Chords for Jeff Beck In The 1960s - A Man For All Seasons

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[Cm] [Ab] At the end of 1964, [F] celebrated lead [G] guitarist Eric Clapton left the [Cm] Yardbirds,
a band still [C] searching for their first hit.
His replacement was [Ab] a player of very different [Bb] capabilities,
[F] a technical and sonic pioneer who helped propel the [Bb] ensemble from a blues cover act
to one of the most [Eb] innovative and daring groups [Bb] in popular music, Jeff Beck.
[E] We realised [Ab] quite soon that there was something very special about Jeff,
was [G] that he could play the guitar, you know, [C] really play the guitar.
Beyond [Fm] comprehension of all of us, you know, he was so versatile [F] and he was brilliant.
[Bb] Better than anybody else [Fm] I've ever heard, you know.
Clapton was a blues [Bbm] guitarist, but [Ab] Beck is primarily interested [F] in the guitar.
For him it's [Ab] all guitar [Bb] music.
He's not [C] interested in genres, he's interested [Bb] in the guitar.
He's an explorer, [Ab] he's an adventurer with the instruments.
This film traces [G] Beck's sonic explorations through the 1960s,
his formative [C] influences and early band, his work [Bb] with the Yardbirds,
his [G] brief yet bizarre reinvention by producer Mickey [Bb] Most into a solo pop star
and the first [Ab] revolutionary incarnation of the Jeff Beck Group.
Across this [Fm] decade, traversing a wide [G] range of [Bb] musical styles,
Beck [C] established himself as a unique voice, [Bb] an unpredictable yet awe-inspiring virtuoso
focused on expanding the frontiers of both the electric guitar and popular music itself.
The thing about Jeff is his music fits with everybody.
He can change it, he can bend it, it's like somebody who can fiddle their accents
to sound like the people they're with.
[Ab] He doesn't even play guitar with a traditional formal technique.
It's music as expression, the guitar as the [Gm] extension of self.
I think Jeff is and [Gb] always was unique.
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[B]
By the turn [Bm] of the millennium, Jeff Beck's profile was almost non-existent.
Still a source of [B] real inspiration to a small group of loyal [E] fans,
despite receiving both awards and critical acclaim for [Bm] his sporadic new releases,
these rarely dented the charts on either side of the Atlantic.
[Gb] And with his infrequent tours and rare [E] media appearances,
he had all but [B] withdrawn from the world stage.
Yet after a performance [Bm] with Kelly Clarkson on hit US TV show American Idol in 2007,
[Gb] he suddenly began to receive far wider exposure.
Teaming with celebrated manager and [E] promoter Harvey Goldsmith,
Beck [B] embarked on a number of sell-out tours,
was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo [Bm] artist,
and in 2010 released [Gbm] Emotion and Commotion,
his biggest selling [E] album in 35 years.
[B] Not only did this remarkable career revival [F] introduce Beck's work to a new [B] generation of listeners,
it also confirmed that unlike many of his peers,
[A] the guitarist [Bm] was still at the top of his game.
Jeff was very reclusive [E] for a long time.
He seemed to be just happy [B] hanging around his house down near Tunbridge Wells.
[Eb] And then suddenly there was Harvey Goldsmith.
I don't [D] [F] know how Harvey got into him, but he suddenly put [D] him on the map.
The
[Am] [D]
[C] [F] [Am] stuff he's done [D] recently, I [F] think, is everybody likes [Am] it.
People [D] that aren't really into [E] music, they listen to [F] that,
there's something [A] there that they will [D] really like.
[F] I hear a lot of people [Dm] copied some of his techniques,
but nobody's got his melody, melodic sense,
and the tone he gets, nobody's got that.
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[D] He has ferocious technique, but so do lots of other people who are cataclysmically [A] dull.
The extent to which he communicates his personality and emotional nuance,
I don't think any other guitar player has as wide an emotional range.
He can go from puckish, playful humour to absolute vicious rage
to [F] absolutely swooning lyricism in [D] one line, in one lick,
let [F] alone from piece to [Cm] piece.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Ab] At the end of 1964, [F] celebrated lead [G] guitarist Eric Clapton left the [Cm] Yardbirds,
a band still [C] searching for their first hit.
His replacement was [Ab] a player of very different [Bb] capabilities,
[F] a technical and sonic pioneer who helped propel the [Bb] ensemble from a blues cover act
to one of the most [Eb] innovative and daring groups [Bb] in popular music, Jeff Beck. _
[E] We realised [Ab] quite soon that there was something very special about Jeff,
was [G] that he could play the guitar, you know, [C] really play the guitar.
Beyond [Fm] comprehension of all of us, you know, he was so versatile [F] and he was brilliant.
[Bb] Better than anybody else [Fm] I've ever heard, you know.
Clapton was a blues [Bbm] guitarist, but [Ab] Beck is primarily interested [F] in the guitar.
For him it's [Ab] all guitar [Bb] music.
He's not [C] interested in genres, he's interested [Bb] in the guitar.
He's an explorer, [Ab] he's an adventurer with the instruments.
This film traces [G] Beck's sonic explorations through the 1960s,
his formative [C] influences and early band, his work [Bb] with the Yardbirds,
his [G] brief yet bizarre reinvention by producer Mickey [Bb] Most into a solo pop star
and the first [Ab] revolutionary incarnation of the Jeff Beck Group.
_ Across this [Fm] decade, traversing a wide [G] range of [Bb] musical styles,
Beck [C] established himself as a unique voice, [Bb] an unpredictable yet awe-inspiring virtuoso
focused on expanding the frontiers of both the electric guitar and popular music itself.
The thing about Jeff is his music fits with everybody.
He can change it, he can bend it, it's like somebody who can fiddle their accents
to sound like the people they're with.
[Ab] He doesn't even play guitar with a traditional formal technique.
It's music as expression, the guitar as the [Gm] extension of self.
I think Jeff is and [Gb] always was unique.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ By the turn [Bm] of the millennium, Jeff Beck's profile was almost non-existent.
Still a source of [B] real inspiration to a small group of loyal [E] fans,
despite receiving both awards and critical acclaim for [Bm] his sporadic new releases,
these rarely dented the charts on either side of the Atlantic.
[Gb] And with his infrequent tours and rare [E] media appearances,
he had all but [B] withdrawn from the world stage.
Yet after a performance [Bm] with Kelly Clarkson on hit US TV show American Idol in 2007,
[Gb] he suddenly began to receive far wider exposure.
Teaming with celebrated manager and [E] promoter Harvey Goldsmith,
Beck [B] embarked on a number of sell-out tours,
was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo [Bm] artist,
and in 2010 released [Gbm] Emotion and Commotion,
his biggest selling [E] album in 35 years.
[B] Not only did this remarkable career revival [F] introduce Beck's work to a new [B] generation of listeners,
it also confirmed that unlike many of his peers,
[A] the guitarist [Bm] was still at the top of his game.
_ Jeff was very reclusive [E] for a long time.
He seemed to be just happy _ [B] hanging around his house down _ near Tunbridge Wells.
[Eb] And then suddenly there was Harvey Goldsmith.
I don't [D] _ _ [F] know how Harvey got into him, but he suddenly put [D] him on the map. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] stuff he's done [D] recently, I [F] think, is everybody likes [Am] it.
People [D] that aren't really into [E] music, they listen to [F] that,
there's something [A] there that they will [D] really like.
[F] I hear a lot of people _ [Dm] copied some of his techniques,
but nobody's got his _ _ melody, melodic sense,
and _ the tone he gets, nobody's got that. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] He has ferocious technique, but so do lots of other people who are cataclysmically [A] dull.
The extent to which he communicates his personality and emotional nuance,
I don't think any other guitar player has as wide an emotional range.
He can go from puckish, playful humour to _ absolute vicious rage
to _ _ [F] absolutely swooning lyricism in [D] one line, in one lick,
let [F] alone from piece to [Cm] piece.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [N] _ _

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