Chords for Melissa Etheridge inducts Bonnie Raitt Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductions 2000
Tempo:
72.575 bpm
Chords used:
E
F#
A#
C
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [A#]
[E] [F#] Bonnie [C] Raitt.
[B] [C#]
[C] [A#] [Em] [A] Sex, [F#] slide, [E] soul, [Bm] selflessness, [E] passion, [Bm] compassion, [C#] [F#] enlightenment, activism, blazing [D] fingers,
blazing hair.
[A]
[G#m] In the court of rock and roll, she [G] is not the queen.
She doesn't want to be the queen.
She is [C] a soldier.
[E] She is in the trenches, [F#] living it, feeling it.
[C#] A woman in a man's world, [E] breaking [A#] ground.
[A#m] [A#] [C#m]
A woman [C] so [B] tough, so uncompromising, so secure, [G#] that she hasn't felt the need to change her
hairstyle for 30 years.
[G] [C#m]
[D] [G#] Over the years, I've sat [D#] at the Grammys and watched her win award after award, some of
them [F#] in my category.
[A#] [F#] I've watched her [C] become a superstar, and I can tell you that today, she [D#] is still the
same [E] honest, generous, supportive woman she has always been.
The [F#] same gutsy, fearless [G#] performer.
She's won nine Grammy Awards, performed at over [D#] 200 benefits, [E] and she's made [C#] sure her
friends [E] and mentors, the pioneers of rhythm and blues, will be [C#m] remembered [E] and valued.
[D] Tonight, Bonnie Raitt joins some of those friends, [C#m] both living [A] and dead.
Friends who always recognized her for what she is, a musical pioneer in her own right,
a force for good,
[E] [F#] Bonnie [C] Raitt.
[B] [C#]
[C] [A#] [Em] [A] Sex, [F#] slide, [E] soul, [Bm] selflessness, [E] passion, [Bm] compassion, [C#] [F#] enlightenment, activism, blazing [D] fingers,
blazing hair.
[A]
[G#m] In the court of rock and roll, she [G] is not the queen.
She doesn't want to be the queen.
She is [C] a soldier.
[E] She is in the trenches, [F#] living it, feeling it.
[C#] A woman in a man's world, [E] breaking [A#] ground.
[A#m] [A#] [C#m]
A woman [C] so [B] tough, so uncompromising, so secure, [G#] that she hasn't felt the need to change her
hairstyle for 30 years.
[G] [C#m]
[D] [G#] Over the years, I've sat [D#] at the Grammys and watched her win award after award, some of
them [F#] in my category.
[A#] [F#] I've watched her [C] become a superstar, and I can tell you that today, she [D#] is still the
same [E] honest, generous, supportive woman she has always been.
The [F#] same gutsy, fearless [G#] performer.
She's won nine Grammy Awards, performed at over [D#] 200 benefits, [E] and she's made [C#] sure her
friends [E] and mentors, the pioneers of rhythm and blues, will be [C#m] remembered [E] and valued.
[D] Tonight, Bonnie Raitt joins some of those friends, [C#m] both living [A] and dead.
Friends who always recognized her for what she is, a musical pioneer in her own right,
a force for good,
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[E] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] Bonnie [C] Raitt.
[B] _ [C#] _
[C] _ _ [A#] _ [Em] _ _ [A] Sex, [F#] slide, _ [E] soul, _ [Bm] selflessness, _ [E] passion, [Bm] compassion, _ [C#] [F#] enlightenment, activism, blazing [D] fingers,
blazing hair.
[A] _ _
[G#m] In the court of rock and roll, she [G] is not the queen.
She doesn't want to be the queen.
She is [C] a soldier.
[E] She is in the trenches, [F#] living it, feeling it.
[C#] A woman in a man's world, [E] breaking [A#] ground.
[A#m] _ _ [A#] _ [C#m] _ _
A woman [C] so [B] tough, so uncompromising, so secure, [G#] that she hasn't felt the need to change her
hairstyle for 30 years.
_ [G] _ [C#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G#] Over the years, I've sat [D#] at the Grammys and watched her win award after award, some of
them [F#] in my category.
_ _ [A#] [F#] I've watched her [C] become a superstar, and I can tell you that today, she [D#] is still the
same [E] honest, generous, supportive woman she has always been.
The [F#] same gutsy, fearless [G#] performer.
She's won nine Grammy Awards, performed at over [D#] 200 benefits, [E] and she's made [C#] sure her
friends [E] and mentors, the pioneers of rhythm and blues, will be [C#m] remembered [E] and valued.
[D] Tonight, Bonnie Raitt joins some of those friends, [C#m] both living [A] and dead.
Friends who always recognized her for what she is, a musical pioneer in her own right,
a force for good,
_ [E] _ [F#] Bonnie [C] Raitt.
[B] _ [C#] _
[C] _ _ [A#] _ [Em] _ _ [A] Sex, [F#] slide, _ [E] soul, _ [Bm] selflessness, _ [E] passion, [Bm] compassion, _ [C#] [F#] enlightenment, activism, blazing [D] fingers,
blazing hair.
[A] _ _
[G#m] In the court of rock and roll, she [G] is not the queen.
She doesn't want to be the queen.
She is [C] a soldier.
[E] She is in the trenches, [F#] living it, feeling it.
[C#] A woman in a man's world, [E] breaking [A#] ground.
[A#m] _ _ [A#] _ [C#m] _ _
A woman [C] so [B] tough, so uncompromising, so secure, [G#] that she hasn't felt the need to change her
hairstyle for 30 years.
_ [G] _ [C#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G#] Over the years, I've sat [D#] at the Grammys and watched her win award after award, some of
them [F#] in my category.
_ _ [A#] [F#] I've watched her [C] become a superstar, and I can tell you that today, she [D#] is still the
same [E] honest, generous, supportive woman she has always been.
The [F#] same gutsy, fearless [G#] performer.
She's won nine Grammy Awards, performed at over [D#] 200 benefits, [E] and she's made [C#] sure her
friends [E] and mentors, the pioneers of rhythm and blues, will be [C#m] remembered [E] and valued.
[D] Tonight, Bonnie Raitt joins some of those friends, [C#m] both living [A] and dead.
Friends who always recognized her for what she is, a musical pioneer in her own right,
a force for good,