Chords for Levon Helm and Richard Manuel.
Tempo:
116 bpm
Chords used:
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
The whole project was sort of put together there at Big Pink,
which was this regular sort of a house sitting out in the country
and it had those pink asbestos shangles on it, you know.
Nice color pink, too, kind of Saturday night pink.
And a few of our friends thought it was real humorous.
We did, too.
We liked it, too.
But it was just a real good music time for all of us.
During the conception of Big Pink,
we discovered a whole vocal thing that we weren't aware that we even had.
We weren't aware of it.
And I remember listening to playbacks after the sessions of songs and thinking,
I really like this stuff and I don't have anything to compare it to.
I really like it and I hope everybody else does.
I really think this is strong.
But that was about all I had to go on.
We signed a recording contract with Capitol Records as the Crackers.
We had another alternative.
The other name was the Honkeys.
But we thought the Crackers had a certain ring to it.
So we signed our contract with Capitol Records as the Crackers.
And we had been playing around and around and around by then.
And nobody was in any kind of a hurry, you know, to have anything.
And we didn't know if we would ever get to make a record
or if we did make one, how it would go and so on.
And nobody was willing to base their entire life just on that win, lose or draw.
So the first album, if you'll remember, music from Big Pink,
we had our family shot on the inside, which, you know,
they didn't kick us real too much, but we put them in there.
And there was no title on the album.
It just said music from Big Pink.
And you open it up and here's a picture of everybody's folks.
And it said then the band.
And it said who all was in the band.
It had Gar's name and Rick's and Richard's and Rob's and me and so on.
So when the second record came out,
in other words, we didn't say music from Big Pink by the Crackers,
which was to everybody's relief at Capitol, at the Capitol Tower in L.A.
Oh, they were
which was this regular sort of a house sitting out in the country
and it had those pink asbestos shangles on it, you know.
Nice color pink, too, kind of Saturday night pink.
And a few of our friends thought it was real humorous.
We did, too.
We liked it, too.
But it was just a real good music time for all of us.
During the conception of Big Pink,
we discovered a whole vocal thing that we weren't aware that we even had.
We weren't aware of it.
And I remember listening to playbacks after the sessions of songs and thinking,
I really like this stuff and I don't have anything to compare it to.
I really like it and I hope everybody else does.
I really think this is strong.
But that was about all I had to go on.
We signed a recording contract with Capitol Records as the Crackers.
We had another alternative.
The other name was the Honkeys.
But we thought the Crackers had a certain ring to it.
So we signed our contract with Capitol Records as the Crackers.
And we had been playing around and around and around by then.
And nobody was in any kind of a hurry, you know, to have anything.
And we didn't know if we would ever get to make a record
or if we did make one, how it would go and so on.
And nobody was willing to base their entire life just on that win, lose or draw.
So the first album, if you'll remember, music from Big Pink,
we had our family shot on the inside, which, you know,
they didn't kick us real too much, but we put them in there.
And there was no title on the album.
It just said music from Big Pink.
And you open it up and here's a picture of everybody's folks.
And it said then the band.
And it said who all was in the band.
It had Gar's name and Rick's and Richard's and Rob's and me and so on.
So when the second record came out,
in other words, we didn't say music from Big Pink by the Crackers,
which was to everybody's relief at Capitol, at the Capitol Tower in L.A.
Oh, they were
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The whole project was sort of _ _ put together there at Big Pink,
which was this regular sort of a _ house sitting out in the country
and it had those pink asbestos shangles on it, you know.
_ _ Nice color pink, too, kind of Saturday night pink.
_ And a few of our friends thought it was real humorous.
We did, too.
We liked it, too.
But it was just a real good music time for all of us.
During the _ _ conception of Big Pink, _ _
we _ discovered a whole vocal thing that we weren't aware that we even had.
_ We weren't aware of it.
And I remember listening to playbacks after the sessions of songs and thinking,
I really like this stuff and I don't have anything to compare it to.
I really like it and I hope everybody else does.
I really think this is strong.
But that was about all I had to go on. _
We signed a recording contract with Capitol Records _ as the Crackers. _ _
_ _ _ _ We had another alternative.
The other name was the Honkeys. _ _
But we thought the Crackers had a certain ring to it.
So we signed our contract with Capitol Records as the Crackers.
And we had been playing around and around and around by then.
And _ _ _ _ nobody was in any kind of a hurry, you know, to have anything.
And we didn't know if we would ever get to make a record
or if _ we did make one, how it would go and so on.
And nobody was willing to base their entire life just on that win, lose or draw.
So the first album, if you'll remember, music from Big Pink,
we had our family shot on the inside, which, you know,
they didn't kick us real too much, but we put them in there.
And there was no title on the album.
It just said music from Big Pink.
And you open it up and here's a picture of everybody's folks.
_ And it said then the band.
And it said who all was in the band.
It had Gar's name and Rick's and Richard's and Rob's and me and so on.
So _ _ when the second record came out,
in other words, we didn't say music from Big Pink by the Crackers,
_ which was to everybody's relief at Capitol, at the Capitol Tower in L.A.
_ _ _ _ Oh, they were
_ _ _ _ The whole project was sort of _ _ put together there at Big Pink,
which was this regular sort of a _ house sitting out in the country
and it had those pink asbestos shangles on it, you know.
_ _ Nice color pink, too, kind of Saturday night pink.
_ And a few of our friends thought it was real humorous.
We did, too.
We liked it, too.
But it was just a real good music time for all of us.
During the _ _ conception of Big Pink, _ _
we _ discovered a whole vocal thing that we weren't aware that we even had.
_ We weren't aware of it.
And I remember listening to playbacks after the sessions of songs and thinking,
I really like this stuff and I don't have anything to compare it to.
I really like it and I hope everybody else does.
I really think this is strong.
But that was about all I had to go on. _
We signed a recording contract with Capitol Records _ as the Crackers. _ _
_ _ _ _ We had another alternative.
The other name was the Honkeys. _ _
But we thought the Crackers had a certain ring to it.
So we signed our contract with Capitol Records as the Crackers.
And we had been playing around and around and around by then.
And _ _ _ _ nobody was in any kind of a hurry, you know, to have anything.
And we didn't know if we would ever get to make a record
or if _ we did make one, how it would go and so on.
And nobody was willing to base their entire life just on that win, lose or draw.
So the first album, if you'll remember, music from Big Pink,
we had our family shot on the inside, which, you know,
they didn't kick us real too much, but we put them in there.
And there was no title on the album.
It just said music from Big Pink.
And you open it up and here's a picture of everybody's folks.
_ And it said then the band.
And it said who all was in the band.
It had Gar's name and Rick's and Richard's and Rob's and me and so on.
So _ _ when the second record came out,
in other words, we didn't say music from Big Pink by the Crackers,
_ which was to everybody's relief at Capitol, at the Capitol Tower in L.A.
_ _ _ _ Oh, they were