Chords for TODD RUNDGREN / UTOPIA "ROCK - THE BEAT GOES ON" SEGMENT 1977
Tempo:
141.25 bpm
Chords used:
E
Bb
B
G
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
In the [E] 1950s, life was [B] simple, and so was rock and roll.
But the audience is more sophisticated [E] now, and so [B] is the music.
Uh, [Bb] play the keyboard a little bit more.
[Bm]
Artist [Gm] Todd Rundgren is also a [A] top audio engineer,
and [E] the electronic influence in his music reflects the new [Em] technology of the 70s.
[Cm] Uh, let me hear you together for a second.
[E]
This is a sound check, a time [E]-consuming yet important procedure that occurs before every live concert.
[Gb] Each instrument, amplifier, [E] and speaker is [D] tested and then balanced,
so the total mix of sounds the audience [Bb] hears is just [Gb] right.
[Bb] You know, we did listen to some of the tape.
Mostly the background instruments are not high enough, and the voices are too high.
There's, uh, not enough, can't hear enough of the rhythm instruments.
[A]
[Am]
[G] [C]
[F] [G] Rock has come a long way since [E] Fats Domino sang about Blueberry [B] Hill.
It's now an international language that [D] encompasses many different styles of pop music.
Where will it go from here?
[Cm] Todd Rundgren's [G] electronic [C] music is one direction.
[A] Where do I think rock is going?
Well, [Cm] I think a significant [G]
move would be for them to [Em] figure out another name for modern popular music,
as played [Gb] by all these [C] newly electrified musicians.
Rock, or [A] what people call [B] rock.
I [Bb] think the immediate future will be pretty uninteresting,
[G] and then in the [Bb] long run, possibly music will, [Bb] as far as I'm concerned,
re [Gb]-legitimatize itself [B] [Cm] through artists striving to be creative
rather than simply take care of their,
But the audience is more sophisticated [E] now, and so [B] is the music.
Uh, [Bb] play the keyboard a little bit more.
[Bm]
Artist [Gm] Todd Rundgren is also a [A] top audio engineer,
and [E] the electronic influence in his music reflects the new [Em] technology of the 70s.
[Cm] Uh, let me hear you together for a second.
[E]
This is a sound check, a time [E]-consuming yet important procedure that occurs before every live concert.
[Gb] Each instrument, amplifier, [E] and speaker is [D] tested and then balanced,
so the total mix of sounds the audience [Bb] hears is just [Gb] right.
[Bb] You know, we did listen to some of the tape.
Mostly the background instruments are not high enough, and the voices are too high.
There's, uh, not enough, can't hear enough of the rhythm instruments.
[A]
[Am]
[G] [C]
[F] [G] Rock has come a long way since [E] Fats Domino sang about Blueberry [B] Hill.
It's now an international language that [D] encompasses many different styles of pop music.
Where will it go from here?
[Cm] Todd Rundgren's [G] electronic [C] music is one direction.
[A] Where do I think rock is going?
Well, [Cm] I think a significant [G]
move would be for them to [Em] figure out another name for modern popular music,
as played [Gb] by all these [C] newly electrified musicians.
Rock, or [A] what people call [B] rock.
I [Bb] think the immediate future will be pretty uninteresting,
[G] and then in the [Bb] long run, possibly music will, [Bb] as far as I'm concerned,
re [Gb]-legitimatize itself [B] [Cm] through artists striving to be creative
rather than simply take care of their,
Key:
E
Bb
B
G
A
E
Bb
B
In the _ [E] 1950s, life was [B] simple, and so was rock and roll.
But the audience is more sophisticated [E] now, and so [B] is the music.
Uh, [Bb] play the keyboard a little bit more.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Artist [Gm] Todd Rundgren is also a [A] top audio engineer,
and [E] the electronic influence in his music reflects the new [Em] technology of the 70s. _
_ _ [Cm] _ Uh, let me hear you together for a second.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a sound check, a time [E]-consuming yet important procedure that occurs before every live concert.
[Gb] Each instrument, amplifier, [E] and speaker is [D] tested and then balanced,
so the total mix of sounds the audience [Bb] hears is just [Gb] right. _
[Bb] You know, we did listen to some of the tape.
Mostly the _ background instruments are not high enough, and the voices are too high.
_ _ _ There's, uh, not enough, can't hear enough of the rhythm instruments.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] Rock has come a long way since [E] Fats Domino sang about Blueberry [B] Hill.
It's now an international language that [D] encompasses many different styles of pop music.
Where will it go from here?
_ [Cm] Todd Rundgren's [G] electronic [C] music is one direction.
[A] Where do I think rock is going?
_ Well, [Cm] I think a significant [G] _
move would be for them to [Em] figure out another name for modern popular music,
as played [Gb] by all these [C] newly electrified musicians.
_ _ Rock, or [A] what people call [B] rock.
I [Bb] think the immediate future will be pretty uninteresting,
_ [G] and then in the [Bb] long run, possibly music will, _ [Bb] as far as I'm concerned,
re [Gb]-legitimatize itself [B] _ [Cm] through artists striving to be creative
rather than simply _ _ take care of their, _ _
But the audience is more sophisticated [E] now, and so [B] is the music.
Uh, [Bb] play the keyboard a little bit more.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Artist [Gm] Todd Rundgren is also a [A] top audio engineer,
and [E] the electronic influence in his music reflects the new [Em] technology of the 70s. _
_ _ [Cm] _ Uh, let me hear you together for a second.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a sound check, a time [E]-consuming yet important procedure that occurs before every live concert.
[Gb] Each instrument, amplifier, [E] and speaker is [D] tested and then balanced,
so the total mix of sounds the audience [Bb] hears is just [Gb] right. _
[Bb] You know, we did listen to some of the tape.
Mostly the _ background instruments are not high enough, and the voices are too high.
_ _ _ There's, uh, not enough, can't hear enough of the rhythm instruments.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] Rock has come a long way since [E] Fats Domino sang about Blueberry [B] Hill.
It's now an international language that [D] encompasses many different styles of pop music.
Where will it go from here?
_ [Cm] Todd Rundgren's [G] electronic [C] music is one direction.
[A] Where do I think rock is going?
_ Well, [Cm] I think a significant [G] _
move would be for them to [Em] figure out another name for modern popular music,
as played [Gb] by all these [C] newly electrified musicians.
_ _ Rock, or [A] what people call [B] rock.
I [Bb] think the immediate future will be pretty uninteresting,
_ [G] and then in the [Bb] long run, possibly music will, _ [Bb] as far as I'm concerned,
re [Gb]-legitimatize itself [B] _ [Cm] through artists striving to be creative
rather than simply _ _ take care of their, _ _