Chords for Peter Tork of the Monkees, Dead at 77 - Our Tribute
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[E] Peter Tork of the [Em] Monkees has died.
He was [G] 77.
I'm John Bowden from Rock History Music.
[F#] He was the oldest [D] member of the [A] band.
He was 24 in [Em] 1966 when that [E] phenomenon [G] started.
Though compared and meant to be in the same lane as the Beatles, the Monkees [D] certainly were a different animal.
But that's not to say [A] they didn't leave a huge mark on the [Em] history of rock and roll.
They set up the Monkees with Tork on [G] bass alongside singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith playing [D] guitar,
drummer Mickey Dolenz, and Davy [A] Jones on lead vocals.
The latter two were presented more [C] as the lead vocalists, even though they all sang.
He [G] was born [D] Peter Halston [A] Thorkelson, [D] February [C] 13, 1942, in [G] Washington, D.C.
[D] [A] Both of his parents were [G] huge [C] fans of folk music, so he was really [Bm] influenced by them an awful lot.
In fact, when he was just a little boy, they [A] bought him a banjo and a guitar.
He could also play the [D] piano.
So Tork was a musician long [E] before the Monkees,
who as [G] we all know for a long [D] time were not known as [A] musicians.
Before his [D] fame, Tork [E] played in coffee shops in New [G] York City, and that's when he [D] shortened his name [A] from Thorkelson to [E] Tork.
As mentioned in the beginning, [G] they sang lead vocals on their [D] songs, but [A] they weren't really invited [G] in [C] the studio,
[D] though some of them weren't ready at the time.
[A] Tork certainly was.
Well, [Em] the Wrecking Crew and other studio musicians played [G] a lot on those first albums,
and no matter [D] how you cut it in the beginning, they were the best men for the [C#] job.
On their [G] debut album, simply titled [Em] The Monkees from October 1966, the group as a whole [G] never played together
with the exception of two tracks [D] written and or co-written by Michael Nesmith, where [A] Tork also played guitar.
He told CBS [Em] News that producer Don Kirshner discouraged the band from even [G] being in the studio.
In spite of that, or maybe because [D] of it, the Monkees soared.
Their [C#] likability on TV [Dm] was huge.
[G] Now, the show only [C] lasted two seasons, from 1966 [G] to 1968, but [A] there was a real hunger at the [G] time for [C] beetle-like hijinks,
inspired by the Fab Four's A [A] Hard Day's Night and Help.
On the show, [G] Tork [C] was the silly one, a self-professed dummy who sometimes had [Bm] that weird look on his face
when he [A] didn't understand what was happening in the room.
He once [D] told the New York Times, the emotional age of the [E] Monkees was 13.
[G] The Monkees had over 10 [D] top 40 hits, [A] including I'm Not Your [G] Stepping Stone, and A Little Bit Me, A Little [D] Bit You from 1966,
[A] Pleasant Valley Sunday the following year, [Em] and their number one hits, Two [G] from 1966, [D] Last Train to Clarksville,
[A] and Neil Diamond's I'm a [G] Believer, plus Daydream Believer [D] in 1967.
[A] In 2016, while touring with the Monkees, [C] Tork told The Telegraph,
This is [G] not a band, it's an entertainment operation whose function is Monkees music.
It took me a while to get to grips with that, but what great music it [D] turned out to be,
[C] and what a wild and wonderful [G] trip it has taken us [C] on.
He was urged to [G] audition for the Monkees via his [A] friend Stephen Stills,
[Em] where the future Crosby, [D] Stills, Nash, and Young guitarist kind of [Em] failed his audition.
That's when he told Tork, you gotta [G] try this.
Tork was involved in a lot of different Monkees [D] reunions.
When Davy Jones died in 2012, [A] Nesmith, who was always [D] hesitant to rejoin the band,
[E] got back into the fold for their 50th [G] anniversary tour.
The passing of Tork was initially announced on the band's [D] Facebook page.
He had a rare form of [A] cancer [D] diagnosed in [Em] 2009, which affected his [C] tongue.
May he rest in peace, he gave us a [G] lot.
I'm John [A] Bowden.
Make sure you [D] comment on our videos, [C] share them, and subscribe to our channel.
This [G] is Rock [A] History Music.
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He was [G] 77.
I'm John Bowden from Rock History Music.
[F#] He was the oldest [D] member of the [A] band.
He was 24 in [Em] 1966 when that [E] phenomenon [G] started.
Though compared and meant to be in the same lane as the Beatles, the Monkees [D] certainly were a different animal.
But that's not to say [A] they didn't leave a huge mark on the [Em] history of rock and roll.
They set up the Monkees with Tork on [G] bass alongside singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith playing [D] guitar,
drummer Mickey Dolenz, and Davy [A] Jones on lead vocals.
The latter two were presented more [C] as the lead vocalists, even though they all sang.
He [G] was born [D] Peter Halston [A] Thorkelson, [D] February [C] 13, 1942, in [G] Washington, D.C.
[D] [A] Both of his parents were [G] huge [C] fans of folk music, so he was really [Bm] influenced by them an awful lot.
In fact, when he was just a little boy, they [A] bought him a banjo and a guitar.
He could also play the [D] piano.
So Tork was a musician long [E] before the Monkees,
who as [G] we all know for a long [D] time were not known as [A] musicians.
Before his [D] fame, Tork [E] played in coffee shops in New [G] York City, and that's when he [D] shortened his name [A] from Thorkelson to [E] Tork.
As mentioned in the beginning, [G] they sang lead vocals on their [D] songs, but [A] they weren't really invited [G] in [C] the studio,
[D] though some of them weren't ready at the time.
[A] Tork certainly was.
Well, [Em] the Wrecking Crew and other studio musicians played [G] a lot on those first albums,
and no matter [D] how you cut it in the beginning, they were the best men for the [C#] job.
On their [G] debut album, simply titled [Em] The Monkees from October 1966, the group as a whole [G] never played together
with the exception of two tracks [D] written and or co-written by Michael Nesmith, where [A] Tork also played guitar.
He told CBS [Em] News that producer Don Kirshner discouraged the band from even [G] being in the studio.
In spite of that, or maybe because [D] of it, the Monkees soared.
Their [C#] likability on TV [Dm] was huge.
[G] Now, the show only [C] lasted two seasons, from 1966 [G] to 1968, but [A] there was a real hunger at the [G] time for [C] beetle-like hijinks,
inspired by the Fab Four's A [A] Hard Day's Night and Help.
On the show, [G] Tork [C] was the silly one, a self-professed dummy who sometimes had [Bm] that weird look on his face
when he [A] didn't understand what was happening in the room.
He once [D] told the New York Times, the emotional age of the [E] Monkees was 13.
[G] The Monkees had over 10 [D] top 40 hits, [A] including I'm Not Your [G] Stepping Stone, and A Little Bit Me, A Little [D] Bit You from 1966,
[A] Pleasant Valley Sunday the following year, [Em] and their number one hits, Two [G] from 1966, [D] Last Train to Clarksville,
[A] and Neil Diamond's I'm a [G] Believer, plus Daydream Believer [D] in 1967.
[A] In 2016, while touring with the Monkees, [C] Tork told The Telegraph,
This is [G] not a band, it's an entertainment operation whose function is Monkees music.
It took me a while to get to grips with that, but what great music it [D] turned out to be,
[C] and what a wild and wonderful [G] trip it has taken us [C] on.
He was urged to [G] audition for the Monkees via his [A] friend Stephen Stills,
[Em] where the future Crosby, [D] Stills, Nash, and Young guitarist kind of [Em] failed his audition.
That's when he told Tork, you gotta [G] try this.
Tork was involved in a lot of different Monkees [D] reunions.
When Davy Jones died in 2012, [A] Nesmith, who was always [D] hesitant to rejoin the band,
[E] got back into the fold for their 50th [G] anniversary tour.
The passing of Tork was initially announced on the band's [D] Facebook page.
He had a rare form of [A] cancer [D] diagnosed in [Em] 2009, which affected his [C] tongue.
May he rest in peace, he gave us a [G] lot.
I'm John [A] Bowden.
Make sure you [D] comment on our videos, [C] share them, and subscribe to our channel.
This [G] is Rock [A] History Music.
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[E] Peter Tork of the [Em] Monkees has died.
He was [G] 77.
I'm John Bowden from Rock History Music.
[F#] _ He was the oldest [D] member of the [A] band.
He was 24 in [Em] 1966 when that [E] phenomenon [G] started.
Though compared and meant to be in the same lane as the Beatles, the Monkees [D] certainly were a different animal.
But that's not to say [A] they didn't leave a huge mark on the [Em] history of rock and roll.
They set up the Monkees with Tork on [G] bass alongside singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith playing [D] guitar,
drummer Mickey Dolenz, and Davy [A] Jones on lead vocals.
The latter two were presented more [C] as the lead vocalists, even though they all sang.
He [G] was born [D] Peter Halston [A] Thorkelson, [D] February [C] 13, 1942, in [G] Washington, D.C.
[D] [A] Both of his parents were [G] huge [C] fans of folk music, so he was really [Bm] influenced by them an awful lot.
In fact, when he was just a little boy, they [A] bought him a banjo and a guitar.
He could also play the [D] piano.
So Tork was a musician long [E] before the Monkees,
who as [G] we all know for a long [D] time were not known as [A] musicians.
Before his [D] fame, Tork [E] played in coffee shops in New [G] York City, and that's when he [D] shortened his name [A] from Thorkelson to [E] Tork.
As mentioned in the beginning, [G] they sang lead vocals on their [D] songs, but [A] they weren't really invited [G] in [C] the studio,
[D] though some of them weren't ready at the time.
[A] Tork certainly was.
Well, [Em] the Wrecking Crew and other studio musicians played [G] a lot on those first albums,
and no matter [D] how you cut it in the beginning, they were the best men for the [C#] job.
On their [G] debut album, simply titled [Em] The Monkees from October 1966, the group as a whole [G] never played together
with the exception of two tracks [D] written and or co-written by Michael Nesmith, where [A] Tork also played guitar.
He told CBS [Em] News that producer Don Kirshner discouraged the band from even [G] being in the studio.
In spite of that, or maybe because [D] of it, the Monkees soared.
Their [C#] likability on TV [Dm] was huge.
[G] Now, the show only [C] lasted two seasons, from 1966 [G] to 1968, but [A] there was a real hunger at the [G] time for [C] beetle-like hijinks,
inspired by the Fab Four's A [A] Hard Day's Night and Help.
On the show, [G] Tork [C] was the silly one, a self-professed dummy who sometimes had [Bm] that weird look on his face
when he [A] didn't understand what was happening in the room.
He once [D] told the New York Times, the emotional age of the [E] Monkees was 13.
[G] The Monkees had over 10 [D] top 40 hits, [A] including I'm Not Your [G] Stepping Stone, and A Little Bit Me, A Little [D] Bit You from 1966,
[A] Pleasant Valley Sunday the following year, [Em] and their number one hits, Two [G] from 1966, [D] Last Train to Clarksville,
[A] and Neil Diamond's I'm a [G] Believer, plus Daydream Believer [D] in 1967.
[A] _ In 2016, while touring with the Monkees, [C] Tork told The Telegraph,
This is [G] not a band, it's an entertainment operation whose function is Monkees music.
It took me a while to get to grips with that, but what great music it [D] turned out to be,
[C] and what a wild and wonderful [G] trip it has taken us [C] on.
He was urged to [G] audition for the Monkees via his [A] friend Stephen Stills,
[Em] where the future Crosby, [D] Stills, Nash, and Young guitarist kind of [Em] failed his audition.
That's when he told Tork, you gotta [G] try this.
Tork was involved in a lot of different Monkees [D] reunions.
When Davy Jones died in 2012, [A] Nesmith, who was always [D] hesitant to rejoin the band,
[E] got back into the fold for their 50th [G] anniversary tour.
The passing of Tork was initially announced on the band's [D] Facebook page.
He had a rare form of [A] cancer [D] diagnosed in [Em] 2009, which affected his [C] tongue.
May he rest in peace, he gave us a [G] lot.
I'm John [A] Bowden.
Make sure you [D] comment on our videos, [C] share them, and subscribe to our channel.
This [G] is Rock [A] History Music.
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He was [G] 77.
I'm John Bowden from Rock History Music.
[F#] _ He was the oldest [D] member of the [A] band.
He was 24 in [Em] 1966 when that [E] phenomenon [G] started.
Though compared and meant to be in the same lane as the Beatles, the Monkees [D] certainly were a different animal.
But that's not to say [A] they didn't leave a huge mark on the [Em] history of rock and roll.
They set up the Monkees with Tork on [G] bass alongside singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith playing [D] guitar,
drummer Mickey Dolenz, and Davy [A] Jones on lead vocals.
The latter two were presented more [C] as the lead vocalists, even though they all sang.
He [G] was born [D] Peter Halston [A] Thorkelson, [D] February [C] 13, 1942, in [G] Washington, D.C.
[D] [A] Both of his parents were [G] huge [C] fans of folk music, so he was really [Bm] influenced by them an awful lot.
In fact, when he was just a little boy, they [A] bought him a banjo and a guitar.
He could also play the [D] piano.
So Tork was a musician long [E] before the Monkees,
who as [G] we all know for a long [D] time were not known as [A] musicians.
Before his [D] fame, Tork [E] played in coffee shops in New [G] York City, and that's when he [D] shortened his name [A] from Thorkelson to [E] Tork.
As mentioned in the beginning, [G] they sang lead vocals on their [D] songs, but [A] they weren't really invited [G] in [C] the studio,
[D] though some of them weren't ready at the time.
[A] Tork certainly was.
Well, [Em] the Wrecking Crew and other studio musicians played [G] a lot on those first albums,
and no matter [D] how you cut it in the beginning, they were the best men for the [C#] job.
On their [G] debut album, simply titled [Em] The Monkees from October 1966, the group as a whole [G] never played together
with the exception of two tracks [D] written and or co-written by Michael Nesmith, where [A] Tork also played guitar.
He told CBS [Em] News that producer Don Kirshner discouraged the band from even [G] being in the studio.
In spite of that, or maybe because [D] of it, the Monkees soared.
Their [C#] likability on TV [Dm] was huge.
[G] Now, the show only [C] lasted two seasons, from 1966 [G] to 1968, but [A] there was a real hunger at the [G] time for [C] beetle-like hijinks,
inspired by the Fab Four's A [A] Hard Day's Night and Help.
On the show, [G] Tork [C] was the silly one, a self-professed dummy who sometimes had [Bm] that weird look on his face
when he [A] didn't understand what was happening in the room.
He once [D] told the New York Times, the emotional age of the [E] Monkees was 13.
[G] The Monkees had over 10 [D] top 40 hits, [A] including I'm Not Your [G] Stepping Stone, and A Little Bit Me, A Little [D] Bit You from 1966,
[A] Pleasant Valley Sunday the following year, [Em] and their number one hits, Two [G] from 1966, [D] Last Train to Clarksville,
[A] and Neil Diamond's I'm a [G] Believer, plus Daydream Believer [D] in 1967.
[A] _ In 2016, while touring with the Monkees, [C] Tork told The Telegraph,
This is [G] not a band, it's an entertainment operation whose function is Monkees music.
It took me a while to get to grips with that, but what great music it [D] turned out to be,
[C] and what a wild and wonderful [G] trip it has taken us [C] on.
He was urged to [G] audition for the Monkees via his [A] friend Stephen Stills,
[Em] where the future Crosby, [D] Stills, Nash, and Young guitarist kind of [Em] failed his audition.
That's when he told Tork, you gotta [G] try this.
Tork was involved in a lot of different Monkees [D] reunions.
When Davy Jones died in 2012, [A] Nesmith, who was always [D] hesitant to rejoin the band,
[E] got back into the fold for their 50th [G] anniversary tour.
The passing of Tork was initially announced on the band's [D] Facebook page.
He had a rare form of [A] cancer [D] diagnosed in [Em] 2009, which affected his [C] tongue.
May he rest in peace, he gave us a [G] lot.
I'm John [A] Bowden.
Make sure you [D] comment on our videos, [C] share them, and subscribe to our channel.
This [G] is Rock [A] History Music.
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