Chords for Ted Nugent on Letterman early 80's (Part 1 of 2)

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Thank you very much for being here and you sell literally millions of albums.
What would be the correct figure?
Oh, 14, 15 million.
14 or 15 million?
Small figure actually nowadays I think.
But you do this, correct me if this is not true, without [E] the benefit of a lot of commercial airplay, right?
Yeah, on occasion I've had [N] a few clicks going back in 77, 78 with some Cat Scratch Fever
and some other love songs, but other than that I don't get a whole lot of radio play.
There seems to be a trend in programming radio that gets a little gentle at times.
And so you feel that people would, what is the reason that you're not included in that?
There's a lot of wimps out there.
_ _ _ You know, it's basically inconsequential [Abm] because I just rock it out.
[B] Rock and rollers [E] pretty much just go for it and the wimps kind of wimp for it.
That's a touching sentiment though, there are a lot of wimps out there.
Keep that in mind ladies and gentlemen.
The streets are full of wimps.
[Ab] They're everywhere.
[Db] Alright, so then describe, you mentioned the other stuff as being sort of gentle compared
to your music.
What would be a description of your music?
Well, I think the titles pretty much say it all.
I give a lot of time and concentration in my lyrics.
I feel it's a really [N] _ _ _ important display of my art form.
Songs like Wang Dang Sweet. _ _
_ _ You know, I'm a compassionate kind of guy.
[E] You yourself admitted that you're not the Motor City Madman.
It's a unique presentation of my inner feelings. Yeah, yeah.
And thanks for pointing that out for folks just tuning in.
I am [N] not.
This is the_
Now, I know you play the music loudly.
Can you give us an indication of how loudly?
Yeah, I got a perfect indication of that.
Proud day in my life actually.
We were playing the Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City a few years back.
There were [E] about 60, 70,000 screaming dogs there.
It was great.
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And we go into a facility to play with the general [Ab]
Detroit rock and roll attitude that
overkill is [C] good for you.
[Ab] And [Db] we have these technical advisors that [E] come up with recommendations based on the
size and the dimensions of the facility.
_ How much ampage you need and how many watts you can use adequately.
And so [B] we are consulted with these advisors.
[Bb] And they came back and said, yeah, Ted, we figured, boy, we've looked at it.
We know you like to play loud.
We figure, yeah, let's go 60,000 watts of [Dbm] power.
And I went, whoa.
[Ab] Well, we put 120 [E] per side, Jack.
We _ [N] said, this is 1978 or 79.
We [E] figured, hey, who are we to stop [Am] at the line?
We figured it was time for some [Ab] experimentation.
So we put up 120,000 watts per side.
It was great. _
[Abm] _ [B] And we started [Bb] yanking and a cranking.
And we [Bm] understood.
They tried to [Fm] shut the show down.
But of course, [Ab] there were 70 [E],000 people on my side, so they didn't.
But it turned out, now dig [Gb] this, Dave.
You'll [D] dig this.
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It turned out that we got complaints, count them, 18 miles away.
18 [E] miles away.
I guess the cow productivity was [N] diminishing as the set went on.
However, the bull productivity went way up.
_ As far as you know, 18 miles for a complaint is the record on a complaint?
I'm quite confident that that's the lick right there.
In addition to being enjoyable, I'm [G] guessing that you, well, of course, you find it enjoyable.
Doesn't it affect you somehow?
Has it made you, I mean, have you had physical problems?
Yeah.
My productivity went way up.
And my left ear has been severely damaged.
_ That's a small price to pay.
[Ab] She damaged it.
Get her over [N] here.
Is she [Em] applauding for ear damage? _
[E] _ I've never heard anyone take a positive stand.
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_ That's a rock and roll.
There are rock and rollers amongst us.
Now, will that come back?
Will your ear ever come back?
Or is it gone?
I hope not.
Now, what about your other ear?
My right ear is in good shape.
I [B] started wearing earplugs about [Ab] 16, 17 years ago on the right ear because that was absorbing
the sound on the stage.
That's where the placement amplifiers were.
I didn't start wearing earplugs on my left ear until about 10 [N] years ago when the damage
had been done.
Now, do you suppose there would come a time in your life, I mean, you've been a huge success
and will continue to be so, but when you regret maybe that you've hurt your ear like that?
It's a small price to pay.
I can hear fine.
You know, if you speak up a little bit, I appreciate you doing that.
_ But [D] _ [B] no, it's no problem.
_ We would like for you to play something, Ted, if you don't mind [N] doing that. _ _
Right now, you want me to do it?
Yes, sir.
How _ about [B] if I come right over there and buy it, Dave?
Is [Db] that alright?
Okay, fine.
[Ebm] Now, will_
You can [Em] go over there.
Will this be 120,000 watts?
Strictly television.
The [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] reason I'm here, other than that you've got a very tasty show, is the fact [B] that you've
got [Ab] the hottest band on [E] television. Absolutely.
Goes without [A] saying.
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