Chords for Gary Moore, Brian May, and others talk about Rory Gallagher

Rory Gallagher.
_ _ _ So these couple of kids come up, who's me and my mate, and say,
you know, how do you get your sound, Mr Gallagher?
And he [Ab] sits and tells us, so I owe Rory my [E] sound.
One of [G] the things that was crucial for me, [F] I got from Rory [F] Gallagher,
was the idea of, like, being a guitar player [Bb] for life and living it,
[G] and it being [N] your calling and, like, a vocation, really,
and it being the most important thing in your life.
Without Rory Gallagher, would Brian May have found the Queen guitar sound?
Would Johnny Marr have been the guitar player he is?
[G] They don't think so.
And how would I have fared, as I set off on my journey [E] in music?
I'm Gary Moore, and this is the Rory Gallagher story.
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_ _ [E] _ _ [E] _ There's no doubt that he was one of the greatest guitar players we've ever produced.
He embodied [G] honesty to me in the way of playing music, and [A] in his life.
Such a fine musician, and [Db] Rory's integrity was always intact.
And he [E] followed his talent rather than following what some record company told him to do.
[N] People loved people, absolutely loved him, and so why do I say that in the past tense?
People love Rory.
Rory Gallagher always plied his own furrow,
[Am] touring [Em] constantly, turning his back on chances of commercial success to pursue his own music.
[A] [Gm] So expect to hear [Em] elements of folk and jazz, ragtime and R [C]&B in what he did,
but especially the blues.
[Em] _ _ _ [A] He [E] was one of the best guitar players in the world,
[Gb] and you're [C] on stage working with this guy, [G] it's got to make you feel good.
It was a [F] natural habitat for him, [D] just to go on stage [G] with the Ray Hoolians.
Seeing him live was [C] quite an [G] eye-opener, particularly if you were very young,
[F] because it was [G] bordering on terrifying in its intensity.
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I was [C] a teenage bridemaid.
_ [D] _ I can remember the [F] On The Boards [C] album being [D] on the turntable almost constantly.
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On [D] The Boards is probably the most special album for me [Bb] of Rory's.
[D] I think it's the rawness, the [E] feeling that you're actually [Ab] seeing him there in [B] front of you.
It doesn't feel [D] processed, and you can [G] feel the sweat. _ _
_ I was doubling with Jack, and I was doubling with Jack,
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_ _ and I was doubling with Jack,
Rory Galaher story on BBC Radio 2, 88 to 91 FM. _ _ _
[Dm] That's Rory on alto sax, by the way. _ _ _ _
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Rory at that time had a residency at the Marquis,
and normally we would go every week and see him.
[D] And I was looking for my guitar sound, I wanted my guitar to sing, I wanted it to be a voice,
and seeing this guy just blew me away.
He really had the sound that I was looking for. _
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_ it.
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_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] And his beautiful, beaten up old Stratocaster, and his Vox AC30, [Ab] and his treble booster.
Treble booster is something very simple, it just [Gm] boosts the signal.
So whatever's coming out of the guitar becomes a bit louder [G] before it gets into the amplifier.
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And in the Marquis one night after he'd finished, I [Ab] sort of hung around and was able to get [Db] chatting to him,
and he was such a gracious man, I'm sure everybody tells you the [Ab] same.
The most gentlemanly person you could ever meet in [G] this business, or any other business probably.
Such a sweet guy, such a completely gentle and [Gm] generous person with his time and everything.
So these couple of kids come up, who's me and my [C] mate, and say, you know,
how do you [Gm] get your sound, Mr.
Galagher?
And he sits and tells us, and he says, well, Brian, you know, I just made you [G] this little box here,
a little Rangemaster treble booster.
And I just plug my guitar in here, and the [C] treble booster goes into the amp, and that's my [G] sound.
[F] So I rushed straight out and got myself a Rangemaster and a couple of AC30s.
[Ab] Second hand, of course, and all beaten up, but they worked.
[Ab] And from that moment on, I had the sound that [Gm] I wanted.
I didn't have his guitar, I'd already made my own guitar, but [Ab] my guitar just seemed to work perfectly in this [C] setup.
So [Ab] I owe Rory my [D] sound.
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_ _ Very polite, [Db] shy, _ withdrawn sort of guy, and [Am] put the guitar around his neck, put him [C] on stage, and va-voom,
he [B] turned into this [G] other thing, this other