Chords for Boz Boorer - Life on the road with Morrissey

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Hello, my name is Boz Boer and I play guitar for Morrissey. _
How do I go about writing songs and riffs? _ _ _
Usually I start off with a drum beat and work out a chord sequence,
usually on an acoustic or an electric. _ _
And after I build the track up with some bass and maybe some pad keyboards,
_ I'll find a riff that fits over the top that ties it all together. _ _ _
Not _ always, sometimes I'll come up with a riff first,
but that's normally if it's a chord-based riff.
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_ [A] _ Which is chord-based.
Mostly the other riffs, I tie over the whole song.
There'll be a riff that fits over it.
There's a song called Alma Matters, and the chord sequence changes,
but the riff over the top of it always. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The first time I ever saw a boss pedal,
_ _ I can remember we had the little MOSFET amp, _
_ which had a little speaker in it, and we'd use that backstage.
_ [N] _ But it also had an output, and when we plugged it into the amp,
it was like a massive mental _ distortion pedal.
That's the first one I can remember.
I remember the first one I had _ _ _ as I used it.
I had _ several delays _ and compressors,
and then about 25 years ago I went on the hunt for all the rare, desirable ones.
I was on tour, so it was quite easy to go hunting.
I built up quite an arsenal.
I don't have them all now, but I've still got lots of them, and I quite enjoy them.
My top three tips for a young guitarist. _
_ _ _ _ Play with as many different people, and learn as many different styles as you can. _ _
It's all connected music, and it broadens your horizons,
and makes your ideas arsenal much bigger. _ _ _ _ _
Change your strings more often.
_ Often I pick up someone's guitar and the strings are just old and craggy.
They'll never stay in tune.
_ And look after your instrument.
Clean it.
Give it a nice polish.
They do respond to being looked after.
I've got some old acoustics that are lovely that I never really use much,
_ and I get them out and they feel and look a bit sorry,
but when you clean them and polish them, get a new set of strings on them,
they come to life, and they're wonderful.
_ So how do I keep myself busy when I'm on the road?
_ I have a record shop in Camden called Vinyl Boutique,
and I'm always looking for stock as I travel the world.
_ _ I have an app on my phone called Vinyl District,
and it tells me where all the record shops are.
That's one of the main things I do.
And the other is _ _ I drink quite a lot.
_ That sounds terrible.
_ _ _ But there's always a bar and there's always a restaurant.
_ I don't really look for instruments anymore.
_ So it's basically records and bars, really.
So the top three tunes in my record collection
that I would return to time and time again. _
_ _ It would have to be a T-Rex song, because that's the main reason I play guitar.
_ And I'd probably say Get It On, _ _ _ _ because it's quite long
and it's quite _ honest, and _ it _ was the first T-Rex song I bought. _
_ _ There would have to be some punk rock in there,
so probably something off the screen by Susan DeBanches.
Maybe _ _ Suburban Relapse or something that's very harsh. _
And then something that was rockabilly. _ _ _
_ _ _ Maybe _ _ _ _ Shorty the Barber by Lou Millet.
It's a great country song, but it was recorded so distorted
that it _ almost sounds like heavy metal. _
_ So those three songs I'd be happy to listen to all day. _