Chords for The Story Behind "Like A Rolling Stone" by Seal & Jeff Beck

_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [E] When you hear Bob Dylan sing [B] like a rolling stone, I mean [E] he sings it with such [F#] irony
And I think that [E] is one of the hardest things to [B] capture in the music as well as his [E] ability to turn a phrase on
His [F#] head he is arguably the greatest lyricist of [B] all time
Once upon a [C#m] time you dressed so fine
[G#m] You even threw the [E] bombs a dime in your [F#] prime Didn't you?
Well an old friend of mine [B] Martin Lewis approached me
You know we've known each other for a long time actually ever since I moved to Los Angeles about [E] 21 years [A#] ago
We became friends.
He said [F#] hey, I'm doing this for Amnesty International
Do you want to sing Bob Dylan's like a rolling [E] stone because it's a tribute
Now Seal I knew was a supporter of [F#] Amnesty because way back on Amnesty's [E] 30th anniversary
He performed at one of the [F#] secret policeman's ball shows
He performed [E] with David Gilmour from Pink Floyd
The [D#] thing that I remember most about it [C#] was working with David Gilmour [B] because I mean how [E] could you ever forget that?
And [D#m] especially for [C#m] a great cause I approached [D] him about it [A#] and he got back to [Em] me and said okay
I'm interested in [B] this but only if I could sing like [F#] a rolling stone a and B only if I could do it with Jeff Beck
_ [E] _ _ Being [G] in a room when Jeff Beck is [C] in his [B] mind noodling [C] in our mind
[C#m] Displaying genius [Em] is a religious [Bm] experience
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[G] He's a one-off and he's [Am] the last of that kind I'm fortunate enough [G] that he actually likes what [F] I do
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He's [Em] a true lover of music [B] _ [A] I
[E] Always thought see I had one of [G] the best voices on the scene and he still has I mean it's magic
He's a very [G#] selfless musician Jeff
[Fm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G#] _ [Em] _
_ _ [G#] [C#m] When
I got the [G] opportunity to sing it [Dm] was like a rolling stone for such a [G] great cause how could you pass that out?
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[B] There was a part of me that was kind of like how do you do a song that is so iconic
[A#m] [Am] Well, [E] if you're seal you have no fear
_ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] I
[C#m] Was in the studio at the time [E] recording my soul album and I said, [B] you know to Trevor Horne
[C#] I said can I let's just [G#m] turn around and do a quick demo [Em] of this and [B] and and it didn't sound [E] too bad
Trevor Horne is
Phenomenal [B] producer.
He was there with seal right at the beginning
We turned the track over [C#m] to Martin said you get this [F#] is a little demo that we did
You guys better get a track together.
So I went back to my friend Mark Hudson who I [B] just worked with on the Seeger
Track forever young.
I love seal and I love everything that he's done.
He's got [E] a voice.
That's incredible
We [F#] laid down a basic track and it was a great band Russ Kunkel on drums and Leland Sklar on bass
[B] They were the guys who did it for James [C#m] Taylor and Carol King and [B] Aaron Neville.
They're just like great [E] musicians Jim [F#] Cox
Who's like the greatest Hammond b3 organ play you've ever heard and he's currently working with [F] Mark Knopfler [E] on tour with Bob Dylan
And I got my friend Lawrence Juba [F#] who was in wings.
He was the last lead guitarist in [E] wings and
He came along place.
We laid down a basic track and it was
Pretty hot.
I mean these are [C#m] phenomenal musicians and [E] Mark Hudson really knows what he's doing in terms of putting the [B] track together
We cut a track and as soon as I heard it
I knew it was magical it all fell into place
Seal says, you know, I want to I'd like my friend Jeff Beck to help.
Can you reach Jeff?
Sure uncle Jeff?
So I reached out to Jeff and by good fortune Jeff happened to be coming to LA
so we arranged to get seal and Jeff in the studio together and
Man, [F#] it was magic
_ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ Jeff Beck [E] on guitar
_ [F#] Seal singing and it's weird when you have to produce people that you're such huge fans of [F] [E] but
You're already dealing with an incredible song.
[F#] It's just given a new lease of life to that song
[E] this is very similar to the original but
We've [F#] got more edge.
I think and then more attitude.
[E] It was playing on the [D#m] plane when I first went to America
[C#m] _ [B] And I just it was just sums up the whole [E] of New York scene
The way [B] things were, you know [C#m] the old excitement of me going to [B] marriage
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[F#] _ Jeff was the [B] guy who helped Amnesty back in [F#] 1981 [B] when I did the secret policeman's other ball [C#] and
[E] Eric Clapton said could he bring a friend with him to I remember saying to Eric?
Well, who's your friend?
And he said Jeff Beck
[B] Deal come [C#m] absolutely you kidding [Em] I never ever played with Eric before
I mean [G#m] people think we were in [G] the yard burst together
[C#m] But we weren't you [Em] got people who over the years have all been supporters of [Bm] Amnesty Jeff Beck [C#m] right there in
[E] 1981 at the secret policeman's other ball
Seal [B] right there in 1991 at [C#m] the 30th anniversary
[E] Supporting Amnesty now the two of them come together [B] fittingly on the 50th anniversary [C#] and record like a rolling [B] stone
You should support Amnesty International
They've done [Bm] so much for human [E] rights.
Let's not forget about people that are locked up for just having a belief how ridiculous
[B] Let's get that sorted out [C#m] now if you somehow work [E] towards giving giving them the [G#m] opportunity
by supporting Amnesty [C#m] International
[E] If you give those people the opportunity to be [B] heard, I think it's it's a [C#m] one of [E] it's the very least
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