Chords for Interview with Rick Springfield
Tempo:
115.8 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Rick, you didn't have the same [F#] success with What Would the Children Think as you did with
Speak to the Sky.
Why do you think [D#] that was happening?
In America?
Yeah.
[F#] Well, I think What Would the Children Think was just too different, [F] you know, for a second
record, especially for [F#] me being a new artist, which I was in the States at the time.
And well, I still am, I guess.
[F] But I think it was just a bit, it was, we tried to sort of show that, you know, there
was more to my writing than Speak to the Sky, which I'm happy with as a song, but I think
What Would the Children Think sort of had more depth to it in that.
But [F#] like, when Speak to the Sky was released, I was getting letters from these sort [F] of kids
and when What Would the [G#] Children Think was released, I was getting letters from all these
housewives and that.
[F] So, you know, I think it was just a bit too different for a second record.
From reading [F#] the crits you've had overseas, people get the impression that you're very
much aimed at [F] the young teenage market.
Do you think [D] there's a possibility of you capturing both [F#] an adult market and a younger
market as well?
Well, that's what I'm hoping for.
It's [G] really the ultimate sort of thing, I guess.
When I first went over there, the magazines asked if I could do a few [F] things, you know,
and we've tried to keep it like, no yucky stuff, you know, I [F#] mean, we've tried to just
give them news and that's it.
And the first album was played on Underground Station, so [G] there's a chance, you know, but
I guess it's sort of going to fall the way it's going to fall.
You've just recorded a second [C#] album.
Will that be much of a departure from what you've been doing in the past?
I think the [F#] songs are better.
[E] The album is a lot more, whereas the first one was [F] a very subdued album.
This new one is a much more exciting album and I'm much, much happier [G] with it.
When you're in the States, what sort of [F#] gigs [F] were you playing?
Well, I haven't been working [F#] live apart from TV shows in the States because of work visas,
you know, work problems, which is the big [G#] hang up with sort of getting to America.
But just [F] before I left, the work papers all came through, you know, so I can come [G#] and
go as I please and work whenever I like.
So the next sort of thing [C#] for me now is to get a backing band together and start rehearsing
and maybe tour up around Sioux [E] Falls and work in the acting and start [Gm] doing shows.
What sort of a band have you got in mind?
[G] Well, there's three guys that worked on the new album with me.
Hopefully [D] the piano player, a guy called Mike Moran, who I got on really [G] well with and who's
interested in coming to the States.
Plus there's an Australian guy who's [F] living in Texas now.
I've got sort of guys that I'd like to be in and it's just whether it comes together or not.
There's a lot of reverb around at the moment, [D#] people sort of proclaiming that as far as
Australia's concerned, our day is coming musically.
How do you feel about it?
Yeah, [Gm] I agree because in America, I can't say so much in England, but in [F] America I've
found that there's a much, [G] just becoming more aware that, you know, we play music down here
[F#] on guitar, [F] not just didgeridoos.
As [F#] far as your recognition as an Australian goes, [C#] once you've established yourself overseas,
are we likely to see very [F] much of you back here?
[E] Oh yeah, well, like this time I've been away for a year and I don't want [G] that much
Speak to the Sky.
Why do you think [D#] that was happening?
In America?
Yeah.
[F#] Well, I think What Would the Children Think was just too different, [F] you know, for a second
record, especially for [F#] me being a new artist, which I was in the States at the time.
And well, I still am, I guess.
[F] But I think it was just a bit, it was, we tried to sort of show that, you know, there
was more to my writing than Speak to the Sky, which I'm happy with as a song, but I think
What Would the Children Think sort of had more depth to it in that.
But [F#] like, when Speak to the Sky was released, I was getting letters from these sort [F] of kids
and when What Would the [G#] Children Think was released, I was getting letters from all these
housewives and that.
[F] So, you know, I think it was just a bit too different for a second record.
From reading [F#] the crits you've had overseas, people get the impression that you're very
much aimed at [F] the young teenage market.
Do you think [D] there's a possibility of you capturing both [F#] an adult market and a younger
market as well?
Well, that's what I'm hoping for.
It's [G] really the ultimate sort of thing, I guess.
When I first went over there, the magazines asked if I could do a few [F] things, you know,
and we've tried to keep it like, no yucky stuff, you know, I [F#] mean, we've tried to just
give them news and that's it.
And the first album was played on Underground Station, so [G] there's a chance, you know, but
I guess it's sort of going to fall the way it's going to fall.
You've just recorded a second [C#] album.
Will that be much of a departure from what you've been doing in the past?
I think the [F#] songs are better.
[E] The album is a lot more, whereas the first one was [F] a very subdued album.
This new one is a much more exciting album and I'm much, much happier [G] with it.
When you're in the States, what sort of [F#] gigs [F] were you playing?
Well, I haven't been working [F#] live apart from TV shows in the States because of work visas,
you know, work problems, which is the big [G#] hang up with sort of getting to America.
But just [F] before I left, the work papers all came through, you know, so I can come [G#] and
go as I please and work whenever I like.
So the next sort of thing [C#] for me now is to get a backing band together and start rehearsing
and maybe tour up around Sioux [E] Falls and work in the acting and start [Gm] doing shows.
What sort of a band have you got in mind?
[G] Well, there's three guys that worked on the new album with me.
Hopefully [D] the piano player, a guy called Mike Moran, who I got on really [G] well with and who's
interested in coming to the States.
Plus there's an Australian guy who's [F] living in Texas now.
I've got sort of guys that I'd like to be in and it's just whether it comes together or not.
There's a lot of reverb around at the moment, [D#] people sort of proclaiming that as far as
Australia's concerned, our day is coming musically.
How do you feel about it?
Yeah, [Gm] I agree because in America, I can't say so much in England, but in [F] America I've
found that there's a much, [G] just becoming more aware that, you know, we play music down here
[F#] on guitar, [F] not just didgeridoos.
As [F#] far as your recognition as an Australian goes, [C#] once you've established yourself overseas,
are we likely to see very [F] much of you back here?
[E] Oh yeah, well, like this time I've been away for a year and I don't want [G] that much
Key:
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_ Rick, you didn't have the same [F#] success with What Would the Children Think as you did with
Speak to the Sky.
Why do you think [D#] that was happening?
In America?
Yeah.
_ [F#] Well, I think What Would the Children Think was just too different, [F] you know, for a second
record, especially for [F#] me being a new artist, which I was in the States at the time.
And well, I still am, I guess.
[F] But I think it was just a bit, it was, we tried to sort of show that, _ you know, there
was more to my writing than Speak to the Sky, which I'm happy with as a song, but I think
What Would the Children Think sort of had more depth to it in that.
_ _ But [F#] like, when Speak to the Sky was released, I was getting letters from these sort [F] of kids
and when What Would the [G#] Children Think was released, I was getting letters from all these
housewives and that.
[F] So, you know, I think it was just a bit too different for a second record.
From reading [F#] the crits you've had overseas, people get the impression that you're very
much aimed at [F] the young teenage market.
Do you think [D] there's a possibility of you capturing both [F#] an adult market and a younger
market as well?
Well, that's what I'm hoping for.
It's [G] really the ultimate sort of thing, I guess.
When I first went over there, the magazines asked if I could do a few [F] things, you know,
and we've tried to keep it like, no yucky stuff, you know, I [F#] mean, we've tried to just
give them news and that's it.
And the first album was played on Underground Station, so [G] there's a chance, you know, but
I guess it's sort of going to fall the way it's going to fall.
You've just recorded a second [C#] album.
Will that be much of a departure from what you've been doing in the past?
I think the [F#] songs are better. _ _ _ _
[E] The album is a lot more, whereas the first one was [F] a very subdued album.
This new one is a much more exciting album and I'm much, much happier [G] with it.
_ When you're in the States, what sort of [F#] gigs [F] were you playing?
Well, I haven't been working [F#] live apart from TV shows in the States because of _ work visas,
you know, work problems, which is the big [G#] hang up with sort of getting to America.
But just [F] before I left, the work papers all came through, you know, so I can come [G#] and
go as I please and work whenever I like.
So the next sort of thing [C#] for me now is to get a backing band together and start rehearsing
and maybe tour up around Sioux [E] Falls and work in the acting and start [Gm] doing shows.
What sort of a band have you got in mind?
[G] Well, there's three guys that worked on the new album with me.
_ Hopefully [D] the piano player, a guy called Mike Moran, who I got on really [G] well with and who's
interested in coming to the States.
Plus there's an Australian guy _ _ _ who's [F] living in Texas now.
I've got sort of guys that I'd like to be in and it's just whether it comes together or not.
There's a lot of reverb around at the moment, [D#] people sort of proclaiming that as far as
Australia's concerned, our day is coming musically.
How do you feel about it?
Yeah, [Gm] I agree because in America, I can't say so much in England, but in [F] America I've
found that there's a much, [G] just becoming more aware that, you know, we play music down here
[F#] on guitar, [F] not just didgeridoos.
As [F#] far as your recognition as an Australian goes, [C#] once you've established yourself overseas,
are we likely to see very [F] much of you back here?
[E] Oh yeah, well, like this time I've been away for a year and I don't want [G] that much
Speak to the Sky.
Why do you think [D#] that was happening?
In America?
Yeah.
_ [F#] Well, I think What Would the Children Think was just too different, [F] you know, for a second
record, especially for [F#] me being a new artist, which I was in the States at the time.
And well, I still am, I guess.
[F] But I think it was just a bit, it was, we tried to sort of show that, _ you know, there
was more to my writing than Speak to the Sky, which I'm happy with as a song, but I think
What Would the Children Think sort of had more depth to it in that.
_ _ But [F#] like, when Speak to the Sky was released, I was getting letters from these sort [F] of kids
and when What Would the [G#] Children Think was released, I was getting letters from all these
housewives and that.
[F] So, you know, I think it was just a bit too different for a second record.
From reading [F#] the crits you've had overseas, people get the impression that you're very
much aimed at [F] the young teenage market.
Do you think [D] there's a possibility of you capturing both [F#] an adult market and a younger
market as well?
Well, that's what I'm hoping for.
It's [G] really the ultimate sort of thing, I guess.
When I first went over there, the magazines asked if I could do a few [F] things, you know,
and we've tried to keep it like, no yucky stuff, you know, I [F#] mean, we've tried to just
give them news and that's it.
And the first album was played on Underground Station, so [G] there's a chance, you know, but
I guess it's sort of going to fall the way it's going to fall.
You've just recorded a second [C#] album.
Will that be much of a departure from what you've been doing in the past?
I think the [F#] songs are better. _ _ _ _
[E] The album is a lot more, whereas the first one was [F] a very subdued album.
This new one is a much more exciting album and I'm much, much happier [G] with it.
_ When you're in the States, what sort of [F#] gigs [F] were you playing?
Well, I haven't been working [F#] live apart from TV shows in the States because of _ work visas,
you know, work problems, which is the big [G#] hang up with sort of getting to America.
But just [F] before I left, the work papers all came through, you know, so I can come [G#] and
go as I please and work whenever I like.
So the next sort of thing [C#] for me now is to get a backing band together and start rehearsing
and maybe tour up around Sioux [E] Falls and work in the acting and start [Gm] doing shows.
What sort of a band have you got in mind?
[G] Well, there's three guys that worked on the new album with me.
_ Hopefully [D] the piano player, a guy called Mike Moran, who I got on really [G] well with and who's
interested in coming to the States.
Plus there's an Australian guy _ _ _ who's [F] living in Texas now.
I've got sort of guys that I'd like to be in and it's just whether it comes together or not.
There's a lot of reverb around at the moment, [D#] people sort of proclaiming that as far as
Australia's concerned, our day is coming musically.
How do you feel about it?
Yeah, [Gm] I agree because in America, I can't say so much in England, but in [F] America I've
found that there's a much, [G] just becoming more aware that, you know, we play music down here
[F#] on guitar, [F] not just didgeridoos.
As [F#] far as your recognition as an Australian goes, [C#] once you've established yourself overseas,
are we likely to see very [F] much of you back here?
[E] Oh yeah, well, like this time I've been away for a year and I don't want [G] that much