Dave Edmunds and The Stray Cats - The Race is On Chords
Tempo:
86.425 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Let's talk about Dave Edmonds for a moment, somebody you got involved with, we can talk about the races on.
How did that relationship actually start?
[G#] He came to see us at the venue in London and we walked off stage and went downstairs
and there's some guy in the dressing room fixing himself a vodka and tonic.
Said, who the hell is this guy?
And it turned out to be Dave Edmonds.
We had his records but we didn't really know what he looked like, kind of thing.
He actually approached us and said, I want to be a producer before some guy who doesn't know what he's doing
and handles you guys and makes it too slick and too produced.
Because he knows more about that style of music than anyone we've ever met.
He wanted to do us, he was very excited about it.
We went to the studio the next week and did Runaway Boys, that was the first song we ever did in a proper recording studio.
Dave's a really great combination of old and new.
When he took us we thought, oh man, let's face it, we're into rockabilly and it was invented in the 50s
but just to go and do it and make it sound like it was in the 50s, you're not doing anything to it.
We had some original songs that were valid tunes, they weren't just reworks of old songs.
And Dave said, don't worry about it, I'm not going to make it sound like an old record.
And he took us in and he kept the slap bass and he made it sound modern, just with the techniques that he knows.
And producing is kind of a talent in itself, [G] it's something that has to be learned.
He just has the magic, besides being a great guitar player.
He's a rocker and he's a guitar player and a musician as well as a producer.
I don't think the kind of producer who isn't a musician could work with us.
He knows it from both sides, from being on a stage and playing rock and roll and being in a studio.
And I think it's a very important point.
[Am] [A]
[B] [E]
[A] [D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D]
[F#] I want to [A] be inside, not see the problem [B] back, but try [Bm] not to [E] fall.
[A] My horse out running [Bm] to the stretch for [A] a little taste.
But he stays on and it looks like party [E]
in a [A] loose hole.
[C] [A]
[D] [A]
[B] [E] [A]
[D] [A] [Am]
[A] [G#m]
I [A] want [D] to be [A]
[B] [C#m] [A]
inside, [D] not [A] see the problem back, but try not to fall.
[E] I came out [A] in second place, now the [A] race is on.
I [D]
want to be [A] inside, not see the problem [B] back, but try [Bm] not to [E] [A] [D] [A] fall.
The race is on and it looks like party [E] in the winter.
[Em] [A] [D] [E] [A]
How did that relationship actually start?
[G#] He came to see us at the venue in London and we walked off stage and went downstairs
and there's some guy in the dressing room fixing himself a vodka and tonic.
Said, who the hell is this guy?
And it turned out to be Dave Edmonds.
We had his records but we didn't really know what he looked like, kind of thing.
He actually approached us and said, I want to be a producer before some guy who doesn't know what he's doing
and handles you guys and makes it too slick and too produced.
Because he knows more about that style of music than anyone we've ever met.
He wanted to do us, he was very excited about it.
We went to the studio the next week and did Runaway Boys, that was the first song we ever did in a proper recording studio.
Dave's a really great combination of old and new.
When he took us we thought, oh man, let's face it, we're into rockabilly and it was invented in the 50s
but just to go and do it and make it sound like it was in the 50s, you're not doing anything to it.
We had some original songs that were valid tunes, they weren't just reworks of old songs.
And Dave said, don't worry about it, I'm not going to make it sound like an old record.
And he took us in and he kept the slap bass and he made it sound modern, just with the techniques that he knows.
And producing is kind of a talent in itself, [G] it's something that has to be learned.
He just has the magic, besides being a great guitar player.
He's a rocker and he's a guitar player and a musician as well as a producer.
I don't think the kind of producer who isn't a musician could work with us.
He knows it from both sides, from being on a stage and playing rock and roll and being in a studio.
And I think it's a very important point.
[Am] [A]
[B] [E]
[A] [D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D]
[F#] I want to [A] be inside, not see the problem [B] back, but try [Bm] not to [E] fall.
[A] My horse out running [Bm] to the stretch for [A] a little taste.
But he stays on and it looks like party [E]
in a [A] loose hole.
[C] [A]
[D] [A]
[B] [E] [A]
[D] [A] [Am]
[A] [G#m]
I [A] want [D] to be [A]
[B] [C#m] [A]
inside, [D] not [A] see the problem back, but try not to fall.
[E] I came out [A] in second place, now the [A] race is on.
I [D]
want to be [A] inside, not see the problem [B] back, but try [Bm] not to [E] [A] [D] [A] fall.
The race is on and it looks like party [E] in the winter.
[Em] [A] [D] [E] [A]
Key:
A
E
D
B
Bm
A
E
D
Let's talk about Dave Edmonds for a moment, somebody you got involved with, we can talk about the races on.
How did that relationship actually start?
_ [G#] He came to see us at the venue in London and we walked off stage and went downstairs
and there's some guy in the dressing room fixing himself a vodka and tonic.
Said, who the hell is this guy?
And it turned out to be Dave Edmonds.
We had his records but we didn't really know what he looked like, kind of thing.
He actually approached us and said, I want to be a producer before some guy who doesn't know what he's doing
and handles you guys and makes it too slick and too produced.
Because he knows more about that style of music than anyone we've ever met.
He wanted to do us, he was very excited about it.
We went to the studio the next week and did Runaway Boys, that was the first song we ever did in a proper recording studio.
Dave's a really great combination of old and new. _ _ _
When he took us we thought, oh man, let's face it, we're into rockabilly and it was invented in the 50s
but just to go and do it and make it sound like it was in the 50s, you're not doing anything to it.
We had some original songs that were valid tunes, they weren't just reworks of old songs.
And Dave said, don't worry about it, I'm not going to make it sound like an old record.
And he took us in and he kept the slap bass and he made it sound modern, just with the techniques that he knows.
_ And producing is kind of a talent in itself, [G] it's something that has to be learned.
He just has the magic, besides being a great guitar player.
He's a rocker and he's a guitar player and a musician as well as a producer.
I don't think the kind of producer who isn't a musician could work with us.
He knows it from both sides, from being on a stage and playing rock and roll and being in a studio.
And I think it's a very important point.
[Am] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F#] I want to [A] be inside, not see the problem [B] back, but try [Bm] not to [E] fall.
[A] My horse out running [Bm] to the stretch for [A] a little taste.
But he stays on and it looks like party [E]
in a [A] loose hole.
[C] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m]
I [A] want [D] to be _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _
inside, [D] not [A] see the problem back, but try not to fall.
[E] I came out [A] in second place, now the [A] race is on.
I [D] _ _
want to be [A] inside, not see the problem [B] back, but try [Bm] not to [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] fall.
The race is on and it looks like party [E] in the winter.
[Em] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
How did that relationship actually start?
_ [G#] He came to see us at the venue in London and we walked off stage and went downstairs
and there's some guy in the dressing room fixing himself a vodka and tonic.
Said, who the hell is this guy?
And it turned out to be Dave Edmonds.
We had his records but we didn't really know what he looked like, kind of thing.
He actually approached us and said, I want to be a producer before some guy who doesn't know what he's doing
and handles you guys and makes it too slick and too produced.
Because he knows more about that style of music than anyone we've ever met.
He wanted to do us, he was very excited about it.
We went to the studio the next week and did Runaway Boys, that was the first song we ever did in a proper recording studio.
Dave's a really great combination of old and new. _ _ _
When he took us we thought, oh man, let's face it, we're into rockabilly and it was invented in the 50s
but just to go and do it and make it sound like it was in the 50s, you're not doing anything to it.
We had some original songs that were valid tunes, they weren't just reworks of old songs.
And Dave said, don't worry about it, I'm not going to make it sound like an old record.
And he took us in and he kept the slap bass and he made it sound modern, just with the techniques that he knows.
_ And producing is kind of a talent in itself, [G] it's something that has to be learned.
He just has the magic, besides being a great guitar player.
He's a rocker and he's a guitar player and a musician as well as a producer.
I don't think the kind of producer who isn't a musician could work with us.
He knows it from both sides, from being on a stage and playing rock and roll and being in a studio.
And I think it's a very important point.
[Am] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F#] I want to [A] be inside, not see the problem [B] back, but try [Bm] not to [E] fall.
[A] My horse out running [Bm] to the stretch for [A] a little taste.
But he stays on and it looks like party [E]
in a [A] loose hole.
[C] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m]
I [A] want [D] to be _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _
inside, [D] not [A] see the problem back, but try not to fall.
[E] I came out [A] in second place, now the [A] race is on.
I [D] _ _
want to be [A] inside, not see the problem [B] back, but try [Bm] not to [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] fall.
The race is on and it looks like party [E] in the winter.
[Em] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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