Chords for The New Classics: Greta Van Fleet | Rolling Stone
Tempo:
121.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
Ab
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Abm] So you [E] know I think we're in this part, this segment of our creative element [Ab] where we really
[E] uh, we're moving into an [Dm] all [G] bass
[E] oriented band. Great pitch.
Basically.
Basically what we're saying is it [G] [E]
[G] [E]
wasn't until we got into [Ab] that [G] we got into [Gb] rock and roll
[A] as it evolved.
The [G] whole thing kind of started like [Am] doing covers of like old [Ab] blue standards and then
it [G] just kind [Gb] of evolved into something [Am] else.
There's a lot [Ab] of blues [G] influences [Gb] initially, you know?
I'd say like [A] Howlin' Wolf is a big one.
[Ab] Big one, yeah.
[G] Probably the biggest [Gb] is honestly Taj [A] Mahal.
Taj Mahal.
[Ab] Our dad was always playing [G] guys like all the Kings.
[Gb] BB King, Freddie King, [A] Halbert King.
You [Ab] know the stuff where you can [G] see it transitioning [Gb] into rock [G] and roll.
[Dm] [Gm]
[G] Some of the good early rock and roll [Dm] stuff was great.
The Who was the first, [G] you know, rock band that sort of, rock and roll band that [D] haunted [C] me.
Yeah, I was also the Who.
I saw [F] footage of them smashing stuff.
I was scarred, you know?
Scarred, yeah.
But like in the best way possible.
[G]
Well, this is Blackbird [Eb] Studios and this is where we are [Gm] currently recording.
What's kind of incredible is [G] that we've kind of seen ourselves go from [Bb] drawing inspiration
from songs or genres.
[C] Now [G] on this record, we're writing songs that we get [Bb] inspiration from like [C] the tonality
of an instrument.
[Gm] So it's not [G] contrived.
It simply [D] just feels very [Gm] natural.
It makes you experience something [C] emotionally.
[Am] There [G] [F]
[Fm] is some fantastic music out there that's very true [Am] to itself, that's new, exciting,
unique, well-written.
Everything.
The problem is it's not being played on the radio.
It's not being played on these massive [B] media formats because people ignore [Am] good music because
it takes a little bit extra brainpower to listen to, but it's so much more rewarding.
Look at Josier.
Josier, absolutely beautiful songs, great raspy voice, very [F] great production [Ab] on his stuff.
And he made it into that [C] through the alternative, into like pop radio.
The scary thing about listening to pop radio is sometimes you don't know if you're listening
to the same damn artist or if it's different, [A] you know?
I think that the evolution of rock and roll was cut off at some [C] point.
[A] So it's like taking it, going back to where it was [C] and [A] evolving it forward again.
I think [G] that our generation needs to [C] carry the tradition of the [A] way that that generation
viewed music and carry that forward too.
Yeah, we can't [Am] ever let that get lost.
That would be the significant lost chord that you just, music will sound [F] like.
Hopefully nothing that Jim [A] Morrison [D] predicted about it.
That's not really [Am] rock and roll.
No, it's not [A] really rock and roll at all.
[Dm] [G]
[E] uh, we're moving into an [Dm] all [G] bass
[E] oriented band. Great pitch.
Basically.
Basically what we're saying is it [G] [E]
[G] [E]
wasn't until we got into [Ab] that [G] we got into [Gb] rock and roll
[A] as it evolved.
The [G] whole thing kind of started like [Am] doing covers of like old [Ab] blue standards and then
it [G] just kind [Gb] of evolved into something [Am] else.
There's a lot [Ab] of blues [G] influences [Gb] initially, you know?
I'd say like [A] Howlin' Wolf is a big one.
[Ab] Big one, yeah.
[G] Probably the biggest [Gb] is honestly Taj [A] Mahal.
Taj Mahal.
[Ab] Our dad was always playing [G] guys like all the Kings.
[Gb] BB King, Freddie King, [A] Halbert King.
You [Ab] know the stuff where you can [G] see it transitioning [Gb] into rock [G] and roll.
[Dm] [Gm]
[G] Some of the good early rock and roll [Dm] stuff was great.
The Who was the first, [G] you know, rock band that sort of, rock and roll band that [D] haunted [C] me.
Yeah, I was also the Who.
I saw [F] footage of them smashing stuff.
I was scarred, you know?
Scarred, yeah.
But like in the best way possible.
[G]
Well, this is Blackbird [Eb] Studios and this is where we are [Gm] currently recording.
What's kind of incredible is [G] that we've kind of seen ourselves go from [Bb] drawing inspiration
from songs or genres.
[C] Now [G] on this record, we're writing songs that we get [Bb] inspiration from like [C] the tonality
of an instrument.
[Gm] So it's not [G] contrived.
It simply [D] just feels very [Gm] natural.
It makes you experience something [C] emotionally.
[Am] There [G] [F]
[Fm] is some fantastic music out there that's very true [Am] to itself, that's new, exciting,
unique, well-written.
Everything.
The problem is it's not being played on the radio.
It's not being played on these massive [B] media formats because people ignore [Am] good music because
it takes a little bit extra brainpower to listen to, but it's so much more rewarding.
Look at Josier.
Josier, absolutely beautiful songs, great raspy voice, very [F] great production [Ab] on his stuff.
And he made it into that [C] through the alternative, into like pop radio.
The scary thing about listening to pop radio is sometimes you don't know if you're listening
to the same damn artist or if it's different, [A] you know?
I think that the evolution of rock and roll was cut off at some [C] point.
[A] So it's like taking it, going back to where it was [C] and [A] evolving it forward again.
I think [G] that our generation needs to [C] carry the tradition of the [A] way that that generation
viewed music and carry that forward too.
Yeah, we can't [Am] ever let that get lost.
That would be the significant lost chord that you just, music will sound [F] like.
Hopefully nothing that Jim [A] Morrison [D] predicted about it.
That's not really [Am] rock and roll.
No, it's not [A] really rock and roll at all.
[Dm] [G]
Key:
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A
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Am
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A
Ab
[Abm] So you [E] know I think we're in this part, this _ segment of our creative element [Ab] where we really
[E] uh, _ we're moving into an [Dm] all [G] bass _
_ [E] oriented band. Great pitch.
Basically.
Basically what we're saying is it _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ wasn't until we got into [Ab] that [G] we got into [Gb] rock and roll
[A] as it evolved.
The [G] whole thing kind of started like [Am] doing covers of like old [Ab] blue standards and then
it [G] just kind [Gb] of evolved into something [Am] else.
There's a lot [Ab] of blues [G] influences [Gb] initially, you know?
I'd say like [A] Howlin' Wolf is a big one.
[Ab] Big one, yeah.
[G] Probably the biggest [Gb] is honestly Taj [A] Mahal.
Taj Mahal.
[Ab] Our dad was always playing [G] guys like all the Kings.
[Gb] BB King, Freddie King, [A] Halbert King.
You [Ab] know the stuff where you can [G] see it transitioning [Gb] into rock [G] and roll.
_ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[G] Some of the good early rock and roll [Dm] stuff was great.
The Who was the first, [G] you know, rock band that sort of, rock and roll band that [D] haunted [C] me.
Yeah, I was also the Who.
I saw [F] footage of them smashing stuff.
I was scarred, you know?
Scarred, yeah.
But like in the best way possible.
[G] _ _ _
Well, this is Blackbird [Eb] Studios and this is where we are [Gm] currently recording.
_ _ _ What's kind of incredible is [G] that we've kind of seen ourselves go from [Bb] drawing inspiration
from songs or genres.
[C] Now [G] on this record, we're writing songs that we get [Bb] inspiration from like [C] the tonality
of an instrument.
[Gm] So it's not [G] contrived.
It simply [D] just feels very [Gm] natural.
It makes you experience something [C] emotionally.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ There [G] _ [F] _ _
[Fm] is some fantastic music out there that's very true [Am] to itself, that's new, exciting,
unique, well-written.
Everything.
The problem is it's not being played on the radio.
It's not being played on these massive [B] media formats because people ignore [Am] good music because
it takes a little bit extra brainpower to listen to, but it's so much more rewarding.
Look at Josier.
Josier, absolutely beautiful songs, great raspy voice, very [F] great production [Ab] on his stuff.
And he made it into that [C] through the alternative, into like pop radio.
The scary thing about listening to pop radio is sometimes you don't know if you're listening
to the same damn artist or if it's different, [A] you know?
_ _ I think that the evolution of rock and roll was cut off at some [C] point.
[A] So it's like taking it, going back to where it was [C] and [A] evolving it forward again.
I think [G] that our generation needs to [C] carry the tradition of the [A] way that that generation
viewed music and carry that forward too.
Yeah, we can't [Am] ever let that get lost.
That would be the significant lost chord that you just, music will sound [F] like.
Hopefully nothing that Jim [A] Morrison [D] predicted about it.
That's not really [Am] rock and roll.
No, it's not [A] really rock and roll at all.
[Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] uh, _ we're moving into an [Dm] all [G] bass _
_ [E] oriented band. Great pitch.
Basically.
Basically what we're saying is it _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ wasn't until we got into [Ab] that [G] we got into [Gb] rock and roll
[A] as it evolved.
The [G] whole thing kind of started like [Am] doing covers of like old [Ab] blue standards and then
it [G] just kind [Gb] of evolved into something [Am] else.
There's a lot [Ab] of blues [G] influences [Gb] initially, you know?
I'd say like [A] Howlin' Wolf is a big one.
[Ab] Big one, yeah.
[G] Probably the biggest [Gb] is honestly Taj [A] Mahal.
Taj Mahal.
[Ab] Our dad was always playing [G] guys like all the Kings.
[Gb] BB King, Freddie King, [A] Halbert King.
You [Ab] know the stuff where you can [G] see it transitioning [Gb] into rock [G] and roll.
_ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[G] Some of the good early rock and roll [Dm] stuff was great.
The Who was the first, [G] you know, rock band that sort of, rock and roll band that [D] haunted [C] me.
Yeah, I was also the Who.
I saw [F] footage of them smashing stuff.
I was scarred, you know?
Scarred, yeah.
But like in the best way possible.
[G] _ _ _
Well, this is Blackbird [Eb] Studios and this is where we are [Gm] currently recording.
_ _ _ What's kind of incredible is [G] that we've kind of seen ourselves go from [Bb] drawing inspiration
from songs or genres.
[C] Now [G] on this record, we're writing songs that we get [Bb] inspiration from like [C] the tonality
of an instrument.
[Gm] So it's not [G] contrived.
It simply [D] just feels very [Gm] natural.
It makes you experience something [C] emotionally.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ There [G] _ [F] _ _
[Fm] is some fantastic music out there that's very true [Am] to itself, that's new, exciting,
unique, well-written.
Everything.
The problem is it's not being played on the radio.
It's not being played on these massive [B] media formats because people ignore [Am] good music because
it takes a little bit extra brainpower to listen to, but it's so much more rewarding.
Look at Josier.
Josier, absolutely beautiful songs, great raspy voice, very [F] great production [Ab] on his stuff.
And he made it into that [C] through the alternative, into like pop radio.
The scary thing about listening to pop radio is sometimes you don't know if you're listening
to the same damn artist or if it's different, [A] you know?
_ _ I think that the evolution of rock and roll was cut off at some [C] point.
[A] So it's like taking it, going back to where it was [C] and [A] evolving it forward again.
I think [G] that our generation needs to [C] carry the tradition of the [A] way that that generation
viewed music and carry that forward too.
Yeah, we can't [Am] ever let that get lost.
That would be the significant lost chord that you just, music will sound [F] like.
Hopefully nothing that Jim [A] Morrison [D] predicted about it.
That's not really [Am] rock and roll.
No, it's not [A] really rock and roll at all.
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