Chords for Linda Ronstadt RRHOF Induction 2014 Part 1

[Gb] _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
[Dbm] _ That's [Eb] R-O-N [G]-S-T-A-D-T, Linda Ronstadt.
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
[G] I'm grieving, [C] I see [Em] no sense.
[F] There's crying [G] and grieving, [C] we'll both live a lot longer.
[F]
If [G] you [C] live with us.
You know, I was a singer when I [F] was two, as far as I was [G] concerned.
That's all I [C] liked was music, and I walked around singing all the [G] time.
I got a penis [C] for the bees.
The troubadour is really responsible for the entire music scene.
Glenn [G] Frey and Don Henley, I met them at the [Fm] troubadour.
I mean, everything I got really was [C] virtually through either performing [F] there, there on stage or in the bar.
[C] Well, now I've got [A] a new man in [D] my life.
_ [A] Love, love.
[C] _ [Eb] Every song that I sing [F] has a face that I sing it to.
They have to be about somebody, [Fm] or for somebody.
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_ _ _ [Eb] Broken, [Ab] broken, [Eb] baby, [Db] you're [E] doomed.
_ [A] I've been [E] cheated. _
_ _ _ [A] Memphis, treated.
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Where I [A] _ _ [E] _ belong.
She's [A] got one of [B] the most gorgeous voices that [E] has ever existed.
But [A] besides that, [B] she really understands a lot about music. _
I really _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ believe there's a spirit in music that almost takes on [Eb] a life of its own.
Did you ever consider what you might do if you didn't sing?
I'd have to milk cows or sell hot dogs on the street.
I don't know how to do anything else.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ Good, my profiter, _ can't you see the pieces?
And why, _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] baby, _ [Bb] _ [Eb] can't you see [Ab] my tears?
It doesn't matter whether [B] you're living or dying.
If you're a musician, that's what [E] you do.
You don't stop to live and you don't stop to die.
You just start moving.
_ [B] It's always a [Gbm] beautiful [E] life.
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_ _ _ _ I'm Glenn Fry. _
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It is my great pleasure tonight to induct Linda Ronstadt into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I first met Linda in 1970 at the Troubadour Bar.
_ For my part, it was love at first sight.
_ _ There was just one problem.
A guitar-slinging love wrestler from Amarillo, Texas, named John David Souther. _ _
He beat me to the punch, _ _ which would become a pattern throughout our careers.
Thank God he never met my wife.
_ _ _ _ _ So Linda and I, we became friends.
And in the spring of 1971, she hired me and a singing drummer from Linden, Texas, named Don Henley, to play in her backup band. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I felt we were working on a style of music none of us had ever heard before. _
Two years later, people called it country rock. _
While touring with Linda that summer, Don and I told her that we wanted to start our own band.
_ And she, more than anyone else, helped us put together the Eagles. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That's right.
_ _ And later, she gave our careers a big shot in the arm by recording our song, Desperado. _
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Between 1969 and 1973, she made four solo albums.
_ They were all really good.
_ But they were laying the groundwork for what would be her breakthrough album, Heart Like a Wheel, produced by Peter Asher. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ 1974 was the first of many magic years in Linda's career.
She found herself in a place that all artists dream of, when the producer and the material, the singer and the players all come together,
and something _ _ otherworldly happens in the recording studio.
This was Heart Like a Wheel, an album for all time. _
And Linda, _ _ Linda became a star.
_ _ Peter and Linda went on to record five more albums, choosing material from songwriters she loved and admired.
_ Songs like Love is a Rose, Tracks of My Tears, Heat Wave, That'll Be the Day, It's So Easy, Blue Bayou, Poor, Poor Pitiful Me, Tumbling Dice, Back in the USA, _
Oh Baby, Baby, Blowing Away, and When Will I Be Loved.
_ Linda Ronstadt recorded 31 albums.
She sold over 100 million records and had a career that spanned five decades. _ _ _
She has been a shining example and a true inspiration to every woman who ever stood in front of a microphone and sang her heart out.
_ And through it all, _ she remains nothing but authentic.
You see, _ _ Linda lives in a place where art trumps commerce, _ where hard work and integrity trump fame and failure. _
She never wanted to be a star, _ she just wanted to make good music.
_ Although Linda is now retired and does not travel anymore, she sends you all her very best wishes and a heartfelt thank you. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ She is one of the greatest voices of all time and she shared her voice with beauty, grace, and love.
_ So on behalf of your family and your friends, your peers, and music fans from all over the world, it's my honor to say,
_ Welcome to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Linda Ronstadt! _
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