Chords for Sean Lennon Interview On The Sharon Osbourne Show

Welcome back.
Now, with John Lennon for a dad and Yoko Ono for a mum,
Sean Lennon was always destined for a music career.
But to his great credit, he's very much a talent in his own right.
Please give a warm welcome to Sean Lennon.
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[A] _ _ [F#] [E] Hello.
[N] _ _ _ _
Hello.
Really good to see you.
Sit closer to me.
Yes, darling.
Come on.
So I haven't seen you for about, I think it was three or four years ago
at the Grammys.
Was it that long ago?
Yeah, that long ago since I've seen you.
Yeah, well, I used to hang out with your kids in those days
cos I was living in LA.
Yeah.
Are you back living in New York?
Yeah, well, I've pretty much always lived there.
I was just living there at the time to kind of make my record and that stuff.
But I've always been based in New York, kind of born and bred.
And because of your _ background, do you spend much time here or Japan?
Well, I actually went to kindergarten in Japan, which was strange
because you have to eat things like whale and stuff for lunch.
Shark's fin and all of that.
Yeah.
Well, no, that's more Chinese, but the whale, it's not good
and I don't see why we eat it, but we do.
So that was that.
And then, you know_
Do you speak Japanese?
A little bit.
A little bit, but no, I don't really.
I mean, I can order coffee.
You can order great, right?
Cos the word coffee is just kohi, you know, it's kind of easy.
So I can order coffee and dessert and that kind of thing.
So, OK, your new album, give us the title of your album.
Friendly Fire.
It's taken a long time.
Yeah, well, I think there was a while in my 20s
when I just wasn't sure I wanted to deal with the public part of making music.
I was playing music during my 20s, but I just didn't_
I think I got a little turned off by it.
The first time I released my record, I did all this press
and I got really scrutinised and it just made me a bit uncomfortable
and I just wasn't sure if I wanted to do that with my life.
But then I'm a musician and I write all these songs
and it just felt kind of unfulfilling not to release them.
But there's just something uncomfortable about everyone examining you.
You know what it's like.
I know.
They critique you and they look at you.
And then they compare you.
Yeah, and it's just kind of boring too.
They always make the same thing like, he looks like his dad.
It's like, yeah, who doesn't?
It's not normal for a child to be, you know, always compared and, you know,
critiqued, well, it's not as good as this or it's better than that.
And, you know, unfortunately,
that's one of the things that you have to live with.
My goal is to get good at writing songs.
That's what I spend my time thinking, like, what chord is the best chord?
[G] That's like my obsession.
But it's your art.
That's what you do.
But being hugely famous doesn't seem that interesting.
It seems almost like it might be a difficult thing to be that famous.
I mean, I can't imagine, you know, like being Justin Timberlake or something.
I don't know what that would be like.
No, it's hard.
It's got to be so hard,
especially when you're, you know, still such a young man.
You've got to keep your pectoral muscles in shape, you know.
And your six-pack the whole time and the tan.
But Jack is, like, really in shape now, isn't he?
Tell me about it.
He looks great.
But he's like a lethal weapon.
_ Don't make him mad.
I know.
He can just, like, one pressure point and you're just kind of paralytic.
Yeah, that's amazing.
How did he do that?
Just wanted to change his life around.
And he just, you know, it was very hard for him because, unlike you,
he wasn't born with what his dad had.
He can't sing.
He's not interested in, you know, being in a band or, you know, a soloist.
So he wants to beat people [E] up?
No.
[B] _ [N] He's_
I don't know what he can teach me how to beat people up.
He just wanted to find his own thing
where he wasn't compared with anybody else.
No, he looks great.
I saw him and I was like,
wow, he should be my trainer or something.
He will.
He would love to.
Now, do you know something?
We have something in [G] common.
We share the same birthday.
Yes, I know.
That's funny.
We do today and_
And my dad, too.
And your dad.
I know.
I know.
So, hold on.
[N] I've got something.
What's going on here?
It's spooky.
We all have the same birthday.
And I made you a cake myself.
That's so sweet.
I made it.
Thank you.
You did?
That's so sweet.
Happy birthday, Slovakia.
Yeah.
I'm grateful. _
_ That is one of the nicest things anyone's ever done for me.
Thank you so much.
[G] So, does anyone want to eat cake?
Should we [N] cut it up?
_ You have to actually sing first.
It's a bit too beautiful.
_ Happy birthday to you.
I've got another one for you.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday, dear Sharon and Slob.
Happy birthday to you. Thank you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay, Sharon, there was someone else who couldn't be here today on your birthday
has sent us a video message for you.
Hi, Sharon.
I'm so sorry I can't be there for your birthday,
but I'm out here making another record.
Well, you know that anyway.
I _ can't believe that we're still together as most people.
But you know there's only one woman in this world for me,
and it's you.
You know that.
I love you so much.
Have a wonderful, wonderful birthday.
I'm so sorry I can't be there.
Bye. _ _ _ _ _ _
Who did that for us?
Oh, Mommy.
_ You're starting to weep like Sean now.
Come on, let's go.
We have one other thing that was sent for you,
and I think we should bring that on now,
which is a token of love from a very special person in your life. What?
The Prince of Darkness. _
_ From one little person from Aussies all the way from LA.
Happy birthday.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, Sean.
Happy birthday, man.
_ Sean, you've got to go over there now and perform for us.
Come on.
I'll try to cheer you up.
Thank you, sweet boy.
That is called