Chords for Leon on Fox News with Kelly Wright

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_ _ _ [N] _ Entertainers often amuse us with their talent and [Gb] interpretation of current events.
Comedians, for example, zero in on what political candidates are saying and find humor in the details of those speeches.
Singers and songwriters can write songs about issues of the day and use it to encourage us,
like popular gospel recording artist, Leon Patilla.
[A] These things are about overcoming challenges, that life is what you make it.
So hold on tight to your dreams.
If you [E] believe you can do [Gb] most anything, beyond the dream.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] Make America great again.
Leon Patilla, the [Gb] former lead singer for Santana, working on his brand new song,
Make America Great Again.
He has a message of hope for [Bb] America.
Make America great again.
We can do this.
We can do this.
Yes.
We can believe for greater things than what we're doing.
But it's going to start with us trying to pay attention to each other.
_ [Ab] If you try, you do [Eb] most _ [G] anything.
_ [Bb] At the tender age of five, Leon was paying attention to his teacher,
who [Bbm] discovered he had a God-given ability to play the [Bb] piano.
There was a special gift inside of me, and so my mama bought a piano and set it up against [Eb] the window,
_ which was really weird because all my friends were outside [Bb] playing football.
That's where everything started.
I [Eb] turn out my light _ to [Eb] be _ _ _ _ _ in the green day. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ And Leon's music has not stopped.
His talent paved the way for him to [Dm] land the [Am] musical gig of a lifetime.
Becoming the front [N] man, the lead singer for the superstar, Carlos Santana.
I actually did three albums with him.
I did one with a _ _ _ festival, and then I had one song on the move.
With [Bb] gold records, a joint world tour with another successful group, Earth, Wind & Fire,
it seemed like the sky was the [Ab] limit for Leon.
But he sensed that something was missing in his life and in the lives of the fans he entertained.
I just kept hearing, I'm not satisfied.
I'm here at this thing, and I'm all, I'm smoking, I'm drinking,
I'm trying to, you know, try to [G] live [Ab] my life, but I'm [Bb] really not happy.
I could kind of feel that in people's spirits, even though they were laughing and smiling.
And I said, man, I _ gotta write some songs to just [Eb] kind of answer that question
that I'm hearing, you know, [Bbm] kind of in my spirit coming from [C] them.
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Leon didn't let [G] Santana launch a [Bb] solo career in contemporary gospel music,
writing [Db] songs that he believed could [Bb] inspire people to reach for higher goals and pursue their [G] dreams.
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_ [G] _ _ [C] Leon's success as a songwriter [E] and performer comes [E] from his ability to [Em] encourage people to have [Gbm] hope instead of despair. _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [B] _ Remembering how a teacher helped him as a child to pursue his dream
[Bb] helped Leon launch Ready [G] to Rise, an arts and music [C] foundation
that helps children in Las [N] Vegas pursue good character and education.
It's part of Leon's effort to make America great again.
_ [Eb] Leon, The Dream.
Make _ America _ [Fm] great [Gb] again.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Make America _ great again.
[Db] A place where we can [Fm] have faith [Ab] again. _
Yes, I believe that [Db] we can.
_ _ [A] Thank you, Leon Portillo, for [Ab] being who you are, living your life beyond the dream.
You know, the good thing about what he's doing with Ready to Rise, this program [B] in Las Vegas,
Las Vegas has one of the highest high [Eb] school dropout rates in the [Gbm] country.
So to have someone of his calibrated status working with the kids, [Gb] it's everything.
Yeah, oh, well, good [D] for him.
Such a great guy and a fantastic voice, too.