Chords for Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Tempo:
137.05 bpm
Chords used:
F#
G#
G
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] A dear friend of mine who was a very talented [F#] vocalist and [F#m] pianist, Audrey Genovese in Chicago,
played me a Dexter Gordon [F#] record.
I said, who's the bass player?
She said, he's Danish, he's Nils [C#] Henning Oster Perrisen.
I had never [F#m] heard of him, I'd never heard him play.
[F#] I said, well he's fantastic.
I kept playing the thing over and over and over again.
And I heard Ray [C#] talk about him after that.
[G] And when Ray was getting ready to [G#] [F#] live in California and be there all the [G#] time, [Fm] he recommended,
he said, you know, [A] the only guy I think that can come close to [G#] hanging on with [F#] you will be Nils.
[A#] He didn't get an argument from me.
[G#] I had that in mind [F#m] anyway.
[Gm]
[G] [A#]
Nils had [C#] a natural [G] affinity with the bass, [A] as opposed to [A#] some other players [F] around the
world, I won't call any names.
[G#]
That you can say, well he's playing the bass.
Nils didn't play the bass.
Nils [F] was the bass.
[A] You know, that's the only way I can describe it.
[D#] He was part of it.
Musical depth, [F#] that's what really made Nils, set him [B] apart from other players.
There's a [Dm] person that had, he had it [A] all.
He had [G#] harmonic sense, he certainly had rhythmic sense, he certainly had solo capacity [F#] and
within him, [G#] he could play almost anything [G] he thought of.
[D] [Gm] I [A#] think I [G#] got to know Nils better than many [Cm] people did.
He was a great [Gm] humanitarian.
[D] He was a very warm [Gm]
and [G] decent human being, which [F#] you can't say about [A] too many people
today, [F#] unfortunately.
[A] And we had more or less, [C#] we had a musical love affair, [D#] but we had a personal [G] love affair.
It was respect,
[G#] because I respected him for [F#] his [A]
warmth and for his [F#] stature mentally and
[F] as a man.
[G] And I think he respected me the same way.
played me a Dexter Gordon [F#] record.
I said, who's the bass player?
She said, he's Danish, he's Nils [C#] Henning Oster Perrisen.
I had never [F#m] heard of him, I'd never heard him play.
[F#] I said, well he's fantastic.
I kept playing the thing over and over and over again.
And I heard Ray [C#] talk about him after that.
[G] And when Ray was getting ready to [G#] [F#] live in California and be there all the [G#] time, [Fm] he recommended,
he said, you know, [A] the only guy I think that can come close to [G#] hanging on with [F#] you will be Nils.
[A#] He didn't get an argument from me.
[G#] I had that in mind [F#m] anyway.
[Gm]
[G] [A#]
Nils had [C#] a natural [G] affinity with the bass, [A] as opposed to [A#] some other players [F] around the
world, I won't call any names.
[G#]
That you can say, well he's playing the bass.
Nils didn't play the bass.
Nils [F] was the bass.
[A] You know, that's the only way I can describe it.
[D#] He was part of it.
Musical depth, [F#] that's what really made Nils, set him [B] apart from other players.
There's a [Dm] person that had, he had it [A] all.
He had [G#] harmonic sense, he certainly had rhythmic sense, he certainly had solo capacity [F#] and
within him, [G#] he could play almost anything [G] he thought of.
[D] [Gm] I [A#] think I [G#] got to know Nils better than many [Cm] people did.
He was a great [Gm] humanitarian.
[D] He was a very warm [Gm]
and [G] decent human being, which [F#] you can't say about [A] too many people
today, [F#] unfortunately.
[A] And we had more or less, [C#] we had a musical love affair, [D#] but we had a personal [G] love affair.
It was respect,
[G#] because I respected him for [F#] his [A]
warmth and for his [F#] stature mentally and
[F] as a man.
[G] And I think he respected me the same way.
Key:
F#
G#
G
A
F
F#
G#
G
[F] _ _ _ _ _ A dear friend of mine who was a very talented [F#] _ vocalist and [F#m] pianist, Audrey Genovese in Chicago, _
played me a Dexter Gordon [F#] record.
I said, who's the bass player?
She said, _ he's Danish, he's Nils [C#] Henning Oster Perrisen.
I had never [F#m] heard of him, I'd never heard him play.
_ [F#] I said, well he's fantastic.
I kept playing the thing over and over and over again.
And I heard Ray [C#] talk about him after that.
_ [G] And when Ray was _ _ getting ready to [G#] [F#] live in California and be there all the [G#] time, [Fm] he recommended,
he said, you know, _ [A] the only guy I think that can come close to [G#] hanging on with [F#] you will be Nils. _
[A#] He didn't get an argument from me.
[G#] I had that in mind [F#m] anyway.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _
Nils had [C#] a natural _ _ _ [G] affinity with the bass, [A] as opposed to [A#] some other players [F] around the
world, I won't call any names.
_ _ [G#] _
That you can say, well he's playing the bass.
Nils didn't play the bass.
Nils [F] was the bass.
[A] You know, that's the only way I can describe it.
[D#] He was part of it. _
_ _ Musical depth, [F#] that's what really made Nils, set him [B] apart from other players. _
There's a [Dm] person that had, he had it [A] all.
He had [G#] harmonic sense, he certainly had rhythmic sense, _ he certainly had solo _ capacity [F#] and
within him, [G#] he could play almost anything [G] he thought of.
_ _ [D] _ [Gm] I [A#] think I [G#] got to know Nils better than many [Cm] people did.
_ He was a great [Gm] humanitarian. _ _
_ [D] _ _ He was a very warm [Gm] _
and _ [G] decent _ human being, which [F#] you can't say about [A] too many people
today, _ [F#] unfortunately.
_ [A] _ And we had more or less, [C#] _ _ _ we had a musical love affair, [D#] but we had a personal [G] love affair.
It was respect, _
[G#] because I respected him for [F#] his _ [A] _
warmth and for his [F#] stature mentally _ and
[F] as a man.
[G] And I think he respected me the same way. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
played me a Dexter Gordon [F#] record.
I said, who's the bass player?
She said, _ he's Danish, he's Nils [C#] Henning Oster Perrisen.
I had never [F#m] heard of him, I'd never heard him play.
_ [F#] I said, well he's fantastic.
I kept playing the thing over and over and over again.
And I heard Ray [C#] talk about him after that.
_ [G] And when Ray was _ _ getting ready to [G#] [F#] live in California and be there all the [G#] time, [Fm] he recommended,
he said, you know, _ [A] the only guy I think that can come close to [G#] hanging on with [F#] you will be Nils. _
[A#] He didn't get an argument from me.
[G#] I had that in mind [F#m] anyway.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _
Nils had [C#] a natural _ _ _ [G] affinity with the bass, [A] as opposed to [A#] some other players [F] around the
world, I won't call any names.
_ _ [G#] _
That you can say, well he's playing the bass.
Nils didn't play the bass.
Nils [F] was the bass.
[A] You know, that's the only way I can describe it.
[D#] He was part of it. _
_ _ Musical depth, [F#] that's what really made Nils, set him [B] apart from other players. _
There's a [Dm] person that had, he had it [A] all.
He had [G#] harmonic sense, he certainly had rhythmic sense, _ he certainly had solo _ capacity [F#] and
within him, [G#] he could play almost anything [G] he thought of.
_ _ [D] _ [Gm] I [A#] think I [G#] got to know Nils better than many [Cm] people did.
_ He was a great [Gm] humanitarian. _ _
_ [D] _ _ He was a very warm [Gm] _
and _ [G] decent _ human being, which [F#] you can't say about [A] too many people
today, _ [F#] unfortunately.
_ [A] _ And we had more or less, [C#] _ _ _ we had a musical love affair, [D#] but we had a personal [G] love affair.
It was respect, _
[G#] because I respected him for [F#] his _ [A] _
warmth and for his [F#] stature mentally _ and
[F] as a man.
[G] And I think he respected me the same way. _ _ _ _ _ _ _