Chords for Justin Hayward and daughter in California
Tempo:
133 bpm
Chords used:
C
Em
G
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
That's just great.
To the rest of the world, Doremy Hayward's dad is a rock and roll star.
To her, he's just daddy.
While she's off at school thousands of miles from home, he's
out on the road.
And E.T. was there when their paths finally crossed.
[C] It's a very cool thing to be able to listen to, [Bm] to your [D] dad's [G] voice.
[C] Doremy Hayward has a good reason to [D] appreciate her dad's voice.
She's the [G] 22-year-old daughter
of [C] Justin Hayward, lead singer of the legendary rock group Moody Blues.
[Em] [D]
But [Em] even a world-class [A] rock and roller can be a family man, and Justin Hayward, who
quit school at 16 years [C] old to become a Moody, is a mighty proud dad when he comes to Los
Angeles for a brief visit.
[Em]
[G] [C]
[G] [Em] He's a million miles from his [G] guitar now,
and he's walking across [C] the campus of UCLA, where Doremy is an exchange student [G] majoring
in [Em] American Studies.
For Moody [Am] dad Hayward, it's a [G] strange feeling.
When [F] we first started out, [C] the first five or six years of the [C#] Moody Blues, we [Cm]
were really
a college band, and we were always playing at colleges and universities.
And we were
always [N] kind of on the other side of the fence with the very English, toughy-nosed people
coming up and [Em] saying, can you play Wild Thing?
[D]
[Em] Hayward and the Moody Blues have been together
[D] since 1966.
They've recorded 17 [C] albums and have had 13 top 40 [G] hits.
When he and Doremy
find more quality [F] minutes together at the record store, it's like [Em] a Moody Blues history
lesson.
[A] Seven stars, [N] Joan.
It's just where you were
born.
Long distance [C#] voyager, you must have been, that was [Gm] 1981, so you were like nine
years old.
[F] I was there?
[C] Red Rocks.
Oh [Gm] yes, you were there [C] at Red Rocks, yeah.
[D#] [F]
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm] There's no question the Moody Blues can play and they still draw big audiences, but Doremy
says little of her father's musical legacy [Gm] is rubbed off.
[Cm] My musical background is three [F] piano lessons when I was five, [N]
after which I couldn't play
anything, so I told them I didn't want to do it anymore.
No matter, what counts on this day is quality minutes for a rock and roll father with his
little girl.
Breakfast on Melrose Avenue, some window shopping, the record store, a
Any father and daughter, there is a [A] special bond, you know, and a [Gm] preciousness.
It's a very mutual thing, I think.
I'm proud of [A] everything that he does.
Including proving that a good rock star can be a great father.
[C] Well
[Em]
[D] [N] she got the musical name, but since she didn't quite inherit daddy's vocal chords,
Doremy is thinking about a career in publishing after she finishes college.
Doremy, Do-Re-Mi, right?
You got it!
How about that?
See, I'm a musical guy.
Pumped up shows like American Gladiators are a hot new thing.
To the rest of the world, Doremy Hayward's dad is a rock and roll star.
To her, he's just daddy.
While she's off at school thousands of miles from home, he's
out on the road.
And E.T. was there when their paths finally crossed.
[C] It's a very cool thing to be able to listen to, [Bm] to your [D] dad's [G] voice.
[C] Doremy Hayward has a good reason to [D] appreciate her dad's voice.
She's the [G] 22-year-old daughter
of [C] Justin Hayward, lead singer of the legendary rock group Moody Blues.
[Em] [D]
But [Em] even a world-class [A] rock and roller can be a family man, and Justin Hayward, who
quit school at 16 years [C] old to become a Moody, is a mighty proud dad when he comes to Los
Angeles for a brief visit.
[Em]
[G] [C]
[G] [Em] He's a million miles from his [G] guitar now,
and he's walking across [C] the campus of UCLA, where Doremy is an exchange student [G] majoring
in [Em] American Studies.
For Moody [Am] dad Hayward, it's a [G] strange feeling.
When [F] we first started out, [C] the first five or six years of the [C#] Moody Blues, we [Cm]
were really
a college band, and we were always playing at colleges and universities.
And we were
always [N] kind of on the other side of the fence with the very English, toughy-nosed people
coming up and [Em] saying, can you play Wild Thing?
[D]
[Em] Hayward and the Moody Blues have been together
[D] since 1966.
They've recorded 17 [C] albums and have had 13 top 40 [G] hits.
When he and Doremy
find more quality [F] minutes together at the record store, it's like [Em] a Moody Blues history
lesson.
[A] Seven stars, [N] Joan.
It's just where you were
born.
Long distance [C#] voyager, you must have been, that was [Gm] 1981, so you were like nine
years old.
[F] I was there?
[C] Red Rocks.
Oh [Gm] yes, you were there [C] at Red Rocks, yeah.
[D#] [F]
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm] There's no question the Moody Blues can play and they still draw big audiences, but Doremy
says little of her father's musical legacy [Gm] is rubbed off.
[Cm] My musical background is three [F] piano lessons when I was five, [N]
after which I couldn't play
anything, so I told them I didn't want to do it anymore.
No matter, what counts on this day is quality minutes for a rock and roll father with his
little girl.
Breakfast on Melrose Avenue, some window shopping, the record store, a
Any father and daughter, there is a [A] special bond, you know, and a [Gm] preciousness.
It's a very mutual thing, I think.
I'm proud of [A] everything that he does.
Including proving that a good rock star can be a great father.
[C] Well
[Em]
[D] [N] she got the musical name, but since she didn't quite inherit daddy's vocal chords,
Doremy is thinking about a career in publishing after she finishes college.
Doremy, Do-Re-Mi, right?
You got it!
How about that?
See, I'm a musical guy.
Pumped up shows like American Gladiators are a hot new thing.
Key:
C
Em
G
D
F
C
Em
G
_ That's just great.
To the rest of the world, Doremy Hayward's dad is a rock and roll star.
To her, he's just daddy.
While she's off at school thousands of miles from home, he's
out on the road.
And E.T. was there when their paths finally crossed.
_ [C] It's a very cool thing to be able to listen to, [Bm] to your [D] dad's [G] voice. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ Doremy Hayward has a good reason to [D] appreciate her dad's voice.
She's the [G] 22-year-old daughter
of [C] Justin Hayward, lead singer of the legendary rock group Moody Blues.
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
But [Em] even a world-class [A] rock and roller can be a family man, and Justin Hayward, who
quit school at 16 years [C] old to become a Moody, is a mighty proud dad when he comes to Los
Angeles for a brief visit.
[Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Em] He's a million miles from his [G] guitar now,
and he's walking across [C] the campus of UCLA, where Doremy is an exchange student [G] majoring
in [Em] American Studies.
For Moody [Am] dad Hayward, it's a [G] strange feeling.
When [F] we first started out, [C] the first five or six years of the [C#] Moody Blues, we [Cm]
were really
a college band, and we were always playing at colleges and universities.
And we were
always [N] kind of on the other side of the fence with the very English, toughy-nosed people
coming up and [Em] saying, can you play Wild Thing?
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] Hayward and the Moody Blues have been together
[D] since 1966.
They've recorded 17 [C] albums and have had 13 top 40 [G] hits.
When he and Doremy
find more quality [F] minutes together at the record store, it's like [Em] a Moody Blues history
lesson.
_ [A] Seven stars, [N] Joan.
_ It's just where you were
born. _
Long distance [C#] voyager, you must have been, that was [Gm] 1981, so you were like nine
years old.
[F] I was there?
[C] Red Rocks.
Oh [Gm] yes, you were there [C] at Red Rocks, yeah. _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] [Cm] There's no question the Moody Blues can play and they still draw big audiences, but Doremy
says little of her father's musical legacy [Gm] is rubbed off.
[Cm] My musical background is three [F] piano lessons when I was five, [N] _
after which I couldn't play
anything, so I told them I didn't want to do it anymore.
No matter, what counts on this day is quality minutes for a rock and roll father with his
little girl.
Breakfast on Melrose Avenue, some window shopping, the record store, _ _ _ _ a
Any father and daughter, there is a _ [A] special bond, you know, _ and a [Gm] preciousness.
It's a very mutual thing, I think.
I'm proud of [A] everything that he does.
Including proving that a good rock star can be a great father.
_ _ [C] _ Well _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [N] she got the musical name, but since she didn't quite inherit daddy's vocal chords,
Doremy is thinking about a career in publishing after she finishes college.
Doremy, Do-Re-Mi, right?
You got it!
How about that?
See, I'm a musical guy.
Pumped up shows like American Gladiators are a hot new thing.
To the rest of the world, Doremy Hayward's dad is a rock and roll star.
To her, he's just daddy.
While she's off at school thousands of miles from home, he's
out on the road.
And E.T. was there when their paths finally crossed.
_ [C] It's a very cool thing to be able to listen to, [Bm] to your [D] dad's [G] voice. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ Doremy Hayward has a good reason to [D] appreciate her dad's voice.
She's the [G] 22-year-old daughter
of [C] Justin Hayward, lead singer of the legendary rock group Moody Blues.
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
But [Em] even a world-class [A] rock and roller can be a family man, and Justin Hayward, who
quit school at 16 years [C] old to become a Moody, is a mighty proud dad when he comes to Los
Angeles for a brief visit.
[Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Em] He's a million miles from his [G] guitar now,
and he's walking across [C] the campus of UCLA, where Doremy is an exchange student [G] majoring
in [Em] American Studies.
For Moody [Am] dad Hayward, it's a [G] strange feeling.
When [F] we first started out, [C] the first five or six years of the [C#] Moody Blues, we [Cm]
were really
a college band, and we were always playing at colleges and universities.
And we were
always [N] kind of on the other side of the fence with the very English, toughy-nosed people
coming up and [Em] saying, can you play Wild Thing?
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] Hayward and the Moody Blues have been together
[D] since 1966.
They've recorded 17 [C] albums and have had 13 top 40 [G] hits.
When he and Doremy
find more quality [F] minutes together at the record store, it's like [Em] a Moody Blues history
lesson.
_ [A] Seven stars, [N] Joan.
_ It's just where you were
born. _
Long distance [C#] voyager, you must have been, that was [Gm] 1981, so you were like nine
years old.
[F] I was there?
[C] Red Rocks.
Oh [Gm] yes, you were there [C] at Red Rocks, yeah. _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] [Cm] There's no question the Moody Blues can play and they still draw big audiences, but Doremy
says little of her father's musical legacy [Gm] is rubbed off.
[Cm] My musical background is three [F] piano lessons when I was five, [N] _
after which I couldn't play
anything, so I told them I didn't want to do it anymore.
No matter, what counts on this day is quality minutes for a rock and roll father with his
little girl.
Breakfast on Melrose Avenue, some window shopping, the record store, _ _ _ _ a
Any father and daughter, there is a _ [A] special bond, you know, _ and a [Gm] preciousness.
It's a very mutual thing, I think.
I'm proud of [A] everything that he does.
Including proving that a good rock star can be a great father.
_ _ [C] _ Well _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [N] she got the musical name, but since she didn't quite inherit daddy's vocal chords,
Doremy is thinking about a career in publishing after she finishes college.
Doremy, Do-Re-Mi, right?
You got it!
How about that?
See, I'm a musical guy.
Pumped up shows like American Gladiators are a hot new thing.