Chords for Interview with Richard Page

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I wrote the song with Walter Rathenaus here, and we were pitching it to different artists,
you know, [G] to record.
I wouldn't really do it myself.
My wife said, you [D] should sing it.
You sing it better than anybody could, [E] so, you know, why don't you sing it?
I thought, okay, I'll sing it.
And so I did a recording of it, and it sounded good.
And my brother said, hey, we should do a video.
So we did a video, and then, you know,
hey, we should [N] post it on there, you know.
So it just sort of, it took on a life of its own.
And I had no intention of sort of recurring as an artist, you know, but it sort of made me think,
well, maybe I should start up now.
Why not?
And then Ringo called, and I thought, well, okay,
I'm going to do a tour.
I might as well do an album.
And so I started putting the album together,
Peculiar Life, and one thing just sort of snowballed.
You know how it works.
And here I am playing with one of the Beatles. _ _ _
_ Most of the intention was to start with just my music and see where it would go.
Who knows?
You know, we may find other artists that need, you know.
[E] But right now it's just [F] strictly for my music. _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, [G] it's dramatic, you know, the changes since I [D#] started way back when they still [F#] had, you know, records.
_ And the [G] system to actually record them, [E] you know, changed dramatically.
Young people these days have no idea what it took to make a record back in those days.
[N] There was no cut and paste and drag and drop and, you know, all these things.
You know, you had to really, really have your talent together to go in there and be able to sing
and, you know, not fix it with auto-tune and all these things.
So [G] it's changed quite a [F#] bit.
And now that there really aren't very many [E] record companies left,
and kids are just taking music off the internet or whenever they feel like it,
that's quite a bit of change.
And so you have to kind of navigate and see what's going on and see how you can fit in
and find your audience of people that like my music.
And the internet is a great tool for that.
And you don't have to [N] _ have a record company take 85% of your royalties.
So that's a good thing.
You don't have to sell three million records to make a living. _ _ _
Well, personally, yeah, you're right.
You [E] know, I make a living as a songwriter mostly and work in the studio.
And so when I write songs, sometimes I think of an artist or [F#] some producer will call me and say,
hey, this artist [N] is looking for a song, I'll write a song.
Sometimes I finish a song and I say, who could do this?
Nobody, just me.
And I put it over here in the pile.
Pretty soon the pile gets pretty big.
And that's what Peculiar Life is.
It's all of those songs that I felt were too personal to give away.
So I just went over to my friend's house and his studio, Richard Gibbs,
[G] and called my friends up, Vinnie Caliutta [N] and James Herrin, all the guys,
and just put this record together in about a month.
Yeah, _ _ _ a long time ago, Steve George and I wrote that song.
And I made a demo of [G] it, but I never really liked the demo.
I thought [A] the demo would be pretty big.
But I always liked the song.
So we came up with a new [E] arrangement and did [F] some chords on it. _ _ _
_ _ _ Steve George lives in Sedona, Arizona, [F#] and he's lived there a long time.
[N] And he's raised his children there.
He does some charity concerts and does some work. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ My mother has immense talent, but she wants to work with children.
She's getting her degree in child psychology.
She just feels like that's her calling.
So _ _ _ _ my friend Richard Marks was in the band about two or three years ago.
[G#] And Ringo said, hey, who should I get for bass?
And he [N] said, oh, you should call Richard.
_ And it's working out perfectly.
I mean, I'm a huge fan.
And who isn't?
Who isn't a Beatles fan?
But working with him is great because he's a lot of fun.
He's extremely humorous.
He's really witty and fun.
So it's fun to be around him.
And all the guys get along really well.
And they all have big, big hits.
So every song on the set, everyone knows.
He's been a huge number one hit around the world.
So it's cool to play the other guy's songs, play everyone else's songs.
I used to play Frankenstein in a club band when I was 17.
Now I'm playing with them.
So it's cool.
It's a fun gig.
I couldn't pass it up.
_ _ _ [G] David and I met when he was partners with Jay Grady back in the late 70s.
And I don't remember exactly how we met, but we were connected with Jay.
Jay was connected to David.
And David started calling me and Steve to come and sing on the albums that he was producing.
And so whenever he needed background vocals, he would call me up.
And that's how we met.
We met for 30 years. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Sometimes I can't even talk about this.
It's all the craziness of those days.
_ [G]
One time I got a call, and I [E] wrote about this in my blog recently after Elizabeth Taylor died.
I got a call [G] from Burt Bacharach to come and sing.
And I didn't know at the time that that's what friends are for.
[N] And I arrived at the studio, and I saw Steve _ last night.
And there's Elizabeth Taylor [G] sitting there.
[N] And Neil Simon, the great playwright, and a few other people.
So it was sort of like a shock walking in.
Got introduced to all these people.
I don't know if it's a great story, but it's true.
_ _ _ I did that back in March.
I did it at a little studio in Santa Monica.
Invited some friends and family.
And we shot it nicely, you know, HD.
Very good production.
Good sound.
And I just played songs on guitar.
A couple of songs on piano.
I did one of the old Pages songs.
Midnight Exit.
_ _ [G#m] And Ethan McCain from [G#] Shelter Me.
And I even did [N] my version of I'll Remember, Madonna's big hit that I co-wrote with her.
And so it's just a fun thing, you know.
_ My theory is if a song is really good, it'll sound good no matter what.
If you sing it a cappella, if you sing it with a guitar,
you sing it with a full orchestra, it should work.
So I'm testing that theory. _ _ _
_ _ _ I [E] would love to.
Yeah, absolutely.
I think the music fans here are special.
[D] I've always felt like that.
French people [E] are really, really loved and