Chords for Cynthia Robinson on Meeting Sly Stone and Joining The Family Stone
Tempo:
128.25 bpm
Chords used:
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Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'm gonna go to Cynthia now.
Yeah, please.
Thank you.
So tell me about your background.
Where are you from?
Are you from San Francisco Bay Area or?
Sacramento, California.
Okay.
And what brought you to the family?
[F#] Well, I was just, you know, I ran across Cy
when he had to come to Sacramento to finish his senior year
because he had gotten kicked out of all the schools in Vallejo.
So he just needed to, you know, finish up the few days
in order to get his diploma.
So he was coming to Sacramento a lot.
His oldest sister Loretta lived there.
And Sacramento had a youth choir.
And Big Mom and Big Dad used to bring,
his mom and dad used to bring Rose and Sly over.
And whenever they would, you know, rehearse with us and sing lead,
man, the whole place rocked.
Yeah.
So, and plus, you know, he was seeing, you know,
coming to see one of my best girlfriends.
So I came familiar with him, and of course he came down.
He had this car, a 54 Chevy.
Oh, boy.
And on the side of the back fenders said,
The Booty Green, which was the name of a song at the time.
And it has nothing to do with, you know, any part of your anatomy.
But the parents didn't bother to listen to the lyrics,
so they was like, you know, made you stay away, you know.
Yeah.
But, yeah, so he happened to see me out in front of my house,
and he stopped by, and he had a couple of his musicians,
a singer with him.
So I go out to say hi, and my mom, she's going to find out.
Well, you know, you're talking to a car, a bunch of guys.
Here she comes.
Uh-oh.
Trouble.
She's five feet even.
Oh, yeah.
And that's with five-inch heels on.
She wants me to introduce her to everybody,
because the only person I know is Sly, as Sylvester, Sylvester Stewart.
And then she looks in the back and sees this guitar and says,
Who does that belong to?
So I said, That's mine.
She said, Well, can you play that thing?
And he said, Yeah, and no.
And she said, What do you mean?
He said, Well, my chord is messed up.
So she said, Wait right here.
Don't go nowhere.
So she goes into the house, out the back door, through the barn,
up the street to Tower Records, and she gets this guitar chord
and comes back, and she said,
Now you better be able to play that thing.
So these guys, these three guys come into the house,
and Mom, they're setting up, and he's getting,
and we had this upright piano,
and this real tall, dark-skinned fellow named Darryl,
he sits at the piano, and he still looks six feet tall.
And an albino singer, Jimmy Terrell.
And so then I guess Sly was tuning it up,
and then they kicked it off.
Yeah.
Well, now they call my baby Patty,
but her real name, her real name, her real name is Lyndon [N] Lou.
And man, I'm getting chills right now just thinking about it.
And they just started rocking, and then they went from one song
to my mother saying, Go get your mellophone.
I'm going, No, Mom, I can't play with these guys.
So anyway, that was, started my dream.
Yeah?
Yeah, started my dreams.
And then I happened to be playing with three or four different groups
in the Bay Area after I'd moved to the Bay Area,
and I happened to run into a guitar player, Martinez,
and found out he was from Vallejo.
So I said, Hey, do you know, by any chance,
did you ever know Sylvester Stewart?
And he goes, Yeah, yeah.
I said, Do you know what he's doing now?
Yeah, I think he's a big-time disc jockey up north.
And I go, Oh, where?
Because I'm thinking about traveling one of these days.
Well, this time I'm playing trumpet, I'm in a band.
So he's thinking and he's thinking and he's thinking.
He said, Yeah, he's a disc jockey in San Francisco.
I said, Is he on KSOL?
And he goes, Because that was Sly Stone.
So I didn't know they were the same person,
but I was fooling with the radio.
And I came across him and he was talking,
people were calling up Willie Popcorn and Tamale,
and they were dedicating songs.
I said, Oh, that's great.
Then there was one period where he was doing an X-Lax commercial
and I heard the toilet flush in the background.
I went, Whoa!
So It's groundbreaking.
That was Sly.
So I started listening to KSOL only during that time.
And then I go back to my KDIA, right?
So when I asked this kid that, he goes,
Yeah, he's a big time disc jockey.
I thought, Well, Washington, you know,
I go to Washington or Oregon, where is this at?
And he says, Yeah, San Francisco.
And I go, Oh, is that?
So you put two and two together.
He goes, Yeah, I think so.
So I went nuts.
So I made sure that my boyfriend at the time,
we were [Em] writing songs for other groups.
And so we had this one for the Chromatics,
and I said, I know who Sly Stone is.
And he goes, Oh, you're lying.
I said, No, I know who he is.
I want to say hi to him.
And don't bring the record.
I just want to say hi to him.
So we go up there and he remembered me.
And he was very, very nice to me.
And then I saw them walk off and I saw one of them
and pulled the record out of his jacket.
I thought, I saw that.
That's terrific.
It kind of kept on going from there.
And I played in Sly's first group with him,
was Sly and the Stoners, just before Sly and the Family Stones.
Okay.
[N]
Yeah, please.
Thank you.
So tell me about your background.
Where are you from?
Are you from San Francisco Bay Area or?
Sacramento, California.
Okay.
And what brought you to the family?
[F#] Well, I was just, you know, I ran across Cy
when he had to come to Sacramento to finish his senior year
because he had gotten kicked out of all the schools in Vallejo.
So he just needed to, you know, finish up the few days
in order to get his diploma.
So he was coming to Sacramento a lot.
His oldest sister Loretta lived there.
And Sacramento had a youth choir.
And Big Mom and Big Dad used to bring,
his mom and dad used to bring Rose and Sly over.
And whenever they would, you know, rehearse with us and sing lead,
man, the whole place rocked.
Yeah.
So, and plus, you know, he was seeing, you know,
coming to see one of my best girlfriends.
So I came familiar with him, and of course he came down.
He had this car, a 54 Chevy.
Oh, boy.
And on the side of the back fenders said,
The Booty Green, which was the name of a song at the time.
And it has nothing to do with, you know, any part of your anatomy.
But the parents didn't bother to listen to the lyrics,
so they was like, you know, made you stay away, you know.
Yeah.
But, yeah, so he happened to see me out in front of my house,
and he stopped by, and he had a couple of his musicians,
a singer with him.
So I go out to say hi, and my mom, she's going to find out.
Well, you know, you're talking to a car, a bunch of guys.
Here she comes.
Uh-oh.
Trouble.
She's five feet even.
Oh, yeah.
And that's with five-inch heels on.
She wants me to introduce her to everybody,
because the only person I know is Sly, as Sylvester, Sylvester Stewart.
And then she looks in the back and sees this guitar and says,
Who does that belong to?
So I said, That's mine.
She said, Well, can you play that thing?
And he said, Yeah, and no.
And she said, What do you mean?
He said, Well, my chord is messed up.
So she said, Wait right here.
Don't go nowhere.
So she goes into the house, out the back door, through the barn,
up the street to Tower Records, and she gets this guitar chord
and comes back, and she said,
Now you better be able to play that thing.
So these guys, these three guys come into the house,
and Mom, they're setting up, and he's getting,
and we had this upright piano,
and this real tall, dark-skinned fellow named Darryl,
he sits at the piano, and he still looks six feet tall.
And an albino singer, Jimmy Terrell.
And so then I guess Sly was tuning it up,
and then they kicked it off.
Yeah.
Well, now they call my baby Patty,
but her real name, her real name, her real name is Lyndon [N] Lou.
And man, I'm getting chills right now just thinking about it.
And they just started rocking, and then they went from one song
to my mother saying, Go get your mellophone.
I'm going, No, Mom, I can't play with these guys.
So anyway, that was, started my dream.
Yeah?
Yeah, started my dreams.
And then I happened to be playing with three or four different groups
in the Bay Area after I'd moved to the Bay Area,
and I happened to run into a guitar player, Martinez,
and found out he was from Vallejo.
So I said, Hey, do you know, by any chance,
did you ever know Sylvester Stewart?
And he goes, Yeah, yeah.
I said, Do you know what he's doing now?
Yeah, I think he's a big-time disc jockey up north.
And I go, Oh, where?
Because I'm thinking about traveling one of these days.
Well, this time I'm playing trumpet, I'm in a band.
So he's thinking and he's thinking and he's thinking.
He said, Yeah, he's a disc jockey in San Francisco.
I said, Is he on KSOL?
And he goes, Because that was Sly Stone.
So I didn't know they were the same person,
but I was fooling with the radio.
And I came across him and he was talking,
people were calling up Willie Popcorn and Tamale,
and they were dedicating songs.
I said, Oh, that's great.
Then there was one period where he was doing an X-Lax commercial
and I heard the toilet flush in the background.
I went, Whoa!
So It's groundbreaking.
That was Sly.
So I started listening to KSOL only during that time.
And then I go back to my KDIA, right?
So when I asked this kid that, he goes,
Yeah, he's a big time disc jockey.
I thought, Well, Washington, you know,
I go to Washington or Oregon, where is this at?
And he says, Yeah, San Francisco.
And I go, Oh, is that?
So you put two and two together.
He goes, Yeah, I think so.
So I went nuts.
So I made sure that my boyfriend at the time,
we were [Em] writing songs for other groups.
And so we had this one for the Chromatics,
and I said, I know who Sly Stone is.
And he goes, Oh, you're lying.
I said, No, I know who he is.
I want to say hi to him.
And don't bring the record.
I just want to say hi to him.
So we go up there and he remembered me.
And he was very, very nice to me.
And then I saw them walk off and I saw one of them
and pulled the record out of his jacket.
I thought, I saw that.
That's terrific.
It kind of kept on going from there.
And I played in Sly's first group with him,
was Sly and the Stoners, just before Sly and the Family Stones.
Okay.
[N]
Key:
F#
Em
F#
Em
F#
Em
F#
Em
_ _ _ _ _ I'm gonna go to Cynthia now.
Yeah, please.
Thank you.
So tell me about your background.
Where are you from?
Are you from San Francisco Bay Area or?
Sacramento, California.
Okay.
And what brought you to the family?
[F#] _ Well, I was just, _ you know, I ran across Cy
when he had to come to Sacramento to finish his senior year
because he had gotten kicked out of all the schools in Vallejo. _ _ _ _ _
So he just needed to, you know, finish up the few days
in order to get his diploma.
So he was coming to Sacramento a lot.
His oldest sister Loretta lived there.
_ And Sacramento had a youth choir.
_ _ And Big Mom and Big Dad used to bring,
his mom and dad used to bring Rose and Sly over.
And whenever they would, you know, rehearse with us and sing lead,
man, the whole place rocked.
Yeah.
So, and plus, you know, he was _ _ seeing, you know,
coming to see one of my best girlfriends.
_ So I came familiar with him, and of course he came down.
He had this car, _ a 54 Chevy.
_ Oh, boy.
And _ on the side of the _ back fenders said,
The Booty Green, _ _ which was the name of a song at the time.
And it has nothing to do with, you know, any part of your anatomy.
But _ the parents didn't bother to listen to the lyrics,
so they was like, you know, made you stay away, you know.
Yeah.
But, yeah, so he happened to see me out in front of my house,
and he stopped by, _ and he had a couple of his musicians,
_ a singer with him.
_ So I go out to say hi, and my mom, she's going to find out.
Well, you know, you're talking to a car, a bunch of guys.
Here she comes.
Uh-oh.
_ Trouble.
She's five feet even.
Oh, yeah.
And that's with five-inch heels on.
_ _ _ She wants me to introduce her to everybody,
because the only person I know is Sly, as Sylvester, Sylvester Stewart.
_ And then she looks in the back and sees this guitar and says,
Who does that belong to?
So I said, That's mine.
She said, Well, can you play that thing?
And he said, Yeah, and no.
And she said, What do you mean?
He said, Well, my chord is messed up.
So she said, Wait right here.
Don't go nowhere.
So she goes into the house, out the back door, through the barn,
up the street to Tower Records, and she gets this guitar chord
and comes back, and she said,
Now you better be able to play that thing. _ _ _ _
_ So these guys, these three guys come into the house,
and Mom, _ they're setting up, and he's getting,
and we had this upright piano,
and this real tall, dark-skinned fellow named Darryl,
he sits at the piano, and he still looks six feet tall.
_ And an albino singer, _ _ _ _ Jimmy Terrell.
And so then I guess Sly was tuning it up,
and then they kicked it off.
Yeah.
Well, now they call my baby Patty,
but her real name, her real name, her real name is Lyndon [N] Lou. _
And man, I'm getting chills right now just thinking about it.
And they just started rocking, and then they went from one song
to my mother saying, Go get your mellophone.
I'm going, No, Mom, I can't play with these guys.
So anyway, that was, _ _ _ _ started my dream.
Yeah?
Yeah, started my dreams.
And _ then I happened to be playing with three or four different groups
_ _ in the Bay Area after I'd moved to the Bay Area,
and _ I happened to run into a guitar player, Martinez,
and found out he was from Vallejo.
So I said, Hey, do you know, by any chance,
did you ever know Sylvester Stewart?
And he goes, Yeah, yeah.
I said, Do you know what he's doing now?
Yeah, I think he's a big-time disc jockey up north.
And I go, Oh, where?
Because I'm thinking about traveling one of these days.
Well, this time I'm playing trumpet, I'm in a band.
_ _ So he's thinking and he's thinking and he's thinking.
He said, Yeah, he's a disc jockey in San Francisco.
I said, Is he on KSOL?
_ And he goes, Because that was Sly Stone.
So I didn't know they were the same person,
but I was fooling with the radio.
And I came across him and he was talking,
people were calling up Willie Popcorn and Tamale,
and they were dedicating songs.
I said, Oh, that's great.
Then there was one period where he was doing an X-Lax commercial
and I heard the toilet flush in the background.
I went, Whoa!
_ So_ It's groundbreaking.
That was Sly.
So I started listening to KSOL only during that time.
And then I go back to my KDIA, right?
So when I asked this kid that, he goes,
Yeah, he's a big time disc jockey.
I thought, Well, Washington, you know,
I go to Washington or Oregon, where is this at?
And he says, Yeah, San Francisco.
And I go, Oh, is that?
So you put two and two together.
He goes, Yeah, I think so.
So I went nuts.
So I made sure that my boyfriend at the time,
we were _ [Em] writing songs for other groups.
And so we had this one for the Chromatics,
and I said, I know who Sly Stone is.
And he goes, Oh, you're lying.
I said, No, I know who he is.
I want to say hi to him.
And don't bring the record.
I just want to say hi to him.
So we go up there and he remembered me. _
And he was very, very nice to me.
And then I saw them walk off and I saw one of them
and pulled the record out of his jacket.
I thought, I saw that.
_ _ _ _ _ That's terrific.
It kind of kept on going from there.
And I played in Sly's first group with him,
was Sly and the Stoners, just before Sly and the Family Stones.
Okay. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
Yeah, please.
Thank you.
So tell me about your background.
Where are you from?
Are you from San Francisco Bay Area or?
Sacramento, California.
Okay.
And what brought you to the family?
[F#] _ Well, I was just, _ you know, I ran across Cy
when he had to come to Sacramento to finish his senior year
because he had gotten kicked out of all the schools in Vallejo. _ _ _ _ _
So he just needed to, you know, finish up the few days
in order to get his diploma.
So he was coming to Sacramento a lot.
His oldest sister Loretta lived there.
_ And Sacramento had a youth choir.
_ _ And Big Mom and Big Dad used to bring,
his mom and dad used to bring Rose and Sly over.
And whenever they would, you know, rehearse with us and sing lead,
man, the whole place rocked.
Yeah.
So, and plus, you know, he was _ _ seeing, you know,
coming to see one of my best girlfriends.
_ So I came familiar with him, and of course he came down.
He had this car, _ a 54 Chevy.
_ Oh, boy.
And _ on the side of the _ back fenders said,
The Booty Green, _ _ which was the name of a song at the time.
And it has nothing to do with, you know, any part of your anatomy.
But _ the parents didn't bother to listen to the lyrics,
so they was like, you know, made you stay away, you know.
Yeah.
But, yeah, so he happened to see me out in front of my house,
and he stopped by, _ and he had a couple of his musicians,
_ a singer with him.
_ So I go out to say hi, and my mom, she's going to find out.
Well, you know, you're talking to a car, a bunch of guys.
Here she comes.
Uh-oh.
_ Trouble.
She's five feet even.
Oh, yeah.
And that's with five-inch heels on.
_ _ _ She wants me to introduce her to everybody,
because the only person I know is Sly, as Sylvester, Sylvester Stewart.
_ And then she looks in the back and sees this guitar and says,
Who does that belong to?
So I said, That's mine.
She said, Well, can you play that thing?
And he said, Yeah, and no.
And she said, What do you mean?
He said, Well, my chord is messed up.
So she said, Wait right here.
Don't go nowhere.
So she goes into the house, out the back door, through the barn,
up the street to Tower Records, and she gets this guitar chord
and comes back, and she said,
Now you better be able to play that thing. _ _ _ _
_ So these guys, these three guys come into the house,
and Mom, _ they're setting up, and he's getting,
and we had this upright piano,
and this real tall, dark-skinned fellow named Darryl,
he sits at the piano, and he still looks six feet tall.
_ And an albino singer, _ _ _ _ Jimmy Terrell.
And so then I guess Sly was tuning it up,
and then they kicked it off.
Yeah.
Well, now they call my baby Patty,
but her real name, her real name, her real name is Lyndon [N] Lou. _
And man, I'm getting chills right now just thinking about it.
And they just started rocking, and then they went from one song
to my mother saying, Go get your mellophone.
I'm going, No, Mom, I can't play with these guys.
So anyway, that was, _ _ _ _ started my dream.
Yeah?
Yeah, started my dreams.
And _ then I happened to be playing with three or four different groups
_ _ in the Bay Area after I'd moved to the Bay Area,
and _ I happened to run into a guitar player, Martinez,
and found out he was from Vallejo.
So I said, Hey, do you know, by any chance,
did you ever know Sylvester Stewart?
And he goes, Yeah, yeah.
I said, Do you know what he's doing now?
Yeah, I think he's a big-time disc jockey up north.
And I go, Oh, where?
Because I'm thinking about traveling one of these days.
Well, this time I'm playing trumpet, I'm in a band.
_ _ So he's thinking and he's thinking and he's thinking.
He said, Yeah, he's a disc jockey in San Francisco.
I said, Is he on KSOL?
_ And he goes, Because that was Sly Stone.
So I didn't know they were the same person,
but I was fooling with the radio.
And I came across him and he was talking,
people were calling up Willie Popcorn and Tamale,
and they were dedicating songs.
I said, Oh, that's great.
Then there was one period where he was doing an X-Lax commercial
and I heard the toilet flush in the background.
I went, Whoa!
_ So_ It's groundbreaking.
That was Sly.
So I started listening to KSOL only during that time.
And then I go back to my KDIA, right?
So when I asked this kid that, he goes,
Yeah, he's a big time disc jockey.
I thought, Well, Washington, you know,
I go to Washington or Oregon, where is this at?
And he says, Yeah, San Francisco.
And I go, Oh, is that?
So you put two and two together.
He goes, Yeah, I think so.
So I went nuts.
So I made sure that my boyfriend at the time,
we were _ [Em] writing songs for other groups.
And so we had this one for the Chromatics,
and I said, I know who Sly Stone is.
And he goes, Oh, you're lying.
I said, No, I know who he is.
I want to say hi to him.
And don't bring the record.
I just want to say hi to him.
So we go up there and he remembered me. _
And he was very, very nice to me.
And then I saw them walk off and I saw one of them
and pulled the record out of his jacket.
I thought, I saw that.
_ _ _ _ _ That's terrific.
It kind of kept on going from there.
And I played in Sly's first group with him,
was Sly and the Stoners, just before Sly and the Family Stones.
Okay. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _