How To Talkbox chords by Lorenz Rhode

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: Em

♫ Intro:

Em7 D7 Cmaj7 B7b9

Em7 D7 Cmaj7 B7b9
                  Ok!


♫ Verse 1:
C           D
This is the story of a song
Em           Bm
That started out as a remix
C        D
But they wouldn't release it
A                    Bm
Such a shame, such a shame

C      D
Then I said to myself:
Em               Bm
Shouldn't I just finish it anyway
C             D          A
And make it a song for myself?
   Bm
So that is what I did


Em7
And in this track
D7
Step by step
Cmaj7
I will explain
B7b9
How this works
A7add11
'What ', you say
Dm7/G                      Cmaj9     B7
Well I'm talking about the Talkbox! Here goes:


♫ Chorus:
Em7                     D7
Cause when you talkbox, this is what you do:
Cmaj7                       B7b9
You play your notes on your keyboard
A7add11             Dm7/G                    Cmaj9
What you play comes out of the tube, not the other way round
           B7                     Bdim/F
Which is a common misconception

Em7            D7
So to clarify: No, you're not singing
Cmaj7               B7b9
You make the lyrics with your mouth
        A7add11                      Dm7/G
But you cannot use your vocal cords
                        Cmaj9     B7
Which is hard, which is hard



♫ Verse 2:
C                 D            Em                 Bm
Some of the fun things you can do with a talkbox:
C              D
You can hold a note for as long as you
A          Bm  C          D          Em
liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike
            Bm
Because you need no breath
C           D                           A           B7
Or I can do this for a more speech-like sound. Wow!


♫ Chorus:
Em7                     D7
Cause when you talkbox, this is what you do
Cmaj7                       B7b9
You play your notes on your keyboard (on your keyboard)
A7add11             Dm7/G                    Cmaj9
What you play comes out of the tube, not the other way round (no no no no)
           B7                       Bdim/F
Which is a common misconception (oh dear)

Em7            D7
So to clarify: No, you're not singing
Cmaj7               B7b9
You make the lyrics with your mouth
        A7add11                      Dm7/G
But you cannot use your vocal cords (no no no)
         Cmaj9          B7
And it's hard, so so so hard



♫ Bridge:
N.C.
What else is there to say?
Em
If you wanna do harmonies I'd rather not play them all at once
           C/E                                    D/E
I mean you can, but you're getting a lot of distortion
                    Em7      D7       Cmaj7
Let me demonstrate: Oooooooh Oooooooh Oooooooh
B7b9                 A7add11
Actually that sounds lovely!
Dm7/G                   Cmaj9                    B7           Bdim/F
But for a cleaner sound you'll need overdubs. That's all!


♫ Chorus:
Em7                     D7
Cause when you talkbox, this is what you do (what you do)
Cmaj7                       B7b9
You play your notes on your keyboard (on the keyboard)
A7add11             Dm7/G                    Cmaj9
What you play comes out of the tube, not the other way round (no no no no)
           B7                       Bdim/F
Which is a common misconception (oh dear)

Em7            D7
So to clarify: No, you're not singing
Cmaj7               B7b9
You make the lyrics with your mouth
        A7add11                   Dm7/G
But the talkbox part is over now
                    Cmaj9            B7
I'm gonna play some synthesizers
Bdim/F
Bye!


♫ Outro:
Em7      D7     Cmaj7  B7b9
A7add11  Dm7/G  Cmaj9     B7   Bdim/F
Em