Chords for Finding Her Identity: An interview with Japanese Breakfast
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi, this is Japanese Breakfast and you're watching KOR Asian Media.
[D] [C#m]
[Bm] [A] You [B] [D] [C#m] know, I was such an individual and I was [Em] such an independent [A] person growing up,
and I think that [G] it's like fairly common [A] for kids to be raised to think [G] that like,
creativity is not as [D] like, much of a core value in my household life.
[A]
It's funny [E] because I grew up [B] always wanting to like, appear more white.
Even like my middle name is Tong-mi, which is my mom's name.
[D] I used to pretend I didn't have a middle name because I didn't want anything Asian or Korean or [B] whatever.
Now that I'm older and now [D] that I want so badly to [B] connect with it,
I get really sensitive now if I go to like a Korean restaurant and the [Bm] Korean woman is like surprised [D] that I speak some Korean, you know.
I'm like, what do you mean?
Like, I [Bm] don't look Korean?
Like, [F#] what's going on?
[D] It's funny [E] how
[D] [C]
[G] [Em]
[D] [C]
[G] [E]
[D] My mom was very [A] like, confused by [G] my creative interests and kind [Bm] of like, tried to sway me away from them.
And then after many [C] years, finally we went and it was like, okay, let's just do [Bm] this.
Enjoy [B] this and it's not something that's going to go away.
When I [D] was in my 20s, early [C] 20s, I think that was the moment she was kind of like,
[B] I feel like I just never met someone like you before.
[A#] And that [D] was like the root of all our [G] problems.
And I think that that was like a big moment for the two of us to realize that, [B] okay, she just wanted to make me happy.
[C#] Unfortunately, [G] my mom passed away [A] before she ever actually got to see me play.
My mom never even got to [Em] see my band play.
She's probably [B] about my [G] age in that photo.
I always like, really like [A] the way that all the photos [G] look and want it.
I knew that I wanted to have her on the cover.
[C]
[G]
There are three songs that are directly about her illness and her death.
And then [A] the title track, Psycho Pump, [C] has a voice recording where she says,
which is, it's okay [G] in Korean.
And it's a voice recording that I have of like a phone conversation we had when we found out that her cancer was terminal.
By making this record, I was kind of having like [C] a private conversation with myself
and trying to figure out how I felt and console myself with that work.
I wonder if like it [D] has something to do with [E] because like I had no
[G] outside influence whatsoever.
It was just [A] very much the sound that I wanted it to have.
[G] That it's the one that [G#] a lot of people relate [B] to the most.
[D#] And I have so many [C#] people, a lot of like young [D#] people coming up to me [Fm] saying that they lost like a [G] mother or father,
specifically to cancer.
It's so hard to figure out like I want [F#m] to connect so badly with you, but like what can [D] I say?
So we're [B] like united in the sadness, but I'm also just, I wish that [D] this didn't happen.
[G] [C]
[G]
[D] [C#m]
[Bm] [A] You [B] [D] [C#m] know, I was such an individual and I was [Em] such an independent [A] person growing up,
and I think that [G] it's like fairly common [A] for kids to be raised to think [G] that like,
creativity is not as [D] like, much of a core value in my household life.
[A]
It's funny [E] because I grew up [B] always wanting to like, appear more white.
Even like my middle name is Tong-mi, which is my mom's name.
[D] I used to pretend I didn't have a middle name because I didn't want anything Asian or Korean or [B] whatever.
Now that I'm older and now [D] that I want so badly to [B] connect with it,
I get really sensitive now if I go to like a Korean restaurant and the [Bm] Korean woman is like surprised [D] that I speak some Korean, you know.
I'm like, what do you mean?
Like, I [Bm] don't look Korean?
Like, [F#] what's going on?
[D] It's funny [E] how
[D] [C]
[G] [Em]
[D] [C]
[G] [E]
[D] My mom was very [A] like, confused by [G] my creative interests and kind [Bm] of like, tried to sway me away from them.
And then after many [C] years, finally we went and it was like, okay, let's just do [Bm] this.
Enjoy [B] this and it's not something that's going to go away.
When I [D] was in my 20s, early [C] 20s, I think that was the moment she was kind of like,
[B] I feel like I just never met someone like you before.
[A#] And that [D] was like the root of all our [G] problems.
And I think that that was like a big moment for the two of us to realize that, [B] okay, she just wanted to make me happy.
[C#] Unfortunately, [G] my mom passed away [A] before she ever actually got to see me play.
My mom never even got to [Em] see my band play.
She's probably [B] about my [G] age in that photo.
I always like, really like [A] the way that all the photos [G] look and want it.
I knew that I wanted to have her on the cover.
[C]
[G]
There are three songs that are directly about her illness and her death.
And then [A] the title track, Psycho Pump, [C] has a voice recording where she says,
which is, it's okay [G] in Korean.
And it's a voice recording that I have of like a phone conversation we had when we found out that her cancer was terminal.
By making this record, I was kind of having like [C] a private conversation with myself
and trying to figure out how I felt and console myself with that work.
I wonder if like it [D] has something to do with [E] because like I had no
[G] outside influence whatsoever.
It was just [A] very much the sound that I wanted it to have.
[G] That it's the one that [G#] a lot of people relate [B] to the most.
[D#] And I have so many [C#] people, a lot of like young [D#] people coming up to me [Fm] saying that they lost like a [G] mother or father,
specifically to cancer.
It's so hard to figure out like I want [F#m] to connect so badly with you, but like what can [D] I say?
So we're [B] like united in the sadness, but I'm also just, I wish that [D] this didn't happen.
[G] [C]
[G]
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Hi, this is Japanese Breakfast and you're watching KOR Asian Media. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ You [B] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] know, I was such an individual and I was [Em] such an independent [A] person growing up,
and I think that [G] it's like fairly common [A] for kids to be raised to think [G] that like,
creativity is not as [D] like, much of a core value in my household life. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's funny [E] because I grew up [B] always wanting to like, appear more white.
Even like my middle name is Tong-mi, which is my mom's name.
[D] I used to pretend I didn't have a middle name because I didn't want anything Asian or Korean or [B] whatever.
Now that I'm older and now [D] that I want so badly to [B] connect with it,
I get really sensitive now if I go to like a Korean restaurant and the [Bm] Korean woman is like surprised [D] that I speak some Korean, you know.
I'm like, what do you mean?
Like, I [Bm] don't look Korean?
Like, [F#] what's going on?
[D] It's funny [E] how_ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ My mom was very [A] like, confused by [G] my _ creative interests and kind [Bm] of like, tried to sway me away from them.
And then after many [C] years, finally we went and it was like, okay, let's just do [Bm] this.
Enjoy [B] this and it's not something that's going to go away.
When I [D] was in my 20s, early [C] 20s, I think that was the moment she was kind of like,
[B] I feel like I just never met someone like you before.
[A#] And that [D] was like the root of all our [G] problems.
And I think that that was like a big moment for the two of us to realize that, [B] okay, she just wanted to make me happy.
[C#] Unfortunately, [G] my mom passed away [A] before she ever actually got to see me play.
My mom never even got to [Em] see my band play.
She's probably [B] about my [G] age in that photo.
I always like, really like [A] the way that all the photos [G] look and want it.
I knew that I wanted to have her on the cover.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ There are three songs that are directly about her illness and her death.
And then [A] the title track, Psycho Pump, _ [C] has a voice recording where she says,
which is, it's okay [G] in Korean.
And it's a voice recording that I have of like a phone conversation we had when we found out that her cancer was terminal.
By making this record, I was kind of having like [C] a private conversation with myself
and trying to figure out how I felt and console myself with that work.
_ _ I wonder if like it [D] has something to do with [E] because like I had no _
[G] outside influence whatsoever.
It was just [A] very much the sound that I wanted it to have.
[G] That it's the one that [G#] a lot of people relate [B] to the most.
[D#] And I have so many [C#] people, a lot of like young [D#] people coming up to me [Fm] saying that they lost like a [G] mother or father,
specifically to cancer.
It's so hard to figure out like I want [F#m] to connect so badly with you, but like what can [D] I say?
So we're [B] like united in the sadness, but I'm also just, I wish that [D] this didn't happen. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ You [B] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] know, I was such an individual and I was [Em] such an independent [A] person growing up,
and I think that [G] it's like fairly common [A] for kids to be raised to think [G] that like,
creativity is not as [D] like, much of a core value in my household life. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's funny [E] because I grew up [B] always wanting to like, appear more white.
Even like my middle name is Tong-mi, which is my mom's name.
[D] I used to pretend I didn't have a middle name because I didn't want anything Asian or Korean or [B] whatever.
Now that I'm older and now [D] that I want so badly to [B] connect with it,
I get really sensitive now if I go to like a Korean restaurant and the [Bm] Korean woman is like surprised [D] that I speak some Korean, you know.
I'm like, what do you mean?
Like, I [Bm] don't look Korean?
Like, [F#] what's going on?
[D] It's funny [E] how_ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ My mom was very [A] like, confused by [G] my _ creative interests and kind [Bm] of like, tried to sway me away from them.
And then after many [C] years, finally we went and it was like, okay, let's just do [Bm] this.
Enjoy [B] this and it's not something that's going to go away.
When I [D] was in my 20s, early [C] 20s, I think that was the moment she was kind of like,
[B] I feel like I just never met someone like you before.
[A#] And that [D] was like the root of all our [G] problems.
And I think that that was like a big moment for the two of us to realize that, [B] okay, she just wanted to make me happy.
[C#] Unfortunately, [G] my mom passed away [A] before she ever actually got to see me play.
My mom never even got to [Em] see my band play.
She's probably [B] about my [G] age in that photo.
I always like, really like [A] the way that all the photos [G] look and want it.
I knew that I wanted to have her on the cover.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ There are three songs that are directly about her illness and her death.
And then [A] the title track, Psycho Pump, _ [C] has a voice recording where she says,
which is, it's okay [G] in Korean.
And it's a voice recording that I have of like a phone conversation we had when we found out that her cancer was terminal.
By making this record, I was kind of having like [C] a private conversation with myself
and trying to figure out how I felt and console myself with that work.
_ _ I wonder if like it [D] has something to do with [E] because like I had no _
[G] outside influence whatsoever.
It was just [A] very much the sound that I wanted it to have.
[G] That it's the one that [G#] a lot of people relate [B] to the most.
[D#] And I have so many [C#] people, a lot of like young [D#] people coming up to me [Fm] saying that they lost like a [G] mother or father,
specifically to cancer.
It's so hard to figure out like I want [F#m] to connect so badly with you, but like what can [D] I say?
So we're [B] like united in the sadness, but I'm also just, I wish that [D] this didn't happen. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _