Chords for Larkin Poe | SELF MADE MAN (Behind-The-Scenes)

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_ _ _ _ _ Hello! _
[B] _ Hey!
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So we are in the studio.
We are here in Nashville, Tennessee.
[Bm] And we don't typically have cameras in the studio,
so it's a little bit weird.
But we wanted to document the process of making this record,
kind of for the first time ever.
♪ I was down and out, now I'm [F#] up again ♪
♪ When I roll the [E] dice, everybody [F#] wins ♪
We were touring so much in 2018 and 2019.
_ We toured [D#] straight for, [F#] what, like a year and a half.
_ So it was really nice to be able to kind of come off the road
with [B] all of those [F#] experiences piled up.
I [G#] do think touring so much has really shaped the songwriting
in that we're more aware [F#] of the joy that we get
whenever [F#m] we sing songs collectively [F#] in a room.
Like when you are on stage
[A#] and you can really [F#] connect with people in a crowd
and the soul is intertwined for a minute
and everyone's singing the same words.
It's sort of like [B] a weird form of [N] prayer.
Like it's like a rock and roll prayer, you know?
But I do think that's what we seek out.
And so trying to let that inform some of our feelings
on the writing process for Self-Made Man.
[F#] ♪ _ _ _ _ I was down and out, _ now I'm up again [C#] ♪
♪ When I [F#] roll the dice, _ _ _ everybody _ [C#m] wins ♪
_ [N] ♪ When I roll the dice, everybody wins ♪
What does the record title mean to you, Self-Made Man?
Or what is the song Self-Made Man mean?
_ Self-Made Man to me is more of a- Attitude.
Of an attitude.
_ It's in the same way that a Renaissance man is an attitude.
_ You know, I'm a Renaissance man.
Like I didn't know how to program drums
when we first started making records,
but it's like, hey, let's figure it out.
Let's do it.
And I think that the next generation needs that [B] reminder
that, _ man, if you put your mind to something,
you'd be amazed at what you can [F#] achieve.
♪ I _ wish you were here, _ _ but you know you're not around me now ♪
♪ Don't lose it ♪
Let me get it at the [F] top of that first.
That's it.
_ Coming at you.
There we go.
Because my take was so perfect up till then.
[N] Music is just like everything else in life.
Like it requires a lot of energy and persistence and work.
And it's not fun to sit down
and like when I practice the guitar, you know,
and I'm not getting something or I'm playing badly,
like of course I get frustrated at myself.
Or if the songs aren't coming together
or we're having a tough day here in [F#] the studio,
[A] we're going to cry.
We're going to feel [G#] _ pressure.
And I don't think that that takes [G] away
from the joy of the art
because obviously we love what we [E] do.
That kind of energy I think is [F#] helpful.
[Bm] You know, it really [F#m] gives you,
[F#] it gives you a sense of purpose and drive.
Making music has [C#] essentially been the process
of making ourselves since we were teenagers. _
[B] It's been _ such a part, so [C#] ingrained in our lives.
Yeah.
It is our lives.
That we [B] absolutely would not be who we are without music.
Totally [F#] different people.
You and I would have gone off and done separate life stuff.
We would always be close,
but we would never be as close as we are without [C#m] music
and Larkin Poe and the records [F#] that we're making.
And I think that's really [B] special.
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