Chords for Interview in 1970 w/ the rock band FREE

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_ _ didn't it?
What was happening before that?
The new struggle?
[G] _ Well, we'd been working there for _ two years, [Abm] _ fairly solidly around [Gb] England and Europe.
_ And we'd had a couple of singles [D] out and two albums, [Ab] which had done fairly well, you know,
[F] but nothing phenomenal.
And [G] then, _ [Eb] Then Alright [A] Now came along, you know, and [G] sort of was
a hit in just about every major country.
And it opened up the market incredibly.
And we
found that we were playing to _ countries that normally we [E] would probably never have gone
to.
_ Did you tour extensively in England before
you came out here?
Oh yeah, yeah.
[G] We've _ done, been around England,
you know, _ [E]
six or seven [D] times.
You know, we've had our own concert tours. _
[G] But we started
in the little [Gm] clubs, the little blues clubs.
And then sort of graduated, I suppose, _ ballrooms
[D] and now the concert halls.
Wouldn't it be a lot easier to just go [E] into
a recording studio and turn out a lot of records and have a really big promotion machine behind
you rather than touring, because it must be really exhausting?
That's not [D] lasting, really.
Like the way we started, we just _ played and played.
_ You _ _ _ _ know,
we'd have 13 nights in a row all [G] over England with maybe a couple of days off and then [D] the
same.
And that was like for a year.
We had never had a holiday night.
_ And that way you
play to the people.
You develop musically on stage.
And you build a good, [Dm] strong, honest
[Gm] following _ [D] rather [E] than hype, you know.
Have Free developed [G] any stage act?
You know,
they have any sort of showmanship when they're on stage or [E] they just stand and play?
_ _ _ _ _ We jump about all over the place.
_ _ _ Has this sort of happened spontaneously or
have you really worked on a stage act? _
Spontaneous.
_ _ _ Never really rehearsed for the whole time we've been together.
_ I mean, when we feel
aggressive, we are aggressive.
When we feel mellow, we are mellow.
When you're aggressive, do you break up your guitars or anything like that?
Well, we save the guitars, but the amplifiers [A] really catch it. _
_ [B] _ Do you think touring, you know, the continent of [Gm] Australia is really worth the effort?
You know, it must be physically exhausting for all of you.
[D] Yeah, it is [E] exhausting, but I mean, [G] it's worth it to play once you get on the stage.
[E] After all the hassle is [Ab] over and the stage and the lights and the equipment and you're there.
[G] _ It's worth it.
Do you think sometimes musically, you know, your work suffers?
[E] _ _ _
Well, _ _ _ [G] no, it tends to [E] express what you've been through. _ _ _ _
[G] I mean, if you _ feel mellow because you've [E] had a nice flight with a nice sunset,
then that's how you play it.
But if there's been a lot of hassles, the gear tends to suffer. _
_ Like Andy says.
Have you been pleased with the response from the Australian audiences?
The Australian audiences have really been nice.
We had no idea, you know, what to [Em] expect,
but it's been great.
And [B] when you get on stage, you do [Ab] realise that it's the kids that [Gm] you've come for,
you know, they're the kids who are buying the album and want to see you.
[E] And although it's only for an hour, you've got to try and forget the other 23 and the other people
and their various motives.
It's good.
What are Free intending to do when they go back to England?
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