Chords for Greta Van Fleet Interview - Coachella 2018

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_ Coachella, I [F] have the [Fm] distinct, nay, _ the honor, _ the pleasure
_ _ _ [G#] _ of introducing [G] you to Greta Van Fleet.
Boys, a rock and roll band on this couch,
that's what I live for.
[D#] Yeah, the couch.
I'm surprised it's still standing.
_ _ _ I'm so sorry, they just left.
They got way too intimidated.
Guys, we have a lot to unpack in this very short time.
I have a lot of questions to ask you, so I'm going to jump in.
Are you ready?
_ [G] First, cheers boys.
First Coachella, you go from playing the troubadour to the Coachella
on [Gm] a double EP.
[Fm] Where did you go? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Cheers.
Lovely.
[D#] So, _ [F] I'm going to dive straight in.
Are you ready?
Yeah.
Please do.
What is the pressure like?
Because we all know there's been a lot of talk of you guys [G] being
the new Led Zeppelin, compared to Zeppelin a lot.
You even got [F#] props from Robert Plant, [E] and no one gets props from Robert.
It's just lovely, yeah.
[D#] I mean, [B] _ that was a great reach.
I mean, [G] I think for us, it probably feels about the same way as it would
for them doing what they were doing.
You [C] know?
It's kind of a natural thing, and you go on [Cm] stage, and you write your music,
and you [G] record it, and you do your [C] thing.
It doesn't seem to be that [Cm] we feel [D] that there is a [G] concern
or a cause [F#m] for concern.
You know, I think it's just one of those.
I have [G] zero concerns.
I'm going to let you know that right now.
I'm living [F#m] for it.
Yeah, so I don't know.
It's just kind of one [G] of those things.
It's like, well, you can [G#] do it, so why not?
I mean, why [G] be _ uptight the whole time?
[F#] It doesn't make any sense.
If you seem like Robert Plant, why [G] not just sing?
Yeah, [G#] well, that's right.
We're always going, [F#] well, worse things [C#] could have happened.
It's an incredible [B] signal, you know?
[G] Okay, so boys, tell me all together, what's the pressure like?
I mean, you [D#] go from playing, like I said before,
you go [G] from playing Troubadour to Coachella,
walking on that stage.
It's not that bad.
No, it's just pretty nice.
You can smoke a cigarette or two.
I find that [F#] before every show.
[G] Yeah?
No, I don't.
We just get up and play, [C#] we're like, yeah, rock and roll,
and then we [Gm] get off, you know?
[C#] That's the most rock and roll [N] thing I've heard all day, boys.
All right, tell me your take on [C] rock and roll.
Well, good question.
[G] Rock and roll itself has got to be like a personified version of every genre.
A lot [F#] of genres.
Everything, blues, [C#] funk, soul, you know, R&B, everything.
It incorporates [Bm] all those elements.
Country?
It just breaks them to 11.
I [C] think that was the thing is like initially, you know,
when rock and roll [F#] first became, you know,
that genre-specific [G] thing that was tied to rock and roll,
it really [F#] was kind of disseminated from all those traditional, [F] you know,
roots [G] music of country [F#] and blues, mainly blues, folk,
[Gm] and, you know, all those things.
And it's like, [D] yeah, of course,
that's what it became, a [F#] personified version of those [G] elements.
Except _ rock and roll is more than just a genre.
It's a lifestyle.
Hey, that's my man.
It [F] really is just a lifestyle.
[G] Yeah, we can't lose its intellectual properties
if we don't design that, that would be a shame. _
_ _ It's true.
I think rock and roll forces change.
It's a catalyst [C] for change.
I think it makes people think about things.
Yeah.
Give it a second [Cm] thought, you know.
Another thing that makes it so intellectual.
_ [C#] Substance.
A substance.
A very well thought [C] out thing.
All right, going back to rock and roll as [G#] a lifestyle,
what does that mean to [F#] you guys now?
I mean, you're living in the rock and roll [C#] moment.
You've had a crazy [B] year.
You've [F#] been on the come up all year.
So what is the rock and roll lifestyle for Greta Van Fleet?
What are you doing?
It's really excessive.
[G] _ Everything and not nothing.
It's so chromatic, [B] I'm [F#] blinded by the whole thing.
[C] You have a [G] hard time finding words.
Yeah, [F#m] it's really just transcendental.
[Gm] It's [D] transcendent, it's [F#] experimental, _ it's _ [Gm] preconceived.
And it's [A] busy as hell.
[C]
And it's busy [G] as hell.
Also, tell me about your style, boys.
Where do you get most of your stuff?
Thrift shops.
_ Yes.
Around the world.
We travel and shop.
This is me group hugging all of you.
She's the man now.
This shirt came from Target in the little boys section.
That's fantastic.
That's fantastic.
[D#] _ Goodwill.
Nice.
Good.
[N] Coachella style is with you.
Thank you.
As are you, gentlemen.
Okay, what do you [D] look for when you go in?
Like what's the [C#] treasure?
What's the find?
That's the thing, [B] you're not looking for anything.
You're not looking for anything.
The treasure is what [D#] you don't intend to seek, I [F] suppose.
The treasure will find you.
That's just shit.
That's just shit, isn't [E] it?
That was so cheesy, but it was so true.
That was the little boy _ emanating off the shirt.
It'll be on that [B] hanger just glowing.
[E] Calling your [B] name.
True.
And you know when you [F#] see something and you [Em] love it,
you're like, I [F#m]
love [N] this, and you buy it.
You know that great feeling when you're flipping [A] through at Goodwill
and then the right [Em] thing comes along and you're like, [G#] that's it.
That's the one.
And you look and it's like [G] _ [B] $349 and you're _ like_
That's one of the greatest [A] feelings ever.
It's [G#] true.
It's like, [B] is it worth it?
_ It [G] totally is.
[B] I love when you can go, oh, that's going to [N] fit.
You know, [G#m] that's perfect.
You know what's that [E] good is when it doesn't [B] fit in your [N] luggage.
Oh, man.
Then you just [F#] keystroke.
That's true.
But you guys have [A#] been on the road a [B] lot, _ so_
Guys, I could talk to you forever.
[A#] I want [C] you to know that right now.
So tell me this, a [E] long time.
[F#m] I know we've talked about some deep things,
what we think [B] about rock and roll,
the pressure of being Greta Von Fleet after being compared to Zeppelin.
[F#m] What tour games are you playing on the road?
There's got to be a tour game.
Tour [Em] games.
Golf.
_ Daniel's a very [G#m] serious golfer.
I [G#] prefer shotgun golf myself.
I have a _ tour game.
No, seriously, though, [A#m] it's an important [F] thing
because [B] on tour things can get [F] very stressful very [G#] fast.
And you need this way to keep it fun and wind down.
We've [F#] been saying lately, [G] fun first.
Because if you don't [F#m] have fun [C] first, then it just [B] becomes a job.
[N] We never want to be like, oh, man, we've got to go to work.
And then you lose the creative element
because there's [E] no childlike energy.
_ Absolutely.
[G#] I think we really need to keep it fun.
I think growing up [F#m] is just a social [B] construct.
_ [G] _
Creative [N] identity.
We were _ robbed of our childhood.
We were robbed of our childhood.
Growing up [F] is a social construct.
Remember fun first.
Fun [Gm] first.
We are just a bunch of [G#] children.
Listen to rock and roll, [B] Coachella.
Listen to rock and roll.
Listen [E] to rock and roll.
I [B] mean, it could be in a button-up collared [G#m] shirt.
You're still in it.
Still like a [B] trampoline.
Great event, [E] thank you so much for sitting down with me.
Everybody [G#] go listen [G#m] to a double EP.
Not an album yet, so we'll be [E] looking forward to that.
It's not an album.
It's not out yet.
We spent a lot of time on it.
It's going to be fantastic.
I believe it, boys.
[F] Thanks for sitting down with me.
Of course.
Thank you so much for having us. [N] Cheers.
Cheers. Cheers. _ _
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