A la edad de siete años, inspirado por la banda de Hard Rock,Kiss, aprendió a tocar la guitarra eléctrica. Inició su carrera en una banda llamada Arthurs Museum.
En 1991, con 21 años, Kotzen se unió a una banda de Hard Rock/Glam Metal: Poison, para la grabación de un disco. Entró como reemplazo de C.C. Deville y grabó con ellos Native Tonge. A pesar de los esfuerzos de la banda de mostrarlo como un gran reemplazo en la guitarra , simplemente
¡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!
SONG: Richie Kotzen - Chase it ALBUM: The Return Of The Mothers Head's Family Reunion EMAIL: [email protected] DATE TABBED: 17th Feb '08
F/C (F over C) is though out this song and is probably best played like this:
e ---1--- B ---1--- G ---2--- D ---3--- A ---3--- E -------
Intro: C/G/ F/C///
A5F/C Did you think about the things you used to say? F/C ---- Open e string How you'd laugh right in my face CG Did you wanna take me down? A5F/C Did you think I would always be afraid? F/C ---- Open e string Just to damn scared to walk away CG Now you wanna come around DmF/C Well I feel like I've finally had enough DmG There's no making up
C You know you gotta give it up GF/C It's too far gone to chase it CGF/C And when the feelings go you don't wanna have to fake it CG All of the lies you love to tell F/C You know I heard it all before CGF/C But it's over now your just gonna have to face it, face it
A5F/C Do you listen to you friends and what they say F/C ---- Open e string Do they help you with your faith CG When your standing in the crowd? A5F/C And do you feel a little lost and out of place? F/C ---- Open e string It's just the pain you can't erase CG And I can't help you with it now DmF Cuz I feel like a weight is lifting off DmG And there's no making up
C You know you gotta give it up GF/C It's too far gone to chase it CGF/C And when the feelings go you don't wanna have to fake it CG All of the lies you love to tell F/C You know I heard it all before CGF/C But it's over now your just gonna have to face it, face it
Solo - use Cmaj scale to improvise if you'd like
C You know you gotta give it up GF/C It's too far gone to chase it CGF/C And when the feelings go you don't wanna have to fake it CG All of the lies you love to tell F/C You know I heard it all before CGF/CC But it's over now your just gonna have to face it, face it that it's over