Chords for Joe Satriani - The Ghost of Ritchie Blackmore (8 of 11)
Tempo:
57.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
C#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] You know when I first got the call you can imagine I'm sitting at home during a break from touring and
My manager calls up and says I just got a call deep purples in a spot
they'd like to know if you want to replace Richie Blackmore and I
Knew that it was you know, you would never live that down.
You'd never get the free pass from the audience and
even Steve I
Very close friend who'd been who'd had a career of replacing famous guitar players had always said to me man
If you can avoid that don't go through it
You know if you if there's another way for you to to get off on what you're doing
Then yeah do that instead of replacing the famous guy, you know, and so I said, yeah, you know, I said that's ridiculous
Don't you know don't bother me with that, you know, I'm on vacation and I hung up and then of course 30 minutes later
I called her back and I said you didn't turn it down yet
Did you because I was I just couldn't bear the thought that I would pass up an opportunity
To play with the guys of deep purple.
That was a huge fan, you know
So I thought I'll have to just figure out a way to get over Richie somehow, but
Even playing with those guys was great there.
They were an amazing
They are an amazing band
Individually and and as a group they just they make the sound that we know is deep purple, which is
Really amazing in the music industry to find a band that actually is completely responsible for the way that they sound
I mean they it's amazing.
It's just a freak of nature and they've got all they've got
An incredible repertoire and they're a great performing unit and it was the easiest thing in the world
To just step into it because it's like you're sitting on top of the perfect wave
That just keeps carrying you along and giving you a great ride.
So they were in that
Part, they were exciting and easy to play with at the same time
But ultimately I got to say I couldn't get over Richie.
That's all it was
It was a it was just an internal thing that I just had
Since I was a fan of Ritchie Blackmore
I just had the ghost of Ritchie Blackmore on my shoulder all the time and I thought
After all the good fortune I've had and all the trouble I've been through in
Becoming Joe Satriani the solo artist
How can I leave that behind?
Because that's in the public side.
That's what I'd be doing
I'd be finally joining a real band and putting all this crazy music aside and
and I thought I can't do that I just
Between that and and the fact that I'm a big Ritchie Blackmore fan
And there was always be this conflict every [D] time I make a record or do a show
I'd be thinking about him [C#] and I thought I'm too young for that.
I can't handle this
Sort of duplicity, you know and and plus
You know, like I said, I was really just
Embracing the good fortune of having a solo career that had a growing catalog and my touring
Sphere was was widening, you know
a lot of people don't understand that as
Surfing with the alien was a platinum record and it was you know
Songs were on the radio and it seemed like you know
You'd see me in Rolling Stone and all these other guitar magazines our European tour that year had five shows
We didn't go to South America.
We didn't go to Australia.
We didn't go to Asia.
We didn't go to India
We went to you know, London Paris Geneva
Second when a second show in England, I mean which we had, you know, we could barely you know work and we were playing
little clubs a lot of two shows a night all over North America and
So it really hadn't hit careers don't you know as far as ticket selling and concerts?
They don't necessarily coincide with billboard chart numbers or radio airplay
And and that's a whole different kind of career that has to be built
You need a really good manager and an agent to help you build that kind of thing and that was just starting
Actually, we were just starting to really feel the legitimacy of all the work we had done when the offer came
To join deep purple.
So that was a very
[G] Emotionally, it was very difficult to turn that one down
My manager calls up and says I just got a call deep purples in a spot
they'd like to know if you want to replace Richie Blackmore and I
Knew that it was you know, you would never live that down.
You'd never get the free pass from the audience and
even Steve I
Very close friend who'd been who'd had a career of replacing famous guitar players had always said to me man
If you can avoid that don't go through it
You know if you if there's another way for you to to get off on what you're doing
Then yeah do that instead of replacing the famous guy, you know, and so I said, yeah, you know, I said that's ridiculous
Don't you know don't bother me with that, you know, I'm on vacation and I hung up and then of course 30 minutes later
I called her back and I said you didn't turn it down yet
Did you because I was I just couldn't bear the thought that I would pass up an opportunity
To play with the guys of deep purple.
That was a huge fan, you know
So I thought I'll have to just figure out a way to get over Richie somehow, but
Even playing with those guys was great there.
They were an amazing
They are an amazing band
Individually and and as a group they just they make the sound that we know is deep purple, which is
Really amazing in the music industry to find a band that actually is completely responsible for the way that they sound
I mean they it's amazing.
It's just a freak of nature and they've got all they've got
An incredible repertoire and they're a great performing unit and it was the easiest thing in the world
To just step into it because it's like you're sitting on top of the perfect wave
That just keeps carrying you along and giving you a great ride.
So they were in that
Part, they were exciting and easy to play with at the same time
But ultimately I got to say I couldn't get over Richie.
That's all it was
It was a it was just an internal thing that I just had
Since I was a fan of Ritchie Blackmore
I just had the ghost of Ritchie Blackmore on my shoulder all the time and I thought
After all the good fortune I've had and all the trouble I've been through in
Becoming Joe Satriani the solo artist
How can I leave that behind?
Because that's in the public side.
That's what I'd be doing
I'd be finally joining a real band and putting all this crazy music aside and
and I thought I can't do that I just
Between that and and the fact that I'm a big Ritchie Blackmore fan
And there was always be this conflict every [D] time I make a record or do a show
I'd be thinking about him [C#] and I thought I'm too young for that.
I can't handle this
Sort of duplicity, you know and and plus
You know, like I said, I was really just
Embracing the good fortune of having a solo career that had a growing catalog and my touring
Sphere was was widening, you know
a lot of people don't understand that as
Surfing with the alien was a platinum record and it was you know
Songs were on the radio and it seemed like you know
You'd see me in Rolling Stone and all these other guitar magazines our European tour that year had five shows
We didn't go to South America.
We didn't go to Australia.
We didn't go to Asia.
We didn't go to India
We went to you know, London Paris Geneva
Second when a second show in England, I mean which we had, you know, we could barely you know work and we were playing
little clubs a lot of two shows a night all over North America and
So it really hadn't hit careers don't you know as far as ticket selling and concerts?
They don't necessarily coincide with billboard chart numbers or radio airplay
And and that's a whole different kind of career that has to be built
You need a really good manager and an agent to help you build that kind of thing and that was just starting
Actually, we were just starting to really feel the legitimacy of all the work we had done when the offer came
To join deep purple.
So that was a very
[G] Emotionally, it was very difficult to turn that one down
Key:
E
D
C#
G
E
D
C#
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] You know when I first got the call you can imagine I'm sitting at home during a break from touring and
My manager calls up and says I just got a call deep purples in a spot
they'd like to know if you want to replace Richie Blackmore and I
Knew that it was you know, you would never live that down.
You'd never get the free pass from the audience and
even Steve I
Very close friend who'd been who'd had a career of replacing famous guitar players had always said to me man
If you can avoid that don't go through it
You know if you if there's another way for you to to get off on what you're doing
Then yeah do that instead of replacing the famous guy, you know, and so I said, yeah, you know, I said that's ridiculous
Don't you know don't bother me with that, you know, I'm on vacation and I hung up and then of course 30 minutes later
I called her back and I said you didn't turn it down yet
Did you because I was I just couldn't bear the thought that I would pass up an opportunity
To play with the guys of deep purple.
That was a huge fan, you know
So I thought I'll have to just figure out a way to get over Richie somehow, but
Even playing with those guys was great there.
They were an amazing
They are an amazing band
Individually and and as a group they just they make the sound that we know is deep purple, which is
Really amazing in the music industry to find a band that actually is completely responsible for the way that they sound
I mean they it's amazing.
It's just a freak of nature and they've got all they've got
An incredible repertoire and they're a great performing unit and it was the easiest thing in the world
To just step into it because it's like you're sitting on top of the perfect wave
That just keeps carrying you along and giving you a great ride.
So they were in that
Part, they were exciting and easy to play with at the same time
But ultimately I got to say I couldn't get over Richie.
That's all it was
It was a it was just an internal thing that I just had
Since I was a fan of Ritchie Blackmore
I just had the ghost of Ritchie Blackmore on my shoulder all the time and I thought
After all the good fortune I've had and all the trouble I've been through in
Becoming Joe Satriani the solo artist
How can I leave that behind?
Because that's in the public side.
That's what I'd be doing
I'd be finally joining a real band and putting all this crazy music aside and
and I thought I can't do that I just
Between that and and the fact that I'm a big Ritchie Blackmore fan
And there was always be this conflict every [D] time I make a record or do a show
I'd be thinking about him [C#] and I thought I'm too young for that.
I can't handle this
Sort of duplicity, you know and and plus
You know, like I said, I was really just
Embracing the good fortune of having a solo career that had a growing catalog and my touring
Sphere was was widening, you know
a lot of people don't understand that as
Surfing with the alien was a platinum record and it was you know
Songs were on the radio and it seemed like you know
You'd see me in Rolling Stone and all these other guitar magazines our European tour that year had five shows
We didn't go to South America.
We didn't go to Australia.
We didn't go to Asia.
We didn't go to India
We went to you know, London Paris Geneva
Second when a second show in England, I mean which we had, you know, we could barely you know work and we were playing
little clubs a lot of two shows a night all over North America and
So it really hadn't hit careers don't you know as far as ticket selling and concerts?
They don't necessarily coincide with billboard chart numbers or radio airplay
And and that's a whole different kind of career that has to be built
You need a really good manager and an agent to help you build that kind of thing and that was just starting
Actually, we were just starting to really feel the legitimacy of all the work we had done when the offer came
To join deep purple.
So that was a very
[G] Emotionally, it was very difficult to turn that one down _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] You know when I first got the call you can imagine I'm sitting at home during a break from touring and
My manager calls up and says I just got a call deep purples in a spot
they'd like to know if you want to replace Richie Blackmore and I
Knew that it was you know, you would never live that down.
You'd never get the free pass from the audience and
even Steve I
Very close friend who'd been who'd had a career of replacing famous guitar players had always said to me man
If you can avoid that don't go through it
You know if you if there's another way for you to to get off on what you're doing
Then yeah do that instead of replacing the famous guy, you know, and so I said, yeah, you know, I said that's ridiculous
Don't you know don't bother me with that, you know, I'm on vacation and I hung up and then of course 30 minutes later
I called her back and I said you didn't turn it down yet
Did you because I was I just couldn't bear the thought that I would pass up an opportunity
To play with the guys of deep purple.
That was a huge fan, you know
So I thought I'll have to just figure out a way to get over Richie somehow, but
Even playing with those guys was great there.
They were an amazing
They are an amazing band
Individually and and as a group they just they make the sound that we know is deep purple, which is
Really amazing in the music industry to find a band that actually is completely responsible for the way that they sound
I mean they it's amazing.
It's just a freak of nature and they've got all they've got
An incredible repertoire and they're a great performing unit and it was the easiest thing in the world
To just step into it because it's like you're sitting on top of the perfect wave
That just keeps carrying you along and giving you a great ride.
So they were in that
Part, they were exciting and easy to play with at the same time
But ultimately I got to say I couldn't get over Richie.
That's all it was
It was a it was just an internal thing that I just had
Since I was a fan of Ritchie Blackmore
I just had the ghost of Ritchie Blackmore on my shoulder all the time and I thought
After all the good fortune I've had and all the trouble I've been through in
Becoming Joe Satriani the solo artist
How can I leave that behind?
Because that's in the public side.
That's what I'd be doing
I'd be finally joining a real band and putting all this crazy music aside and
and I thought I can't do that I just
Between that and and the fact that I'm a big Ritchie Blackmore fan
And there was always be this conflict every [D] time I make a record or do a show
I'd be thinking about him [C#] and I thought I'm too young for that.
I can't handle this
Sort of duplicity, you know and and plus
You know, like I said, I was really just
Embracing the good fortune of having a solo career that had a growing catalog and my touring
Sphere was was widening, you know
a lot of people don't understand that as
Surfing with the alien was a platinum record and it was you know
Songs were on the radio and it seemed like you know
You'd see me in Rolling Stone and all these other guitar magazines our European tour that year had five shows
We didn't go to South America.
We didn't go to Australia.
We didn't go to Asia.
We didn't go to India
We went to you know, London Paris Geneva
Second when a second show in England, I mean which we had, you know, we could barely you know work and we were playing
little clubs a lot of two shows a night all over North America and
So it really hadn't hit careers don't you know as far as ticket selling and concerts?
They don't necessarily coincide with billboard chart numbers or radio airplay
And and that's a whole different kind of career that has to be built
You need a really good manager and an agent to help you build that kind of thing and that was just starting
Actually, we were just starting to really feel the legitimacy of all the work we had done when the offer came
To join deep purple.
So that was a very
[G] Emotionally, it was very difficult to turn that one down _ _ _ _ _