Chords for Elvis IN His Own Words

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Well, public [Dm] only in films.
Yeah.
[G] It's a long period of time.
Well, [Dm] I think the most important thing is [G] the _
_ _ [C] inspiration that I [Dm] got from a live audience I [G] was missing at.
And I didn't.
_ [Dm] _ Was [G] it rough with the international?
Was it tough?
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Was there a strain on you after not being out for so long? _
It was always tough, but I enjoyed it.
I just, yeah, I enjoyed it.
Like, I know I'm going to enjoy it here because it's just, it's live audience and it makes a world of difference. _ _
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It's a combination of _ country music and gospel _ [F] and rhythm and blues all combined.
It's what it really was.
As [Dm] a child, I was influenced by all of that.
_ _ Consider [Am] yourself basically a country music singer?
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_ _ I would hate to say strictly [E] country because of the fact that _ I [B] liked all different types of music when I was a child.
_ [G] Of course, the Grand Ole Opry was the first thing I ever heard, probably.
_ _ But I liked [Abm] blues and I liked [D] the gospel [E] music, [C] gospel quartets.
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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] You look at the opportunities you're [B] going to fill up with that.
I've known a [G] long time since I've been on stage and played [C] live. _
_ _ And I was anxious to do some live appearances.
It's probably a good opportunity to get in front of [F] people.
Have you ever seen the inside of the building?
Never [Dm] have.
It scares me. _
_ It's [E] a big place.
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] Same thing you do in the hospital?
Yeah, it's the same type of thing.
[Dm] _ A lot of different types of songs.
_ _ [Bm] [B] The attire is not [Bm] one that we're [Am] familiar with.
It [Em] _ was taken from a [F] karate suit.
Just a regular karate type outfit.
_ [E] Are you coming to get me?
Is that it?
_ I mean, does that [G] indicate that _
_ [A] you're your type of dresser?
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I [F] just do whatever I feel on stage.
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[C] _ _ What I do, what I do.
He said, well, what I do is go back and do it again. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ Sorry about that.
_ I really didn't know [Dm] what it was about.
_ _ _ [G] It's a natural thing to me.
I fell in [Dm] music.
_ _ [G] I was thinking, [C] if, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ the only thing I would fail. _ _ _
_ And then I came out, I did my two songs.
And when I came on, I did [F] Whispering and so forth.
Because nobody knew I even sang, really.
_ [Dm] It was amazing. _ _
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All the boys on my staff [Am] and everybody out here, _ _
I'm looking forward to seeing you back on [F] television. _
And we'll be seeing you _ [E] October 28th in New York.
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_ We're _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ _ in Rapid City.
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[E] _ _ This is our plaque.
[G] It's for your grand opening concert here.
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Thank you very much for being with us. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ Hi. _ _
This is a [F] medallion of life for you, Elvis, from the Sioux [Dm] _ Nation.
_ [G] Oh, that's lovely.
Thank you.
_ [C] _ Thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ We're going to have a good show.
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