Chords for Maynard James Keenan Motivational Speech
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[G] Most people spend their entire lives [F#] trying to avoid friction.
I've found it in myself a desire, a calling to embrace friction, [E] tension, transitions, changes, to work [B] with them.
Life is friction.
To some that might be kind of a daunting realization.
Mothers, if you've gone through a [E] childbirth, that would be why you're a mother.
Of course the more enjoyable friction came nine months before.
But then it [D] continues through your life, [E] all the way into our passing.
That's always there.
For some people that's kind of a daunting realization that gravity is going to win.
[B] Gravity doesn't cut anybody any slack.
Or you can just choose to work with gravity, kind of work towards those changes,
kind of work and embrace that idea of the friction and work towards a solution.
A life-affirming resolution.
[Em] For me, that's [E] kind of what life is.
Life is working towards those resolutions.
It's working with the tension and the friction because that's where art is.
That's where the art occurs.
And the purest art, the best forms of art, are those ones that actually capture that moment, [B] that edge.
A good example of that friction and tension, cello.
You take wood, you bend it into impossible shapes, [D] curves, angles.
You [B] place it where it doesn't want to [G] be, not breaking, just on the edge.
And [E] then you take that [F#] bow and you place it across the string.
There it is, the release, [C] the art.
[F#] Sonic joy, sonic [C#] sadness, sonic anger, all within that release.
What's really appealing [B] to me is that people who actually can capture those moments,
capture those frictions, those [F#] changes, that's very inspiring to me.
That's why [Bm] I do what I do, [E] to witness those things, in whatever form.
[F#] It can be on a canvas, it can be through a lens, it can be through cuisine, it can be through music.
And [Bm] in the case of what I've chosen, the path that [E] I've chosen to go down,
is through wine making and growing the [B] grapes.
[C#] World class wine is grown on those edges, [B] where things are very challenging.
They are time capsules, not just capturing time, but capturing a place in that bottle.
[F#] And as soon as you open that cork, you better be present for it, because it's going to change, because life has changed.
Nothing sits still, so pay attention to what's in that bottle.
On that edge, the best wines [Bm] in the world, hail, frost, late spring frost, winter kill, [D] humidity, [B] hippies.
It happens.
Wine from very cozy regions, growing regions, kind of bores me.
But the stuff that we're growing in Arizona, [F#] we're on that edge.
We get those late spring frosts, we get winter kill, we get hail, we get monsoons, we get haboobs,
we get dust devils, we have all those things that are going against us,
to almost try to prevent us from bringing you that final [B] product.
[E] That's why we're up here talking about it.
[A] We need you.
We've done the hard work, we've done the heavy [E] lifting.
We make it through [C#] the late spring frost, we make it through the monsoons,
we make it [B] through the hail, barely, on the edge.
So we've done the heavy lifting, we've found out that this is that region for those things.
[F#] This is a thing that you can't take away.
You can't move this to China.
This is a local event.
And we're dug in, we've been doing it for decades.
What we need from you is to do the easy part.
[Bm] Drink it.
[B] Tell people about it.
We need you.
It's changed the entire economic landscape of [C#] Arizona.
We are now here, we are players in the state.
The capital [Bm] has noticed that we're here to stay.
Thank you very much.
I've found it in myself a desire, a calling to embrace friction, [E] tension, transitions, changes, to work [B] with them.
Life is friction.
To some that might be kind of a daunting realization.
Mothers, if you've gone through a [E] childbirth, that would be why you're a mother.
Of course the more enjoyable friction came nine months before.
But then it [D] continues through your life, [E] all the way into our passing.
That's always there.
For some people that's kind of a daunting realization that gravity is going to win.
[B] Gravity doesn't cut anybody any slack.
Or you can just choose to work with gravity, kind of work towards those changes,
kind of work and embrace that idea of the friction and work towards a solution.
A life-affirming resolution.
[Em] For me, that's [E] kind of what life is.
Life is working towards those resolutions.
It's working with the tension and the friction because that's where art is.
That's where the art occurs.
And the purest art, the best forms of art, are those ones that actually capture that moment, [B] that edge.
A good example of that friction and tension, cello.
You take wood, you bend it into impossible shapes, [D] curves, angles.
You [B] place it where it doesn't want to [G] be, not breaking, just on the edge.
