Chords for Jeff Lynne & Rosie Vela Interview

[E] For me, it really [A] defined _ who [G] I was, not only as a [D] model, but as a woman and [E] as a black woman. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] Halfway through [Am] the 70s, Rosie Vela became one of the most [D] recognized faces [A] in the industry.
[C] _ [G] _ [A] In [D] less than [A] a decade, she [C] appeared in an [A] astounding 14 [Am] times on the cover of Vogue.
[D] _ [A] _ Rosie's roots weren't quite so glamorous.
She began her career in the fashion mecca of Dallas, Texas.
_ Jerry Hall was the first model I ever worked with, which is funny, she was 15 and I was 18. _
Jerry said to me, now I'm going to Europe, you want to go with [Gbm] me?
I'm going to Paris.
[F] _ I said, oh no, [G] no, no, no, no, no, no, [D] but thank you for asking.
_ And, because I had a boyfriend in Little Rock that we had been together for three years.
We would have, you know, gone back and forth over the weekend to see each other.
_ And he got cancer.
So I just basically stayed there with him in the hospital [E] every day,
slept in the little [D] lazy boy chair, _ you know, trying to help him get through it.
And we weren't going to let cancer stop us from our plans.
And I married him in the hospital.
_ After almost a year of sorrow and her untimely loss, Rosie knew she needed to get away.
_ So she headed to New York, where she soon got a phone call that rejuvenated her [E] career.
_ And I got called by [D] Vogue.
Alex Dillman called me, God, I have to have that girl.
So the next thing you know, I'm working for them for the next five years of my life.
That was like every other month I had a cover, or every two months I had a cover.
Rosie, however, needed to be more than just good looking.
She needed to be [G] fulfilled.
_ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ I had to have [E] my piano, and I worked on my music, and I [Eb] worked on my music [Bbm] every day [Eb] and every [Am] night.
_ In 1983, [D]
Rosie had to make [A] a [Cm] choice, modeling or music.
She no [Eb] longer had time for both.
[F] _ _ [D] _
[C] So where is she [D] now?
Rosie Vela went on to record the [C] critically acclaimed album [F] Zazu.
Well, [G] that's kind of where [A] I am [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [G] now.
_ [A] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Just [D] not sure.
And is at work on another record, with a little finessing on the side from former ELOer and renowned Wilbury, [Em] Jeff Lynn.
_ [E] _
For Rosie Vela, the life that once seemed so full of difficult [A] choices is now surprisingly simple.
I've [B] always liked to be _ _ near a keyboard [E] or a piano, _ writing and _ singing and playing. _
I can see myself [A] until I'm 100 _ doing.
_ _ [B] I'm quite happy.
_ _ _ [E] _ Coming up, sports illustrated model Kim Alexis used to be a [N] guy's