Leon Russell (1941) es un reputado pianista, cantante y compositor norteamericano que siempre se ha movido en ese terreno donde confluyen el rock, el blues y el country.
Fue miembro del grupo Delaney and Bonnie and friends, que alcanzaron la fama cuando fueron apadrinados por Eric Clapton, para el que Russell escribió alguna canción, como "Blues power".
Su gran talento como músico de acompañamiento hizo que los grandes de principios de los 70 práctimante se lo rifaran para tenerlo en sus discos, giras y demás proyectos.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Hello Folks,as I can see you enjoy Leon Russell. ME TOO Some of the other tabs were off and just didnt do this song much justice. I'm sure these chords are correct. Enjoy May Carney live on!
Artist:Leon Russell Song:Tightrope Album:Carney(1972) Often considered the first "concept album"
Intro: C - B7
Em I'm up on the tightwire Am one side's ice and one is fire CGF#mB7 its a circus game with you and me Em I'm up on the tightrope Am one side's hate and one is hope CGD but the top hat on my head is all you see Bm And the wire seems to be Em the only place for me BmC a comedy of errors and I'm falling
**Chorus** GD/F# Like a rubber-neck giraffe EmD you look into my past CB7 well maybe you're just to blind to - see Em I'm up in the spotlight Am ohh does it feel right CGF#mB7 ohh the altitude seems to get to me Em I'm up on the tightwire Am flanked by life and the funeral pyre CGD putting on a show for you to see {interlude: Bm - C GD/F# Like a rubber-neck giraffe EmD you look into my past CB7 well maybe you're just too blind to - see Em I'm up in the spotlight Am ohh does it feel right CGF#mB7 ohh the altitude really gets to me Em I'm up on the tightwire Am flanked by life and the funeral pyre CGF#mB7 putting on a show for you to see