Chords for Live from the factory floor – Chilly Gonzales

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_ Have you ever been in the bathtub and you sort of [Am] catch yourself [Em] looking for the note
[Eb] that's going to make the whole bathroom shake with resonance, like, buh, buh, buh,
and then you hit one note, buh, [E] and all of a sudden your entire bathtub is like a giant tuba.
And that's what you do when you play [D] the piano, right?
You kind of look for the sweet spot.
What kind of piano is this?
I have no idea.
So let's begin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ The piano [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] is _ sort of _ the atomic form of music to me.
It was sort [Ebm] of invented to be able to essentially _ cover [Abm] the orchestra and be like an orchestra in miniature. _
If an opera [Gb] is being rehearsed and they can't afford to [Ebm] have an orchestra there for six
months, the first four [Db] or five months will be with a pianist.
And when I was [Ebm] growing up and learning the piano and I started to hear, like, jazz [Bb] pianists
and then I [B] saw Lionel Richie's playing a [Abm] piano in his video and I thought, that's the same
piano that [Eb] my grandfather was [Ebm] showing me as the main [Abm] motor of classical music.
So I realized that the [Db] piano can do it [Bb] all.
And [B] that's when you don't see the borders of music anymore [Eb] is because [Ebm] you have this
sort of [B] platonic version of a musical instrument [Ab] that is nothing and everything at [Eb] the same time. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I'd _ _ _ _ _ _ be really curious to try to spend an evening [Ebm] in their locker. _ _
I think I can sleep well under the piano.
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In my tour of [Abm] the Steinway factory, _ _ [Gb] my favorite place was the pedal room.
[Em] _ _ [Ab] I'm _ _ obsessed with pedals.
I feel like when I play the [Db] piano, _ _ what I'm doing with my feet is the most important and expressive part.
[E] And this _ [D] _ doesn't matter as much, actually, to me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ It's strange, this separation, right?
You work on [Am] this machine. _
And if this machine didn't exist, then I don't exist, right?
[A] So you have all the power.
But then again, if there wasn't me, [Am] you would have no reason to show up and make the machine.
So you see, we each have the power over each other, and [G] we need each other.
And I wonder if maybe today we can break through this [C] wall, and maybe one of the workers here
from Steinway can come join me for a very short, easy improvisation. _ _
Okay, so here we go.
You start.
Do you remember where it is? _ _
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Vacation.
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_ Black button.
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[Bbm] How about a hand for [Abm] Daniela, everybody?
Yeah! _ _
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