Chords for Work 2

_ _ _ _ _ _ Our next guest sold millions of albums back in the 1970s and 20 years later
He's added once again after years of searching for the right direction in his life.
He's back with a new album
It is called yonder tree and we'd like to welcome Gina vanelli to the morning news.
Welcome _
Bob going paddle Brian in the cafe there.
They're just hooting and hollering even more importantly.
You're my hometown Montreal, right?
Yes, and you played the Jazz Festival.
You said there this [Ab] July
Yeah, [Gb] we did the Jazz Festival.
It's [N] a lot of fun.
All right in the 1970s
I was playing your music on the radio you had hit after hit after hit
Where have you been for the last 20 years?
Well, then, you know growing up I suppose, you know, I've been
_ Recording [Gb] I suppose some of the success that we've had has been overseas and
South of the equator now you also [F] have a studio.
So you've been probably producing a [Abm] lot of stuff
Well, I produced the last
Studio in Portland.
All right
The sound before was I guess typical.
What would you say pop top 40 now?
It's taking a new direction
Well, I've always been you know a jazz freak and I wanted to really let the jazz element really [Gb] affect this album
and that's why one of the reasons why I moved to Portland a lot of good jazz [F] musicians there and I
Together trio there so we could record this album
Is there anybody in particular who influenced [E] influenced you and any particular sound on this CD [F] that we might hear?
No, I've always loved, you know the [G] jazz of the 40s and 50s and all the greats that we all love and I tried to
Put the element of pop in it as far as production and [N] sound and so there's I guess there's two sensibilities
You know coming into one sound.
All right, we've been listening to [F] you warm up.
It sounds [N] absolutely fantastic
You've got a couple of dates here.
We talked about the dates now or like after okay
The name of the new CD is called yonder tree and the cut you're gonna sing is Walter Whitman.
Where are you?
Yeah, he's just one of my favorite poets.
Okay, here we go.
Gino vanelli.
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[G] _ _ _ [Eb] Walter Whitman, where are you?
_ _ _ [Ab] _ among [A] the [G] stars
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[Am] _ It's [Gb] just I'm wondering you walk [Db] with me [C] a mile
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confess
_ _ _ [Fm] My faith [Eb] is shaken
[G] and [Eb] my life
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[Eb] _ settle [C] for smile now
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_ [A] _ _ [D] Spare you [Eb] why _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [Am] I thought I heard [Abm] you yobbing from the [Gm] yonder tree _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Am] _ And that's what I [Ab] heard you say
[Abm] _ Don't [Cm] worry boy
[Gbm] Shut up and [E] joy be [Fm] _ free
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Walter [D] Whitman
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Heaven can spare you
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_ _ _ [G] Walter Whitman, where are you?
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_ _ _ Hey, thank you [G] that kind of hard to do in the morning a
_ Little bit yeah, I've been yeah musicians don't seven o'clock in the morning.
They gotta [Eb] sing a jazz song at eight o'clock
That is from the new CD and is called [G] yonder tree Gino vanelli.
The name of the cut is Walter Whitman
Where are you?
You got [F] a couple of dates coming up lots of dates throughout, [Abm] Southern, California
Tonight the strand and Redondo Beach.
Yes, that should be a lot of fun and then the [N] Cherokee County Theatre Friday night
Yeah, and then Monday September 25th, my favorite place House of Blues
Yep, I will be there and I'll be in the front row going.
[G] Yeah, you know, thank you very much for coming in
All right.
Good luck to you.
Good luck with the new CD.
We'll be back with more
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