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
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In the [E] 1950s, life was [B] simple, and so was rock and roll.
[E] now, and so [B] is the music.
keyboard a little bit more.
Artist [Gm] Todd Rundgren is also a [A] top audio engineer,
music reflects the new [Em] technology of the 70s.
[Cm] Uh, let me hear you together for a second.
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,
[E] now, and so [B] is the music.
keyboard a little bit more.
Artist [Gm] Todd Rundgren is also a [A] top audio engineer,
music reflects the new [Em] technology of the 70s.
[Cm] Uh, let me hear you together for a second.
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,
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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, _ _