Chords for Rhiannon Giddens

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ An up-and-coming singer with a voice and style all her own, Martha Teichner has _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ How _ _ _ often can you witness a moment that changes a career?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
Her performance during the Another Day, Another Time concert in New York City on September
29, _ _ 2013.
_ _ Showtime [Db] _
_ .logo. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ It was like a [G] musical _ [Abm] explosion on stage.
What happened next was like an explosion in her room.
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ Did you understand the impact [G] of that performance?
No, no.
I had no idea.
And I really didn't know until like the reviews started coming
out.
And I was just like, [N] _ _ okay.
And then, you know, the conversation with [E] T-Bone happened.
T-Bone Burnett, [G] the legendary record producer, asked Giddon whether he [F] could produce her
first solo album.
I've been doing this 50 years now.
It's no mystery [Ab] anymore who's done it.
[Gm] Yeah, it's a secret.
[B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[E] What have you [Gb] got? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
I've got a title.
_ [G] _ I'm a daft [E] swimmer.
The album has [Fm] been nominated for a Grammy.
[N] It's a Richard Gere record.
_ And I had this list of songs.
_ _ _ [Gm] I've got this one. _ _
I've got this one.
[G] _ I've got this one.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] This was on a [G] scale of nothing that I had experienced.
[E] I don't know if I really realized
what I was getting [Dm] into.
[E] It was a long process of trying to figure out how to make this work
without feeling like I was abandoning it. _
[Bm] _ _ In 2005, [Gb] Giddon, along with [D] Don Fleming and Justin Robinson, started [Ab] the critically acclaimed
Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate _ [D]
Drops. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] To lay claim to the African-American piece of the history [Em] of traditional America. _
_ _ [Gbm] _ We all had a really strong mission to uncover this music and to [E] show it to the world.
For Giddon, it seemed [Eb] personal.
My dad's white and my mom's black.
I struggled with being mixed [Gb] race.
I kind of had found my identity. _ _ _ _
I don't [D] realize that that's my identity as a North [N] Carolina.
_ _ _ Dr.
Fox's music of her native North Carolina was why she left Greensboro to study at
Oberlin College in Ohio.
_ [Fm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ As much as I was willing to do it, there was so much other stuff, other music that I was
getting interested in.
_ I'm _ _
_ [F] _ so grateful [Gb] for the family. _
You know they're here?
Right now, though, she's trying to recognize the Rhiannon Giddons who is emerging.
Cool!
The down-home country girl has grown up and gone glam.
[E] I'm _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] down, [C] another time. _ _ _
[Ab] The Carolina Chocolate Drops are along [D] for the ride. _
The [F] only original member left, and there's no doubt it's her [C] show.
I love my love.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] We are [E] having _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ a great time.
[G] Hello, chocolate.
_touring,
smuggling, and shipping.
_ Between concerts, she grabs moments of her [F] time.
Here [Gb] on the campus of the University of California Santa Barbara, during a series of shows on
the West Coast. _ _
She is a_
_ [F] She is a_
_ Her [D] husband, Michael Latham, and their [Ab] son, Quidine, and daughter, Aoife, travel with her
as much as possible.
The rest of the time, they live in Ireland, where Latham was born, [N] so that the kids will learn English.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ On the road, home is a chartered bus.
Something new, a step up after years of the family and the band driving themselves from
concert to concert in rented minivans.
_ So this is your version [Gb] of the Rockstar bus.
The Rockstar bus, yeah.
Twelve people on a Rockstar bus, isn't it?
Thirteen, yeah. _ _ _
Latham put his own musical career on hold to make their fractured lifestyle work.
I didn't find a good ride, so [F] I practice.
I make sure there are [Gm] things on the end, so I make sure that they're_
[F] That's something that I'm doing.
They agreed her career was the priority.
But I want to slow down now, and when [D] AP rides the wave, you might get up [F] further faster. _ _ _ _ _ _
Last spring, she was at the White House, belting out a gospel number.
I love you. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [G] Sid was PBS [F] broadcast, but Rhiannon Giddens [D] was barefoot.
Your performance barefoot?
Mm-hmm.
For me, the bare feet are grounding.
I'm connected to the earth in a [E] way that I cannot be [Bb] any other way.
I never [N] get to do the game I want.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ So, as far as she's come, and no matter how far she goes, she is never far from North Carolina. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] A ride?
[Db] In a blimp?
That's nice. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ You've [F] upgraded all your game technology.
So what about this?