Chords for Gary Morris - "Wind Beneath My Wings" & Interview (Live on CabaRay Nashville)

The folks over at the Nashville Songwriters Association International have a slogan.
It all begins with a song.
It does.
And that was a dynamite song.
Thanks, Ralph.
I appreciate it.
Wow.
And you know, you've been very fortunate, in my opinion, to get your hands on a lot of dynamite songs.
And you came across one of the best songs ever written, in my opinion, in this town.
And it's called, The Wind Beneath My Wings.
How did that happen?
Well, you know, I wrote for Warner Brothers Music at the time.
And Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar are the two writers on the song.
And they were working on it, I believe, in the next room.
And if I would have just walked in for just a moment, I would have been a writer on that song.
But it didn't work out that way.
So I heard it practically at conception.
And I went, man, that's just a song written for me to sing.
It was just a great song.
It was a struggle as a record, though.
Well, you know, he's talking about Larry Henley.
He was a member of the New Beats, the lead singer.
They sang that song, I like bread and butter.
_ And that just was a hit because it was so weird, I think.
But Jeff Silbar, the other writer on the song, was married to the niece of my longtime secretary, Shirley Welch.
And so I've known Jeff for a long time.
And two very talented guys.
We lost Larry recently.
But Jeff's still with us. _
But I also, I've got to bring up the fact that the man that signed you to Warner Brothers.
Noro.
One of my oldest friends, Norris D.
Wilson.
Everybody calls him Noro.
And _ he, _ I mean, how could you not sign Gary Morris?
Well, I tell you what.
I had come to town and done some demos.
And it was back two years earlier.
And _ Harold Bradley had produced those.
And so when I came to town to make records, I only knew one name.
It was Harold Bradley.
I called him.
I said, who should I talk to?
And he said this, there is only one man in this town that makes records that will understand how you sing.
And his name is Noro Wilson.
And I kept trying to get an appointment.
And I was living up on 18th Avenue South in a little one-bedroom shotgun apartment.
One day I went up.
You know, Warner Brothers used to be right across from your office on Grand, that little house.
Absolutely.
I walked in.
I sat down.
And I said, I'm here to see Noro.
And they said, do you have an appointment?
I went, no.
And he said, well, he's busy.
And I said, I'll wait.
And that was about 10 o'clock in the morning, 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
I got to see him.
He took me into his office.
He called L.A.
And he played a cassette of mine.
And I effectively was signed right then.
But [F] he understood me as a singer.
I bet he felt bad about making you wait so long.
[F#] I hope he did.
I'm going to give him a rough time about it.
[A#] Well, we've waited long enough, ladies and gentlemen.
Why don't you do that career-making song for us?
I'd love to.
Gary Moore.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] Must have been cold there [Bm] _ [D] in my shadow.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Never have sunlight [Bm] on [D] your face.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
You've been content [C] to _ _ [A] _
let me [D] shine.
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ You always walked a step _
[D] _ _ behind.
I _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] was the one with all [Dm] the glory.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Well, you were the one [G] with [D]
all the [G] strength.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ Only a face [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] without a name. _ _
[Am] _ _ I never once heard you [D] _ _ [C] _ complain.
_ [D#] Did [Em] _ _ you [C] ever know _
[G] _ my [D] hero? _ _ _
[Em] _ _ And [C] everything _ _
[G] I'd like [F#m] to be.
[D] _ _
[Em] _ _ I can [C] fly _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] like an eagle. _
[Am] _ Because you [D] are the wind beneath my _ [G] wings. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ It might have appeared to go _ unnoticed.
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[G] _ But I've got a hole here in my heart.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ I want you to know _ [A] _ _
_ _ I [D] know the truth.
[A] _ _
[Am] _ I wouldn't be nothing [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [D#] without you.
_ _ [Em] _
Did [G] you ever [C] know that you're my hero?
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ And [C] everything _ [G] _
I'd like [F#m] to be.
_ [Em] _
_ [C] I can fly _ _ _ [G] _
like an _ [D] _ eagle.
_ [Am] _
Because you are [D] the wind [G] beneath my wings.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ You are the wind _ _ [Am] beneath my _
[G] _ _ wings.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You are the wind beneath my wings.
That was [N] wonderful.
Wonderful.
Thank you for coming to GM News.
We're going to have a rain accident.
Thank you. _
Ladies and gentlemen, I don't need to say it but I will.
Gary Morris.
Thank you.