Chords for John Fogerty Interview 1986. Centerfield. Eye of the Zombie.
Tempo:
76.825 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
Ab
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] The things that you seem to [Ab] hold very high in your life, that's Elvis [G] Presley and baseball,
how have they affected your life?
[D] Well Elvis of course, just symbolically he's still the king of
rock and roll.
I mean [N] with all the faults and all the rest of it, he's still the figurehead of,
you know, the kind of essential rock and roll singer.
He's still there, he's still
playing by far the best looking of all of them, the U-Dog.
So in that way, I mean that had a,
well I became a musician.
My first choice was to become a baseball player, centerfielder for the
Yankees.
But I remember walking into my office about the age of 35 and Bob was already there.
And he said, well Bob, I'm 35 today, I guess the Yanks ain't gonna call [Bm] me up.
What words of [N] wisdom
would you give to people that were just starting out in the music business?
See a lawyer,
then see another lawyer to look at that lawyer, then see another lawyer after that to see those
two lawyers.
And don't sign nothing until your mom reads it.
In one of your most popular songs,
you sing about being stuck in Lodi.
Do you feel that you've escaped Lodi?
Where is Lodi?
Are you still stuck in Lodi?
The first year my son was in Little League and at the end of the
year they had a big party for him, for all the teams and stuff.
And here was this, it's in El
Cerrito of course, and here's this little band they had and all that.
And these guys are singing
Lodi, except when they get to the line they go, oh lord, stuck in El Cerrito again.
I go,
I look around, I mean they had no idea I was there.
They're just, and I thought about it,
you know, what a trip.
I really wanted to bum myself out, back to the car wash and all that.
That was about 76, 77.
I mean they were still a long way to go.
You have such a distinctive
[G]
vocal sound.
[N] Who are some of your major influences?
Well certainly Elvis, Carl Perkins,
[B] um [E] country guy by the name of Lefty Frizzell,
[N] uh Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, a little later the Beatles of course.
Um geez, you know I could probably go on for hours, but it's just, you know,
anybody that seemed really,
how have they affected your life?
[D] Well Elvis of course, just symbolically he's still the king of
rock and roll.
I mean [N] with all the faults and all the rest of it, he's still the figurehead of,
you know, the kind of essential rock and roll singer.
He's still there, he's still
playing by far the best looking of all of them, the U-Dog.
So in that way, I mean that had a,
well I became a musician.
My first choice was to become a baseball player, centerfielder for the
Yankees.
But I remember walking into my office about the age of 35 and Bob was already there.
And he said, well Bob, I'm 35 today, I guess the Yanks ain't gonna call [Bm] me up.
What words of [N] wisdom
would you give to people that were just starting out in the music business?
See a lawyer,
then see another lawyer to look at that lawyer, then see another lawyer after that to see those
two lawyers.
And don't sign nothing until your mom reads it.
In one of your most popular songs,
you sing about being stuck in Lodi.
Do you feel that you've escaped Lodi?
Where is Lodi?
Are you still stuck in Lodi?
The first year my son was in Little League and at the end of the
year they had a big party for him, for all the teams and stuff.
And here was this, it's in El
Cerrito of course, and here's this little band they had and all that.
And these guys are singing
Lodi, except when they get to the line they go, oh lord, stuck in El Cerrito again.
I go,
I look around, I mean they had no idea I was there.
They're just, and I thought about it,
you know, what a trip.
I really wanted to bum myself out, back to the car wash and all that.
That was about 76, 77.
I mean they were still a long way to go.
You have such a distinctive
[G]
vocal sound.
[N] Who are some of your major influences?
Well certainly Elvis, Carl Perkins,
[B] um [E] country guy by the name of Lefty Frizzell,
[N] uh Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, a little later the Beatles of course.
Um geez, you know I could probably go on for hours, but it's just, you know,
anybody that seemed really,
Key:
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Em
Ab
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G
Em
Ab
[Em] The things that you seem to [Ab] hold very high in your life, that's Elvis [G] Presley and baseball,
how have they affected your life?
[D] Well Elvis of course, just symbolically he's still the king of
rock and roll.
I mean [N] with all the faults and all the rest of it, he's still the figurehead of,
you know, the kind of essential rock and roll singer.
He's still there, he's still
playing by far the best looking of all of them, the U-Dog.
_ So in that way, I mean that had a,
well I became a musician.
My first choice was to become a baseball player, centerfielder for the
Yankees.
But I remember walking into my office about the age of 35 and Bob was already there.
And he said, well Bob, I'm 35 today, I guess the Yanks ain't gonna call [Bm] me up.
_ What words of [N] wisdom
would you give to people that were just starting out in the music business?
See a lawyer,
then see another lawyer to look at that lawyer, then see another lawyer after that to see those
two lawyers.
And don't sign nothing until your mom reads it.
In one of your most popular songs,
you sing about being stuck in Lodi.
Do you feel that you've escaped Lodi?
Where is Lodi?
Are you still stuck in Lodi?
The first year my son was in Little League and at the end of the
year they had a big party for him, for all the teams and stuff.
And here was this, it's in El
Cerrito of course, and here's this little band they had and all that.
And these guys are singing
Lodi, except when they get to the line they go, oh lord, stuck in El Cerrito again.
I go,
I look around, I mean they had no idea I was there.
They're just, and I thought about it,
you know, what a trip.
I really wanted to bum myself out, back to the car wash and all that.
That was about 76, 77.
I mean they were still a long way to go.
You have such a distinctive
[G]
vocal sound.
[N] Who are some of your major influences?
_ Well certainly Elvis, Carl Perkins,
[B] _ um [E] country guy by the name of Lefty Frizzell,
[N] uh Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, a little later the Beatles of course.
_ Um _ geez, you know I could probably go on for hours, but it's just, you know,
anybody that seemed really,
how have they affected your life?
[D] Well Elvis of course, just symbolically he's still the king of
rock and roll.
I mean [N] with all the faults and all the rest of it, he's still the figurehead of,
you know, the kind of essential rock and roll singer.
He's still there, he's still
playing by far the best looking of all of them, the U-Dog.
_ So in that way, I mean that had a,
well I became a musician.
My first choice was to become a baseball player, centerfielder for the
Yankees.
But I remember walking into my office about the age of 35 and Bob was already there.
And he said, well Bob, I'm 35 today, I guess the Yanks ain't gonna call [Bm] me up.
_ What words of [N] wisdom
would you give to people that were just starting out in the music business?
See a lawyer,
then see another lawyer to look at that lawyer, then see another lawyer after that to see those
two lawyers.
And don't sign nothing until your mom reads it.
In one of your most popular songs,
you sing about being stuck in Lodi.
Do you feel that you've escaped Lodi?
Where is Lodi?
Are you still stuck in Lodi?
The first year my son was in Little League and at the end of the
year they had a big party for him, for all the teams and stuff.
And here was this, it's in El
Cerrito of course, and here's this little band they had and all that.
And these guys are singing
Lodi, except when they get to the line they go, oh lord, stuck in El Cerrito again.
I go,
I look around, I mean they had no idea I was there.
They're just, and I thought about it,
you know, what a trip.
I really wanted to bum myself out, back to the car wash and all that.
That was about 76, 77.
I mean they were still a long way to go.
You have such a distinctive
[G]
vocal sound.
[N] Who are some of your major influences?
_ Well certainly Elvis, Carl Perkins,
[B] _ um [E] country guy by the name of Lefty Frizzell,
[N] uh Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, a little later the Beatles of course.
_ Um _ geez, you know I could probably go on for hours, but it's just, you know,
anybody that seemed really,