by ear and _ _ he did get me a music teacher.
But when she would come, I would run away and hide.
I didn't want to take music lessons out of the baby book.
I wanted the intermediate book and I wanted to run before I could walk.
We're on a mission from God.
Don't you blaspheme in here.
Don't you blaspheme in here.
Aretha at her gospel shouting best was seen in a cameo appearance in the movie The Blues Brothers.
Shut up, [Bb] woman.
You better think.
Think [Eb] about what you're [Bb] trying to do to me.
Yeah, think, think, [D] think.
Let your [Eb] mind go.
[Bb] _ _ _ Let's go back.
Let's go back.
[Eb] Let's go [Bb] way on the back way.
_ Have you consciously tried to change your sound a little bit over the years?
[N] No, not really.
I don't think so.
_ [Fm] _ Just _
[C] _ _ _ _ bringing it up today. _
_ If _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Gb] _ [G] _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [C] _
I _ _ _ wanted to [G] have _ _ _ _ anything.
[Am] _ _ _ _ I believe in _ [C] me.
_ And the thing in the other side of Aretha singing personality comes out in the [G] studio,
reading the words from a sheet of notebook paper, she can breathe life [Am] into a simple _ ballad.
And [A] everything else, [Em] baby, _ _ _ [C] we have.
The _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] _ song It's for [Am] Real is part of her next album.
[Em] You're getting a privilege sneak preview two months in advance.
OK, let's just check it.
You get to [Dm]
understand [F] me.
[Fm] _ _ This _ _ is [C] now.
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This _ _ [Am] is it is [F]
now.
For _ _ _ _ _ _ _ real. _ _ _ _
_ _ Beautiful song, huh?
During her career, Aretha has seen all of the trends, acid rock, disco, new wave.
But rather than switch styles, she just keeps overwhelming people with her gospel based rhythm and blues sound.
I have talked to numerous musicians over the years, and they all agree.
The reason Aretha is so successful _ is she simply has one of the best voices they have ever heard.
Chris, _ what?
Thanks. [N] Nice report. _ _