Chords for Keith Richards inducts Johnnie Johnson and James Burton Inductions 2001

_ _ _ _ Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Keith Richards. _
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_ _ _ _ Guilty, your honor. _
_ _ _ _ Hello, _ _ _ ladies.
_ _ Tonight we're going to_
oh.
_ _ _ _ And gentlemen.
_ _ _ _ You sure that's right?
_ _ _ _ Anyway, welcome.
It's only rock and roll. _ _ _
_ But as it happens, it seems to be rather important.
Now, side men.
I got to talk about side men.
I guess they chose me because I am one. _ _
_ _ And after all, [E] the guy I work with has got more side [G] on him than most put together. _
_ _ _ But [N] _ _ _
_ the _ most important thing about [G] being in a band is like_
I always thought they should have been called back men. _
Because really you're sitting _ _ _ _ [C] _
there_
_ _ [D] [G] And you're trying to make sure that it doesn't make an ass out of itself. _ _
And that's the gig.
_ _ [N] And if you're not mentioned, it means you've done your gig really well.
And if you are, you usually screwed it up.
But it [Ab] is _ _ today my pleasure, _ _ privilege, [G] really. _ _
And even honor.
_ _ _ God, these words.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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And to introduce you to probably the most_
[D] _ _ _ _ The most [E] incredible side [N] men of all time.
Who _ _ _ [D] never_ _ _
_ _ When [Db] _ [N] I_
let me put it this way.
You're gonna buy_
I never bought a Ricky Nelson record.
I bought a James Burton record. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And as far as Johnny Johnson goes, well, it goes beyond even beyond.
We all know who he works with.
And he probably had a harder time as I do with mine. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ But it's only rock and roll.
You've got to laugh.
A side man needs humor.
He needs _ _ incredible patience. _
And _ usually more money than he ever gets. _
_ _ _ _ [G] Given that [Ab] taken [G] aside, the pleasures of being a side man, I guess, is_
That you get to work with the guys you want to work with.
And _ [B] it's putting the team and the unit together.
[N] So that the guy out in front can do anything he wants to do.
And feel safe and comfortable.
And you know that you catch him if you fall over.
[D] And _ for the best [G] two side men that I_
[D] The reason I'm here, you know, I sprung for this jacket.
_ _ [N] _ _
_ That's _ [G] how important it is to me.
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
One of the best pianos in [Am] the world.
And one of the [Ab] best guitars [B] in the world.
Leo Fender had no idea what [Gb] he was making_
[G] For the man that really knows how to play the Telecaster.
_ And whoever invented the piano, eat your heart out.
_ [N] My pleasure _ to bring on Mr.
Johnny Johnson. _ _
_ And JB, Mr.
James Burton. _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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With his unmistakable string bending style_
James Burton is one of Rock and Roll's most influential guitar players. _
_ _ The Louisiana native grabbed attention the first time he ever [Em] recorded_
On Dale Hawkins' Suzy Q.
[Bm] _ When he joined Ricky [D] Nelson's band_
Burton [Bm] inspired thousands of young guitar players.
[D] _
Oh, I'm [Bm] a traveling man.
[D] _
[G] Burton played with a who's who of country and rock artists.
Joni [C] Mitchell to Graham [Bb] Parsons.
[C] Buffalo Springfield to Merle Haggard.
Then he moved on [D] to the king [B] himself. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ From Elvis Presley [A] to Elvis Costello_
James Burton [E] is the original guitar man.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Ab] _ [G] _ _ Johnny Johnson should be a household name.
Working with Chuck Berry's piano player for 28 years_
Johnny Johnson is the foundation for Berry's seminal rock and roll.
Riding on the _ _ Kokomo_
When dogs are digging the place [Eb] to go.
_ [Ab] It [Eb] was Berry who originally joined Johnson's [Ab] band_
In St.
Louis in 1953.
[Gm] _ _ [Fm] And it was [Eb] Johnson who supplied the rollicking boogie-woogie_
That drove Rollover [Ebm] Beethoven, Brown Eyed Handsome [Eb] Man_
And many more [Ab] Berry [Cm] classics.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ Chuck Berry drove the train in the early days of rock and roll.
But Johnny Johnson was the man who stoked the engine.
[Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [N] _
Ladies and gentlemen_
My pleasure [E] to induct_
And don't worry Jimmy and Johnny, [G] it doesn't _ [D] hurt_ Much.
_ My pleasure.
[F] Sideman, call them what you will_
Best musicians in the world.
James Burton, Johnny [E] Johnson. _ _ _