Chords for Chris Cornell Inducts Heart at 2013 Induction Ceremony

_ Thank you everyone, my name is Chris Cornell _ _
_ And I'm here tonight to induct an amazing band and they also happen to be my hometown here
a band called Heart
_ _ _ _ _ _ Let us now praise sisters Anne and Nancy Wilson as well as guitarist Roger Fisher, bassist Steve Fawson
guitarist and keyboardist Howard Lees and drummer Michael DeRozier _ _ _ _ _
Somehow it never occurred to [Eb] us that Anne and Nancy Wilson
Were women existing authentically in a [G] world dominated by men _
[B] Heart with two Joan of Arc's [Gb] standing up front kicking total ass
Backed by [Ab] a surprisingly powerful and unique band [Gb] blasted down any sexist barriers in front of them armed with pure
ballsy power of rock and roll
[N] _ _ _ Heart was important to us not just as musicians
but also as proof of the fact that Seattle can produce something beautiful and
Rocking that the rest of the world might actually care about
When you first heard the great albums these men and women wrote and played and sang like dreamboat Annie little queen
dog and butterfly
You had the sense that here's a band that knew exactly what they were doing
Where they were going taking a cue from Zeppelin and displaying astonishing range and when I say range
I'm not just talking about an Wilson's epic soulful voice
But also the wide range of what they could do musically the heart of that band comes from the singular
Synergy in the sisterhood of Anne and Nancy Wilson _ _ _ _ _ _ _
They have some unknowable connection emotionally that makes them so great when they sing or play together
Imagine siblings being together that much for that long and having such harmony
years of touring writing
Reinventing themselves and surviving all the crazy ups and downs that a long career like theirs always throws at you is a
Testament to how close they really are and how deep their relationship is tied to their love of rock and roll
Having worshiped these women from afar and now close up.
I have to say that Anne Wilson is a uniquely great vocal force of nature _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've sat in the living room with Anna Nancy and a coup de guitars and I can tell you it's some of the best live
Singing I've ever heard from anyone [G] in my entire life
And as a vocalist she stands out as one of those few vocal role models.
I look to and think wow
It is possible to get better with age [N] always reaching for more and actually finding it sometimes. _
I
Love Nancy equally for kicking ass on guitar and singing
Heart has had a series of great lead guitar players, of course starting with Roger Fisher, but Nancy is [Ab] amazing
She's an amazing guitar goddess
Even when [E] hardwood go into acoustic mode Nancy would bust out this beautifully complicated flat picking and
[N] Then turn on a dime dig in and grind out man-sized riffs that can leave many guitar dudes humbled
_ Nancy's voice is beautiful.
And when these sisters sing together, it's truly like anything I've ever heard.
I
Remember one time performing a song with Anna Nancy at a love monger show.
And of course, I was super nervous
_ And I was singing and I forgot the words and
leaned in slightly just sort of feeding me the lines while she was still singing and playing bass and
I lost my way.
She never did she was so far ahead of me
She could feel that I was gonna tank it even before I knew that I was gonna do it
But then again for me and countless other men and women heart has always been so far ahead
That's one more reason why they have more than earned this moment to at long last stand
All the other rock gods and take their rightful place in the rock and roll hall of fame