Chords for Ronnie James Dio in the studio
Tempo:
89.1 bpm
Chords used:
A
Gb
Ab
G
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[E] [Gb]
[A] [Gb] [Ab]
I'm just going to pause this for a second.
[Bb]
[G] [Dbm] [A]
going
[Gb] to
[Gbm]
[A] [Gb] [Ab]
I'm just going to pause this for a second.
[Bb]
[G] [Dbm] [A]
going
[Gb] to
[Gbm]
100% ➙ 89BPM
A
Gb
Ab
G
B
A
Gb
Ab
_ [E] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
I'm just going to pause this for a second.
_ I'm _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ going _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ to _ _
[Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [A] pause this for _ _ a second.
Can [B] you take your guitar back a little bit? _
_ [Eb] I feel like I'm actually doing my job in here.
What is this?
In 1989, I was in the very first Hard and Heavy.
[G] One year later, 1990, _ and we're at a place called [Ab] Granny's.
We're in Reno, Nevada.
[Gm] It looks a bit [Ab] not like Reno, I guess, because of no slot [Eb] machines.
This actually is a giant slot machine.
_ This is where we gamble our future.
Don, why don't you just start it for me from the beginning, if you would?
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Hello, I'm your spirit, I'm _ _ [Gb] your _ [Gbm] _ _ _
angel.
[E] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] We've been in [G] the studio here for [Ab] just about four weeks.
[G] We plan on being here for six weeks.
We'll be [Ab] finishing in [G] about a week and a half.
We've been taking this product to England to [Eb] mix it.
For those of you who don't know what mixing is, we put all the pieces [G] together when we mix it. _ _
_ [A] _ _ Where would you be? _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ Waiting to see [Am] us next, tomorrow.
_ _ [A] _ Be right now.
_ _ [Bb] We have all new players.
We have [Abm] a great young guitar player.
[Gb] _ _ A drummer [G] that we've used on this album, but he's been a friend of mine for a long time.
_ He's [E] the drummer with ACDC.
Simon has [Ab] really brought us back to playing a lot more.
_ Rock and roll.
Knock on the door.
Other faces, new bass player.
Bass.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ Llewellyn Robinson.
[G] He's written _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ some great shows.
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Gb] _ I'm your spirit, _ I'm your angel.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ You have _ _ _ to be here.
_ [B] In changing all [A] the people around, we [G] found that the writing even got stronger.
It became more pleasant to [Ab] do it because there were new ideas, ideas coming from [G] places that [Ab] we've used.
There were too many [Gb] concepts.
We're _ [G] not going to do it again.
_ [Gb] In changing years, that's why the beauty of [A] having these new people to do it with.
We've written 12 [Gb] songs.
We've sold 18.
[E] _ [Gb] _ _ We've sold 20.
[Db] We've _ _ _ [E] _ [B] sold 30.
We've [Bm] _ _ sold 40.
We've sold 50. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] We've sold 70.
_ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] We've sold 80. _
_ _ [B] _ We've sold 90.
[D] We've sold 100.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ I got to be in [Bb] the band by originally sending a tape [A] from England, which my friend persuaded me to send it.
_ _ _ _ Because I figured I [Ab] was only 17. _
[Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [B] About six months later, Wendy [Ab] just phoned me up in the evening at 8 o'clock.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
I said, I don't [Ab] know anything about [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] anything.
[A] She said, I can't.
_ _ [Abm] I said, I can tell you.
What you [Gm] really, really want is however [Ab] bad you want something.
_ _ _ [A] _ I [G] put the hard part in the grind of it is that [A] year after year after year, you have to do the same thing.
You have to write _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[A] or anything [Ab] but the single-mindedness of writing, [Gbm] recording, and [Bb] touring.
We have been talking about [G] going straight to Britain and Europe to do two or three or _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ [G] four.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Just to add to that, [Bb] if it is possible, [A] I will [Bb] help _ along and be [E] involved in this because the project has come along so far.
[G] You won't be paid for this.
Well, then fuck off.
[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[A] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
I'm just going to pause this for a second.
_ I'm _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ going _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ to _ _
[Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [A] pause this for _ _ a second.
Can [B] you take your guitar back a little bit? _
_ [Eb] I feel like I'm actually doing my job in here.
What is this?
In 1989, I was in the very first Hard and Heavy.
[G] One year later, 1990, _ and we're at a place called [Ab] Granny's.
We're in Reno, Nevada.
[Gm] It looks a bit [Ab] not like Reno, I guess, because of no slot [Eb] machines.
This actually is a giant slot machine.
_ This is where we gamble our future.
Don, why don't you just start it for me from the beginning, if you would?
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Hello, I'm your spirit, I'm _ _ [Gb] your _ [Gbm] _ _ _
angel.
[E] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] We've been in [G] the studio here for [Ab] just about four weeks.
[G] We plan on being here for six weeks.
We'll be [Ab] finishing in [G] about a week and a half.
We've been taking this product to England to [Eb] mix it.
For those of you who don't know what mixing is, we put all the pieces [G] together when we mix it. _ _
_ [A] _ _ Where would you be? _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ Waiting to see [Am] us next, tomorrow.
_ _ [A] _ Be right now.
_ _ [Bb] We have all new players.
We have [Abm] a great young guitar player.
[Gb] _ _ A drummer [G] that we've used on this album, but he's been a friend of mine for a long time.
_ He's [E] the drummer with ACDC.
Simon has [Ab] really brought us back to playing a lot more.
_ Rock and roll.
Knock on the door.
Other faces, new bass player.
Bass.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ Llewellyn Robinson.
[G] He's written _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ some great shows.
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Gb] _ I'm your spirit, _ I'm your angel.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ You have _ _ _ to be here.
_ [B] In changing all [A] the people around, we [G] found that the writing even got stronger.
It became more pleasant to [Ab] do it because there were new ideas, ideas coming from [G] places that [Ab] we've used.
There were too many [Gb] concepts.
We're _ [G] not going to do it again.
_ [Gb] In changing years, that's why the beauty of [A] having these new people to do it with.
We've written 12 [Gb] songs.
We've sold 18.
[E] _ [Gb] _ _ We've sold 20.
[Db] We've _ _ _ [E] _ [B] sold 30.
We've [Bm] _ _ sold 40.
We've sold 50. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] We've sold 70.
_ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] We've sold 80. _
_ _ [B] _ We've sold 90.
[D] We've sold 100.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ I got to be in [Bb] the band by originally sending a tape [A] from England, which my friend persuaded me to send it.
_ _ _ _ Because I figured I [Ab] was only 17. _
[Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [B] About six months later, Wendy [Ab] just phoned me up in the evening at 8 o'clock.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
I said, I don't [Ab] know anything about [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] anything.
[A] She said, I can't.
_ _ [Abm] I said, I can tell you.
What you [Gm] really, really want is however [Ab] bad you want something.
_ _ _ [A] _ I [G] put the hard part in the grind of it is that [A] year after year after year, you have to do the same thing.
You have to write _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[A] or anything [Ab] but the single-mindedness of writing, [Gbm] recording, and [Bb] touring.
We have been talking about [G] going straight to Britain and Europe to do two or three or _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ [G] four.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Just to add to that, [Bb] if it is possible, [A] I will [Bb] help _ along and be [E] involved in this because the project has come along so far.
[G] You won't be paid for this.
Well, then fuck off.
[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _