Chords for View from the Bottom - Jim Morrison and the Doors
Tempo:
111.7 bpm
Chords used:
F#
E
G#
C#
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
What's a dazzling urbanite like you doing in a rustic setting like this?
[C#]
[Am] [C#]
[G#] [Am]
[E] [C#m] [F#]
[G] [C#m]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [F#m]
[G] [C#m]
[A] Ladies and gentlemen once again the doors
[F] [G]
[Bm] [C]
[F] Paul Harris keyboard player and [Gm] myself
We leave the band
To do an album with [F#] John Sebastian called the red eye Express Good [F] album
produced [F#] by Paul [N] Rothschild
So we rehearse over there go to New York
And [F#] we do that album and through [C] that through my affiliation with Paul Rothschild.
I then
Get a gig with the doors
[G#] To play [F#] on the soft parade.
I mean I was living in New York, [A#] but he flew me out to the [F#] Chateau Marmont
put me up there for about a [N] month and
And I went to the new at the time new
lecture studios, [F#] which was
on the lot La Cienega
I think they had maybe just a few sessions [N] before that and
I know pillows on the floor like everything was very comfortable like your living room and
The doors won't get along too well at that time.
This is this is after
You know they had [F#] done about everything they could do and they were in a Rothschild
And the band were looking to come up with something different
so
Rothschild had worked both with Paul Harris and myself Paul's a real good buddy of mine and
[F#]
[N] The idea was to do this album and
It would have horns and strings it would have
[G#] A bass players through the whole album.
I wasn't the only [C] one
But I played on I think soft parade and tell all the people
And a couple of those I don't remember
[F#] [N] but
My job it turned out in this session was to pull them together
[F#] Because they were not getting along
[N]
Jim wasn't really coming in till after the sessions to do the vocals and [F#] the songs were coming in kind of disjointed
in [E] my view
[F#] You know my job was to take what this section was and what that [E] section was
[F#] And kind of build a bridge make them into songs
and come up with licks and feels that made it work and
Some hate it some love it
[D#] Go baby
[N] He had no problem with me because I'm [F#] just a side man view from the bottom
[E] [G#] He [N] I
Thought it was a really nice smart
guy
who
unfortunately
Just like all of [G] them and I put them all [F#] in one big lump
[D#] too much money
[F#] I
Managers and record companies [C] want to keep them going
[G#] Feed them drugs
[C#] Keep them happy do whatever they have [G#] to do to keep them happy [F#] and they all go for
[Fm] Sica [F#] you know I can't avoid it.
You know [C#] very few avoided it
And he [E] was another one of them died
needlessly
[C] But died because he couldn't stop you know [F#] you kept he had to [Em] keep doing it.
He had to keep doing it.
You know
[E] so and when he was like filthy drunk on the stage you know or
Still had to keep doing
[Gm]
It's like that [C] movie.
They picked the three [E] worst day the guys life probably professionally horrible
[Am] But that's not him as a person
Made a lot of bad choices
Made some great music
Had some [E] great poetry
Great personality great persona about him were the great artists
[C#] [Am] [C#]
[G#] [Am]
[E] [F#]
[G] [C#m]
[E] [A]
[C#]
[Am] [C#]
[G#] [Am]
[E] [C#m] [F#]
[G] [C#m]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [F#m]
[G] [C#m]
[A] Ladies and gentlemen once again the doors
[F] [G]
[Bm] [C]
[F] Paul Harris keyboard player and [Gm] myself
We leave the band
To do an album with [F#] John Sebastian called the red eye Express Good [F] album
produced [F#] by Paul [N] Rothschild
So we rehearse over there go to New York
And [F#] we do that album and through [C] that through my affiliation with Paul Rothschild.
I then
Get a gig with the doors
[G#] To play [F#] on the soft parade.
I mean I was living in New York, [A#] but he flew me out to the [F#] Chateau Marmont
put me up there for about a [N] month and
And I went to the new at the time new
lecture studios, [F#] which was
on the lot La Cienega
I think they had maybe just a few sessions [N] before that and
I know pillows on the floor like everything was very comfortable like your living room and
The doors won't get along too well at that time.
This is this is after
You know they had [F#] done about everything they could do and they were in a Rothschild
And the band were looking to come up with something different
so
Rothschild had worked both with Paul Harris and myself Paul's a real good buddy of mine and
[F#]
[N] The idea was to do this album and
It would have horns and strings it would have
[G#] A bass players through the whole album.
I wasn't the only [C] one
But I played on I think soft parade and tell all the people
And a couple of those I don't remember
[F#] [N] but
My job it turned out in this session was to pull them together
[F#] Because they were not getting along
[N]
Jim wasn't really coming in till after the sessions to do the vocals and [F#] the songs were coming in kind of disjointed
in [E] my view
[F#] You know my job was to take what this section was and what that [E] section was
[F#] And kind of build a bridge make them into songs
and come up with licks and feels that made it work and
Some hate it some love it
[D#] Go baby
[N] He had no problem with me because I'm [F#] just a side man view from the bottom
[E] [G#] He [N] I
Thought it was a really nice smart
guy
who
unfortunately
Just like all of [G] them and I put them all [F#] in one big lump
[D#] too much money
[F#] I
Managers and record companies [C] want to keep them going
[G#] Feed them drugs
[C#] Keep them happy do whatever they have [G#] to do to keep them happy [F#] and they all go for
[Fm] Sica [F#] you know I can't avoid it.
You know [C#] very few avoided it
And he [E] was another one of them died
needlessly
[C] But died because he couldn't stop you know [F#] you kept he had to [Em] keep doing it.
He had to keep doing it.
You know
[E] so and when he was like filthy drunk on the stage you know or
Still had to keep doing
[Gm]
It's like that [C] movie.
They picked the three [E] worst day the guys life probably professionally horrible
[Am] But that's not him as a person
Made a lot of bad choices
Made some great music
Had some [E] great poetry
Great personality great persona about him were the great artists
[C#] [Am] [C#]
[G#] [Am]
[E] [F#]
[G] [C#m]
[E] [A]
Key:
F#
E
G#
C#
C
F#
E
G#
What's a dazzling urbanite like you doing in a rustic setting like this?
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [A] Ladies and gentlemen once again the doors _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] Paul Harris keyboard player and [Gm] myself
_ We leave the band
_ To do an album with [F#] John Sebastian called the red eye Express Good [F] album
_ _ produced [F#] by Paul [N] Rothschild
_ So we rehearse over there go to New York
And [F#] we do that album and through [C] that through my affiliation with Paul Rothschild.
I then
_ Get a gig with the doors
[G#] _ _ To play [F#] on the soft parade.
I mean I was living in New York, [A#] but he flew me out to the [F#] Chateau Marmont
put me up there for about a [N] month and
And I went to the new at the time new _
lecture studios, [F#] which was
_ on the lot La Cienega
I think they had maybe just a few sessions [N] before that and _
I know pillows on the floor like everything was very comfortable like your living room and
_ _ The doors won't get along too well at that time.
This is this is after
You know they had [F#] done about everything they could do and they were in a Rothschild
_ And the band were looking to come up with something different
_ so
_ _ Rothschild had worked both with Paul Harris and myself Paul's a real good buddy of mine and
[F#] _
_ [N] _ _ _ The idea was to do this album and
_ _ It would have horns and strings it would have
_ _ _ [G#] A bass players through the whole album.
I wasn't the only [C] one
_ _ But I played on I think soft parade _ and tell all the people
_ And a couple of those I don't remember
[F#] _ [N] but _
My job it turned out in this session was to pull them together
[F#] Because they were not getting along
[N] _
Jim wasn't really coming in till after the sessions to do the vocals and [F#] the songs were coming in kind of disjointed
in [E] my view _
[F#] You know my job was to take what this section was and what that [E] section was
[F#] And kind of build a bridge make them into songs
and come up with licks and feels that made it work and
_ _ Some hate it some love it
_ [D#] _ Go baby
_ _ _ _ [N] _ He had no problem with me because I'm [F#] just a side man view from the bottom _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] He [N] I
Thought it was a really nice smart
guy
who
_ unfortunately
_ Just like all of [G] them and I put them all [F#] in one big lump
[D#] _ too much money
_ _ _ [F#] _ I
Managers and record companies [C] want to keep them going
[G#] Feed them drugs
[C#] Keep them happy do whatever they have [G#] to do to keep them happy [F#] and they all go for
[Fm] _ _ Sica [F#] you know I can't avoid it.
You know [C#] very few avoided it
_ And he [E] was another one of them died
_ needlessly
[C] But died because he couldn't stop you know [F#] you kept he had to [Em] keep doing it.
He had to keep doing it.
You know
[E] so and when he was like filthy drunk on the stage you know or
_ Still had to keep doing
_ _ [Gm]
It's like that [C] movie.
They picked the three [E] worst day the guys life probably professionally horrible
_ [Am] But that's not him as a person
_ Made a lot of bad choices
_ Made some great music
_ Had some [E] great poetry _
_ _ _ _ Great personality great _ persona about him were the great artists
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [A] Ladies and gentlemen once again the doors _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] Paul Harris keyboard player and [Gm] myself
_ We leave the band
_ To do an album with [F#] John Sebastian called the red eye Express Good [F] album
_ _ produced [F#] by Paul [N] Rothschild
_ So we rehearse over there go to New York
And [F#] we do that album and through [C] that through my affiliation with Paul Rothschild.
I then
_ Get a gig with the doors
[G#] _ _ To play [F#] on the soft parade.
I mean I was living in New York, [A#] but he flew me out to the [F#] Chateau Marmont
put me up there for about a [N] month and
And I went to the new at the time new _
lecture studios, [F#] which was
_ on the lot La Cienega
I think they had maybe just a few sessions [N] before that and _
I know pillows on the floor like everything was very comfortable like your living room and
_ _ The doors won't get along too well at that time.
This is this is after
You know they had [F#] done about everything they could do and they were in a Rothschild
_ And the band were looking to come up with something different
_ so
_ _ Rothschild had worked both with Paul Harris and myself Paul's a real good buddy of mine and
[F#] _
_ [N] _ _ _ The idea was to do this album and
_ _ It would have horns and strings it would have
_ _ _ [G#] A bass players through the whole album.
I wasn't the only [C] one
_ _ But I played on I think soft parade _ and tell all the people
_ And a couple of those I don't remember
[F#] _ [N] but _
My job it turned out in this session was to pull them together
[F#] Because they were not getting along
[N] _
Jim wasn't really coming in till after the sessions to do the vocals and [F#] the songs were coming in kind of disjointed
in [E] my view _
[F#] You know my job was to take what this section was and what that [E] section was
[F#] And kind of build a bridge make them into songs
and come up with licks and feels that made it work and
_ _ Some hate it some love it
_ [D#] _ Go baby
_ _ _ _ [N] _ He had no problem with me because I'm [F#] just a side man view from the bottom _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] He [N] I
Thought it was a really nice smart
guy
who
_ unfortunately
_ Just like all of [G] them and I put them all [F#] in one big lump
[D#] _ too much money
_ _ _ [F#] _ I
Managers and record companies [C] want to keep them going
[G#] Feed them drugs
[C#] Keep them happy do whatever they have [G#] to do to keep them happy [F#] and they all go for
[Fm] _ _ Sica [F#] you know I can't avoid it.
You know [C#] very few avoided it
_ And he [E] was another one of them died
_ needlessly
[C] But died because he couldn't stop you know [F#] you kept he had to [Em] keep doing it.
He had to keep doing it.
You know
[E] so and when he was like filthy drunk on the stage you know or
_ Still had to keep doing
_ _ [Gm]
It's like that [C] movie.
They picked the three [E] worst day the guys life probably professionally horrible
_ [Am] But that's not him as a person
_ Made a lot of bad choices
_ Made some great music
_ Had some [E] great poetry _
_ _ _ _ Great personality great _ persona about him were the great artists
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _