Chords for Paul McCartney Inducts Ringo Starr at the 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

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Ringo! _ _ _ _
_ _ Thank you, thank you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Okay, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Ringo Starr _ _ _ _ _ _ _
was born in Liverpool at a very early age _ _ _ _ and he had a hard childhood, _
_ a real hard childhood, but he had a beautiful mum, Elsie, and a lovely stepdad, Harry. _
Both of them had real big hearts, beautiful people, and they loved music.
_ So at some point during this difficult childhood, Ringo got a drum. _ _
_ Yeah, _ Ringo got a drum! _ _ _ _
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And that was it, that was it.
He was now a drummer, he just drummed. _
Later on he joined a group called Rory and the Hurricanes, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. _ _ _
[N] And we saw these guys when we were out in Hamburg, we were playing out there.
And, I mean, Ringo was like a professional musician.
We were just like slamming around, just singing and doing stuff, but he had a beard, _ _ _ that's professional. _ _
_ He had a suit, _ very professional.
_ And he would sit at the bar drinking bourbon and seven.
_ _ _ We'd never seen anyone like this.
This was like a grown-up musician.
_ Anyway, we got friendly with him and _ he used to come in late night when we were playing
and he'd request a couple of songs, so we got to know him.
And then one night our drummer then, Pete Best, _ wasn't available.
_ _ _ And so Ringo sat in.
_ And I remember the moment.
I mean, Pete was great and we had a great time with him, but
me, John and George, God bless them. _
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Me, John and George were on the front line singing, as we usually were.
And now behind us we had this guy that we'd never played with before.
And I remember the moment when he started playing and we started.
I think it was like Ray Charles' What Did I Say?
And most of the drummers couldn't nail the drum part.
It's a little bit clay, you had to go_ _ _ _
_ It was a little difficult to do, but Ringo nailed it.
So, yeah, Ringo nailed it. _
_ _ _ And I remember the moment, just standing there and looking at John
and then looking at George and the look on our faces was all like, fucking hell, _ _ _ _ what is this?
And that was the moment, you know, that was the beginning, really, of The Beatles.
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Anyway, then they started this great journey for these four guys from Liverpool
_ _ who, we just set off on this journey.
We did ballrooms and clubs around England.
Then we got a little work in Europe.
And then we eventually came to America. _ _ _ _ _
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[D#] _ And, you know, here we were.
We were _ _ staying in rooms together.
And I was, I don't know if I was like a sheltered kid, but I just had my mum and dad growing up and my brother.
So I've never like stayed in a hotel room with a strange man.
_ _ _ And, you know, so this really brought us together, you know. _
We lived like in each other's pockets virtually.
But it was a beautiful thing, a wonderful thing.
And eventually we got on the Ed Sullivan Show and we got really [N] famous. _
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_ But it was just so beautiful, you're playing with Ringo.
As all the other drummers say, it just is something so special.
I mean, when he's playing behind you, you see a lot of these bands when they're playing.
They're looking around at the drummer like, you know, is he going to speed up?
Is he going to slow down?
You don't have to look.
We're going to go, it's just, he's there.
You know, he's just a_
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_ Anyway, so it's a great honour for me to be able to induce him _ _
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into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame here in Cleveland [C#] tonight, Mr.
Ringo Starr. _
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