Chords for NEA Jazz Masters: Annie Ross (2010)
Tempo:
87.3 bpm
Chords used:
Db
Ab
Eb
Bbm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [Eb]
[Gb] [Ab] [Em]
Music [Ab] seems to have been in your DNA.
Your family were all entertainers, all vaudevillians.
I was born after matinee.
[C]
We were on tour.
[Gb] That's why I was born in London.
Because we were so working class and poor, my father said to her [A] right after I was born,
[Db] Do you think you'll be able to do the night [F] show?
And my mother reportedly threw an iron [Db] at him.
[F] In 52 you had this wonderful hit, Twisted.
Can you tell me about how that came to be?
I met Bob Weinstock, who had prestige.
And he said, [Eb] Can you write lyrics?
I said, Sure.
[Db] I mean, if he'd have said, Can you fly?
I would have said yes.
He said, Well, here's a pile of records.
Write some words to a song and call me.
So I called him the next morning and I said, I've got words to Twisted.
[Gbm] I went, I sang for him, and he arranged a record date.
I was one of the first women, [Ab] I think, who ever [C] wrote lyrics.
[Db] [Eb] I was [Ebm] visiting [Ab] a friend of mine, and he said, Do you know Dave Lambert?
[Db] He's with a guy called John Hendricks.
They have an idea to record bassy things with words.
Why don't you [Abm] stick around?
They're [Ab] coming over and you'll meet them.
[Db] I said, OK.
They sang a [Bb] bassy thing, [Gb] and [Db] it was intriguing.
About two [Abm] days later, I got a phone call, and it was Dave Lambert.
And he said, Annie, we've hired [Eb] session singers, [Db] and they're [Ab] incredible.
They hit every note, [Db] but they don't swing.
And Dave said, I have an [Bbm] idea.
We'll multi-track.
[B] When the voices were added, it was layer upon layer,
[Ab] and that was one of [Db] the great [Cm] moments of my life.
[Db] Was standing in front of those loudspeakers
and hearing [Ab]
[Bbm] the assembly [A] of [Ab] everything.
You know, it was like a [Db] fantastic gift.
[Eb] What advice would you have for young singers coming into [Em] music now?
Listen.
[Abm] Listen.
[C] Listen.
To all musicians, that's what I tell my band.
[F] Listen to each other.
That's the most important thing.
And listen to [Em] music.
It cures all ills.
[Ab]
[Bbm] Music is forever.
[Ab] [G] [Bbm] [Eb]
[Gb] [Ab] [Em]
Music [Ab] seems to have been in your DNA.
Your family were all entertainers, all vaudevillians.
I was born after matinee.
[C]
We were on tour.
[Gb] That's why I was born in London.
Because we were so working class and poor, my father said to her [A] right after I was born,
[Db] Do you think you'll be able to do the night [F] show?
And my mother reportedly threw an iron [Db] at him.
[F] In 52 you had this wonderful hit, Twisted.
Can you tell me about how that came to be?
I met Bob Weinstock, who had prestige.
And he said, [Eb] Can you write lyrics?
I said, Sure.
[Db] I mean, if he'd have said, Can you fly?
I would have said yes.
He said, Well, here's a pile of records.
Write some words to a song and call me.
So I called him the next morning and I said, I've got words to Twisted.
[Gbm] I went, I sang for him, and he arranged a record date.
I was one of the first women, [Ab] I think, who ever [C] wrote lyrics.
[Db] [Eb] I was [Ebm] visiting [Ab] a friend of mine, and he said, Do you know Dave Lambert?
[Db] He's with a guy called John Hendricks.
They have an idea to record bassy things with words.
Why don't you [Abm] stick around?
They're [Ab] coming over and you'll meet them.
[Db] I said, OK.
They sang a [Bb] bassy thing, [Gb] and [Db] it was intriguing.
About two [Abm] days later, I got a phone call, and it was Dave Lambert.
And he said, Annie, we've hired [Eb] session singers, [Db] and they're [Ab] incredible.
They hit every note, [Db] but they don't swing.
And Dave said, I have an [Bbm] idea.
We'll multi-track.
[B] When the voices were added, it was layer upon layer,
[Ab] and that was one of [Db] the great [Cm] moments of my life.
[Db] Was standing in front of those loudspeakers
and hearing [Ab]
[Bbm] the assembly [A] of [Ab] everything.
You know, it was like a [Db] fantastic gift.
[Eb] What advice would you have for young singers coming into [Em] music now?
Listen.
[Abm] Listen.
[C] Listen.
To all musicians, that's what I tell my band.
[F] Listen to each other.
That's the most important thing.
And listen to [Em] music.
It cures all ills.
[Ab]
[Bbm] Music is forever.
[Ab] [G] [Bbm] [Eb]
Key:
Db
Ab
Eb
Bbm
A
Db
Ab
Eb
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ Music [Ab] seems to have been in your DNA.
Your family were all entertainers, all vaudevillians.
_ I was born after matinee.
[C]
We were on tour.
[Gb] That's why I was born in London.
Because we were so working class and poor, my father said to her [A] right after I was born,
[Db] Do you think you'll be able to do the night [F] show?
And my mother reportedly threw an iron [Db] at him.
_ [F] In 52 you had this wonderful hit, Twisted.
Can you tell me about how that came to be?
I met Bob Weinstock, who had prestige.
_ And he said, [Eb] Can you write lyrics?
I said, Sure.
[Db] I mean, if he'd have said, Can you fly?
I would have said yes.
He said, Well, here's a pile of records.
Write some words to a song and call me.
So I called him the next morning and I said, I've got words to Twisted.
[Gbm] I went, I sang for him, and he arranged a record date.
I was one of the first women, [Ab] I think, who ever [C] wrote lyrics.
[Db] [Eb] I was [Ebm] visiting [Ab] a friend of mine, and he said, Do you know Dave Lambert?
[Db] He's with a guy called John Hendricks.
They have an idea to record bassy things with words.
Why don't you [Abm] stick around?
They're [Ab] coming over and you'll meet them.
[Db] I said, OK.
They sang a [Bb] bassy thing, [Gb] and [Db] it was intriguing.
About two [Abm] days later, I got a phone call, and it was Dave Lambert.
And he said, Annie, we've hired [Eb] session singers, [Db] and they're [Ab] incredible.
They hit every note, [Db] but they don't swing.
And Dave said, I have an [Bbm] idea.
We'll multi-track.
[B] When the voices were added, it was layer upon layer,
[Ab] and that was one of [Db] the great [Cm] moments of my life.
[Db] Was standing in front of those loudspeakers
and hearing [Ab] _
[Bbm] the assembly [A] of [Ab] everything.
You know, it was like a [Db] fantastic gift.
[Eb] What advice would you have for young singers coming into [Em] music now?
Listen.
[Abm] _ Listen.
[C] Listen.
To all musicians, that's what I tell my band.
[F] Listen to each other.
That's the most important thing.
And listen to [Em] music.
It cures all ills.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bbm] Music is forever.
[Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ Music [Ab] seems to have been in your DNA.
Your family were all entertainers, all vaudevillians.
_ I was born after matinee.
[C]
We were on tour.
[Gb] That's why I was born in London.
Because we were so working class and poor, my father said to her [A] right after I was born,
[Db] Do you think you'll be able to do the night [F] show?
And my mother reportedly threw an iron [Db] at him.
_ [F] In 52 you had this wonderful hit, Twisted.
Can you tell me about how that came to be?
I met Bob Weinstock, who had prestige.
_ And he said, [Eb] Can you write lyrics?
I said, Sure.
[Db] I mean, if he'd have said, Can you fly?
I would have said yes.
He said, Well, here's a pile of records.
Write some words to a song and call me.
So I called him the next morning and I said, I've got words to Twisted.
[Gbm] I went, I sang for him, and he arranged a record date.
I was one of the first women, [Ab] I think, who ever [C] wrote lyrics.
[Db] [Eb] I was [Ebm] visiting [Ab] a friend of mine, and he said, Do you know Dave Lambert?
[Db] He's with a guy called John Hendricks.
They have an idea to record bassy things with words.
Why don't you [Abm] stick around?
They're [Ab] coming over and you'll meet them.
[Db] I said, OK.
They sang a [Bb] bassy thing, [Gb] and [Db] it was intriguing.
About two [Abm] days later, I got a phone call, and it was Dave Lambert.
And he said, Annie, we've hired [Eb] session singers, [Db] and they're [Ab] incredible.
They hit every note, [Db] but they don't swing.
And Dave said, I have an [Bbm] idea.
We'll multi-track.
[B] When the voices were added, it was layer upon layer,
[Ab] and that was one of [Db] the great [Cm] moments of my life.
[Db] Was standing in front of those loudspeakers
and hearing [Ab] _
[Bbm] the assembly [A] of [Ab] everything.
You know, it was like a [Db] fantastic gift.
[Eb] What advice would you have for young singers coming into [Em] music now?
Listen.
[Abm] _ Listen.
[C] Listen.
To all musicians, that's what I tell my band.
[F] Listen to each other.
That's the most important thing.
And listen to [Em] music.
It cures all ills.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bbm] Music is forever.
[Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _