Chords for Blackstar is... the sound of BONES UK | Featuring Carmen Vandenberg and Rosie Bones | Artist 30

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Music entered my [Ab] life from being a kid, because my parents always had music playing in the
house, had _ a [Abm] jukebox, I mean the music was just around us, even though they don't play
any instrument themselves.
And [Bb] I started with the violin [B] at the age of [Eb] five, and then I
think I just kept on doing this, _ pretending [Eb] to play the violin, so at some point it just
shifted inside, and said I want to do this.
_ [Ebm] Not that everyone was that pleased about that,
but _ it's _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ perfect, it gives me the _ _ [Eb] _
perfect tone [Abm] that I need to add, whether I need to
add anything on top, or like [Eb] create a sound that _ [F] I really trust.
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] I'd probably be like
a creepy scholar, _ _ [G] still studying history and brother, [Ab] _ [Fm] or maybe a summer day, [Bb] because I
like water.
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_ The clarity of the [Eb] _ _ [Fm] tone _ _ allows me to _ _ be me, [Eb] _ and get a good sound without
it having [F] to blast everyone's ears away, because it's there, it's right there at the
beginning.
_ [Dm] _ [D] _ I tried them, and I loved them, [F] _ it was quite a natural switch, _ [G] I mean I was
presented with something I hadn't really tried before, and it worked really well, because
sometimes [D] you don't really choose what [E] you're going to play through, it just [Em] works.
_ [E] It's
like a good [E] match.
_ I'd suggest, [Em] _
listen to as much music as possible, [Em] and then once you've
[A] finished listening, see what you can remember and play [E] again.
_ _ Keep on doing what you love,
you love it, you get something. _ _ _
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_ Hearing bands like Aerosmith, and wanting to be [Gm] like them,
[G] and their songs, [Am] like hearing amazing [E] songs, and wanting to write [Fm] songs as good as [E] Paul
Simon, or as good as Prince, or as good as Steve Tyler. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Blackstar, as a new band, has
supported us so [E] much.
The thing about Blackstar as a company is how much they support young
artists, new artists, people who are just sort of [G] dipping their toes [E] in the world of
rock and roll and [Gm] music, and they've been so brilliant for us as a band, so why would
I [E] choose anything else?
_ I have things that I need to say, and music is the way that I
need to say it, and that [G] excites _ me to [A] excite people.
_ [E] Right, warm-ups before the show.
Don't include vocal warm-ups, do include whiskey, [G] don't
include physical stretches, do [A] include chanting before we go on stage.
[E] _ I'm currently playing
a Blackstar Artist 15 and absolutely enjoying the hell out of it.
_ The best piece of advice,
if I feel in the position to give any kind of advice, is work hard and be the best version
[G] of you that you can be, and [A] if you don't succeed, try, try again. _ _
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