Chords for Ray Price Backstage Pass "Beauty Is..." on The Texas Music Scene
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[G] [Bbm] [Am] [Abm] Well now, [G] here's a very special backstage [Ab] pass on the late, great Ray Price.
You know, we lost Ray recently, and obviously his musical legacy will live on forever.
Now, before he passed away, [Eb] he worked on what he knew would be his final [Fm] album.
It became a [Eb] musical love letter to his wife of 43 and a half [Ab] years.
He called it, [Eb] Beauty Is, [Abm] The Final Sessions.
[Bb] And make [Fm] believe you love me, [Bb] one more time, [Eb] for the good time.
[Fm]
I don't know a [Eb] single Texas artist that has not witnessed Ray Price on stage, that [Fm] didn't
walk away saying, I just got me a singing [Bb] lesson.
I just got me a lesson in [Eb] how to be a country music star.
Ray told me that his greatest [Ab] desire was to be able to deliver a song to a fan and
actually make [Db] them feel like that he was just talking to them.
I think a song called You're The [Bbm] Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me is one of my [Eb] most favorite.
I love that particular song.
[Ab] Of course, I have another reason for loving it, is that he put my photograph [Gb] on the [Ab] cover
of it, and the front [Db] and the back, and he dedicated that album [Eb] to me.
And lo and behold, did I [Ab] know that fast forward many, many years, that he would [Fm] do that again for me.
[Bbm] Cause you're the best thing [Db] that ever [Eb] happened to [Ab] me.
[Fm] Ray said one time, he said, if you're [Db] going to record a [Eb] song, make sure [F] you always lift
[Eb] the woman up in the tune.
[Ab] And I said, well, you [Eb] got a lot of [Ab] male fans too.
And he [Bb] said, well, yeah, [Ab] but the gals have to bring somebody to the show.
Beauty [Eb] lies in [Fm] the eyes [Cm] of the [Bbm] beholder.
And [Eb] I [Bbm] hold beauty [Eb]
every time I [Ab] hold you.
Ray's idea was to create [Cm] an album [Fm] of beauty [Cm] and of [Bbm] love and of a legacy that he could
leave to his fans that would summarize [Eb] the Ray [Bbm] Price career that he had [Eb] lived.
He said he [Db] wanted to leave me [Ab] something that I could hold in my hands after he was gone
to listen to, [Eb]
[Ab] and to remind me of how much he loved me.
But he [Bbm] said he wanted his fans to hear the love that he felt for them.
And [Eb] the beauty of [Bbm] it all is [Eb] forever.
You'll be holding [Ab] me too.
The song that has gotten the most response from me, other than the [Bb] title track, obviously,
that's just an absolute killer track, is I [Cm] Wish I Was 18 Again.
[Cm] Shortly after Ray's passing, [Eb] honestly, I'd put that record on and [F] I'd have to leave the room.
[Bb] I couldn't [Eb] listen to it through the big speakers.
[F] Now old folks [Gm] and old oaks [Eb] standing tall just pretend.
[Cm] [Bb] I wish I [F] was 18 [Bb] again.
I love the Willie Nelson song.
[Ab]
It [Db] always will be.
Ray got on the phone and called Willie and he said, Willie, can [Gb] I have this song?
And Willie said, well, [Db] what do you want to do with it?
He [Gb] said, I want to record it.
[Ab] And Willie said, well, sure.
[Db] Willie never said no to Ray.
[Ab] And so he went in and recorded it, and I think that's just [Db] one of the most beautiful songs
that Willie Nelson has ever written, and I think Ray Price did a [Ebm] tremendous [Db] rendition of it.
[Gb] I think historically that's been a great combination, the writing of Willie Nelson and the singing of Ray Price.
It was just, [Db] it was a match that was just absolutely perfect.
And it always [Gb] will be.
[Ab] It always [Db] will be.
I think this record is that legacied love letter between [F] Ray [D] and Janie.
The emotion that's shared [Bm] on this [G] record [D] [Em] is something [C] that is [Bm] also a gift [C] [D] to the folks [G] who picked this record up.
It's a way for them to be [Dm] included because [G] nobody took their fans any more seriously than Ray Price.
And he said he hoped [Am] that all of his [C] fans would be able to get their [Am] hands on these songs,
and he loved the [D] delivery of these beautiful love songs.
And he said, after all, what [G] is life about if it isn't about love and the person that you love [D] most in [Em] the end?
[D] Who [C] [D] said that love is [G] blind?
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[G] [Bbm] [Am] [Abm] Well now, [G] here's a very special backstage [Ab] pass on the late, great Ray Price.
You know, we lost Ray recently, and obviously his musical legacy will live on forever.
Now, before he passed away, [Eb] he worked on what he knew would be his final [Fm] album.
It became a [Eb] musical love letter to his wife of 43 and a half [Ab] years.
He called it, [Eb] Beauty Is, [Abm] The Final Sessions.
[Bb] And make [Fm] believe you love me, [Bb] one more time, [Eb] for the good time.
[Fm]
I don't know a [Eb] single Texas artist that has not witnessed Ray Price on stage, that [Fm] didn't
walk away saying, I just got me a singing [Bb] lesson.
I just got me a lesson in [Eb] how to be a country music star.
Ray told me that his greatest [Ab] desire was to be able to deliver a song to a fan and
actually make [Db] them feel like that he was just talking to them.
I think a song called You're The [Bbm] Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me is one of my [Eb] most favorite.
I love that particular song.
[Ab] Of course, I have another reason for loving it, is that he put my photograph [Gb] on the [Ab] cover
of it, and the front [Db] and the back, and he dedicated that album [Eb] to me.
And lo and behold, did I [Ab] know that fast forward many, many years, that he would [Fm] do that again for me.
[Bbm] Cause you're the best thing [Db] that ever [Eb] happened to [Ab] me.
[Fm] Ray said one time, he said, if you're [Db] going to record a [Eb] song, make sure [F] you always lift
[Eb] the woman up in the tune.
[Ab] And I said, well, you [Eb] got a lot of [Ab] male fans too.
And he [Bb] said, well, yeah, [Ab] but the gals have to bring somebody to the show.
Beauty [Eb] lies in [Fm] the eyes [Cm] of the [Bbm] beholder.
And [Eb] I [Bbm] hold beauty [Eb]
every time I [Ab] hold you.
Ray's idea was to create [Cm] an album [Fm] of beauty [Cm] and of [Bbm] love and of a legacy that he could
leave to his fans that would summarize [Eb] the Ray [Bbm] Price career that he had [Eb] lived.
He said he [Db] wanted to leave me [Ab] something that I could hold in my hands after he was gone
to listen to, [Eb]
[Ab] and to remind me of how much he loved me.
But he [Bbm] said he wanted his fans to hear the love that he felt for them.
And [Eb] the beauty of [Bbm] it all is [Eb] forever.
You'll be holding [Ab] me too.
The song that has gotten the most response from me, other than the [Bb] title track, obviously,
that's just an absolute killer track, is I [Cm] Wish I Was 18 Again.
[Cm] Shortly after Ray's passing, [Eb] honestly, I'd put that record on and [F] I'd have to leave the room.
[Bb] I couldn't [Eb] listen to it through the big speakers.
[F] Now old folks [Gm] and old oaks [Eb] standing tall just pretend.
[Cm] [Bb] I wish I [F] was 18 [Bb] again.
I love the Willie Nelson song.
[Ab]
It [Db] always will be.
Ray got on the phone and called Willie and he said, Willie, can [Gb] I have this song?
And Willie said, well, [Db] what do you want to do with it?
He [Gb] said, I want to record it.
[Ab] And Willie said, well, sure.
[Db] Willie never said no to Ray.
[Ab] And so he went in and recorded it, and I think that's just [Db] one of the most beautiful songs
that Willie Nelson has ever written, and I think Ray Price did a [Ebm] tremendous [Db] rendition of it.
[Gb] I think historically that's been a great combination, the writing of Willie Nelson and the singing of Ray Price.
It was just, [Db] it was a match that was just absolutely perfect.
And it always [Gb] will be.
[Ab] It always [Db] will be.
I think this record is that legacied love letter between [F] Ray [D] and Janie.
The emotion that's shared [Bm] on this [G] record [D] [Em] is something [C] that is [Bm] also a gift [C] [D] to the folks [G] who picked this record up.
It's a way for them to be [Dm] included because [G] nobody took their fans any more seriously than Ray Price.
And he said he hoped [Am] that all of his [C] fans would be able to get their [Am] hands on these songs,
and he loved the [D] delivery of these beautiful love songs.
And he said, after all, what [G] is life about if it isn't about love and the person that you love [D] most in [Em] the end?
[D] Who [C] [D] said that love is [G] blind?
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Am] [Abm] Well now, [G] here's a very special backstage [Ab] pass on the late, great Ray Price.
You know, we lost Ray recently, and obviously his musical legacy will live on forever.
Now, before he passed away, [Eb] he worked on what he knew would be his final [Fm] album.
It became a [Eb] musical love letter to his wife of 43 and a half [Ab] years.
He called it, [Eb] Beauty Is, [Abm] The Final Sessions.
[Bb] _ And make [Fm] believe you love me, [Bb] one more time, _ _ _ _ [Eb] for the good time.
_ [Fm] _
I don't know a [Eb] single Texas artist that has not witnessed Ray Price on stage, that [Fm] didn't
walk away saying, I just got me a singing [Bb] lesson.
I just got me a lesson in [Eb] how to be a country music star.
Ray told me that his greatest [Ab] desire was to be able to deliver a song to a fan and
actually make [Db] them feel like that he was just talking to them.
I think a song called You're The [Bbm] Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me is one of my [Eb] most favorite.
I love that particular song.
[Ab] Of course, I have another reason for loving it, is that he put my photograph [Gb] on the [Ab] cover
of it, and the front [Db] and the back, and he dedicated that album [Eb] to me.
And lo and behold, did I [Ab] know that fast forward many, many years, that he would [Fm] do that again for me.
[Bbm] Cause you're the best thing [Db] that ever [Eb] happened to [Ab] _ me.
_ [Fm] Ray said one time, he said, if you're [Db] going to record a [Eb] song, make sure [F] you always lift
[Eb] the woman up in the tune.
[Ab] And I said, well, you [Eb] got a lot of [Ab] male fans too.
And he [Bb] said, well, yeah, [Ab] but the gals have to bring somebody to the show.
Beauty [Eb] lies in [Fm] the eyes [Cm] of the [Bbm] beholder. _ _
_ _ And [Eb] I [Bbm] hold beauty [Eb]
every time I [Ab] hold you.
Ray's idea was to create [Cm] an album [Fm] of beauty [Cm] and of [Bbm] love and of a legacy that he could
leave to his fans that would summarize [Eb] the Ray [Bbm] Price career that he had [Eb] lived.
He said he [Db] wanted to leave me [Ab] something that I could hold in my hands after he was gone
to listen to, [Eb]
[Ab] and to remind me of how much he loved me.
But he [Bbm] said he wanted his fans to hear the love that he felt for them.
And [Eb] the beauty of [Bbm] it all is [Eb] forever.
You'll be holding [Ab] me too.
The song that has gotten the most response from me, other than the [Bb] title track, obviously,
that's just an absolute killer track, is I [Cm] Wish I Was 18 Again.
[Cm] Shortly after Ray's passing, [Eb] honestly, I'd put that record on and [F] I'd have to leave the room.
[Bb] I couldn't _ [Eb] listen to it through the big speakers.
[F] Now old folks [Gm] and old oaks [Eb] standing tall just pretend.
_ [Cm] [Bb] I wish I [F] was 18 [Bb] again.
_ _ I love the Willie Nelson song.
[Ab]
It [Db] always will be.
Ray got on the phone and called Willie and he said, Willie, can [Gb] I have this song?
And Willie said, well, [Db] what do you want to do with it?
He [Gb] said, I want to record it.
[Ab] And Willie said, well, sure.
[Db] Willie never said no to Ray.
[Ab] And so he went in and recorded it, and I think that's just [Db] one of the most beautiful songs
that Willie Nelson has ever written, and I think Ray Price did a [Ebm] tremendous [Db] rendition of it.
[Gb] I think historically that's been a great combination, the writing of Willie Nelson and the singing of Ray Price.
It was just, [Db] it was a match that was just absolutely perfect.
And it always [Gb] will be. _ _
[Ab] _ _ It always [Db] will be.
I think this record is that legacied love letter between [F] Ray [D] and Janie.
The emotion that's shared [Bm] on this [G] record [D] [Em] is something [C] that is [Bm] also a gift [C] [D] to the folks [G] who picked this record up.
It's a way for them to be [Dm] included because [G] nobody took their fans any more seriously than Ray Price.
And he said he hoped [Am] that all of his [C] fans would be able to get their [Am] hands on these songs,
and he loved the [D] delivery of these beautiful love songs.
And he said, after all, what [G] is life about if it isn't about love and the person that you love [D] most in [Em] the end?
[D] Who [C] _ _ [D] said _ that love is [G] blind? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Am] [Abm] Well now, [G] here's a very special backstage [Ab] pass on the late, great Ray Price.
You know, we lost Ray recently, and obviously his musical legacy will live on forever.
Now, before he passed away, [Eb] he worked on what he knew would be his final [Fm] album.
It became a [Eb] musical love letter to his wife of 43 and a half [Ab] years.
He called it, [Eb] Beauty Is, [Abm] The Final Sessions.
[Bb] _ And make [Fm] believe you love me, [Bb] one more time, _ _ _ _ [Eb] for the good time.
_ [Fm] _
I don't know a [Eb] single Texas artist that has not witnessed Ray Price on stage, that [Fm] didn't
walk away saying, I just got me a singing [Bb] lesson.
I just got me a lesson in [Eb] how to be a country music star.
Ray told me that his greatest [Ab] desire was to be able to deliver a song to a fan and
actually make [Db] them feel like that he was just talking to them.
I think a song called You're The [Bbm] Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me is one of my [Eb] most favorite.
I love that particular song.
[Ab] Of course, I have another reason for loving it, is that he put my photograph [Gb] on the [Ab] cover
of it, and the front [Db] and the back, and he dedicated that album [Eb] to me.
And lo and behold, did I [Ab] know that fast forward many, many years, that he would [Fm] do that again for me.
[Bbm] Cause you're the best thing [Db] that ever [Eb] happened to [Ab] _ me.
_ [Fm] Ray said one time, he said, if you're [Db] going to record a [Eb] song, make sure [F] you always lift
[Eb] the woman up in the tune.
[Ab] And I said, well, you [Eb] got a lot of [Ab] male fans too.
And he [Bb] said, well, yeah, [Ab] but the gals have to bring somebody to the show.
Beauty [Eb] lies in [Fm] the eyes [Cm] of the [Bbm] beholder. _ _
_ _ And [Eb] I [Bbm] hold beauty [Eb]
every time I [Ab] hold you.
Ray's idea was to create [Cm] an album [Fm] of beauty [Cm] and of [Bbm] love and of a legacy that he could
leave to his fans that would summarize [Eb] the Ray [Bbm] Price career that he had [Eb] lived.
He said he [Db] wanted to leave me [Ab] something that I could hold in my hands after he was gone
to listen to, [Eb]
[Ab] and to remind me of how much he loved me.
But he [Bbm] said he wanted his fans to hear the love that he felt for them.
And [Eb] the beauty of [Bbm] it all is [Eb] forever.
You'll be holding [Ab] me too.
The song that has gotten the most response from me, other than the [Bb] title track, obviously,
that's just an absolute killer track, is I [Cm] Wish I Was 18 Again.
[Cm] Shortly after Ray's passing, [Eb] honestly, I'd put that record on and [F] I'd have to leave the room.
[Bb] I couldn't _ [Eb] listen to it through the big speakers.
[F] Now old folks [Gm] and old oaks [Eb] standing tall just pretend.
_ [Cm] [Bb] I wish I [F] was 18 [Bb] again.
_ _ I love the Willie Nelson song.
[Ab]
It [Db] always will be.
Ray got on the phone and called Willie and he said, Willie, can [Gb] I have this song?
And Willie said, well, [Db] what do you want to do with it?
He [Gb] said, I want to record it.
[Ab] And Willie said, well, sure.
[Db] Willie never said no to Ray.
[Ab] And so he went in and recorded it, and I think that's just [Db] one of the most beautiful songs
that Willie Nelson has ever written, and I think Ray Price did a [Ebm] tremendous [Db] rendition of it.
[Gb] I think historically that's been a great combination, the writing of Willie Nelson and the singing of Ray Price.
It was just, [Db] it was a match that was just absolutely perfect.
And it always [Gb] will be. _ _
[Ab] _ _ It always [Db] will be.
I think this record is that legacied love letter between [F] Ray [D] and Janie.
The emotion that's shared [Bm] on this [G] record [D] [Em] is something [C] that is [Bm] also a gift [C] [D] to the folks [G] who picked this record up.
It's a way for them to be [Dm] included because [G] nobody took their fans any more seriously than Ray Price.
And he said he hoped [Am] that all of his [C] fans would be able to get their [Am] hands on these songs,
and he loved the [D] delivery of these beautiful love songs.
And he said, after all, what [G] is life about if it isn't about love and the person that you love [D] most in [Em] the end?
[D] Who [C] _ _ [D] said _ that love is [G] blind? _ _
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