Chords for Jeff Lynne - Walk Of Stars ceremony (TV News)

He's a musician, singer and songwriter.
This evening, ELO's Jeff Lynne will be honoured with a place on Birmingham's Walk of Stars.
He'll join fellow musicians Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Roy Wood
in having a star etched with his name on Broad Street.
Ben Sidwell has been to meet the rock legend. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] Evil woman, _ [Em] _
[Am] _ _ evil [Dm] _ [Gm] woman _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Dm] And they [F] say, Mr Love [Bb] needs a place to be with [G] her
Turn around, see what you do
[Eb] Back in Brom for [Bb] the unveiling of his star.
A lot's changed since Jeff Lynne grew up as a kid in the Shardend area of Birmingham.
My [Gb] memory is I used to have my own little studio in the front room of my mum's house
which I'd commandeered as a recording studio, which was like a big bundle of junk and rubby.
And she used to drive her nuts, you know, like she used to go,
oh, don't let anybody in that room.
Of course I'd let everybody in there to have a listen to my new stuff.
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_ _ _ _ We used to play a different place [N] every night for a month
and then start again, round and round and round and round.
After failing to set the charts alight in the 1960s with his band [Dm] The Idol Race,
Jeff went on to join The Move, which in turn became ELO,
selling tens of millions of [G] records and winning fans across the world.
Hi, [D] I'm Daisy and I'm from Cardiff.
I'm Marcos.
[N] I'm Mauri.
I'm Jose.
And we're from Saint.
I am Hans.
I'm Niels and we are from Denmark.
A few lucky fans have got tickets for tonight's Walk of Fame event
and the chance to meet their idol.
Oh, yeah, it'll be wonderful, just wonderful.
I don't know what I'd say to him, but I'd just cry, I think.
_ Just want to [G] hug.
I've dreamt of this [Ab] all my life and I'm really [D] looking forward to only seeing him.
I don't have to talk with [A] him.
If I could talk with him, that would be [G] excellent,
but [A]
[D] I've liked his music all my life.
What will it [B] mean if you do get a [Bb] chance to meet him,
get a chance even to talk to him?
[C] It will be the greatest thing in my life.
It makes you really [D] humble, I can tell you that much.
It's like, why did you come all this way?
I'd have come to see you if you'd have said.
_ [A] _ _ [Ab] It's just weird, you know, it's just so strange.
When it's yourself and they're coming for, you just don't believe it.
You know, it's kind of, wow, that's [F] amazing.
But it's not just as an artist where he's been a [G] huge success.
Geoff's produced such names as Roy Orbison and Tom Petty,
and in the 1990s, when the three remaining members
of the biggest group in history reformed, [C] it was Geoff they called.
I had a couple of sleepless nights thinking, how the hell am I going to do this?
[N] And finally I got the hang of it and did it and it worked.
So I was really pleased because Paul came up to me.
We have done it, well done.
Gave me a big hug.
So that was a treat.
_ Songwriter, singer, _ drummer, [G]
guitarist, you know, he can do it all.
[C] _ _
He's not bad [G] at [C] all. _ _
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He may be a global music [G] star, but to one [Ab] of the people there tonight,
Geoff will always be [Fm] her baby brother.
[Abm] We came from a family where [E] praise wasn't exactly [A] lavished upon [Ab] us,
so [Gb] don't maybe think [Eb] we've ever been able to express how [N] proud we are of Geoff.
And as for his award?
I kind of wondered when I was going to get one, if I was going to get one, _ _
because I know it's been going for a while. _ _
And so I'm chuffed I've got one, yeah, thank you very much.
The peak of it, it probably is doing the Beatles record,
because it was almost impossible to do,
because all they got was a cassette with John singing at the piano.
And it's like ding-a-ding-a-ding, and the voice stuck to it in mono.
So I had to somehow get John's voice above.
I made this great big Beatles track, like this backing track that was a big giant thing,
and then I had to put the vocal in, which was this cassette,
_ and the piano, and try and get rid of the piano.
So one little thing, _ Paul ghosted John's voice a little bit underneath, _
which gave it a little bit more edge, so it would cut through on the record.
But it was very, very difficult, and I had a couple of sleepless nights thinking,
how the hell am I going to do this?
And finally I got the hang of it and did it, and it worked.
So I was really pleased, because Paul came up to me,
well done, give me a big hug.
So that was a treat.
_ So many of the tracks are still being played, you know, 30, 40 years on now.
I find it absolutely fantastic, and _ I can't imagine how it happened,
because _ when I wrote them, [G] I'd be just getting in the studio and just doing them,
and if they got in the charts then, [Gb] like that 40 years ago, or 35 years ago,
[D] it was like a treat anyway, oh I've got a hit, thank you.
And fans literally from across the world think,
what a spiral of ways South [Ab] America are coming here tonight,
to A, try and get the chance to meet you, because that's their dream,
and to see you [N] in your home city.
Well, it makes you really humble, I can tell you that [D] much.
It's like, why did you come all this way, I didn't come to see [F] you, you should have said. _ _ _
[G] It's just weird, you know, it's just so strange, when it's yourself,
and they're [D] coming for, you just don't believe it, you know, it's kind of,
wow, that's amazing, but you can't, it never really sinks in,
your star doesn't really sink in, _ on the walk of fame.
It's like, _ _ _ it's marvellous, and yet I can't really believe it's happened yet,
you know, until I actually see it. _
So, and obviously the doctorate from the Birmingham [Ab] City University
was a fabulous [G] treat as well, you know, I didn't believe that would ever happen,
and that's, it just goes to show, everything comes to [N] win what waits.
_ _ And that was Ben Sidwell reporting.
Jasper Carrotter is chair of the Birmingham Walk of Stars,
delighted to say he joins us now from the Library of Birmingham,
where the ceremony is taking place.
Good evening Jasper.
Hi Mary, how are you?
I'm all good with me, thanks.
You've known Jeff for, I won't embarrass you, but a number of years, shall we say.
A number of years.
Why has it taken so long to get his star on the walk?
Well, I first approached Jeff about four years ago,
and it's taken all this time to sort of coincide his movements with ours,
but eventually he's here, he's waiting to come on,
there's a load of people waiting to see him,
and the place is buzzing, the publicity has been enormous,
and Jeff is genuinely thrilled to be here,
and we're going to be thrilled to see him.
And we heard in Ben's report there the international appeal of Jeff.
How would you sum up, if it's possible, to sum up his contribution to music?
Well, I think when [Eb] the Beatles approached him to do that single,
it said it all, because they could have gone to anyone in the world,
but they chose Jeff Lynne, and Jeff Lynne's music is all [N] over the world,
not just on CD and DVD, but on film scores, you name it,
and that's an incredible achievement.
Paul McCartney described him as not bad at all.
How would you sum him up? _ _ _
He's a brummy, he's a down-to-earth, honest brummy,
and he's come home and we're thrilled to see him.
And that's what we love about him, part of what we love about him.
So who next?
Jasper, for the walk?
Oh, there's a whole list of people.
_ People are contacting me all the time, there's Duran Duran,
_ Ian Lavender from Dad's Army, _ _ _ _
Ann Jones, the _ _ Wimbledon champion,
they were all born in Birmingham and they all deserve a place,
but of course there's only so much room,
I think we're going to have to move to the M6.
I was going to say, you're going to run out of Broad Street.
Jasper, [Gm] have a great evening, lovely to speak to you.
Thanks, Mary.
Thanks, bye-bye. _ _ _ _ _ _ _