Chords for Robben Ford on Finding your Place in the Groove

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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So second nature to me [G] now, you know _ _ _ _ _ being just [Ab]
uncomfortable
_ _ _ _ [B] In those days they just asked me to turn up, you know, cuz I'm like _ _
The first thing I do is not _ everybody else sounds so good
Great [E] musicians who know how to do this stuff, you know
_ It was _ very important, _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Abm] but it was very embarrassing _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] Really didn't know how to do it
But it's really a matter of
First of all, I give a Buddhist expression
I say confidence precedes all virtue
[G] So you have to
_ _ [F] Here
[E] You have to be able to do that
To be able to just be that
_ [Eb] Trust the situation
It's gonna be okay
It's nice [E] to be me
_ And uh
_ And then just you know do your thing
Do what you do
Whatever that thing is that you do
_ And I'll tell you one thing that I do
_ _ _ _ I first think of the situation in a rhythmic way
So _ _ _
You know first of all I used to not [C] know a lot
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[E] Repetition is not a [G] problem
Playing something over and over again [Dm] can be cool
[B] _ You just rap
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] So um
[G] _ [B] I go [Ab] rhythmic
And at first I'll even [G] just sort of like
I'll only kind of fake it
And listen to what's going _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] on
And see how other [Ab] people are doing
And if [G] people are not making statements
If no one
Somebody has to step out
At some point somebody has to step out
[C] And this is what people who are experienced
Know, they're [E] not afraid to be that person
Doesn't _ [G] _
have to stick
At least you're trying
[E] So you know if I
If nobody's stepping out
You [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ can be a jitter
[Bm] If you can just be
[G] Strumming a [C] chord
Or a couple of chords
_ [G] _ _ [C] You know maybe just do [E] that
Yeah [A] or you go
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Em] You start playing [G] something
You have to be willing to start [E] playing something Come on
[Ab] I was _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
just starting to [B] do what you do
Well as I say
[G] I first wait
I wait for a minute [Db] and if I hear
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I don't just go first Other than The _ _ _ drummer
The drummer goes [Eb] All _ _ _ that
[G] _ [Eb] You can do this
You know [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] they're not great examples
But the idea
You just play something _
[G] _ Start [F] _ _ _ [G] _
playing something
Work on how [Ab] low _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [B] There's a lot of bass
[E] Keyboards take up a lot of [Bm] space
_ _ _ _ [Em] They're not quite so important
[Bm] As they used to be
It's not as [B] big of a deal
But if all [F] this space is taken up
Then I'll go high
So [G] you think in terms of register
High, medium, [E] low
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Play very little
_ _ _ [G] Always be about that pocket
Like this is our thing
[Db] This thing [Ab] swinging
Whatever _ _ _ this song is trying to accomplish
My music was very
She _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ had [Am] on guitar _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Nice chords
You can play jitters
[Em] _
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So you look [Dbm] for what's not there
[Em] _ [E] And that's what we do
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Space it
And then we all can talk
You know man
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ We all start talking _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
It's [Em] all about playing with people
That's [Am] one of the things that kind [E] of blows
About being a band
[A] _ Like you're always kind of creepy
[E] _ _
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[Ab] _ Because [Gb] it's a blind alley
It's a nowhere road _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _