Chords for Chris Whitley: Gabereau 4 99

_ [C#] _ _ [C] _ I'm really gonna be on this show [G] for three days early.
Oh, sorry, just talking to Chris.
This is [N] Chris Whitley.
He was on the show last year,
and we were all very taken with him and enjoy your music very much.
And this is his latest album, which is called Dirt Floor,
but from it he will not be singing a song.
It's kind of a strange sentence construction, but what are you gonna play?
I'm gonna play just this new little song I got called Firefighter.
Right, okay, then come and talk to me?
Yes, ma'am.
Okay, good, yes, ma'am.
I like that.
See?
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_ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Here she comes, _ _ catching [G] on [D] fire again
_ _ _ [Bm] Casting all her strength [D] to the wind
_ _ Fanning out her flame to [A] little men
But [D] [Bm] they ain't never [G] gonna take your [A] heart away _
_ [D] [Bm] Like a million [G] to one, [D] you're the one _
_ _ I would [Bm] side with [D] you, you're the one
_ As bright as you [Bm] want to, [D] you're the one _
_ [G] So light about to rise [D] and [A] run _
[Bm] But they ain't never [D] gonna let you down, [A] baby _
[D] [Bm] Well, the world will [G] follow in [D] our [A] way _
_ [Bm] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Here she comes, _ _ [G] sending the [D] faithless home
[E] _ [D] _ [G] Attending these [D] fuses alone
_ [E] _ [D] _ [G] Offending the ice [D] age, you're the one
I _ would side [Bm] with you, [D] you're the one
_ [E] [D] As bright [Bm] as you want to, [D] you're the one
_ _ [G] I would [Bm] side with you, [D] you're the one
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_ _ _ _ _ _ With the best return
_ _ of _ _ _ _ _ renting _ _ _ a van _ _ _ to bring some stuff up to New York
to Vermont from New York
I _ _ _ used to live up there before I moved to New York City
So my father has a farmhouse up there that's empty.
And you know, it's kind of a_
So you moved in?
Yes, for three days.
It's not too long to make an album.
Some people take six months.
I've taken six months at once as well.
Is that the first one?
The second one.
Right.
Do you keep in touch with Daniel Lanois?
Yeah, I do.
You do, eh?
Because he produced your first record, was it?
He worked on my first record, but Malcolm Byrne, _ _
who's Canadian and also from_
I think Malcolm was from Ottawa area, Toronto area.
Malcolm really was a producer.
Malcolm was Dan's keyboard player at the time.
And Mark Howard, who's also from up here,
engineered my third album and that first one.
Mark still works with Dan.
I talk to Dan a couple_
Are you on a big tour now?
I've been on the road.
By the end of May, I will have done 300 gigs _ since this time last year.
300?
Yeah, I've been in Europe four times for a month each time.
I did a month-long tour, both in Florida and America.
How was that?
It was great.
It was great.
The way it came about, _ she just liked my stuff.
I'm not surprised that she liked your stuff.
I did a month with Johnny Lang as well,
which we just got off of three weeks ago.
_ And you're still hanging out a bit in Belgium?
You've got family there.
I have a daughter who lives in Belgium.
Trixie!
Trixie.
It's a great name, eh?
Does she like her name?
She does.
Yeah, she does, eh?
It's there.
Her mom_
I mean, they speak Flemish, Dutch and French,
so it's Trixie.
It sounds a bit different in there.
But they speak English to you, old American boy, I wonder.
Yes.
She speaks three languages, my daughter.
That's great, eh?
Can you imagine being able to do that?
I know.
You didn't grow up speaking another language, did you?
When I was a kid, I moved_
When I was 11, I moved to Mexico with my mom and brother and sister.
My mom's a sculptor and we lived there,
and I actually learned Spanish while I lived there,
just from friends, literally on the street.
When you're a kid, you just soak up stuff.
I later lived in Belgium for six years,
so when I try to speak Spanish now, I get it mixed up with Dutch and French.
Yeah, the accent's all funny.
And I'm older, so I don't learn as fast.
That's unfortunate, isn't it?
Where did you live in Mexico?
Did you live in San Miguel de Allende?
San Miguel de Allende.
Yeah, where all the artists go.
Yes.
Is she still there, your mother?
No, she lives in Austin, Texas.
Still sculpting?
Mm-hmm.
Is she good?
She's a great sculptor.
Yeah, she's not very known.
She's had a hard time of it, but there's been periods of her life
where she's had some stuff in architectural magazines.
Oh, really?
What's her name?
Mickey Whitley.
Mickey Whitley.
So I should pay attention if I ever see any of your stuff.
Maybe you should put something on the next album cover.
Yeah.
If you know if life's worth living, you know, Mr.
Whitley.
You better do something.
Anyway, I really appreciate [Am] you coming again.
Thanks so much.
Nice [E] to meet you.
Good work, Adam.
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