Chords for Stryper- Where Are They Now? (early 2000 episode)
Tempo:
129.35 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] He said I'm [D] all his, all [Gbm] [B]
[E] his
and rock and roll may be the calling card of many a [Ab] rock musician,
Christian metal band Striper had different goals.
decision to go out [Db] and make a stand for something [Eb] different.
from the [Db] temptations instead of run [Eb] to the temptations.
[Ab] Originally a generic metal outfit called [Fm] Rock's Regime,
the band, brothers [Db] Michael and Robert Sweet,
[E] his
and rock and roll may be the calling card of many a [Ab] rock musician,
Christian metal band Striper had different goals.
decision to go out [Db] and make a stand for something [Eb] different.
from the [Db] temptations instead of run [Eb] to the temptations.
[Ab] Originally a generic metal outfit called [Fm] Rock's Regime,
the band, brothers [Db] Michael and Robert Sweet,
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ He said I'm [D] all his, all _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] his
_ _ _ [Fm] Sex, drugs and rock and roll may be the calling card of many a [Ab] rock musician,
but Christian metal band Striper had different goals.
I made the decision to go out [Db] and make a stand for something [Eb] different.
And, you know, [C] to _ run from the [Db] temptations instead of run [Eb] to the temptations.
_ [Ab] Originally a generic metal outfit called [Fm] Rock's Regime,
the band, brothers [Db] Michael and Robert Sweet,
Oz Falk [Gb] and Tim Gaines became [Eb] Born Again in 1983 and Chained Fear [Ab] 2.
_ _ Striper is an acronym for_
[Bb] Salvation through [F] redemption, yielding peace, [Ab] encouragement and righteousness.
_ [Eb] And then [Ab] if you ever saw the name [Bb] Striper, you always saw Isaiah 55.
_ [Gm] By his stripes, his [Db] lashings that he took, we are healed. _
[Eb] Even a Christian metal band needs an image.
Boys and Striper [B] decided that dressing like glam rock [Db] bumblebees was just the ticket.
[Bb] They couldn't find anything yellow and black at the time,
so we bought white and black and dyed [Ab] them yellow.
Though Striper refrained from the evils [F] of booze and pills,
the band shared a vice common among their heavy [Ab] metal peers, hairspray.
[F] _ Practically a can in [Bb] each hand, you know,
_ [F] and just every five minutes going [Db] back and putting more on.
It was unbelievable and it was Aquanet, [Eb] extra super hold of course.
_ Instead of guitar picks [B] or T-shirts,
these rockers for [Db] Jesus pelted their audience with a different [Bb] kind of memento, [Eb] Bibles.
Robert would come [Db] off the drums and [Eb] we would all go out and throw these Bibles out
and [Db] people would go crazy, _ [B] crazy.
The whole crowd would just, you know, [Eb]
trying to get a Bible.
_ _ _ Despite fans like Jim and [Ab] Tammy Faye Baker,
the first hard rock band with a Christian [E] message faced resistance from many of their church [Db]-going peers.
Some people thought we were [Abm] actually satanic, you know,
[Eb] and because of they [Eb] felt we were being, you [B]
know,
blaspheming God [Db] with the hair and the look and the [Bb] sound.
_ After two [Eb] gold-selling releases in 1986,
their third album, To [Ab] Hell With The Devil, went platinum.
[Eb] The top 30 single [Gm] honestly put Striper on the map.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ At one point the video was the most requested on MTV,
[Fm] beating out Poison, Motley Crue and [F] Bon Jovi.
_ [Bb] In 1991, [Eb] Michael Sweet left the band.
[Bb] _ Later [Cm] that year, the rest of Striper went [Bb] their separate ways.
_ [Ab] So where are Striper now?
_ [Db] Singer Michael Sweet has moved his [Fm] family from Los Angeles to Cape Cod.
He helps his wife run [Abm] their family business, Maple [Db] Park Campgrounds.
[Ebm] Ranger Mike is what [Gbm] everyone calls me around here.
[Db] And I drive a Jeep around and basically my role here is to make sure all the campfires are [B] out.
_ I show [Dbm] people to their sites and [Ebm] where their hookups are,
[Eb] _ deliver [A] messages, _ fill propane tanks, [B] _ eat a lot of ice cream.
[C] _ Ranger [F] Mike is also [C] Farmer Mike.
They have [D] a cranberry [C] business as well and they have 11 bogs and I help with that as well.
So I put on hip waders and get out in the water and go out there and _ corral these berries that are floating on the water and use these rakes.
That's something else I do.
I mow the ball field. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] The former Striper lead [Gm] singer has not given [Bb] up music entirely.
He just finished recording his third [G] solo album, Truth.
_ [F] The remaining [Gb] members of Striper continue to pursue music.
Brother Robert Sweet is working on a solo record.
[G] By day Oz Fox works in an audio equipment distributor.
[N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] By _ [Gb] _ night he and Tim Gaines inspire local fans with their band Sin Dizzy. _ _
[Db] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ Invited to play a reunion gig [A] in Puerto Rico in 1999, Striper found out that outside their home turf they could still pack a [D] stadium.
And then when we pulled into the [A] show it looked like a [E] football game.
I [D] thought, what is this?
And the guy [A] said, that's where you're playing.
_ Just [E] a sea of people.
So will the band reunite to spread its message of the Father, the Son and the Holy Hairspray in the 21st century?
I look back [D] at some of the pictures now and it's just a riot.
I'm [E] in tears because the hair is so big.
And it's like, how did we get our hair that big?
[A] I would suppose if we ever [Em] reunited, it has to be before we all lose our hair, right?
[A] _ _ _ _
[Em] One thing's for sure, the former members of Striper haven't lost their faith.
[E] his
_ _ _ [Fm] Sex, drugs and rock and roll may be the calling card of many a [Ab] rock musician,
but Christian metal band Striper had different goals.
I made the decision to go out [Db] and make a stand for something [Eb] different.
And, you know, [C] to _ run from the [Db] temptations instead of run [Eb] to the temptations.
_ [Ab] Originally a generic metal outfit called [Fm] Rock's Regime,
the band, brothers [Db] Michael and Robert Sweet,
Oz Falk [Gb] and Tim Gaines became [Eb] Born Again in 1983 and Chained Fear [Ab] 2.
_ _ Striper is an acronym for_
[Bb] Salvation through [F] redemption, yielding peace, [Ab] encouragement and righteousness.
_ [Eb] And then [Ab] if you ever saw the name [Bb] Striper, you always saw Isaiah 55.
_ [Gm] By his stripes, his [Db] lashings that he took, we are healed. _
[Eb] Even a Christian metal band needs an image.
Boys and Striper [B] decided that dressing like glam rock [Db] bumblebees was just the ticket.
[Bb] They couldn't find anything yellow and black at the time,
so we bought white and black and dyed [Ab] them yellow.
Though Striper refrained from the evils [F] of booze and pills,
the band shared a vice common among their heavy [Ab] metal peers, hairspray.
[F] _ Practically a can in [Bb] each hand, you know,
_ [F] and just every five minutes going [Db] back and putting more on.
It was unbelievable and it was Aquanet, [Eb] extra super hold of course.
_ Instead of guitar picks [B] or T-shirts,
these rockers for [Db] Jesus pelted their audience with a different [Bb] kind of memento, [Eb] Bibles.
Robert would come [Db] off the drums and [Eb] we would all go out and throw these Bibles out
and [Db] people would go crazy, _ [B] crazy.
The whole crowd would just, you know, [Eb]
trying to get a Bible.
_ _ _ Despite fans like Jim and [Ab] Tammy Faye Baker,
the first hard rock band with a Christian [E] message faced resistance from many of their church [Db]-going peers.
Some people thought we were [Abm] actually satanic, you know,
[Eb] and because of they [Eb] felt we were being, you [B]
know,
blaspheming God [Db] with the hair and the look and the [Bb] sound.
_ After two [Eb] gold-selling releases in 1986,
their third album, To [Ab] Hell With The Devil, went platinum.
[Eb] The top 30 single [Gm] honestly put Striper on the map.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ At one point the video was the most requested on MTV,
[Fm] beating out Poison, Motley Crue and [F] Bon Jovi.
_ [Bb] In 1991, [Eb] Michael Sweet left the band.
[Bb] _ Later [Cm] that year, the rest of Striper went [Bb] their separate ways.
_ [Ab] So where are Striper now?
_ [Db] Singer Michael Sweet has moved his [Fm] family from Los Angeles to Cape Cod.
He helps his wife run [Abm] their family business, Maple [Db] Park Campgrounds.
[Ebm] Ranger Mike is what [Gbm] everyone calls me around here.
[Db] And I drive a Jeep around and basically my role here is to make sure all the campfires are [B] out.
_ I show [Dbm] people to their sites and [Ebm] where their hookups are,
[Eb] _ deliver [A] messages, _ fill propane tanks, [B] _ eat a lot of ice cream.
[C] _ Ranger [F] Mike is also [C] Farmer Mike.
They have [D] a cranberry [C] business as well and they have 11 bogs and I help with that as well.
So I put on hip waders and get out in the water and go out there and _ corral these berries that are floating on the water and use these rakes.
That's something else I do.
I mow the ball field. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] The former Striper lead [Gm] singer has not given [Bb] up music entirely.
He just finished recording his third [G] solo album, Truth.
_ [F] The remaining [Gb] members of Striper continue to pursue music.
Brother Robert Sweet is working on a solo record.
[G] By day Oz Fox works in an audio equipment distributor.
[N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] By _ [Gb] _ night he and Tim Gaines inspire local fans with their band Sin Dizzy. _ _
[Db] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ Invited to play a reunion gig [A] in Puerto Rico in 1999, Striper found out that outside their home turf they could still pack a [D] stadium.
And then when we pulled into the [A] show it looked like a [E] football game.
I [D] thought, what is this?
And the guy [A] said, that's where you're playing.
_ Just [E] a sea of people.
So will the band reunite to spread its message of the Father, the Son and the Holy Hairspray in the 21st century?
I look back [D] at some of the pictures now and it's just a riot.
I'm [E] in tears because the hair is so big.
And it's like, how did we get our hair that big?
[A] I would suppose if we ever [Em] reunited, it has to be before we all lose our hair, right?
[A] _ _ _ _
[Em] One thing's for sure, the former members of Striper haven't lost their faith.
