Chords for Interview with Gary Rossington - Lynyrd Skynyrd - 1992

So, [Em] what [B] was the first time you heard about Joe?
[E]
Gosh, he won this contest and we met him, seems like years ago, but
it's just been a few [Em] months and he's [C] came to a lot.
He's just a big [E] inspiration and a loyal fan and stuff and we love him.
And I don't know, I feel like I know him all my life, [D] but he's cool.
And [F#m] you better like him too or he'll kill you, [Em] he's so big.
Okay, _ _ _ anything else?
You're [D#] fine, [E] just look straight at me.
_ _ Tonight's shirt, a Mandela?
I just stitched it up last night, I didn't have nothing to do.
Tell me [Am] about, like a sense of family, do you get [D] a sense of family when fans are so [E] dedicated like you are?
[Em] Yeah, man, that's why we're here, for the people, so we can make them happy.
For two hours every night, they [B] can forget about their troubles and cares and house payments and their girlfriend broke up with [E] them.
Then we'll play and it's just our [E] honor and God gave us a gift so we want to share it.
But people like [D] Joe is why, and anybody.
_ [E] Joe was saying to me that he comes out to you on the show because he [D] feels the fans giving him so much that he's giving [Bm] back.
What kind [E] of support do you get from that support, that die-hard support?
_ [G] _
Well, [A] we haven't given nothing but music, that's all we know how to do is [Em] play.
Except for Moulins, we pick strawberries.
And we're thinking of doing that, there's a lot of money in that.
But, it's just like I said, I just repeat myself, it's [E] for the people, that's why we're here.
Because we hate each other, can't stand, no.
No, it's just, _ we just want to give what we got, you know, get some music in.
As long as people like him like [Bm] it, we'll be here.
Let me ask you this, how does [E] rock and roll get you through the day?
_ [D] Today's rock and roll?
[Bm] How does your music, how does [E] rock and roll itself, being a musician, get you through the day?
[D] Get me [E] through the day?
_ Yeah.
I get my day.
[Em] Because [E] I got to get through the day to do the show that night.
[B] No.
It just gets me through the day to be out here and to do what we do.
[G] _ Actually, [E] 22 hours of a day is hell.
And the two hours of heaven on stage is what it's all about.
So, rock [F#] and roll gets me through the day just to play.
[Em] _ I talk to a lot of people, and [E] one of the big parts of the show is the encore with the reverb.
[Em] _ And again, a lot of people start [E] feeling that it's a very personal song to them because they feel that they are that very spirit.
As a musician, what do you feel when you play that song when you're on stage every night?
Oh, it's [D] just an honor to play for the people.
[A] They liked it so long, and it's got some kind [E] of magic to last this long.
But to me, it's just a song.
And we just [G] play it the best we can.
But we do it from our hearts, and so the people can be happy.
And it's just a weird thing.
It's hard to explain.
You've got to be there.
But it's a real honor to play it and the people [D] still like it.
What about the longevity of the fans [Em] coming out to support you?
Do you ever expect this?
Well, we pay them to come, see?
It's just another [B] thing I said earlier.
It's just [Bm] God bless us with people who still like us.
[Em] And as long as they [Am] come, we'll play.
But the longevity [E] of it, I think it's just the music and the songs.
Ronnie and Johnny write simple [A] lyrics that talk to the working man, and they relate to us.
[E] And we relate to them in our gimmicks and music.
So [Em] I think they just come because they [G] can relate to it.
Instead of seeing a [E] bunch of _ show, it's music.
_ And that's our crowd.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
Now _ [A] you got this.
_ [G] _
[E] Is this what you're wearing tonight, or do you change?
I [Em] change.
_ You don't feel that, do you?
[E] _ _ _ _ No.
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