Chords for Bee Gees - "Tragedy" - Making of (from Spirits Having Flown TV Special)

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_ It's too slow.
The way we rehearsed it last night.
Yeah, we'll go straight again.
Okay.
Go straight again.
Yeah, but the hair faster, right?
_ One, two, [A] three, [D] four. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You've got a band like we have, three good, strong musicians.
It's hard [Bm] to tell that they can't see it in their mind what a Finnish song is.
If you write a song, you can usually [D] see how it should be Finnish. _ _
_ [E] You've got to put it down physically.
And those guys, [F#] as brilliant as they are, can't always_
You just can't hear what you're talking about, [E] because you have a picture and they don't.
And [G] that's the most difficult part, I think, is transferring your thoughts to them.
And if you've got that happening, then you've got a great band.
[Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
[F#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ Now, hold it.
[A]
[C#] Hold it.
Okay.
Just a [B] matter of minutes.
Yeah.
[C#] [B] Yeah, let's try.
[Bm]
It would be nice if you could find a bigger sound for that solo.
[B] Great.
A bigger, rounder_ All right.
[C#] _
[B] _ Yeah, just like that.
Yeah.
Beautiful.
[G#] Okay, let's do it again.
Second half of the chorus, but bring that [B] sound in.
That's great.
[Bm] Yeah.
_ One, two, three, four.
_ _ [F#m] When [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _
somebody stops [G] singing something that's really interesting, as soon as [A] he stops singing,
an instrument [Bm] takes over doing something that's equally interesting.
[G] And [F#] when that instrument stops and the voice comes [Bm] back, the voice has [C#] to be equally [Bm] interesting
as the instrument it was before.
[E] So [D] anywhere there's a space, [B] you make an interesting situation happen. _ _
[C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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It's funny how sometimes in the [E] studio, the simplest things cause you the most trouble.
When we were [F#] doing Tragedy, for [B] instance, we knew we wanted [Bm] the sound of an explosion
to come at a certain point to accentuate the [A] track.
[G] So [F#] we all gathered in [B] the control booth and listened to the track [G] back.
It might work.
It might work.
Now, listen.
It's a little dynamite.
_ [Bm] Finding that spot where the explosion [F#] is going to take over.
We'll do that later for that.
We'll do that later.
A little [N] earlier.
You will find it, won't you?
Well, that's the place.
We'll give it a try.
What about two pygmies?
_ Squeeze a big pygmy.
Yeah.
You remember on the pilot vocal, which is not a double track, what might work is_
You always sang it.
Pygmies.
Yeah.
Just like I did then, to go to the mic and go_
And maybe we can turn it into an explosion somehow.
Let's try overloading it.
I think you ought to try it first just so we find the place.
What about a real explosion in the studio?
There's an air force base here.
Where do we find one?
Mike's got some dynamite in his office.
Well, let me give it a go before we go to get the dynamite.
All right.
You want to sit down, Roy? Okay.
Okay, Roy.
Oh, yeah.
The bridge.
You say the orangutan, Mike.
Okay.
Okay.
This will be interesting.
Hope everything comes out all right.
See if he finds the downbeat.
Yeah.
He's got to get it in at the right spot.
Okay.
Feed me some track.
Let's get a shot.
[Bm] _ [A] _ [G] _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] I [N] _ think, Barry, _ loosen your shirt. _
_ _ Maybe if you just close your eyes and really concentrate on the meter.
[Bm] I'll be counting.
Okay, I'll be counting.
Yeah, I'll be counting.
[A] _ [G] _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [N] _ Not bad, but it sounds awful.
Barry, can you add a nice meter?
I think he needs a lot more treble.
Okay, look, one more.
Okay.
Please, boys.
Yeah, Mr.
Dragon, just a little bit.
Yeah.
Okay.
Here we go.
Just a little bit more saliva under the tongue.
[Bm] _ [A] _ [G] _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
[F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#] Yeah.
[G] _ Thank you.
Fabulous.
Great.
I think that was a hair early, but I think when they're all together_
Actually, let's hear it back.
Listen, it's going to work with three of them together, Carl, and maybe you could do something
_ sound-wise with them that's going to make them work as well.
[N] Shut up and get in here.
_ Well done, yeah.
Can I hear it?
Yeah.
Let's hear it back.
Tell me about it.
Was he still the same guy as he was before?
He's married to Azza.
[B] Really?
[G] _ There _ _ you _ [Bm] _ _ go.
[F#m] Fantastic.
Very nice, very nice.
That's impossible.
[G#m] And so when the [N] actual lyrics are written, it's time to head downstairs into the studio
and lay them back against the tracks.
_ _ You can't believe what a tremendous feeling it is for us to hear the words against the
music for the first time. _
You got the lyrics?
Yes.
Great. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] I'll be [B] ready to sing, got the lyrics finished.
Love it.
And we'll sing them, we'll play them, tape them.
Okay. _ _ _
Okay, Barry?
Yeah.
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[F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] Oh my God.