And [E] then you take that [F#] bow and you place it across the string.
There it is, the release, [C] the art.
[F#] Sonic joy, sonic [C#] sadness, sonic anger, all within that release.
What's really appealing [B] to me is that people who actually can capture those moments,
capture those frictions, those [F#] changes, that's very inspiring to me.
That's why [Bm] I do what I do, [E] to witness those things, in whatever form.
[F#] It can be on a canvas, it can be through a lens, it can be through cuisine, it can be through music.
And [Bm] in the case of what I've chosen, the path that [E] I've chosen to go down,
is through wine making and growing the [B] grapes.
[C#] World class wine is grown on those edges, [B] where things are very challenging.
They are time capsules, not just capturing time, but capturing a place in that bottle.
[F#] And as soon as you open that cork, you better be present for it, because it's going to change, because life has changed.
Nothing sits still, so pay attention to what's in that bottle.
On that edge, the best wines [Bm] in the world, hail, frost, late spring frost, winter kill, [D] humidity, [B] hippies.
It happens.
Wine from very cozy regions, growing regions, kind of bores me.
But the stuff that we're growing in Arizona, [F#] we're on that edge.
We get those late spring frosts, we get winter kill, we get hail, we get monsoons, we get haboobs,
we get dust devils, we have all those things that are going against us,
to almost try to prevent us from bringing you that final [B] product.
[E] That's why we're up here talking about it.
[A] We need you.
We've done the hard work, we've done the heavy [E] lifting.
We make it through [C#] the late spring frost, we make it through the monsoons,
we make it [B] through the hail, barely, on the edge.
So we've done the heavy lifting, we've found out that this is that region for those things.
[F#] This is a thing that you can't take away.
You can't move this to China.
This is a local event.
And we're dug in, we've been doing it for decades.
What we need from you is to do the easy part.
[Bm] Drink it.
[B] Tell people about it.
We need you.
It's changed the entire economic landscape of [C#] Arizona.
We are now here, we are players in the state.
The capital [Bm] has noticed that we're here to stay.
Thank you very much.
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_ _ [G] _ _ Most people spend their entire lives [F#] trying to avoid friction.
_ I've found it in myself a desire, a calling to embrace friction, [E] tension, transitions, changes, to work [B] with them. _
_ Life is friction.
_ _ To some that might be kind of a daunting realization.
_ Mothers, if you've gone through a [E] childbirth, that would be why you're a mother.
Of course the more enjoyable friction came nine months before.
_ But then it [D] continues through your life, [E] all the way into our passing.
That's always there.
For some people that's kind of a daunting realization that gravity is going to win.
[B] Gravity doesn't cut anybody any slack.
Or you can just choose to work with gravity, kind of work towards those changes,
kind of work and embrace that idea of the friction and work towards a solution.
_ _ _ A life-affirming resolution.
_ [Em] For me, that's [E] kind of what life is.
Life is working towards those resolutions.
It's working with the tension and the friction because that's where art is.
That's where the art occurs.
_ _ And the purest art, the best forms of art, are those ones that actually capture that moment, [B] that edge.
A _ good example of that friction and tension, cello.
You take wood, you bend it into impossible shapes, [D] curves, angles.
You [B] place it where it doesn't want to [G] be, not breaking, just on the edge.
_ And [E] then you take that [F#] bow and you place it across the string.
There it is, the release, [C] the art.
_ [F#] Sonic joy, sonic [C#] sadness, sonic anger, all within that release.
_ _ What's really appealing [B] to me is that people who actually can capture those moments,
capture those frictions, those [F#] changes, that's very inspiring to me.
That's why [Bm] I do what I do, [E] to witness those things, in whatever form.
[F#] It can be on a canvas, it can be through a lens, it can be through cuisine, it can be through music.
And [Bm] in the case of what I've chosen, the path that [E] I've chosen to go down,
is through wine making and growing the [B] grapes.
_ [C#] World class wine is grown on those edges, [B] where things are very challenging.
They are time capsules, not just capturing time, but capturing a place in that bottle.
[F#] And as soon as you open that cork, you better be present for it, because it's going to change, because life has changed.
Nothing sits still, so pay attention to what's in that bottle.
On that edge, the best wines [Bm] in the world, hail, frost, late spring frost, winter kill, [D] humidity, [B] hippies. _ _
It happens.
_ _ Wine from very cozy regions, growing regions, kind of bores me.
But the stuff that we're growing in Arizona, [F#] we're on that edge.
We get those late spring frosts, we get winter kill, we get hail, we get monsoons, we get haboobs,
we get dust devils, we have all those things that are going against us,
to almost try to prevent us from bringing you that final [B] product.
[E] That's why we're up here talking about it.
[A] We need you.
We've done the hard work, we've done the heavy [E] lifting.
We make it through [C#] the late spring frost, we make it through the monsoons,
we make it [B] through the hail, barely, on the edge.
So we've done the heavy lifting, we've found out that this is that region for those things.
[F#] This is a thing that you can't take away.
You can't move this to China.
This is a local event.
And we're dug in, we've been doing it for decades.
What we need from you is to do the easy part.
_ [Bm] Drink it. _
[B] Tell people about it.
We need you.
It's changed the entire economic landscape of [C#] Arizona.
We are now here, we are players in the state.
The capital [Bm] has noticed that we're here to stay.
Thank you very much. _
_ I've found it in myself a desire, a calling to embrace friction, [E] tension, transitions, changes, to work [B] with them. _
_ Life is friction.
_ _ To some that might be kind of a daunting realization.
_ Mothers, if you've gone through a [E] childbirth, that would be why you're a mother.
Of course the more enjoyable friction came nine months before.
_ But then it [D] continues through your life, [E] all the way into our passing.
That's always there.
For some people that's kind of a daunting realization that gravity is going to win.
[B] Gravity doesn't cut anybody any slack.
Or you can just choose to work with gravity, kind of work towards those changes,
kind of work and embrace that idea of the friction and work towards a solution.
_ _ _ A life-affirming resolution.
_ [Em] For me, that's [E] kind of what life is.
Life is working towards those resolutions.
It's working with the tension and the friction because that's where art is.
That's where the art occurs.
_ _ And the purest art, the best forms of art, are those ones that actually capture that moment, [B] that edge.
A _ good example of that friction and tension, cello.
You take wood, you bend it into impossible shapes, [D] curves, angles.
You [B] place it where it doesn't want to [G] be, not breaking, just on the edge.
_ And [E] then you take that [F#] bow and you place it across the string.
There it is, the release, [C] the art.
_ [F#] Sonic joy, sonic [C#] sadness, sonic anger, all within that release.
_ _ What's really appealing [B] to me is that people who actually can capture those moments,
capture those frictions, those [F#] changes, that's very inspiring to me.
That's why [Bm] I do what I do, [E] to witness those things, in whatever form.
[F#] It can be on a canvas, it can be through a lens, it can be through cuisine, it can be through music.
And [Bm] in the case of what I've chosen, the path that [E] I've chosen to go down,
is through wine making and growing the [B] grapes.
_ [C#] World class wine is grown on those edges, [B] where things are very challenging.
They are time capsules, not just capturing time, but capturing a place in that bottle.
[F#] And as soon as you open that cork, you better be present for it, because it's going to change, because life has changed.
Nothing sits still, so pay attention to what's in that bottle.
On that edge, the best wines [Bm] in the world, hail, frost, late spring frost, winter kill, [D] humidity, [B] hippies. _ _
It happens.
_ _ Wine from very cozy regions, growing regions, kind of bores me.
But the stuff that we're growing in Arizona, [F#] we're on that edge.
We get those late spring frosts, we get winter kill, we get hail, we get monsoons, we get haboobs,
we get dust devils, we have all those things that are going against us,
to almost try to prevent us from bringing you that final [B] product.
[E] That's why we're up here talking about it.
[A] We need you.
We've done the hard work, we've done the heavy [E] lifting.
We make it through [C#] the late spring frost, we make it through the monsoons,
we make it [B] through the hail, barely, on the edge.
So we've done the heavy lifting, we've found out that this is that region for those things.
[F#] This is a thing that you can't take away.
You can't move this to China.
This is a local event.
And we're dug in, we've been doing it for decades.
What we need from you is to do the easy part.
_ [Bm] Drink it. _
[B] Tell people about it.
We need you.
It's changed the entire economic landscape of [C#] Arizona.
We are now here, we are players in the state.
The capital [Bm] has noticed that we're here to stay.
Thank you very much. _