Chords for Kirin J Callinan - Off The Record (Official Video)

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Your expectations [C#m] led me to [A] this
No explanation [Bm] revealed in a kiss
_ [B] Your expression _ [Bm] is telling [G] me this
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_ Telling [C#m] me this, I guess it polarised [A]
people.
And I felt that.
[C#m] I mean that's what it's about, love and hate.
[A] It's like when you hear, hey Jude, or when you hear, I'm not in love by [E] 10cc.
It just [C#m] nails you and your life changes.
Some of my favourite music ever is music that at the time when it came [Bm] out, it wasn't appreciated.
And then over 20 years, maybe 30 years, they become these classics.
What [F#] he has done and what he continues to do with music is [G#m] redefine the boundaries.
[A] _ The guy's mid-70s punk.
With 80s production.
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It's my professional opinion.
[Bm] A lot of people grow up on things like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
For [G#m] me it's Kieran Jake Holland.
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_ [Em] The first time that I listened to [A] Telling Me This, I was driving.
[E] I had to pull the car over onto a rest stop.
Very [B] exciting and very [D]
goose [B] bumpy, if that's a word that I can use. _ _
The first time I listened to his music, it was in the restroom.
I go out crying.
I asked [F#m] the slave, [E] what is the name of [C#m] this guy?
He said, Kieran, what?
Kieran.
Did I imagine [D#] the record would become a cult classic?
[G] Yes.
_ [E] _ [B] You get a sense for these things.
[A] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Extreme [C#m] jealousy.
Sometimes I hear someone on the radio sort of like respect.
You go, oh cool, I know how they made that.
And then sometimes there's just things that [Bm] just make you so angry that you didn't make it.
Because it's just so perfect.
The moment I heard that [F#m] song was quite a [A] pinnacle point in my career.
[C#m] It sort of made me feel incredibly ambitious. No, hey!
[Bm] It _ _ [A] had the groove, it had the joy, it had this utopian spirit.
[Bm] That's why it's such a special song.
_ Your expression _ _ is telling [G] me
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[A] _ _ Everything was so [C#m] natural.
It was very obvious every [A] step of the way what to do next.
In the [C#m] studio, sometimes things will get [A] really passionate with Kieran.
It's like a storm in a teacup.
[F#] Everything goes to shit.
But usually something beautiful is [A] created from that wildness, [Bm] Kieran's nature. _ _
[Em] He could orchestrate from the [G#m] bandstand, whatever was happening around him.
And like that, he [D] becomes like a painter.
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[F#m] _ He's calling the [A] shots, and I'm just taking orders.
[C#m] Oh shit, there you are.
I know we have to end [C#] it.
That's the best part of the vocal though.
[A] We need to do that part.
Tell me exactly the timing.
What's [C#m] happening right now.
Right before you come.
I'm proud of the record I made.
[E] Not proud of how the [A] record made me.
I think he kind [C#m] of chickened out of taking [A] responsibility for the masterpiece that was made.
A lot [F#] of people have a fear of success, and [D] that kind of success,
it's a bargain with the devil and a lot of [Bm] people can't face that.
The perfect storm was [A] created for that song to be that zeitgeist moment, [C#m] but somehow it failed.
You know, I [A] always had a funny relationship with the media.
They loved that I [D] loved that they loved [F#] to hate me.
He refused to go on the Letterman show.
He was [D] deluded in what his value [Bm] was.
If there's one word to describe why Kieran failed, it would [A] be arrogance.
_ _ _ [C#m] I find it difficult to [A] listen to.
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_ _ Was it the influence that Sydney's had on me, or is it the influence that I've had on Sydney?
I feel like it's a [Bm] conversation.
It's a postcard city.
[C#m] I think telling me this [A] _ is to songwriting what Sydney [Bm] is to cities.
_ There's this strange kind of divide between what is critically acclaimed and what [G] constitutes top 40 material.
[Em] I always thought [E] that song was just going to [A] move mountains, you know.
I think it's one of [C#m] the most underrated pop songs that's ever been [A] written.
Critics loved it.
_ [C#m] Radio wouldn't touch it.
I think it was [E] too hot for radio.
It's too sexy, it's too raw.
[F#] Kieran's always been a trailblazer.
The [D] commercial side of the Australian [Dm] music industry just [Bm] didn't take the risk.
[A] Maybe that wasn't the moment.
Maybe that wasn't the time.
You know, these things can really mess someone up.
And for someone set for greatness, I can't imagine what it felt like to [D] be left high and dry, really.
It was such a great record and [F#] nothing to show for it.
Could have handled it better.
[E] _
I wasn't ready.
[Bm] I don't know if you're ever ready, but I certainly wasn't.
[A] I burned a lot of bridges.
[C#m] It's kind of dragged me away from my passion.
I never [A] wanted to play with Kieran.
_ _ [C#m] Knowing what I know now, [D] I never would have written that damn song.
_ _ _ [F#] I don't want to be remembered.
_ [A#m]
I [A] want to forget.
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[E] Kieran's impact on Tame [F#] Impala and Pond and my solo stuff and everything, [A] it's kind of, it's immeasurable, [Bm] really.
I mean, Kieran's a, you know, he's like a magical [A] figure.
He's an anomaly.
Oh, he definitely inspires me.
[C#] I found all his work inspirational.
[A] Someone tortured someone that [C#m] doesn't get to see, you know, the [A] spotlights.
Well, he's timeless.
I don't think that there's really [F#] any room for comparison.
He's ahead [A] of everyone by ten [Bm] steps.
Kieran doesn't really stack up against other [A] great musicians.
He kind of walks right past them.
Look, you've [C#m] got Farnsey, Farnsey, Kieran [A] J.
Kalanansi.
I think it's such a classic [C#m] song and, like, people will still, [D] people are going to discover that.
If there's one [F#] thing I have learned, it's that [D] expectations lead to disappointments.
[Bm] I expected the world. _
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