Chords for Chet Atkins with Earl Klugh, Larry Carlton & George Benson - Stay Tuned Album Release

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Chet Atkins at the office.
[E] This is a [Am] corporate strategy development [G] session.
When your business
is making music.
[Gm] _ [Db] I used to be a vice [C] president and all that stuff, but I was [Am] kind of ashamed
of it because I'm just a guitar [G] player.
I wasn't trained to be an executive.
[Am] He may
not have been trained for it, but Atkins [G] was successful as a record company executive,
[A] creating the so-called Nashville [E] Sound in the 60s.
However, his most significant contribution
[Bm] to music is as an [A] artist.
No one before him had ever played the [Dbm] guitar quite like [B] Chet
Atkins.
He developed a unique style of finger [B] picking that has influenced and [Gbm] inspired thousands
of young [G] guitarists. _ _ _
_ He was my very first inspiration on the guitar.
[C] I just love his
playing and I [G] tried to steal everything I could.
[Am] I succeeded in stealing quite a bit.
Phil Kluh claims he [D] learned to play listening to my records and that _ [G]
makes me so happy
because he's such a great player.
I play shows a lot and [Gb] kids come up and play me something
[F] that sounds good and I say, [Gb] well that's great, where'd you get that?
And he says, oh a few
records and then it doesn't sound so good to me.
[G] I never listen to my own records anyway.
Although Atkins [D] unveiled his technique in the 40s, this month he will demonstrate just
how contemporary his playing [Bm] remains with the release of a new album which [G] teems it
with some of today's most successful guitarists, names such as Kluh, Benson and [F] Carleton.
I think George Benson [C] is a great jazz player.
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_ [Bb] Earl [D] Wright is just beautiful to know.
[G]
Martin
Oppler is one of the great rock players in the world.
_ [D] Larry Carlton, West Coast [G] style.
Just a sensational, aggressive, energetic player.
[Bb] Why did all these [Fm] outstanding players want to merge [Bb] their sounds with Atkins on an album?
[G] They admit to being fans.
When I was growing up, you had to learn his style and [Bm] his sound.
Psycho-members.
A young teenager that just began to try to learn how to play like Chet.
You must remember that Chet Atkins' technique is very unique in the world.
He has invented
a whole new style of playing that was here before, you know, unheard of before he brought
it to the world.
To kick off his new album called Stay Tuned, there was a one-time only
concert in Nashville [D] where Kluh, Benson and Carleton showed up to give a live sampling
of how well these different styles mix.
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[G] The thing that thrilled me the most was I love to work live shows.
I [E] love the challenge
of going out in front of a [Bb] thousand or so people and taking the chance of making a fool of [G] myself.
[C] As a [G] musician, Atkins is a perfectionist and is always concerned that what he does isn't
good enough.
[Am] He shouldn't worry.
For more than 40 years, he's been setting the [C] standard
for a guitarist.
For [E] today, Boyd Madsen, NBC [G] News, Nashville.
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