Chords for Tanya Tucker Interview 2016

And it was just one of the toughest days of my life.
It really was.
How did you know?
I flew right to Memphis.
You did?
And I was there for the viewing the night before.
How did you know Elvis?
Actually, when I lived in a little town outside of Las Vegas, Henderson, _ that's where I got my start.
My first producer was a gambler in more ways [Ab] than one.
He gambled like this, but he also gambled on me.
That was [Gb] a smart bet.
Yeah, he's either a genius or a crazy one.
But I [E] couldn't afford the $30 it took to go see Elvis.
But I wanted to meet him when he knew who I [Ab] was.
Because you were 13 years old, you already had a hit, Delta Dawn.
Yeah, I was about 17 when I first met Elvis.
Did he come on to you?
[Bb] He _ _ [Eb] _ came on to you.
And what happened?
He asked me to come back after the second show [Gb] to hang out.
And?
I said, I got to go [Gb] home and tell my mom and daddy about this.
I said, I can't do that.
What did your daddy say?
He tried to kiss me.
Of course, I gave [Ab] him one of these.
And I saw that beautiful smile that he had.
He was just a beautiful man.
And [Db] it's funny, because I got invited to Graceland many times.
I know a [Ab] lot of the guys _ that were with [Gb] him.
They're pretty good buddies of mine.
But [Ab] I didn't want to be one of the girls.
You know?
I didn't want to be one of the girls.
So I wrote a song called One of the Boys.
And it's going to be on my next album.
Oh, wow.
Because I wanted them to treat me like just one of the boys.
Because that's all I wanted to be.
How does that song go?
It's very hard for a girl like me to be one of the boys.
I [Gb] mean, it's just because I wanted to.
I didn't want that male-female thing.
I wanted just to be his buddy.
You know?
Folks, if you want to see Tanya Tucker, you can in our area.
September 24th at the Paramount.
Great facility out there on Long Island.
Right, in Huntington, Long Island.
And by the way, you're auctioning off stuff right now from your house.
You can have a piece of Tanya in your own home.
_ Everythingbutthehouse.com.
The kitchen sink is going, too?
I said, but the house will go, too, if they really want it.
[Ab] No, you know, I had a 15,000 square foot warehouse full of my [C] life.
And so much so that I would walk in there and it would just, like, [Gb] surround me.
And I couldn't stay in there very long.
Understand.
That's why you've got a little Marie Kondo.
Have you heard of her?
The declutter person.
If it doesn't bring you joy, get rid of it.
But some of these things, what are we looking at here?
They brought me a lot of joy.
Your trophies?
Oh, these are, [N] like, albums, Platinum Mountains, gold albums.
[Gb] I never have been a person to really [B] put all that stuff up in my house.
[C] And, I mean, there's two ways to look at that.
[Gb] I didn't want to be a show-off.
At the same time, you know, wow, I should be proud.
My one friend said, you should be proud of these things, you know, you've accomplished.
But I would much [Bb] rather have somebody else enjoy [C] them because I've enjoyed them for years.
And some of it was [Gb] a little emotional.
Was there one piece that you were [Ab] thinking maybe I should keep?
Yeah, which one?
Probably my _ _ Rolex watch, I think, probably is one of the ones I want to keep.
I [Gb] kicked myself for letting that go.
[Ab] Is it already gone?
Yes, it is.
It's $47,000.
Wow.
I was going to say, I'll buy it for you.
_ [Gb] The auction is still going on, right?
It started yesterday.
[Ab] EBTH.com,.com everythingbutthehouse.com. Everythingbutthehouse.com. We have several auctions that we'll be _ having, but this one goes for, what, you said, ten days? Probably nine days. August 24th. Yeah, and it _ goes to Sweet Relief, which is a musician's charity. Fun. Where do you live these days? I'm living outside of Nashville. And the house is intact. What do you like to do when you're not singing? I like to ride cutting horses. I'm really into that. What kind of horses? Cutting horses. What is that? It's a working cattle horse. [Gb] You work a cow for two minutes and 30 seconds. You mean like a rodeo? Well, kind of like a rodeo. Where it came from [Eb] was back in the old days when they used to herd the cattle to the _ [Ab] feedlot or the stockyard. Some of them would get sick, so cowboys would have to cut them out of the herd. Oh. So it became a contest. I like it. So now it's a multimillion-dollar business. That's something Rosanna would never [E] do. You know what? It would be great if you'd come down in December. I would love to do it, too. You guys could be in the celebrity cutting. Let's do that. [C] I'd love to have you. Oh, my God. [A] We'll [C] set you up with a great trainer. We'll put you on a [Gb] great horse. If you [Ab] help us, we'd do that. I give you my word. What the heck? We'll have so much fun. [Eb] Tanya, we'll see you in [E] September. September [Cm] 24th at the Paramount [Gb] in Huntington, Long Island. And Tanyatucker.com because I've got a lot [Cm] of shows coming up. [Ab] I just went back on the road. Very cool. And we're going to help you round up those cutting horses, whatever they are. I'd love to have