Chords for Herb Alpert and Lani Hall on CBS Sunday Morning

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I'm 75 now.
I think I finally figured it out.
Next, trumpeter Herb Alpert. _
A life in harmony. _ _ _
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[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ Herb Alpert's trumpet has been his horn of [Bbm] plenty for nearly half a century now.
_ Among other things, it's won him eight Grammys.
With tonight's [Gb] Grammy ceremony just hours away,
Herb Alpert plays host to Russ Mitchell for [Ab] the record. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ It's [D] a beautiful _ _ [G] _ cloud [C] formation.
[Bb] It's like a [G] picture.
_ [C] If you've ever wondered what it means to [A] be living the good life, _ consider Herb [D] Alpert.
It's pretty magical.
I mean, I [C] must admit, it's like we have this endless backyard, you know.
[Dm] Why?
We can see Russia [Fm] from here.
_ _ [E] Well, not quite.
[Am] Not quite.
We can see Catalina.
Since the [D] early 70s, the famed [A] trumpeter's home has [A] been six stunning acres [Ab] _ on the [Am] beach in Malibu, California.
[A] Well, this one's not in bronze.
Most of the other ones [D] are in bronze.
He [G] designed the house and gardens [Em]
himself, _ _ [Am] _ has his [Dm] own recording [Eb] studio,
_ [Am] and all those [Dm] beautiful [Eb] sculptures?
_ [Am] Herb [Dm] Alpert Originals.
[Eb] I'm [Em] intrigued with what [E] makes something engaging to look at.
I'm looking for rhythm.
I'm looking for motion. _
But let's put all that aside for a moment, because [F] any story about Herb Alpert has [Gm] to begin [C] with a horn.
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For a generation of listeners, [Fm] the sound is [Cm] unmistakable.
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_ _ [Ab] The Latin-flavored smooth jazz of [A] Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
Miles Davis said you hear three notes and you know it's Herb Alpert.
Yeah.
Where does that style come from?
It's just the real me.
I'm not affecting anything.
It's just the way the sound comes [F] out.
You know, one of my teachers _ _ used to tell me, hey man, you're just playing a piece of plumbing. _ _ _
That's how he described a horn in a job. _ _
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That piece of [D] plumbing has served him well. _
[Gm] Six top ten [C] hits, eight Grammys.
His [F] unique South of the Border sound selling more than 70 million [C] albums. _ _ _
Quite an [F] accomplishment for a shy Jewish [G] kid from East L.A.
My father was born in Russia, from a little town outside of Kiev. _
My mother was from the Lower East Side of New York.
I'm not Hispanic, and I know a lot of people think that I am.
You're not Hispanic?
Herb Alpert's not Hispanic?
No.
The Tijuana Brass?
No. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ He picked up the [Am] trumpet at age eight and never [Gbm] put it down.
But he didn't discover the sound that would make him famous [C] until his mid-20s while attending a [Abm] bullfight in Mexico.
_ Tijuana had some world-class matadors.
And this _ _ trumpet section in the stands, you know, they would announce the different _ programs, the different events in the bullfight.
You know, [Ab] like, da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
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_ _ I got kind of [Ab] _ _
chill-bumped from all that stuff, and I tried to translate the feeling [Db] of those [Ab] afternoons to [Gb] a song.
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_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ The [Ab] Lonely Bull was a top-ten [Gb] hit in 1962, _ and [E] with the money it brought [Eb] in, Alpert [Ab] and a friend, Jerry [Fm] Moss, _ decided to produce the next [Eb] album [Ab] themselves.
_ _ Alpert and [D] Moss formed the now-legendary [G] A&M Records.
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_ _ [D] _ _ During [Em] the next three decades, A&M [C] would release more than 30 Herb [Fm] Alpert albums. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ One, [Abm] Whipped Cream and Other Delights, was as popular for the cover art as for the music.
She was covered in shaving cream.
It's ruining the fantasy.
I [Db] know, I know.
You see _ this [Gb] guy, _ _ _ _ _ this guy is in love with [B] you.
In 1968, he had a [Db] number-one hit as a singer.
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[Bb] _ A [Fm] popular TV show, [Ab] The Dating [Bb] Game, used [Db] his tunes as its [Eb] theme music.
[N] What do your good friends call you?
What my good friends call me?
_ Bling. _ _ _ _
He even had his own primetime specials. _ _
Meanwhile, A&M Records was growing into a powerhouse, handling some of the biggest names of the era.
[D] _ _
_ _ _ Cat Stevens, [F] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ Peter Frampton, _ and [Db] Janet Jackson, among others.
[Ab] _ _ But there was one band Herb Alpert discovered that was closest to his heart. _
Well, I signed The [B] Carpenters in _ [Gbm] 1969 or 1970.
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It was Alpert who convinced Karen and [C] Richard Carpenter [D] to record the song [C] that would make them superstars.
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[D] _ _ _ [G] When that song happened, all of a sudden, [C] _ _ I turned into a genius to the people that didn't [Em] like them.
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[E] _ Close to [E] you was, of course, a [G] smash.
But The [C] Carpenters' career would end in [Em] tragedy with [Am] Karen's death from anorexia [D] at age 32.
_ [Bm] Nearly 30 years later, her memory still haunts him.
[B] I loved Karen.
She was a wonderful lady.
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I think about her, _ it seems so unfair.
She was great.
Do you remember the last time you saw her?
Yeah, I do remember the last time I saw her.
But, I mean, _ the irony is she never realized how great she was.
She never really _ [F] accepted the fact that she really had it.
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By 1989, Alpert had had it with the music [Dm] industry.
And when [Gm] Giant Polygram Records [Gm] made an offer he couldn't [Dm] refuse, he didn't.
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Alpert and Moss [E] sold A&M for [A] a reported [N] _ _ $460 million.
_ Came out okay in this deal?
Came out okay, yeah.
What's the secret?
_ The secret?
Yeah, the secret to a happy, long marriage.
_ _ _ Communication? _
Since then, Alpert and his wife of 37 years, singer Lonnie Hall, have been doing, well, whatever they want.
Laughter. [B] Yeah.
[Eb] _ _ Romance. _ _ _
That's where the magic happens.
[D] This is where sometimes magic [Ab] happens, sometimes not.
_ _ Alpert paints [Db] _ _ _ [C] and sculpts, _ seriously.
[E] He's had gallery shows.
And if you'd like to buy what you see_
From _ like [F] $200,000 to maybe $300 [Bb],000.
Ah, okay.
_ [F] And all the leaves from the trees are falling _ to the sound of the breezes.
[Abm] Herb and Lonnie had it made, and they knew it.
So [Bb] they decided to start giving back.
_ [G] In [Abm] 1988, they established the Herb Alpert [B] Foundation.
[Dbm] So far, they've given away more than [Gb] $100 million, [Db] _ _ [Eb]
promoting education in the [Gb] arts.
Welcome to our home, [Ab] _ our musical home in Harlem.
One of his [Abm] most recent causes is New York's [Gb] Harlem School of the Arts.
[F] A neighborhood fixture since 1964, [Eb] _ last spring, hard times forced the school to shut its doors.
_ 3,000 miles away, Alpert read about it in the newspaper.
Herb woke up one morning and saw the headline that the school was going to close.
And [E] he said, that can't happen.
_ And they wrote a check for a half million dollars.
Just out of the blue?
Out of the blue.
Charles Hamilton is the school's chairman.
Without Herb Alpert, this school would be closed today.
We owe that.
[Gb] We owe a great debt of thanks to [Bm] him for that.
Do you [Gb] like jazz?
Oh, [Bm] God.
_ That's my [D] man.
_ _ [Gb] Don't, [Em] don't, don't with [Gb] your foot.
That's hard to [Dbm] do.
We love you.
Oh, thank you very much.
We [E] love you.
I am so blessed. _ _
_ And I just feel compelled [A] to pass it on.
This is [B] what it's all about.
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_ _ [Ab] _ It's just been very [A] fulfilling.
And then to walk through [Bm] this facility [E] and talk to the [B] people involved, I mean, it's chilling [Am] for me.
[D] _ I [Cm] know this sounds a little corny, but I [Gm] _ get it.
I dig it.
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_ No matter where his interests take him, all roads lead [Eb] back [Gm] to the trumpet. _
[Cm] Herb and Lonnie have just [Gm] released a new CD and are heading [A] out on a cross-country tour. _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] So, if you [G] want to know what Herb Alpert's been up to since his heyday so many years ago,
he's been playing [C] music, painting, _ [Cm] _ [Gm] sculpting, and [Bb] helping others fulfill their dreams.
[Dm] In other words, living the good life.
[D] Maybe we'll see a couple of whales, a couple of porpoises.
I think a heron. _