Chords for Livingston Taylor: Visiting Professor at Berklee Valencia Campus
Tempo:
89.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
F#
B
C#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
My course and what I teach and what I talk about is [F#] performance.
Paula, my name is Livingston [G] and I'll be playing a little later on.
I [Fm] know you're here to see some of the other bands, but I'll be playing later on, [C#] me and my band.
And so I [D] don't know if you'll still be there at [B] quarter of ten, but [N] that's about the time we're going on.
And I'd love it if you were there.
Thank you, Paula.
Good, I'll see you in a while.
Work that crowd.
My course is what happens from that first day when you pick up the guitar and you look at it and you say,
I [C] want to play this.
And you start to make chords [G] and then you start to watch people and you watch them in the presence of your [E] music.
[F#]
[E] All the [C] time people will come up to me and they will say, [A#] [G] you remember me?
[E] Fill me in.
[G#] Maybe so.
[E] First, what's your name?
My name is Billy.
And where did we meet, Billy?
We met in Akron, Ohio in 1984.
[N] Wait a minute.
Your name's Billy, isn't it?
Didn't we meet?
Akron, Ohio, 1984 could only be the Agora Theater.
Didn't we meet at the Agora Theater in Akron, Ohio around 1984?
Yeah, that would be, oh, it's great to see you again.
Now we're locking in and I'm teaching these beautiful students, don't be scared.
[E] Watch it land.
Watch the notes and watch what effect they have on people.
And then you add rhythm.
[C#m] [F#]
[E] Tick tock, [F#] tick tock, tick tock.
[E] The smooth, even delivery of time and now they're safe.
I got them.
And [B] that's what I talk to my students [E] about.
How do you hold [C#] them?
How do you get them?
And then [E] how do you tell them?
Now we're going to tell them the story.
And the story could be anything, but we add the lyrics now.
Now [B] this is a song that I [E] wrote.
Nobody knows this [F#] song.
[E] So I start telling the story very [F#] clearly.
You can do it till the [B] dream [E] comes true.
You can do it till the sky [C#] goes blue.
[Bm] I [E] know it's dark, but [C#m] in your heart, there's a light that [F#] will see [B] you through.
Here's a melody to help [C#] you cope.
Even when you're [Bm] at the very, [E] very end of [E] your rope.
[Am] Jump [D] up, join in again, shoulders [B] up, stick out your [Am] chin, elbow [E] crease and so.
I felt like [Am] a [G#m] pioneer [Em] and an adventurer,
starting [N] forward in a brave new and quite wonderful world.
Well, you could think that about Livingston, but actually when I had a class with him,
he'll, gee, I get a class with him.
Well, yes, I know him pretty well.
You know how this works.
Hundreds, hundreds of wonderful moments.
Very, very exciting to be taking this adventure,
[E] the Berkeley adventure, which is an amazing adventure,
an amazing adventure in Boston, and bringing that to Valencia.
Paula, my name is Livingston [G] and I'll be playing a little later on.
I [Fm] know you're here to see some of the other bands, but I'll be playing later on, [C#] me and my band.
And so I [D] don't know if you'll still be there at [B] quarter of ten, but [N] that's about the time we're going on.
And I'd love it if you were there.
Thank you, Paula.
Good, I'll see you in a while.
Work that crowd.
My course is what happens from that first day when you pick up the guitar and you look at it and you say,
I [C] want to play this.
And you start to make chords [G] and then you start to watch people and you watch them in the presence of your [E] music.
[F#]
[E] All the [C] time people will come up to me and they will say, [A#] [G] you remember me?
[E] Fill me in.
[G#] Maybe so.
[E] First, what's your name?
My name is Billy.
And where did we meet, Billy?
We met in Akron, Ohio in 1984.
[N] Wait a minute.
Your name's Billy, isn't it?
Didn't we meet?
Akron, Ohio, 1984 could only be the Agora Theater.
Didn't we meet at the Agora Theater in Akron, Ohio around 1984?
Yeah, that would be, oh, it's great to see you again.
Now we're locking in and I'm teaching these beautiful students, don't be scared.
[E] Watch it land.
Watch the notes and watch what effect they have on people.
And then you add rhythm.
[C#m] [F#]
[E] Tick tock, [F#] tick tock, tick tock.
[E] The smooth, even delivery of time and now they're safe.
I got them.
And [B] that's what I talk to my students [E] about.
How do you hold [C#] them?
How do you get them?
And then [E] how do you tell them?
Now we're going to tell them the story.
And the story could be anything, but we add the lyrics now.
Now [B] this is a song that I [E] wrote.
Nobody knows this [F#] song.
[E] So I start telling the story very [F#] clearly.
You can do it till the [B] dream [E] comes true.
You can do it till the sky [C#] goes blue.
[Bm] I [E] know it's dark, but [C#m] in your heart, there's a light that [F#] will see [B] you through.
Here's a melody to help [C#] you cope.
Even when you're [Bm] at the very, [E] very end of [E] your rope.
[Am] Jump [D] up, join in again, shoulders [B] up, stick out your [Am] chin, elbow [E] crease and so.
I felt like [Am] a [G#m] pioneer [Em] and an adventurer,
starting [N] forward in a brave new and quite wonderful world.
Well, you could think that about Livingston, but actually when I had a class with him,
he'll, gee, I get a class with him.
Well, yes, I know him pretty well.
You know how this works.
Hundreds, hundreds of wonderful moments.
Very, very exciting to be taking this adventure,
[E] the Berkeley adventure, which is an amazing adventure,
an amazing adventure in Boston, and bringing that to Valencia.
Key:
E
F#
B
C#
G
E
F#
B
_ _ _ _ My course and what I teach and what I talk about is [F#] performance.
_ _ Paula, my name is Livingston [G] and I'll be playing a little later on.
I [Fm] know you're here to see some of the other bands, but I'll be playing later on, [C#] me and my band.
And so I [D] don't know if you'll still be there at [B] quarter of ten, but [N] that's about the time we're going on.
And I'd love it if you were there.
Thank you, Paula.
Good, I'll see you in a while.
_ _ Work that crowd.
My course is what happens from that first day when you pick up the guitar and you look at it and you say,
I [C] want to play this.
_ _ And you start to make chords [G] and _ _ then you start to watch people and you watch them in the presence of your [E] music. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [E] All the [C] time people will come up to me and they will say, _ [A#] _ [G] you remember me? _ _
[E] _ _ Fill me in.
_ [G#] Maybe so.
[E] First, what's your name?
My name is Billy.
And where did we meet, Billy?
_ We met in Akron, Ohio in _ 1984.
[N] Wait a minute.
Your name's Billy, isn't it?
_ _ Didn't we meet?
Akron, Ohio, 1984 could only be the Agora Theater.
Didn't we meet at the Agora Theater in Akron, Ohio around 1984?
Yeah, that would be, oh, it's great to see you again.
Now we're locking in and I'm teaching these beautiful students, don't be scared.
[E] Watch it land.
Watch the notes and watch what effect they have on people.
_ And then you add rhythm. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ _ Tick tock, [F#] tick tock, tick tock.
[E] The smooth, even delivery of time and now they're safe.
I got them.
_ And [B] that's what I talk to my students [E] about.
How do you hold [C#] them?
How do you get them?
And then [E] how do you tell them?
Now we're going to tell them the story.
And the story could be anything, but we add the lyrics now.
Now [B] this is a song that I [E] wrote.
Nobody knows this [F#] song. _
[E] So I start telling the story very [F#] clearly.
You can do it till the [B] dream [E] comes true.
You can do it till the sky [C#] goes blue.
_ [Bm] I [E] know it's dark, but [C#m] in your heart, there's a light that [F#] will see [B] you through.
Here's a melody to help [C#] you cope.
Even when you're [Bm] at the very, [E] very end of [E] your rope.
[Am] Jump [D] up, join in again, shoulders [B] up, stick out your [Am] chin, elbow [E] crease and so.
I felt like [Am] a [G#m] pioneer [Em] and an adventurer,
starting [N] forward in a brave new and quite wonderful world.
Well, you could think that about Livingston, but actually when I had a class with him,
he'll, gee, I get a class with him.
Well, yes, I know him pretty well. _
You know how this works.
Hundreds, hundreds of wonderful moments.
Very, very exciting to be taking this adventure,
[E] the Berkeley adventure, which is an amazing adventure,
an amazing adventure in Boston, and bringing that to Valencia. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Paula, my name is Livingston [G] and I'll be playing a little later on.
I [Fm] know you're here to see some of the other bands, but I'll be playing later on, [C#] me and my band.
And so I [D] don't know if you'll still be there at [B] quarter of ten, but [N] that's about the time we're going on.
And I'd love it if you were there.
Thank you, Paula.
Good, I'll see you in a while.
_ _ Work that crowd.
My course is what happens from that first day when you pick up the guitar and you look at it and you say,
I [C] want to play this.
_ _ And you start to make chords [G] and _ _ then you start to watch people and you watch them in the presence of your [E] music. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [E] All the [C] time people will come up to me and they will say, _ [A#] _ [G] you remember me? _ _
[E] _ _ Fill me in.
_ [G#] Maybe so.
[E] First, what's your name?
My name is Billy.
And where did we meet, Billy?
_ We met in Akron, Ohio in _ 1984.
[N] Wait a minute.
Your name's Billy, isn't it?
_ _ Didn't we meet?
Akron, Ohio, 1984 could only be the Agora Theater.
Didn't we meet at the Agora Theater in Akron, Ohio around 1984?
Yeah, that would be, oh, it's great to see you again.
Now we're locking in and I'm teaching these beautiful students, don't be scared.
[E] Watch it land.
Watch the notes and watch what effect they have on people.
_ And then you add rhythm. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ _ Tick tock, [F#] tick tock, tick tock.
[E] The smooth, even delivery of time and now they're safe.
I got them.
_ And [B] that's what I talk to my students [E] about.
How do you hold [C#] them?
How do you get them?
And then [E] how do you tell them?
Now we're going to tell them the story.
And the story could be anything, but we add the lyrics now.
Now [B] this is a song that I [E] wrote.
Nobody knows this [F#] song. _
[E] So I start telling the story very [F#] clearly.
You can do it till the [B] dream [E] comes true.
You can do it till the sky [C#] goes blue.
_ [Bm] I [E] know it's dark, but [C#m] in your heart, there's a light that [F#] will see [B] you through.
Here's a melody to help [C#] you cope.
Even when you're [Bm] at the very, [E] very end of [E] your rope.
[Am] Jump [D] up, join in again, shoulders [B] up, stick out your [Am] chin, elbow [E] crease and so.
I felt like [Am] a [G#m] pioneer [Em] and an adventurer,
starting [N] forward in a brave new and quite wonderful world.
Well, you could think that about Livingston, but actually when I had a class with him,
he'll, gee, I get a class with him.
Well, yes, I know him pretty well. _
You know how this works.
Hundreds, hundreds of wonderful moments.
Very, very exciting to be taking this adventure,
[E] the Berkeley adventure, which is an amazing adventure,
an amazing adventure in Boston, and bringing that to Valencia. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _