Chords for Brian May talks about how he started by listening to HANK MARVIN..
Tempo:
149.95 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Bb
F
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[E] [A]
For most [E] people the memorable thing [C] about the shadows is the clean [F] distinctive guitar sound of Hank [E] Marvin an
Enormous [C] influence on every guitarist [F] who aspired to pop success [B] in the early 1960s
[E] One of the Beatles first [B] recordings was a tribute to the [E] shadows called a cry for a shadow [D]
and many modern rock guitar heroes have
Admitted [A] their debt to Marvin among them Brian May of Queen
[E]
That was the thing in English music at the time
Yes, well that time I was at school and
Used to listen to everybody you could get your hands on you know pick up all the records and copy [G] them
Competition to see who could play them [Ab] fastest and earliest
and
[E] I think a lot of people at the time were also getting into
[F]
We're listening to rhythm and blues records.
You know so it was it [G] was very cool to say
Oh, yeah, well I of course I don't really like the
The modern beat music I like Chuck Berry, and I like Bodily and everything but secretly everyone was going home and studying their Hank Marvin licks
You know so he was always there for even I say for people who wouldn't even admit it at the time
They're all [Bb] yeah, how does he [B] do this?
How does he get that very?
individual sound
[B]
[Bb]
What is the [C] style you know?
[Gb]
I mean not just [F] in the whole Bruce Welch's rhythm style.
It [Ab] was very very important.
It's like nothing before it really
[F] You know totally different from what people on [Gb] Elvis Presley records
Wiring [Bbm] on the European street quite sustainable
[Ab]
And [G] also the way the [F] bass was approached and the trumps you might everything [Bb] about the shadows was I?
Say was very original for its time
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[B]
[B]
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[E] [A]
For most [E] people the memorable thing [C] about the shadows is the clean [F] distinctive guitar sound of Hank [E] Marvin an
Enormous [C] influence on every guitarist [F] who aspired to pop success [B] in the early 1960s
[E] One of the Beatles first [B] recordings was a tribute to the [E] shadows called a cry for a shadow [D]
and many modern rock guitar heroes have
Admitted [A] their debt to Marvin among them Brian May of Queen
[E]
That was the thing in English music at the time
Yes, well that time I was at school and
Used to listen to everybody you could get your hands on you know pick up all the records and copy [G] them
Competition to see who could play them [Ab] fastest and earliest
and
[E] I think a lot of people at the time were also getting into
[F]
We're listening to rhythm and blues records.
You know so it was it [G] was very cool to say
Oh, yeah, well I of course I don't really like the
The modern beat music I like Chuck Berry, and I like Bodily and everything but secretly everyone was going home and studying their Hank Marvin licks
You know so he was always there for even I say for people who wouldn't even admit it at the time
They're all [Bb] yeah, how does he [B] do this?
How does he get that very?
individual sound
[B]
[Bb]
What is the [C] style you know?
[Gb]
I mean not just [F] in the whole Bruce Welch's rhythm style.
It [Ab] was very very important.
It's like nothing before it really
[F] You know totally different from what people on [Gb] Elvis Presley records
Wiring [Bbm] on the European street quite sustainable
[Ab]
And [G] also the way the [F] bass was approached and the trumps you might everything [Bb] about the shadows was I?
Say was very original for its time
[Bb] [B]
[Bb]
[B]
[B]
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Key:
B
E
Bb
F
C
B
E
Bb
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ For most [E] people the memorable thing [C] about the shadows is the clean [F] distinctive guitar sound of Hank [E] Marvin an
Enormous [C] influence on every guitarist [F] who aspired to pop success [B] in the early _ 1960s
[E] One of the Beatles first [B] recordings was a tribute to the [E] shadows called a cry for a shadow [D]
and many modern rock guitar heroes have
Admitted [A] their debt to Marvin among them Brian May of Queen
[E] _
_ That was the thing in English music at the time _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yes, well that time I was at school and
_ _ Used to listen to everybody you could get your hands on you know pick up all the records and copy [G] them
_ _ _ Competition to see who could play them [Ab] fastest and _ earliest
_ and _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ I think a lot of people at the time were also getting into
_ [F] _
We're listening to rhythm and blues records.
You know so it was it [G] was very cool to say
Oh, yeah, well I of course I don't really like the _
The modern beat music I like Chuck Berry, and I like Bodily and everything but secretly everyone was going home and studying their Hank Marvin licks
You know so he was always there for even I say for people who wouldn't even admit it at the time
They're all [Bb] yeah, how does he [B] do this?
How does he get that very? _ _
individual sound _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ What is the [C] style you know?
[Gb] _ _
I mean not just [F] in the whole Bruce Welch's rhythm style.
It [Ab] was very very important.
It's like nothing before it really
[F] You know totally different from what people on [Gb] Elvis Presley records
_ _ _ Wiring [Bbm] on the European street quite sustainable
[Ab] _ _ _
And [G] also the way the [F] bass was approached and the trumps you might everything [Bb] about the shadows was I? _ _
Say was very original for its time
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_ _ _ _ For most [E] people the memorable thing [C] about the shadows is the clean [F] distinctive guitar sound of Hank [E] Marvin an
Enormous [C] influence on every guitarist [F] who aspired to pop success [B] in the early _ 1960s
[E] One of the Beatles first [B] recordings was a tribute to the [E] shadows called a cry for a shadow [D]
and many modern rock guitar heroes have
Admitted [A] their debt to Marvin among them Brian May of Queen
[E] _
_ That was the thing in English music at the time _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yes, well that time I was at school and
_ _ Used to listen to everybody you could get your hands on you know pick up all the records and copy [G] them
_ _ _ Competition to see who could play them [Ab] fastest and _ earliest
_ and _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ I think a lot of people at the time were also getting into
_ [F] _
We're listening to rhythm and blues records.
You know so it was it [G] was very cool to say
Oh, yeah, well I of course I don't really like the _
The modern beat music I like Chuck Berry, and I like Bodily and everything but secretly everyone was going home and studying their Hank Marvin licks
You know so he was always there for even I say for people who wouldn't even admit it at the time
They're all [Bb] yeah, how does he [B] do this?
How does he get that very? _ _
individual sound _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ What is the [C] style you know?
[Gb] _ _
I mean not just [F] in the whole Bruce Welch's rhythm style.
It [Ab] was very very important.
It's like nothing before it really
[F] You know totally different from what people on [Gb] Elvis Presley records
_ _ _ Wiring [Bbm] on the European street quite sustainable
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And [G] also the way the [F] bass was approached and the trumps you might everything [Bb] about the shadows was I? _ _
Say was very original for its time
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