Chords for Chris Rea - Road Songs For Lovers (Interview)
Tempo:
98.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
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E
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [D] The [E] funny thing about this record is there was no inspiration in terms of let's make a record.
It wasn't intended to be a record.
[Em] I'd had a really bad year medically and I wasn't particularly a very happy boy.
And I just sat there with my new computer gear, which is a big new thing for me,
and started [Dm] writing songs that I thought no one [Em] would listen to.
There was no plan to bring the record out.
I think that's what's different about this one.
Well, with a lot of songs, [A] you start with a picture, some little frame that you [G] [E] think you've seen on television or [Em] something.
And what you're looking at is brown [D]-tanned legs, feet on a [A] dashboard,
one of those [E] beautiful, blistering, hot, breezy afternoons.
And you're in your pickup truck, [A] or you're [C] off-roader or whatever, [Am] and you're on holiday.
Most [F] of the songs are about [G] boy-girl [Em] in car.
[C] Mainly because I'm in the car [Dm] such a lot, like everybody in the world,
that's where I actually do get all my ideas [C] for writing songs.
[Em] [Dm]
[C]
No, it's my old band getting [Dm] together again.
Martin Ditcham on drums, [C] Robert DeWaay, I'm very, very pleased he's come back.
And his son on bass [Dm] guitar.
His son is a phenomenal bass player.
Neil [C] Drinkwater on accordion and [Gm] piano.
And me.
This is the last move.
Have I got a favourite song on the record?
[F]
[Eb] I think Last Train is my favourite.
It's probably too long to ever get on to radio.
Although with Amazon [D] and [Gm] iTunes and God knows what, you can do a lot more things now.
Other than just straight radio, which is less than four minutes.
I like Last Train because I hit upon a psychology that really, really interested me.
And it's not the last train home.
Normally last trains are the last train's home.
But things [F] have got so bad with this person that it's just the last train.
[Eb] That's all you know.
You don't know where it's going.
You don't [D] know where it's been.
And you just better get on the last train, not knowing where it's going.
And I quite like that and I enjoyed writing [Gm] it.
And I got a new Orleans band at the end of it.
And I slagged it.
So, so [Bb] [Gm] happy, happy, happy.
[F]
[N]
It wasn't intended to be a record.
[Em] I'd had a really bad year medically and I wasn't particularly a very happy boy.
And I just sat there with my new computer gear, which is a big new thing for me,
and started [Dm] writing songs that I thought no one [Em] would listen to.
There was no plan to bring the record out.
I think that's what's different about this one.
Well, with a lot of songs, [A] you start with a picture, some little frame that you [G] [E] think you've seen on television or [Em] something.
And what you're looking at is brown [D]-tanned legs, feet on a [A] dashboard,
one of those [E] beautiful, blistering, hot, breezy afternoons.
And you're in your pickup truck, [A] or you're [C] off-roader or whatever, [Am] and you're on holiday.
Most [F] of the songs are about [G] boy-girl [Em] in car.
[C] Mainly because I'm in the car [Dm] such a lot, like everybody in the world,
that's where I actually do get all my ideas [C] for writing songs.
[Em] [Dm]
[C]
No, it's my old band getting [Dm] together again.
Martin Ditcham on drums, [C] Robert DeWaay, I'm very, very pleased he's come back.
And his son on bass [Dm] guitar.
His son is a phenomenal bass player.
Neil [C] Drinkwater on accordion and [Gm] piano.
And me.
This is the last move.
Have I got a favourite song on the record?
[F]
[Eb] I think Last Train is my favourite.
It's probably too long to ever get on to radio.
Although with Amazon [D] and [Gm] iTunes and God knows what, you can do a lot more things now.
Other than just straight radio, which is less than four minutes.
I like Last Train because I hit upon a psychology that really, really interested me.
And it's not the last train home.
Normally last trains are the last train's home.
But things [F] have got so bad with this person that it's just the last train.
[Eb] That's all you know.
You don't know where it's going.
You don't [D] know where it's been.
And you just better get on the last train, not knowing where it's going.
And I quite like that and I enjoyed writing [Gm] it.
And I got a new Orleans band at the end of it.
And I slagged it.
So, so [Bb] [Gm] happy, happy, happy.
[F]
[N]
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Em
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] The [E] funny thing about this record is there was no inspiration in terms of let's make a record.
It wasn't intended to be a record.
[Em] I'd had a really bad year medically and I wasn't particularly a very happy boy.
And I just sat there with my new computer gear, which is a big new thing for me,
and started [Dm] writing songs that I thought no one [Em] would listen to.
There was no plan to bring the record out.
I think that's what's different about this one.
Well, with a lot of songs, [A] you start with a picture, some little frame that you [G] [E] think you've seen on television or [Em] something.
And what you're looking at is brown [D]-tanned legs, feet on a [A] dashboard,
one of those [E] beautiful, blistering, hot, breezy afternoons.
And you're in your pickup truck, [A] or you're [C] off-roader or whatever, [Am] and you're on holiday.
Most [F] of the songs are about [G] boy-girl [Em] in car.
[C] _ Mainly because I'm in the car [Dm] such a lot, like everybody in the world,
that's where I actually do get all my ideas [C] for writing songs. _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
No, it's my old band getting [Dm] together again.
Martin Ditcham on drums, _ [C] Robert DeWaay, I'm very, very pleased he's come back.
And his son on bass [Dm] guitar. _
His son is a phenomenal bass player.
Neil [C] Drinkwater on accordion and [Gm] piano.
And me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ This is the last move. _
_ Have I got a favourite song on the record?
[F]
[Eb] I think Last Train is my favourite. _ _ _
It's probably too long to ever get on to radio.
Although with Amazon [D] and [Gm] iTunes and God knows what, you can do a lot more things now.
Other than just straight radio, which is less than four minutes.
I like Last Train because I hit upon a psychology that really, really interested me.
And it's not the last train home.
Normally last trains are the last train's home.
_ But things [F] have got so bad with this person that it's just the last train.
[Eb] That's all you know.
You don't know where it's going.
You don't [D] know where it's been.
_ _ And you just better get on the last train, not knowing where it's going.
And I quite like that and I enjoyed writing [Gm] it.
And I got a new Orleans band at the end of it.
And I slagged it.
So, so [Bb] [Gm] happy, happy, happy. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
It wasn't intended to be a record.
[Em] I'd had a really bad year medically and I wasn't particularly a very happy boy.
And I just sat there with my new computer gear, which is a big new thing for me,
and started [Dm] writing songs that I thought no one [Em] would listen to.
There was no plan to bring the record out.
I think that's what's different about this one.
Well, with a lot of songs, [A] you start with a picture, some little frame that you [G] [E] think you've seen on television or [Em] something.
And what you're looking at is brown [D]-tanned legs, feet on a [A] dashboard,
one of those [E] beautiful, blistering, hot, breezy afternoons.
And you're in your pickup truck, [A] or you're [C] off-roader or whatever, [Am] and you're on holiday.
Most [F] of the songs are about [G] boy-girl [Em] in car.
[C] _ Mainly because I'm in the car [Dm] such a lot, like everybody in the world,
that's where I actually do get all my ideas [C] for writing songs. _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
No, it's my old band getting [Dm] together again.
Martin Ditcham on drums, _ [C] Robert DeWaay, I'm very, very pleased he's come back.
And his son on bass [Dm] guitar. _
His son is a phenomenal bass player.
Neil [C] Drinkwater on accordion and [Gm] piano.
And me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ This is the last move. _
_ Have I got a favourite song on the record?
[F]
[Eb] I think Last Train is my favourite. _ _ _
It's probably too long to ever get on to radio.
Although with Amazon [D] and [Gm] iTunes and God knows what, you can do a lot more things now.
Other than just straight radio, which is less than four minutes.
I like Last Train because I hit upon a psychology that really, really interested me.
And it's not the last train home.
Normally last trains are the last train's home.
_ But things [F] have got so bad with this person that it's just the last train.
[Eb] That's all you know.
You don't know where it's going.
You don't [D] know where it's been.
_ _ And you just better get on the last train, not knowing where it's going.
And I quite like that and I enjoyed writing [Gm] it.
And I got a new Orleans band at the end of it.
And I slagged it.
So, so [Bb] [Gm] happy, happy, happy. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _