Chords for Devon Allman - Second Generation Rocker.mov

[N] Some lucky St.
Louis music [Bm] fans witnessed a bit of history [F] at the pageant.
Two [G] generations of rock [Cm] musicians [Db] sharing the same [A] stage.
[B] Greg Ullman is a [Db] name familiar to the Baby [F] Boomer generation [A] and beyond.
[F] Well, now his son [Eb] Devin Ullman is attracting [B] a whole new generation of fans.
Radio host [Eb] Smash, in his first story [B] for State of the Arts,
[Cm] reports that while the second [Dm] generation rocker pays homage to his father's [D] influence,
Devin Ullman is charting his own path [C] to stardom.
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_ _ _ _ It's not often you get to [Gb] see this.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Two generations of rock [Bb] musicians on stage together. _
[C] Not long ago, Greg Ullman and his son Devin Ullman shared the stage at the [Ab] pageant.
Well, it didn't [D] happen _ as often as I would like it to.
[C] You know, we've done it a few times, [Ab] actually, and it's a great [D] feeling.
It's cool on so [F] many levels.
I mean, [C] you'd see all our friends.
My dad's still doing his thing, and [Gb] we're into our first [E] decade of existence. _
It's a little [D] surreal.
It's really neat.
It's like I'm [C] away from him for different lengths of time,
and so I can [D] see just how much he's come along.
I mean, he's [C] really getting_
he's getting serious about [E] it.
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_ His lineage may be from rock and roll royalty,
but what sets [Db] him apart from other second [E] generation rockers
[B] is Devin Ullman's music [G] stands on [B] its own.
[Ebm] I'm rockin' on, all the way to the [Db] end
You know, Devin's got a great, powerful voice,
[Bb] and Devin doesn't play like anybody.
He plays like Devin.
He's a great guitar player.
He writes good music,
and he's just [A] got that soulful, [F] bluesy voice,
and [Bb] there [Gb] really aren't that many [Bb] _ [G] out there anymore, especially of [B] his age.
I'm very proud of my heritage.
[G] There's no doubt about it.
And there's aspects [Bb] of, _ you know, my family's music
that [D] just [B] finds its way, [A] osmosis, into my stuff, [B] and that's [A] cool.
It's not planned out or thought about or [G] seeded purposefully or anything like that.
[Eb] It just happens, [Bb] and that's cool, but at [D] the same time,
I'm pretty [Ab] gung [E]-ho.
Honey Tribe is [Gb] what I'm about, [F] and doing my own [Em] thing.
You almost expect him to be a carbon copy [Gb] of his dad, but he's not.
He has got his own_
I [E] mean, I [C] first [Bb] thought that, hey,
oh, [Bm] he sounds like his dad, but about a minute or two minutes later,
I was like, no, he's his own artist.
A hit with the tribal community is the band's brand-new CD release,
[Em] Space Age Blues.
It was recorded [A] at the famous [Gb] Arden Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
[B] It was cool.
It was like the first time in my life [Bm] I ever got to
[G] really do [A] what I wanted to do, down [E] to every note on the [Gb] record.
Huey Lewis [F] was next door making a record, and he [B] popped in and asked us
to be on the record and [Bm] play harmonica, which was really [D] cool.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Bb] I think [A] it's very fitting _
[B] and _ sort of [Bm] _ _ _
[A] meant to be [Abm] that [G] he has done
so much recording at Arden, whereas [Em] his father did some recording [G] as well.
_ [B] [Ab] I can [Bm] remember just sitting [F] there in awe and [Gb] just being like,
someday [Bb] I'm going to record [F] here.
[E] Someday it'll be my turn.
It was amazing to be [B] in there.
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[A] This chart [G]-topper is not only a success with [B] fans.
Music critics deem this album a [Gb] standout with promising hits,
including Warm in Wintertime, Could Get Dangerous,
[E] and the fan favorite, Salvation.
The song [Eb] Salvation has a lot to do [E] with _ just kind of [D] keeping it real
in [F] the world, kind of [Gb] realize [A] there's a greater [Ebm] power out [A] there.
I hit a point in my [F] life where I just stopped fighting [E] things.
I just surrendered, and I just said, you know what?
It's kind of like being in a [B] _ canoe with oars, and you're fighting,
and you're fighting, and sometimes you just [Gbm] let go and just trust.
[C] And it was Greg, once known for a hard [Ab]-living rock and roll lifestyle,
[A] that encouraged Devin to change.
I advise him about drinking and smoking and all that stuff,
because it just gets in your way, singing and [C] playing and thinking
and being aware of where you are.
_ [D] _ I [Db] mean, if I had to do it, go through all that [G] crap,
_ _ [C]
I'm 15 years clean and sober now.
But I just told him, you know, if you don't do it,
then [Am] mine wasn't in vain.
[C] _ I stopped partying a while back.
It just didn't do it for me anymore.
[D] So I [B] get up at 9 in the morning, and I run 3 or 4 miles,
and I try to eat healthy, and I just try to keep it cool, [Gbm] keep it real.
As a father himself, [Gb] Devin has no problem [F] keeping it real with his son, [Eb] Orion.
Nice!
Look at that!
That's my [F] boy right there.
[G] If he happens [Bb] to _ _ [Gb] go down that path to become a musician,
I think [Bb] _ _ just a [Gb] true, _ [Bb] complete _ _ _ _ surrendering into [Gb] music
and into wanting to actually give something to music.
[A] I think the ones that really, [Bb] really _ want to see what they can give [E] back to music
are the [Eb] ones that karma kind of just takes [G] care of.
And karma is [Ab] taking care of the next Allman [Eb] generation.
[D] _ In addition to a successful [A] recording career,
Devin recently [B] acted in a [D] TV pilot,
signed a deal to [Eb] write a book, [C] bus stories,
[Gb] and designed [D] his own signature amp.
So [Ab] how does Rock & Roll Hall [A] of Famer Greg Allman feel about his son's success?
It's a great feeling because [D] _ I see in him the [Bb] same passion that I have for it.
It [Ab] kind of mirrors [E] yourself, you know, and you think,
all right, I must have [B] done something right,
[Eb] even though I didn't really, _ [E] hands-on, have [A] much to do with it at all.
The [F] common misconception is that I grew up [Eb] backstage at the Allman Brothers
[B] and on tour buses and I was handed a guitar and this is what you're going to do
and this [F] is the family biz, and it was [E] nothing like that.
He's a [Ab] worker, you know, [Bb] _ _
as opposed [Dm] to, I [A] think a lot of [G] second [Gb]-generation,
quote-unquote, rockers feel entitled _ to a career.
[E] _
And, you know, [B] he's not that way at all.
He's constantly writing, he's constantly improving his situation
[Gb] and his own approach to his artistry.
[F] We've logged close to 300 [Eb] shows a year for 5 years in a van, 44 [G] states, 14 countries.
Truly what I have the most respect about him is that he _ is not necessarily,
you know, riding on his dad's coattails.
[E] It's like, you know, I'm Devin Allman and this is just who I happen to [Gbm] be.
You know, this is what I have to [Bb] offer, and oh, by [Bm] the way, yeah, [D] this is Greg Allman.
[Bm] _ I feel [A] so blessed to be able to do this, you know, [C] because _ _ [B] my job rocks.
[G] I can play [Bb] guitar for people, you know, and [Eb] sing,
and kind [Em] of allow people to turn [D] the world in a couple of years.
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ That's [C] good stuff.
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