Chords for Alan Walker: Unmasked Documentary (Episode 2)

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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ Being a live performer is a completely different craft from sitting in a room or a studio writing and producing music. _ _
I never really had the intention of ending up [E] performing or studying with [C#] DJing or anything.
_ _ _ The [E] music industry was so far [G] away that it was very [G#] much a dream, not [C] something he was actually pursuing. _ _ _
_ When I met him he was basically a kid, mostly sitting in his room gaming, hanging with his friends and going to school, just [G#] like a regular kid.
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ I wasn't that kind of [A] person who would [D#] go in front of [Cm] class and have a performance or [Em] presentation or anything.
I really, really hated to do that kind of stuff.
The explosive success of Faded was quickly followed by the expectations [C] to what Alan could and should [Cm] be as a live artist.
And at that point he had never set his feet [D] on a stage.
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_ _ _ In the early days of 2016, just [F] a month after we released Faded, we realized that the demand for Alan to make his live debut [Cm] was imminent.
Within a matter of weeks we booked his live debut, which was an online [Dm] streamed TV performance at the X Games in [A#] Oslo, Norway.
[Gm] You need to understand at this point there was actually nothing in place in terms of the live operation.
So everything had to be done more or less from [F] scratch.
_ _ _ There were so many hours that went into preparations and practicing on DJing.
There was a lot of work to be done in a very short period of time. _ _
People really understood what kind of work and how much effort, energy and resources that are put into visuals, lighting, how to put together and structure the set, potential guest vocalists, guest musicians, strings, which we have.
You know, it's a pretty complex and pretty big operation altogether, especially when you do it for the first time.
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[G#] Making it through that first performance, I guess, was in many [D#] ways a relief.
But we also quickly realized [Gm] there was a lot of work to be [Cm] done and a lot of improvements [G#] that had to be made.
With a full scale [D#] festival tour throughout Europe just [Gm] eight weeks away, [Cm] well, we really had to get our [G#] grind on.
I was so super nervous.
[D#m] Yeah, I was like, oh my God, I can't believe [A#] I'm doing this.
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_ [G#] _ _ _ We basically [D#] had all the festivals that we wanted [A#] that summer.
Tomorrowland, [Cm] Creamfields, [G#] Lollapalooza.
We had a solid [D#m] plan for the whole summer. _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F]
Then came the phone call.
Hi guys, [N] we got a call from [F] the US.
Does Alan want to do support on the Rihanna tour?
[C#] _ _ _ _ I was like, [F#] OK, can't say no to this.
Do I really dare to say yes? _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ I think every rookie makes mistakes and certainly so did Alan as well.
The big difference, though, is that most people are fortunate enough to do that within their pre-production rehearsals or whatever.
Alan did it on his first show on the first leg of the Rihanna tour in front of 70,000 people.
I was _ unlucky and actually [Am] hit the Q button on one of the songs and then I messed up. _ _ _
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That wasn't supposed to happen.
[D#] _ Alan in that part [B] of his career that it was, should be doing mistakes.
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I hate myself for every mistake [C#] that I make, but I also know that making mistakes and learning [D#m] from them is an important part of the process.
[B] If I didn't make any mistakes, then I probably [F#] wouldn't have been where I am today.
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Once _ he got warm, [B] he really picked up the pace.
[F#] He was basically front runner in a rat race of more or [C#] less 30 festivals [D#m] in nine weeks.
It feels [B] like that summer pretty much flew [F#] by in 15 seconds. _
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_ _ I'm going [D#m] to be honest. _ _
_ _ [B] _ [F#] I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to keep up.
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[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to keep up.
I'm still [D#m] going to go. _ _
[B] _ I'm still [F#] going _ to go.
[C#] _ I'm still going to [D#m] go. _ _ _
[B] _ I'm still [F#] going to go.
I'm still going to go. _ _
[C#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _
Facing a crowd used to be one of my biggest fears in [D#m] life.
So to overcome that [B] fear was indeed a magical feeling.
I [F#m] never really thought that I would learn and grow this [C#] much in such a short period of time.
_ [D#m] _ _ In early 2017, [B] I flew with him to Miami to catch his show at Ultra.
[F#] More or less exactly one year [C#] after Alan made his live debut.
_ [D#m] And to stand there and watch that 19-year [B]-old engaging, exciting and conquering a crowd [F#] of 15,000 people.
Well, to me, that [C#] was a true testament in many ways [D#m] to the growth and the evolution that he'd been through.
[B] Not only as a performer, but as a person.
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[C#m] _ _ _ [A] And anyone who's been on the [E] road can tell you that life on tour is [B] exhausting.
It's [C#m] challenging, it's tiring [A] and it's not nearly as glamorous as it's set out to [E] be.
In many ways, life on [B] the road is like a loop.
[C#m] You need a lot [A] of rest and you don't get a lot of rest when you [E] travel around.
It's quite a challenge.
[B] What you do all [C#m] day is basically consisting of a never-ending [A] repetitive loop of
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[E] You start out jumping in a plane, [B] fly through a new country and leave the city.
Get [C#m] to the hotel, check in.
Get out of the [A] hotel to the backstage.
Do some [E] promo.
On to the stage, do your show.
_ And it's all over [C#m] again.
_ _ [A] There's really no place like home.
So it [E] always feels good to come back home to Bergen.
[B] Thanks to my family and friends.
[C#m] _ But to be honest, [A] after a couple of days at home, I really just want to get back on the road.
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