Chords for The Man Who Recorded America talks about "Love"....

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The [B] West Coast is an [F#] interesting conundrum because music [C#] that was made on the West Coast
and record labels that were based out there with the exception of Capitol, their [G] records
rarely moved eastward.
Records made in the [F#] east moved to the west very comfortably.
[Em] _ But I [A] had been there in [D]
1964 looking [Bm] for artists and really couldn't [A] find much. _ _
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There was an [A] L.A. scene and then there was a San Francisco scene [D] and they came from different
points of view.
_ [G] San Francisco was much more dope infused _ and a little bit more raw.
_ [F#m] The scene out of Los Angeles was [C#] more careful in a way.
But the artists that were in Los Angeles were wonderful.
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New York was being picked over.
All the record companies were [F#] based in New York and they [E] were all going to the same [B] shows
and suddenly there were eight other A&R men and it was tough to make a move.
In [Bm] California, the [F#] East Coast people were not paying a lot of [G] attention. _
And that's [E] how I found love.
I walked into a club one night and there they were.
_ _ [Am] Arthur Lee and Love, one of the few certifiable geniuses I've run into in music making, he
could play each instrument better than any member of the band and frequently did. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ What [F] is happening [G] and how have you been? _ _
[C] _ Gotta [F] go but I'll [G] see you again.
_ _ [E] I'm going _ [C] to miss you so [G] loud _ _ [Em] and then [C] I'll fade into the [Am] dark. _ _ _ _
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[F] Crowds of people [G] standing _ everywhere.
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_ [F] Across the street I'm at [G] the cycle path _ [Em] and there [C] they always play [G] my songs.
_ _ [Em] Of me.
[C] I wonder [Am] if they should. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ I don't [F] know I think I'm [G] here just the same.
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_ [F] Telling everyone [G] about their days.
_ [Em] _ _ [C] You think it [G]
obsolete.
_ _ _ [Em] And you [C] go back across [Am] the _ _ street. _
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Street.
_ _ _ _ Hey.
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They [Em] were playing at a club called [B] Vito Lito's.
I [G] knew nothing about Love [Em] but I saw their name in a list of [C] club appearances.
[G] I said, interesting name for a group.
I [Em] better go see that.
And a friend of mine who knew [Am] about the band went with me and I walk into this place which
[Am] I've previously [Em] described as the black hole of Calcutta with a door charge.
And there was Arthur Lee on the stage.
The [F] tongues of his shoes hanging [G] out.
_ _ He [Em] had these sort of granny [C] glasses hanging [G] down on his nose and they had prismatic lenses.
[Em] One red, one green [C] like he used to see [Am] for watching stereo movies.
_ _ But [Em] he was seeing things like a bug would see things.
[F] 16 different [G] views out of each eye. _
[C] And he was just wailing away.
I'll be back just save [G] a seat for me.
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[C] just can't make [G] the room _ _ [Em] look up [C] and see me [Am] all gone. _
_ Thing that he had was a connection with an audience.
And the audience was [G] as entertaining as the band was.
Gorgeous girls with iron blonde [C] hair.
It was a scene out of a benevolent ring of Dante's Inferno.
But it was [G] alive.
_ And I just was [C] smitten with it and I spoke to the [Am] band and we signed him within 48 hours. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, great. _ _ _
Hey, [C] hey, hey.
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Love Forever Changes _ [E] voted most [C] every poll as the number [B] one or two album to come out of the Los Angeles rock scene of the 60s [G] and early 70s.
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