Chords for Inductee Insights: The Moody Blues

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Progressive rock [C] pioneers turned synthesizer-driven rockers, [Em] the Moody Blues have created over
[G] 50 years of [C] exhilarating and significant music that has influenced countless [Em] musicians and
rock fans [G] around the world.
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[Ab] _ Formed in [Cm] 1964, the Moody Blues [Fm] quickly rose to fame as [Ab] an
R&B-based rock band.
[Db] Within the year, they scored [Bbm] their first hit single, [Eb] Go Now, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
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[Cm] powerful vocals from [Fm] original lead singer and [Ab] guitarist Denny Lane.
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What [Bm] happened next
is one of the all-time great transformations [Gbm] in rock and roll history.
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_ _ _ With the [D] formation
of the classic lineup in [C] 1966, featuring Ray Thomas, [B] Mike Pinder, _ Graham Edge, [Em] _
John Lodge,
and [D] Justin Hayward, the band worked [C] with producer Tony Clark to record the landmark [B] concept
album [Bm] Days of Future [E] Past. _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] The _ _ _ _ [C] record, heavily influenced [G] by the sounds of British psychedelia
including late Beatles [F] and early Pink Floyd, [C] fused the [Em] band's sound with symphonic orchestrations
and spawned the hit singles Nights in [E] White Satin and [D] Tuesday _ [Am] Afternoon.
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Past remained on the Billboard album charts for [D] the next five years and is considered
one of the very first progressive rock albums.
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This new sound influenced an entire generation
of musicians including Yes, ELO, and Genesis. _
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_ [F] _ [G] Throughout the adventurous [C] explorations between
the late 60s and early 70s, the Moody Blues produced numerous hits that became staples
of FM radio. _
_ Ride My Seesaw is a high-energy rock and roll classic and remains the band's
go-to encore song to this day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ The album Question of Balance included the smash hit
Question, _ a song that combines discreet but [A] interlocking parts and sections, a common
Moody Blues technique. _ _
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The early _ 1970s saw the band evolve yet again, this time to turn
to create albums more reproducible in a live concert setting.
_ The resulting album, 7th
Sojourn, became their [E] first number one [E] album in the United States and included John Lodge's
anthem, [Gb] _
I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band.
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_ _ [C] _ _ In the second half of the 80s, the Moody
Blues teamed [D] with veteran [G] producer Tony Visconti to record [C] The Other Side of Life, and their
innovative use of synthesizer tambourine textures [G]
opened up a new sonic palette [C] to explore. _ _
_ The album yielded [D] the top ten hit, Your Wildest [F] Dreams, and the band [C] suddenly had a new teenage
fan base watching [F] on MTV.
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_ _ [C] You know, it's quite hard explaining the [G] Rock and Roll Hall of [D] Fame [G] over the other side
of the Atlantic, but [Em] this is the home of my heroes and to be celebrated in [Am] the same
building [G] in the same town, [Bb] it means a lot to me.
I want to thank Jess and [F] John for putting up with me _ [C] for 50 years and _ counting.
And of course to the fans here tonight and all over the world, this is your moment. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bb] More than half a [G] century later, [Bb] the Moody Blues continue to tour around the world with
no signs [C] of slowing down, connecting to multiple generations of one of rock and roll's most
loyal fan bases. _
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