Chords for Garth Brooks: Biography of the Country Singer

[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hi, I'm Garth Brooks.
I know right now you're probably saying, what the heck's a Garth [C] Brooks?
_ Even though he's got friends in low places, [A#] this country star ain't going [G] down. _ _ _ _ _ _
Welcome _ _ _ _ to WatchMojo.com and [Gm] today we're taking a look at [Cm] the life and career of Garth Brooks.
[N] Geez, I've waited so long to get here, I hope some of you have too, so I know you don't
want to hear me talking, so let's get after it, okay?
[G] _ Troyel Garth [C] Brooks was born February 7, _ 1962 and raised in Yukon, Oklahoma.
As a child, Brooks emulated [G] his country singing mother by performing for his family.
In school, his interests shifted to sports.
His [D] javelin tossing skills even earned [Am] him a university scholarship.
[D] However, he soon became [C] interested in music [G] and started singing and playing guitar in bars.
After earning his advertising degree and marrying his first wife, [C] Brooks moved to Nashville
in 1987 to be part of the country scene.
Despite [D] struggles, he [Em] released his self-titled debut under Capitol [Bm] Records two years [Em] later.
Yes, the love I gave in the [Am] past, _ gonna be enough to [D] last, if tomorrow [G] never comes. _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] The album [C] reached the second position on the country charts and generated his first [D] two
country number ones.
I could have [Bm] missed the pain, _ _ but I'd have had to [C] _ miss _ [E] _
[D] the _ _ _ [G] day. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Unfortunately, its moderate success was eclipsed by popular acts like Clint Black and Alan Jackson.
However, his [C] next record set Garth Brooks apart and secured his [G] place as a [D] country [Am] icon. _ _
[A] Within ten days of No Fence's 1990 [D] release, over 700,000 copies were sold. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It topped the country charts and won Brooks global [Bm] recognition [A] on the strength of many
number one hits.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ Brooks showed [A#] off his flair for performance while [C] touring for this effort.
[D] His shows blended the spectacle of classic rock [A] concerts with his boundless energy.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
His _ _ third [E] album did not disappoint.
_ _ 1991's Rope in the Wind [B] was the first country [D] record to debut [G] at the top of [E] the Billboard
200 chart, thanks to pre-order [A] sales of over four [E] million. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] Brooks then got into the holiday spirit on Beyond the Season.
[G] Brooks [A] peppered _ [E] 1992's The Chase with gospel sound and this proved unpopular with [G] country purists.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Though _ _ [A] the album did top the [Dm] charts, it [C] didn't sell like his previous work.
Critics wondered if [A#] Brooks' [Am] days at the [Em] top were numbered.
To please fans, _ _ 1993's In Pieces was pure country.
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ It topped the pop and country [Am] charts and was supported by a world tour the following year.
While the colossal success of his two previous albums was [G] behind him, Brooks' unique country
twang still found mass [C#m] appeal. _
[F#] In [B] 1994, Brooks also recorded a track with his rock idols Kiss [C#] on the compilation Kiss My Ass.
Classic Kiss re-grew.
_ _ [E] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] He then issued two limited release compilations.
_ [G] _ 1995's Fresh Horses was [A] another country number one. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Though album sales quickly tapered off, Brooks embarked on a lengthy tour [A] to secure his status
as a megastar.
This included a massive concert in Central Park. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That show helped make his [G] next album, Sevens, another number one on the pop and country [D] charts.
His duet with Trisha Yearwood also won him a Grammy.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ This was followed by two [A] more number one releases, the box set The Limited Series and the [D] live
album Double Live. _ _
After unsuccessfully trying [G] out for the San Diego Padres baseball team, [Gm] Brooks turned to film.
He won the [F] role of angst-ridden rocker [C] Chris Gaines in [Gm] The Lamb.
To promote this movie, he [D] began [A#] embodying the character in public [A] and released [Dm] Chris
Gaines' greatest hits in _ [C] 1999.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] Audiences were baffled by Brooks' sudden style shift and the record [G] sold poorly.
[Dm] The Lamb was then put on hold.
[G] He bounced back professionally in 2000 [D] when he was named the [Em] American Music Award Artist
of the [A] 90s.
However, he also announced [G] his impending divorce and retirement.
His [D] final capital [Em] record was _ [A] 2001's Scarecrow, which was another chart [G]-topper.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Brooks spent the next years with his children.
_ [A]
In 2005, he resurfaced for some [C] charity performances, released a new [G] box set called The Limited
[Gm] Series and married Trisha [F#] Yearwood.
Two years [C#] later came the box set The Ultimate Hits, which featured the first song [Fm] to [G#] ever
premiere at the top of Billboard's Hot Country Songs [F#] chart. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ However, in 2009, his comeback slowly began.
[D] He started a special Vegas concert series that continued into [E] 2012 and hinted at a return to touring.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Garth Brooks is one of the United States' most successful solo [D] acts, and he brought
country music to [E] a mass [C] audience.
[G] By mixing traditional honky [Em]-tonk with rock and roll [C] theatrics, Brooks sold over [D] 100 million
albums and [G] immeasurably altered the [Em] country rock scene.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _