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Playing for Integration
Grundtvig - Learning Partnership
2011 – 2013
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Songs & Co-Writes colleced by
FUN&LEARN (Austria)
August 2013
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• The Things I 'd Like To Be
• Shine (Like Diamonds)
• Jakob’s Lullabye
Content
A. Co-writing and Adult Education
4. Songs written in Ireland
• Stillness In Time
• In Dir
• Entrapment
• In The Land Oft He Shamrock
• The River Prattles A-Strange Old Tale
• Pink Umbrella
• 1-2-3
• Colours Off
• Sally The Nun
• Hitchhiker’s Song
• Not So Fast
• From Here To Now
• Letter To Ireland
• Walking On Fire
• Not So Fast
• Prison Break
B. Co-Writes from the 6 Partner Meetings
1. Songs written in Romania
• Vulnerable
• Come Across
• The Weather Girl
• These Dirty Streets
2. Songs written in Denmark
• Skinny Bitch
• Mirrows
• 1h 60 Minutes
• Prolouge Of The Flightles Bird
• This Time I Will Not Fall
• Woman 95
• Worse Comes To Worst
• Amber (Ravs)
• Break Free
• A View From A Room
• Follow The Master
• Forward I Go
• Jacobs Silence
• She´ll Arrive
• The Letter
• The Perfect Song
• These Lonley Nights
• Simple Things
• Heaven On Her Mind
• Statue In The Wild
• Killer
• Winter Drought
• Did I See You Walking Away
• The Witch
5. Songs written in Poland
• Breezy Man's Melody
• Spiders
• Life Is A Motorway
• Servant Of The Clock
• Amber’s Schizophrenia
• Nod And Smile
• Spoken For
• A Day
• Loves Here To Stay
6. Songs written in Germany
• All I Want
• Irgendwie Daham
• Josephine
• Cloudy Lady Emma
• Little Luci
• Night And Day
• We Started The Fire
• Wild And Free
• Nobody Was Looking For Us
• Once Upon Forever
• It’s Not What You See
• Your Eyes Are On Me
• Wild And Free
• Some Day Somehow
3. Songs written in Slovenia
• A Perfect Sound
• Time And Tide
• Green Woods Lullaby
• I Love Jazz
• Water – Wasser – Woda
• My Mama – Too Cool For School
• Mother Nature
• Maria Bucuria (We’ve Got Plans)
• It Allways Comes Back To People
• Slovenia
• It Always Comes Back To The People
• Mellow Yellow
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• Impressions and reflection of both partners should be topic of the song.
A. Co-Writing and Adult Education
There thousands of possibilities to give an input to one person and also to a couple/group
• What is Co-Writing?
(Take a look at: Aschmann, L.: 1.000 Songwriting Ideas, Hal Leonard, NY).
• What is special about Co-Writing?
The time frame is also important. Out of personal experience co-writing two hours should
• What has Co-Writing to do with Adult Education?
be the minimum, three hours is optimum. Some teams are faster then others and also if
the song is not finished by the time it is recommended to present the work in progress. It is
1) What is "Co-Writing"?
always possible to continue finishing the song afterwards.
The actual idea of cooperative composing came from the United States where successful
The presentation is very important because the team has to present their song even if not
writers would meet up with a timeframe of three hours and then finish a song to be sent off
finished which is mostly the case.
to big labels and used for famous artists. This concept traveled to Scandinavia first where
It still it gives a good impression on the common product (= song). It is also highly
workshops started to be held.
recommended to record/ film the song to capture the idea.
Mostly artists prefer to work on their own. But as soon as experiencing the opportunity of
And there is this one rule that all artists are familiar with: a song played in front of an
sharing knowledge and creativity the artists tend to appreciate this concept.
audience is equal 10 times of rehearsing the song.
It became more and more popular within the music and songwriting scene.
2) What is special about co-writing?
Co-writing is team work: two or more artists are writing a song together. Co-writing can
In our eyes co-writing is more then just composing a tune. It is an experience that can
also be understood as a process with several stages:
contain various processes such as
• forming a team or being put in a group of pairs or more
• getting to know each other
• input/ task or guide-line for the co-Write: lyrical and/or musical ideas
• learning from each others habits of songwriting
• time frame
• opening up to new methods
• presentation of co-writes if working with several groups
• it is a creative process and (a very fast) norming, forming, storming, performing –
Process (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckman's_stages_of_group_development)
There are many opportunities to form couples/teams if there is a bigger group of artist
• personal development and team building process
who wants to co-write: to draw lots, to bring people together who are similar/different, to let
the participants choose.
If the partners do not know each other beforehand, co-writing is a perfect way to get to
There are also lots of possibilities to instruct the teams. In our partner meetings we
know each other. Every writer has to open up and talk about:
• musical education and experiences
mainly used
• Random input: lyrical inputs such as putting short sentences of inspiration in a bowl
• how they compose when being on their own (starting with the melody first, rhythm to
be most important or how to get inspiration)
to be taken and the teams choose terms
• maybe personal issues, family background, actual experiences and so on…
• Visit of a Art museum: Get inspiration from something that you like
• Write a contradictorily song like a nasty love song, a simple jazz song, a horrible
Getting-to-know each other is also an important learning process. You will learn
Lullaby
• Evaluation: Impressions and Reflection of from a partner meetings should be topic of
something about the other person but also about his or her musical skills, new concept of
writing a song and more. And lets not forget the taste in music. It will always be an
the song
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experiment how these two or more influences will harmonize with each other.
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bad the song/the performance is.
The creative/performing/producing process is the most interesting because a lot of
• You learn to not take yourself too serious, which surely is an issue of many artists.
decisions have to be made. A co-writing process is a very intensive
• brainstorming process: finding and collecting of ideas
3) What has co-writing to do with Adult Education?
• selection process: rating and selecting of ideas
There are many definitions of adult education. We found some useful definitions and
• decision making process
explanations at
It will also be an interesting and good experience when your own ideas are not accepted
and you need to let go of your "darlings".
• "QOTFC, The Clinical Educator's Resource Kit,
http://www.qotfc.edu.au/resource/?page=65375"
• J. Muller: How Adults Learn, http://www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cycol-0104-
It can be hard sometimes to be that open-minded and be fearless towards saying
something silly or useless. It can also be important to stick to one of your ideas even if
muller.html
• Definitions of Adult Education: http://www.fsu.edu/~adult-ed/jenny/Definitions.html
your co-writer does not agree.
Of course you need to improve the idea but if even if you agree on letting it go for now,
Not wanting to go into the details of adult education we would like to summarize some
come back to it later.
headings from these two articles to demonstrate the connection between co-writing and
It is helpful to leave the room just to record a personal idea so you can continue working
adult education:
constructively and with a free mind.
QOTFC: KNOWLES (1980) identified the six principles of adult learning outlined below
• Adults are internally motivated and self-directed.
Especially when you are stuck everybody needs a good hand to deal with the frustration
• Adults bring life experiences and knowledge to learning experiences.
that is coming up. All in all this creative process is a hard work but very fulfilling when not
• Adults are goal oriented.
giving up half way through. The pleasure one gains from finishing the product is worth
• Adults are relevancy oriented.
every struggle. In the end we believe that co-writing is a personal and team
development process.
• Adults are practical.
J. Muller:
• Adult learners like to be respected.
Personal development:
• Adult learning is learner-centered.
• You learn to step back/ give in/zoom out of your own personal universe.
• Adult learning is social learning.
• You open up and bring in your identity – even if the idea is not working in the end.
• Adult learning is active learning.
• You learn how to deal with your own as well as your parter´s "ego" which can be
• Adult learning means acquiring knowledge and competence.
quite challenging.
• Last but not least, you don't give up!
In our opinion co-writing is a very special and interesting form of adult education. The
effects of this learning process are more informal and subtle. But none the less it might
Team development:
effect more then any cultural or historical information that you could get.
• You pick up new ideas and concepts and improve them together.
Co-writing is extremely self-directed and makes this live experiences so very essential.
• You support each other.
The goal is clear – it is the product, the team work, the song. At the same time the co-
• At the presentation: you make the best out of it – it is not important how good or how
writing process is learner-centered, includes a social learning process and is more active
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then anything else (brainstorming, discussion, performing the song). All knowledge and
competences that you might already have gained in your life are strongly needed here and
it shows very clearly where you stand and where have your deficits. Next step: Try to
cover them!
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Vulnerable
1. Co-Writes written in Romania
Tony BARDON (IE) & Spirit
04.12.2011, Bukarest, Romania
Background:
During the course of the vist to Romania, I woke up one morning and most of the song
was there. It just needed a little attention to finnish it.
Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/tony-bardon/vulnerable
Performance:
• Aahrus (DK), 31.03.2012
Lyrics:
Vulnerable, I feel so vulnerable
Being here with you
Vulnerable I feel so vulnerable
Can this all be true?
I'm in love with you
Are you in love with me?
Do you feel the same way too?
Vulnerable, I feel so vulnerable
Just being here with you
Incredible, it’s so incredible
Have all my dreams come true?
Incredible, it's so incredible
You say you love me too
All my life
I have been searching
For someone just like you
Now it’s Incredible, it’s so incredible
Have all my dreams come true?
When did this happen?
How did it start?
We used to be just friends
Now we're sharing
All the love in our hearts
Again and again and again
Invincible, we feel invincible
Now we’ve found a love that's true
Invincible, we feel invincible
As we start our lives anew
And together, as we face the world
Is there nothing we can’t do
We feel Invincible, yet we are vulnerable
Now we've found a love that's true
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Come Across
(The Water is Wide/The friendship bridge)
Dan PLEWS (UK), Lars GRAULUND (DK)
02.12. - 04.12.2011, Bukarest, Romania
Background: Co-writing session
We were asked to write about the partnership’s goals and our experiences of Romania.
We’d crossed over the river Danube previously - The Giurgiu-Ruse Friendship Bridge was
a focus of the song.
Some of the tune and some words are borrowed from a traditional English-language song,
‘The Water is Wide’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water_Is_Wide_(song). The song
was not finished at the workshop, but worked on a few months later individually and via
Skype.
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Chorus
Across the river
wide and deep
There's a bridge you can build
And a place you can meet
It's up to you
You make the call
To build a bridge
Or build a wall.
For every ripple on the skin
There's one afraid of diving in
Come Across
Chorus
Lyrics:
Across the river; the river runs deep
People watch from the shallows but this side is so steep
And I can't take your arms Put wings in their stead
We can never be free Like the birds overhead
For every weeping willow there's a lonely tearstained pillow
Come across
The water is wide but don't be afraid
We're not confined to the choices we've made
Don't drown on your pride or decide just to stay
If you thirst for
Don’t drown on your pride if you thirst for embrace
Die of righteous thirst
People gaze from a distance to the opposite shore
Some sharpening knives others feed the poor
There are stones in the bed
Cold stones for a bed; cold clay for food
Some hold others up; some hold them in thrall
Sharp sand for a bridge, cold clay for a wall
Some sharpen their knives, some feed the poor;
Some raise others up, some keep others in thrall;
Some spend all their lives looking out from the shore
You can burn down a bridge or you can knock down a wall
For every breeze that bends the reed
There's a slender hope to feed
Come across
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The Weather Girl
Tony BARDON (IE), Peter ANDREJ (SL), Christof FINK (AT)
03.12.2011, Bukarest, Romania
Background: Co-Writing Session - the „Oldies“ wrote a song together
This was a co-writing exercise in Bucharest based on our experience of Romania.
Every morning when we came down to breakfast in the Restaurant the TV was on and the
weather was presented every half hour by an attractive young girl, in short pink pants.
Later on an outing to the city we saw the same girl featured on a Billboard promoting the
Radio Station. She became the inspiration for the Song.
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Now every morning she is waiting for me
To turn on the station
She's got the weather all worked out
How I love her explanations
So whether the weather be rain or shine
I will find a way to make her mine
I will follow her from the east to the west
sitting on a bus in Bucharest
Sitting on a bus in Bucharest
Sitting on a bus in Bucharest
Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/playing4integration/the-weather-girl/
Chords
|Am Em Am Em|
|Am G Am G
Am G Am G
Am G Am G
Am G Am G|
|Dm G
Dm G
Dm G
Dm F G|
Sitting in a bus in Bucharest
Sitting on a bus in Bucharest
Woe is me just sitting here
Nothing in my life is very clear
What happens next is anybody's guess
Sitting on a bus in Bucharest
Sitting on a bus in Bucharest
Sitting on a bus in Bucharest
What is the matter with me
I saw her this morning on TV
Now my mind won't give me rest
Sitting on a bus in Bucharest
Sitting on a bus in Bucharest
Sitting on a bus in Bucharest
I looked up and what did I see
They're on a billboard looking down at me
The weather girl looking her best
in her short pink pants
in Bucharest
Sitting on a bus in Bucharest
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These dirt streets
These dirt streets
These Dirty Streets
Jonas DAHL (DK), Dorota PASALSKA (PL), Shane Ó FEARGHAIL (IE)
03.12.2011, Bukarest, Romania
Background:
Recorded on our first Grundtvig co-write in Bucharest. Our task was to write a song based
on words we were given. We wrote about the group, friends and Bucharest.
All we need to fall in love
Are these dirty streets
Recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqpQbm_2QgQ
Lyrics:
On these lovely dirty streets
(There's) A place for us to meet
We're all friends
Maybe lovers
That's the secret
All the ways we come around
In this dirty dirty town
Brings us closer together
That's the secret (Now)
Hold on to my hand
Say you'll understand
Cos all we need
To fall in love
Are these dirty streets
Verse 2
On these lovely dirty streets
(There's a place for us to meet
We're all friends
Maybe lovers
That's the secret
And everyway we come around
In this dirty dirty town
Brings us closer together
That's the secret (Now)
Verse 2
Chorus
Hold on to my hand
Say you'll understand
Cos all we need
To fall in love
Are these dirty streets
These dirt streets
These dirt streets
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Skinny Bitch
2. Co-Writes written in Denmark
Jakob ALSBJERG (DK), Karin RABHANLS (DE)
Written in Denmark 2012 and Slovenia 2012
Recording: https://soundcloud.com/playing4integration/skinny-bitch
Performed:
• Ireland
Lyrics
1.
Life is a party, that I don’t wanna miss.
Serve me champagne and throw me a kiss.
All these beautiful people in my shiny little world
Treat me like a Princess – I’m such a lucky (3X)
2.
My old friends says that my head is in the sky
my smile is a fake there’s a devil splint in my eye.
But they’re just jealous and I know they’re not right.
Cause piere say’s I look wonderful tonight (3X)
Chorus
The weather is good, it snows inside.
breath it in, let’d ride the tide.
Diamonds and pearl.
Girls on heels, ask them what it’s like gibing hit for fame.
They now how it feels.
Chords:
Vers: A I E I D E I A E I
Chorus: D C A I D C A I D I C A I D C A I D C A I D I D I E I
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Mirrors
John BEAK (DK), Christof FINK (AT)
02.04.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Background: Co-Writing-Session: Impressions from the Art Museum
We had a long discussion to get to know each other. Christof was impressed by the
mirrors in the museum wher you could see yourselve how others see you, but not how you
see yourseve… We discussed black holes: thinks other preople know about you, but you
don't know it… Then the discussion went to “taking responsibility for all your doing”… then
we wrote the song…
Recording: https://soundcloud.com/playing4integration/mirrors
Performance:
• Sidebar, Aahrus
• Private Session in Youth Hostel, Aahrus
When you hurt somebody, feeling small
and you knock (bump) your head against the wall.
When you’re cleaning the dirt and the damage and dirt is still there
and you’re trying and trying and trying and trying to care.
When you fail at the doorstep before you get close
and your shivering whisper is honest as far as it goes.
When you’re smiling at me and we’re shining like nothing at all
and you’re ready for love, oh, you’re ready – and ready to fall.
Chorus
There’s a mirror behind you a mirror in front
and a mirror for all that you do.
Open your eyes, accept what you see
cause all that you see is you.
There’s a call for reflection, though wicked or dumb
all the answers may likely be true
Just look in the mirror, accept what you see
cause all that you see is you.
Chords
Verse: 6/8:
! Em Em/d# ! Em/d Em/c# ! Am ! Am !
! Em Em/d# ! Em/d Em/c# ! Am ! H7 !
! C ! C ! Em ! Em !
!C!C!D!D!
There’s a crew at the border with glasses, still crossing the square
in the dark side of hours before you go back to the roots to prepare.
And they do what they like as they feed you with bullets and bread
and they don’t try to please you, they just want to push you ahead.
Chorus: 6/8:
!!: G ! G/c ! G D/f# ! Em !
!C !C !C
! D :!!
Chorus
There’s a mirror behind you a mirror in front
and a mirror for all that you do.
Open your eyes, accept what you see
cause all that you see is you.
There’s a call for reflection, though wicked or dumb
all the answers may likely be true
Just look in the mirror, accept what you see
cause all that you see is you.
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Svend SEEGERT (DK), Karin RABHANSL (DE)
29.03.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Backround:
We had 1 hour to write a song, but ended up using 1 hour AND sixty minutes. The lyrics
were a bit improved during the summit, and deals with building up your flow, instead of
taking everything apart. And if possible every 1 hour 60 minutes. The song has it’s own
appeal (says one of the co-writers…) and became a nightly dancetogether-jam at the
Danish farewell party.
Intro: G/H Cadd9 D7sus4 Em
Vers:
Gadd9 Em7/9 Am7 C/D D7
Em G7 G G7/D C C9 C/D Cadd9
Chorus: Am7 C/D G/H G Am7
Recording:
• https://soundcloud.com/svend-seegert/1-hour-60-minutes/s-EwHxC
• https://soundcloud.com/playing4integration/one-hour-sixty-minutes
Performance:
• Musikhus Aarhus, Denmark
• Dublin, Ireland
• Ingolfstadt, Germany, Ingolfstadt,
01.04.2012
21.09.2012
15.07.2013!
Lyrics:
1.
In one hour, you can take the world appart,
take a shower, spend all the money on your credit card.
In one hour you can try to write a simple song,
climb a Tower, finding out where you belong.
Pre-Chorus:
Duiduap-dap duiduap-dap duiduap-dap duhh
Finding out where you belong
Feeling that you can’t be wrong
Duiduap-dap duiduap-dap duiduap-dap duhh
It takes an hour to write a song
I want you all to sing along
Chorus:
1h 60Minutes
2.
After an hour you can ride a second vers.
Find the power to bulding up a universe
After an hour, it’s time to find your flow
Plant a Flower, feeling good and watch it grow
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
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Bridge:
Mixing our colors
Golden brown to green
Yellow to purple
And all the in-betweens
Prolouge Of The Flightles Bird
Jonas DAHL (DK), Daniel KELLEHER (IE)
01.04.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Performance:
• Sidebar, Aarhus (DK)
Chorus:
Prologue of the flightless bird
Grounded due to weather
Our colors never take to air
It’s only in our feathers
Lyrics:
I’m supposed to
Paint the walls and take responsibility
To pay the fair
All the fines and
The latest bills are killing me
- oh yeah
How about a job sir?
Having none is more work
How about we rob your bank
Find out what you’re really worth?
My head is in my hands sir
Looking into rubbish works
Flirting with colors in my ear
It makes my head hurt
Things can only get better.
Chorus:
Prologue of the flightless bird
Grounded due to weather
Our colors never take to air
It’s only in our feathers
From the ashes
An idea is lurking
Building up a sunburst
A stray thought got caught
Breaking into fireworks
- oh yeah
If you go in free fall
And you feel your head spinning
Land into the rough stuff
Don’t stop your bird singing
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(I will not fall) Birds circling my head but
(I will not fall) Careful where I tread so
(I will not fall, I will not fall, I will not fall)
This Time I Will Not Fall
Dan PLEWS (UK), Danai KELLEHER (IRE)
02.04.2012 Aarhus – Sleep-in hostel till 21.04.2012 Skype
Background: Co-writing session, working from images, Art Gallery
We got to the song by discussing what was going on in the picture – we came up with silly
scenarios before focusing on the face at the boathouse door and deciding he had
retreated there and was refusing to come out (maybe that’s what we thought….)
Recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDRKwL5XpIM
Chords/Structure:
This time I will not fall – 4:4 key D, BPM 173-180
Chord chart in measures of 4
VERSE - Dx8 / Gx4 / Dx4
PRE-CHORUS - Gx5 / Ax5 – each are 4 measures of 3, 1 of 4
CHORUS - Em / C / D x 3 - Em / C / Bm
Performed: various, as a duo and separately
MIDDLE 8 - Dx2 / Emx2 / Cx2 / Bmx2 / Dx2 / Emx2
Dx2 / Emx2 / Cx2 / RPT CHORUS G / C / D
Lyrics:
STRUCTURE - V1 / CH / V2 / CH / MID / RPT CHORUS
Your inbox is empty your outbox is full The outlaws are wealthy but you’ve nothing at all
All your plans undermined and your bills overdue
You’re working your arse off or there’s nothing to do
Your wife’s in the market, your job’s been outsourced
Bills keep coming for the stuff that she bought
All the pictures are crooked there are cracks in the walls
They’ve got you over a barrel at the top of the falls
Prechorus
When the pressure is killing, everything is unfulfilling
And all the membranes are thinning and your head spins start singing
Chorus
This time I will not fall
Verse 2
There are cracks in your dams and the forecast is floods
And you can’t feel your hands and you’re stuck in the mud
When you cry out for help no-one’ll throw you a line
But they clamp your mouth shut and you can’t pay the fine
When it finally bursts all your dreams are washed up
Your island is sinking so you start to flare up
But the ship runs aground and the fire’s gone out
All the lifeboats are full the sharks are finning about
Varm diset sommerdag ved stranden (1888) – Anton Dorph
Prechorus
When the pressure is killing, everything is unfulfilling
And all the membranes are thinning and your head is spinning start singing
Chorus
This time I will not fall
Middle 8
(I will not fall) Feel like I’m on a ledge but
(I will not fall) Pushed closer to the edge but
(I will not fall) So I make this pledge
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Woman 95
Jonas DAHL (DK), Marco GROBLER (SI), Maria Andreea B"L"NEAN (RO), Katharina
GADE (DE)
30.03.2012, Aarhus, Denmark
Background:
Instruction was to visit the national museum in Aarhus and find a paiting that should be the
base of inspiration.
We agreed on a photography of a mother with four children looking rather unhappy called
„Kvinde med fem børn“ by PER MORTEN ABRAHAMSEN in 1995.
Recording: http://youtu.be/NrSU-M2wgT8
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Bridge: Em - Cmaj7 - Gmaj7 - B7 (2x)
Girl, you´re sinking
what were you thinking
when you set yourself loose
kicked off your glass shoes
now you´re bare feet and bleeding
from the sharp stones leading you down, down your path...
Refrain: in # slow (2x)
Ritardado on B7
Back to Interlude in 4/4 (humming)
Performance:
• Musikhuset, Aarhus (DK)
• Sidebar, Aarhus (DK)
• KGB, Maribor, (SI)
• Die Scherbe, Graz, (AT)
• Civic Theatre, Dublin, (IE)
Chords & Lyrics:
Intro: humming
Verse: Em – Em - Cmaj7 - Bm7/D
Weep, weep, you´re wiping the floor
baby´s home waiting, being a bore.
Sweep, sweep, you´re elbows are sore
from crawlig under kitchen tables looking for more.
Bridge: Am - Cmaj7 - Gmaj7 B7 (2x)
Cry as you might,
Your tears are filling empty cups of
what once were mere dreams of a beauty queen.
Refrain: Cmaj7- Em- Am6 - Gmaj7 - B7 (2x)
Girl, you´re twirling in your wine spankled dress and time
is cruely passing by, oh why?
Alone, your mirror tells you so
it´s not what you had hoped
for life in 95, oh why.
Interlude as Verse (lala)
Tick tock, look at the clock
waiting for your love to come and pick you up.
Knock, Knock you're asking a lot
for somebody to pull you out of the mud
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but it´s a long long way
from the church to the jail
which is where they´ll stay
Worse Comes To Worst
Peter VAERNHOLD OLESEN (DK), Christof FINK (AT)
30.03.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Chorus
Background:
Co-Writing-Session, Picking 3 words from the pot
Peter wrote the words, Christof jammed on the guitar and made the melody…
Verse 3:
After ten long years
they were finally free
she asked through her tears
will you still marry me
Performed:
• Sidebar, Aahrus
• Private Session in Youth Hostel, Aahrus (with Maria Manuela Bock (DK)
you are no fun anymore
you dont look very good
he smashed her head through the door
and she poisend his food
Chords:
Verse: g – F – C - g
Chorus:
d-g
d-g
Bb – F - C9
Chorus
Take my hand
lets go for a churchjard walk
you´d be oh so scared
if the toomstones could talk.....
Progression: 1 note higher
Verse: a – G – D - a
Chorus:
e-a
e-a
C – G - D9
Verse 1:
In a hotel room
trying to write a song
about a bride and a groom
who did evrything wrong
She was a beautiful bride
she didnt know he was gay
and he could not decide
if he should throw her away
Chorus:
Worse comes to worst
Worse comes to worst
Mark my words
Verse 2:
Her daddy was rich
they didnt have a dime
so the bastard and the bitch
they committed a crime
they thought the plan couldnt fail
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Amber (Ravs)
Danai KELLEHER (IE), Jess STENSGAARD (DK)
02.04.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Backround:
We walked to the harbour and looked out to sea and discussed the similarities between us
and our countries. The result: Jewellery making and the relationship between Ireland and
Denmark
Recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMwDvKi2b6I
Verse1
Is it our folklore? Or the songs that we sing?
Is it our music? Our lovers? Or the dance we bring?
Is it the bodhran ? Or the tam tam that beats trough your heart?
Verse 2
Is fashion what makes you your person your soul?
If you can’t find in beauty you’re lost in our world
Are your friends over water the source of your pride?
The pride of your mother some other your choice
If you can’t find your rhythm then try find the love of your life
Pre-Chorus
Hyggeligt at mode dig (nice to meet you) Dia dhuit (God be with you/hello)
Chorus
Were picking rav for our lovers were picking rav for our lovers
Were picking rav for our lovers for the love of our lives
Verse 3
Or is it in romance? That binds us inside?
Or is it the warming of the cool air that all makes us wild?
Or is it in freedom? Are you lucky? Do you have the right?
Verse4
Is fashion what makes you your person your soul?
If you can’t find in beauty you’re lost in our world
Are your friends over water the source of your pride?
The pride of your mother some other your choice
If you can’t find your rhythm then try find the love of your life
Pre-Chorus
Hyggeligt at mode dig (nice to meet you) Dia dhuit (God be with you/hello)
Chorus
Were picking rav for our lovers were picking rav for our lovers
Were picking rav for our lovers for the love of our lives
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Break Free
A View From A Room
Dirk HOMUTH (DE), Kasper LAPP (DK)
02.04.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Ole HOLMGAARD (DK), Tony BARDON (IE)
30.03.2012, Aarhus, Denmark
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t_WconOHiU
Background:
We were asked to write a song arising out of our visit to the local museum. One section of
the museum was dedicated to different types of rooms. This led us to conceive of different
rooms in our heads where different activities take place.
I’ve been working all my life
From 9 to 5
From 9 to 5
I’ve got an office and a car
I’ve come far
I’ve come far
Lyrics & Chords:
[G] I thought i heard you [D/f#]calling
From that [Em] room somewhere inside my [C] head
[-/c] It [-/b] was [Am] good to hear your voice a-[D]-gain
Chorus:
This is where I want to be
But sometimes I want to
Break free (x 2)
[G] I thought that i was [D/f#] falling
From that [Em] room somewhere inside my [C] head
[-/c] It [-/b] was [Am] good to be in love a-[D]-gain
In love a-[G]-gain [g - f#]
I’ve got two children and a wife
They’re doing fine
They’re doing fine
I’ve got everything I need
I did succeed
I did succeed
[Em] Hearing your voice
[H7] Feeling you´re near
[G] Falling in love a-[C]-gain
[-/c -/b] [Am] Oh, how i wish [D7] this was for real
In-[G]-stead of being [-/f#] just in my [Em] head
In-[C]-stead of being [-/c] just [b] in [a] my [D] head
in my [G] head
[G] I no longer hear you [D/f#] calling
From that [Em] room somewhere inside my [C] head
[-/c] Will [-/b] i [Am] ever be in love a-[D]-gain
And [G] now i fell my world is [D/f#] falling
In that [Em] room somewhere inside my [C] head
[-/c] Will [-/b] i [Am] ever be in love a-[D]-gain
In love a-[G]-gain [g - f#]
Chorus:
This is where I want to be
But sometimes I want to
Break free (x 2)
But where would I go?
I don’t know
[Em] Hearing your voice
[H7] Feeling you´re near
[G] Falling in love a-[C]-gain
[-/c -/b] [Am] Oh, how i wish [D7] this was for real
In-[G]-stead of being [-/f#] just in my [Em] head
In-[C]-stead of being [-/c] just [b] in [a] my [D] head
in my [G] head
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Follow The Master
Peter V. OLESEN (DK), Shane Ó FEARGHAIL (IE)
01.04.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Background:
Our task was to write a song about a trip to the museum After visiting the local museum
we were, part from all the excellent exhibits in Aarhus we were considerably taken with the
Bowie art piece located in the basement. That weekend there was also a National front
rally in the city. That also made its way into the song. A song about standing up and
speaking your truth.
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Chorus
The more you follow the master
The more they tell you to go faster
That it wont end up with distaster
So fuck the bastards
Replace life with blue
And see what you become
Their truth will not be true
To sons of swollen scum
But we got Bowie in the basement
Bowie in the basement
Bowie in the basement
Bowie in the basement
Recording:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndkLSFNKja0
• https://soundcloud.com/shane_fearghail/follow-the-master-bowie-inthe?in=shane_fearghail/sets/grundtvig-playing-for
Lyrics:
Bowie in the basement
Talking from the wall
In many different colours
About nothing at all
Everything you feel is a lie
What you touch is a lie
You're gonna have to kiss it goodbye
Kiss it goodbye
Now your priceless flag is gonna fall
Chorus
The more you follow the master
The more they tell you to go faster
That it wont end up with distaster
So fuck the bastards
Colours from the rooftops
Colours all around
Colouring your ears
With demonstrated sounds
They tell you everything you feel is a lie
To feel is a lie
We've got no proof to prove
But at least we will try
And your christlike flag
Is gonna fall
And Jesus knows
What you came for
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Forward I Go
Jacobs Silence
Maria Andreea B"L"NEAN (RO), Kasper LAPP (DK)
01.04.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Shane Ó FEARGHAIL (IE) & The Spirit (IE)
30.03.12, Aahrus, Denmark
Background:
Co-writing session, we were randomly put in groups of two people that had never cowritten a song
Background: Shane was waiting for Jacob.
Our task was to co - write. Names where picked out of a hat with two writers being pared
off. My co-writer never showed up. So I had to write alone. My mystery co-writer was
Jacob. Hence "Jacobs silence". I wrote about experiences over the weekend - Right wing
marches in Aarhus, German art exhibition from World War 2 (Aarhus) as well as issues I
was working through at home ie the Irish almost loosing their language due to invasions.
Somehow I equated this experience tp Denmark with this. Vikings maybe.
Performance:
• Sidebar, Aarhus (DK)
• Private session at Brzezina Castle, Brzezina (PL)
Chords & Lyrics:
Intro: Em
Verse 1: C – Am – Em x 4
Climbing cliff after cliff
Struggling more with every step
When I stumble, I get up
‘cause I’ve got to reach the top
Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/shane_fearghail/jacobssilence?in=shane_fearghail/sets/grundtvig-playing-for
Chorus: D – Am – Em
Through rain and snow
Forward I go
Through rain and snow
Forward I go
And I have been around
Too long to not know how
To speak of weakness and of wars/walls
Silence is golden now
I am much older and
I'll be the keeper of my cause
It's under the bridge
You will find me
Lamenting the words that they stole
The difference laid bare
For all to see
I'll hold out for something to hold/own
Verse 2:
Sometime I wake up in the night
And wonder: Am I doing right?
Why am I here in freezing cold
When I could sit by the fire back home
Light is not broken down
By worried wearied clowns
They'll come with weak limbs
And in cars
Chorus
Bridge: Hm - Am - Hm - Am
Hm - Am - C - Dadd2add4
Now I’m standing at the top
What a magnificent view
But over there’s a mountain even taller
I’ve got to climb that too
And above the bell tops loud
These minds will work it our
These heads can only think through scars
And pictures in frames
Talk to me
And show me the colours we own
Still covered with words
Brought to me
Let's talk about things that we know
Chorus
So speak to me - Carefully
Speak to me with small words
Shine your light
For all to see
Shout it out be heard!
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She'll Arrive
The Letter
Kasper LAPP (DK), Shane Ó FEARGHAIL (IE)
29.03.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Katharina GADE (DE), Kasper LAPP (DK)
2010 – 2012, finished in Aahrus, Denmark
Background: Written in Aarhus, Kasper and I were talking about issues relating to a port
town. Inevitably the ebb and flow of people was always at the forefront of our minds.
"She'll arrive" is a song about love amongst the back drop of drug deals.
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyzEvFp89Wk
Recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7aPF8VliLI
Hello, my dear friend
Hope that I will see you again
It seems
That I have lost your track
Little Lars was kicking cans
Down by the river
Sent by Johnny from the blocks
With a parcel to deliver
Everyday at 6 o'clock
Beneath the harbor lights
She'll arrive
Lyrics:
Hello, my dear friend
It never turned out the way we planned
I wish
That I could turn back time
Suited in his Sunday best
Dressed like a killer
Doing Johnny's turns and deeds
Like a gorilla
Waiting for the girl to come with
A pocket full of light
She'll arrive
Chorus:
Past can never be undone
Words can never be unsaid
We were just foolish and young
But if we would, we could
Forgive and forget
So now, my dear friend
Wish I knew where you went
I hope
Someday I’ll get a chance again
Maybe she used to be so colorful she'd glow
She'll arrive
And she would shine like diamonds
Everywhere she'd go
Now her eyes are empty
Heart is beating slow
But tonight
But tonight
She'll be alright
Chorus
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These Lonely Nights
Karin RABHANSL (DE), Kasper LAPP (DK)
29.03.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Marko GROBLER (SI), Ole HOLMGAARD (DK)
29.03.2012, Aarhus, Denmark
Background: Co-Writing Session
Lyrics:
Recording: https://soundcloud.com/playing4integration/the-perfect-song-karin-and
I´m [Em] longing, for your [H7] skin
Longing for your [Em] smile
I´m longing for your [H7] lips
to dance with you for a [Em] while
Lyrics:
This is gonna be the perfect song
Our lyrics gonna be so strong
So get prepared to sing along
Two brilliant, charming songwriters like us
We’re so catchy that you’ll miss your bus
This is the last line of the verse because
Chorus:
When I [Am] walk these streets
on these [Em] lonely nights
I [H7] look through the windows
with that [Em] can-[E7]-dle light
It [Am] brings back the memory
of [Em] you and me
and [F#] what we used to [H7] be
PreChorus:
Here comes the pre-chorus
And this note is long
You´re [Em] still in my [H7] dreams
You´re still in my [Em] mind
I´m seaching for [H7] love
it´s so hard to [Em] find
Chorus:
This is the hook
And it’s so damn good
We wrote a hit
And this is it
Chorus:
When I [Am] walk these streets
on these [Em] lonely nights
I [H7] look through the windows
with that [Em] can-[E7]-dle light
It [Am] brings back the memory
of [Em] you and me
and [F#] what we used to [H7] be
Now it’s time to sing the second verse
We didn’t even take the time to rehearse
‘Cause we know we will remember the words
PreChorus
Chorus
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Simple Things
Dirk HOMUTH (DK), Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO), Bojan SEDMAK (SI)
29.03.2012, Aarhus, Denmark
Background:
Co-writing session, we were randomly put in groups of three people. We had to write down
some words first and then start to co-write
Recording: https://soundcloud.com/maria-balanean/dirk-homuth-maria-balanean
Performance:
Cezam Hall, Ruse (SI)
Chords & Lyrics:
Verse 1: C – G – C – G
C – Em – Bm – C
The smell of coffee in the morning,
A smile I get from someone else,
Sometimes to stumble without falling
And sometimes to be embraced
Verse 2: C – G – C – G
C – Em – Bm – C – Dsus4 – C
Watching clouds shaping faces,
Lying down here in the grass,
A hands of cards with trumps and aces,
Filling up an empty glass.
Chorus 1:
D – C – G – D/F# - Em
A7 – C – G
I was looking for the big, for the high, for the far,
Now I found what I was looking for – lies in the small.
Verse 3:
Time to spend on reminiscing,
Time to draw my whole world in,
A tune I heard somebody whistling,
The ealry bird I've never been.
Verse 4:
A friendly message in my mailbox,
A book that I can't stop to read,
A funny story in the papers,
Daisies breaking through concrete.
Chorus 2:
I was reaching out for gold, for the world, for the stars,
Now I found what I was looking for - lies in the small.
Now I found what I was looking for - lies in the small.
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And I could see it in her eyes
She had heaven on her mind
And no worries
Heaven On Her Mind
Daniel KELLEHER (IE), Tony BARDON (IE)
04.04.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Background:
During the all night farewell party in Denmark, Danai gave Tony the following lines and
suggested they write a song. „I could see it in her eyes she had heaven on her mind and
no worries“. They performed the song an hour later at 3.00 am in the morning.
Recording: https://soundcloud.com/tony-bardon/she-had-heaven-on-her-mind
Performed:
• Interval café, Aahrus, Denmark
Chorus
But I’m still glad that I met her
Even though I am sad
I will never forget her
And the love we never had
But I could see it in her eyes
She had heaven on her mind
And no worries
Chords & Lyrics
|C G F G
CGFG
FG
F G C|
|F C
FC
F C Am
D7 G|
It was by chance I came by her
I wasn’t looking for love
But from the moment I saw her
She was my reason to live
But I could see it in her eyes
She had heaven on her mind
And no worries
My thoughts were only about her
And all my dreams were too
How I longed to be with her
To make my dreams come true
But I could see it in her eyes
She had heaven on her mind
And no worries
Chorus
I longed to tell her I loved her
I wish she knew how I cared
But she was going somewhere special
And I could not go there
It was so good to be with her
Even though I knew
I would soon be without her
And there was nothing I could do
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Statue In The Wild
Killer
Daniel Kelleher (IRL), Dirk Homuth (DE)
02.04.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Daniel KELLEHER (IRL), Sarah SKAU OLSEN (DK)
01.04.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Background: We were just free styling one afternoon in the city sleep-in Aarhus.
Background:
Co-write session, after a walk along the coast we spoke about relationships and came to
interesting tree were parents hang up their children’s soother’s/dummy’s
I was thinking of writing a letter
I thought about it but I stopped with one line
I was thinking my hearts just being broken
So I’m trying hard to love with my mind
Performed:
• Side Bar in Aarhus
So then I thought I’d write you a sonnet
I thought about it but I stopped with one verse
I was trying hard to rhyme about the good times we’ve had
But I can’t, I’m going crazy it still hurts
Chords: C, Am, F & G
Do you like it ? where you are? Have I asked too much? Have I gone to far?
But how far have you gone ? how many? turn the truth on have you even met your limit?
Chorus
So what’s the use if you
And your love lies loose
or your lover hides a smile
So what’s the use if you
got the point of view of a statue in the wild
Will you like it were youll be? Do you think you’d notice or remember me?
Or are you used up? Does your heart just abuse love? or were you lovein every minute?
Cause you used all your magic and all those bad men had it as for me im just a filler
Cause you used all your magic and all those bad men had it as for me im just a filler
I decided to call around to see you
I scraped a bus fare from a drunk I know well
It’s through condensation I could only see you
It’s so cold my mind’s drifting away
So if only good guys hurt,then for what its worth loving you is a killer
x2
It’s then that I see her face gleaming
Berlin through the window instead
And that’s when I seen the most beautiful smile
It was you with someone else, our loves dead
Chorus
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Did I See You Walking Away
Lars GRAULUND (DK), Tony BARDON (IE)
30.03.2012, Aahrus, Denmark
Background:
This was a private co-write. On the day we wrote the song, there was a rally of right wing
extremists held in Aarthus. We decided to write a song about standing up to extremism
Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/tony-bardon/did-i-see-you-walkng-away
|G D Em
G D Em
G D Em
G D Em|
|C G D
C D|
|C G
C G D|
Performance:
• Aahrus (DK,), 31.03.2012
Lyrics:
Did I see you walking away?
Even though you wanted to stay
Did I see you turning your head
Was it something one of them said
Don’t you know every time you back down?
You’re just inviting more trouble around
Did I see a smirk on his face?
They are taking over your space
Are they really as strong as you feel?
Is it time for you to get real
Here we go again. Turning our cheek
Here we go again. Don’t dare speak
Here we go again. Future seems bleak
Here we go again. Why are we so week
Again Again Again
Together, we can stand our ground
Together, they can’t push us around
Together, we can be free
Together , we can claim our dignity.
Here we go again. Standing our ground
Here we go again. Don’t push us around
Here we go again. We won’t be put down
Here we go again. Future is sound
Again Again Again
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Winter Drought
The Witch
Dietmar BERKNER (DK), Misha HOEKSTRA (DK), Dirk HOMUTH (DE)
30.03.2012, Aarhus, Denmark
Katharina GADE (DE), Kasper LAPP (DK), Dietmar BERKNER (DK), Daniel KELLEHER
(IR), Misha HOEKSTRA (DK)
01.04.2012, Aarhus, Denmark
Background:
A co-write based on the feeling of being hungover and worn out after a long night and the
fact that the guitars were tuned in DADGAD.
Background: We decided to write a late night co-write, content of an old fairy tale and
jamming on the words. More and more people got involved. It took two hours.
Performance:
• At farewell party
• Various solo performances
Performance:
• At the farewell party
• Melodica Festival Aarhus, 11.05.2013
Lyrics:
Chords & Lyrics:
Overhung winter’s day
Feel like I am running out of grace
Too much sun, too little shade
If I knew how I would change my ways
Change my ways, change my ways
Tuning: DADGAD
Dm - C
There once was a witch who longed to be caught
She yearned to be burned on the fire
It tickled her skin and her sense of sin
She did it again and again
Rocks are rising, water low
Running out of unmarked roads to go
Drying eyes, burning throat
Thorns are all that I can get to grow
Get to grow, get to grow
Her wealth of red curls put a spell on the world
She enchanted each man by the sea
With a splash of romance and a sprinkle of dance
A potion of beauty and dream
Drying up, drying out
Winter drought
With a beard of a goat
Hoof of a stag
Tear of an eye
That´s never been sad
Dust rains down, the wind it blows
My thirst is going to overflow
Drowning eyes, flooding soul
Desert caught me in its undertow
Undertow, undertow
A dragonfly wing
Leg of a roach
Tip of a tongue
Blood of a toad
Drying up, drying out
Winter drought
Drying up, drying out
Winter drought
Trail of a snail
Nail and a horn
Heart of a child
Who´s never been born
And the whole of the village would stare:
They called her Miranda May!
There once was a girl with a walk of a witch
A witch with the bubbles and broom
She brewed for the few and all those who knew
That she stole the light from the moon
With a beard of a goat....
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A perfect sound
3. Co-Writes written in Slovenia
Jonas DAHL (DK), Maria Andreea B"L"NEAN (RO)
03.06.2012, Ruse, Slovenia
Background: Co-writing session based on our feedback about the meeting in Slovenia
Performance:
• Private session in Cezam Hall, Hotel Veter, Ruse (SI)
• Die Scherbe, Graz, (AT)
Tell me what is in your ears
Tell me what it is you hear
When you check my line
And press my button
Tell me what it is you do
Tell me how I’m coming through
‘Cause I put my trust
In you
Chorus:
Let’s say it falls out good between us
Let’s say me make it sing
Would it make a perfect sound – tonight?
Can you give me what I need?
Can you please stop that feed?
You are ringing
In my ears
Can you set a channel free?
Can you give me more of me?
The show must go
On
Chorus
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Time And Tide
Green Woods Lullaby
Dan PLEWS (UK), Dirk HOMUTH (DE)
31.05.2012, Ruse, Slovenia
Dan PLEWS (UK), Dirk HOMUTH (DE)
01.06.2012, Ruse, Slovenia
Background: Free co-writing session
Dan had the opening lines coming over on the plane; Dirk pushed the chords in different
directions. The song is addressed to someone who is too hard on themself.
Background: free co-writing session
Dirk had a melody and we discussed themes that would fit.
Lyrics:
Performed: various, as a duo and separately.
Green woods - Rain is falling - Paths are winding - Through the trees
Walking - Without compass - Sun is shining - Through the leaves
Lyrics:
Sit yourself down cut some peace of mind
To thine own self be true, be true and be kind
There’s a place I’ve been keeping for you at this table of mine
You’ve been waiting so long for that good ship to come
You’ve a thousand-yard-stare in your eyes
Sat alone on the beach on your throne turning time and tide
Silence - Is unbroken - Time is frozen - Sorrow flees
Secrets - Never spoken - Gently whispered - On the breeze
Slowly - Night is falling - Shadows stretching – On the ground
Watching - Light withdrawing - Darkness growing - All around
Slowly - We are lifted - We are falling – To the sky
Yielding - To the calling - Of the greenwoods – Lullaby
Chorus:
Time and tide, Currents change, Water flowing, into the floodplains
The fall and the rise, Presence leaves, But something remains x 2
Time and tide, time and tide.
Put your feet up loosen your ties, Let the visor fall from your eyes
All the armour you wear to protect you is just a disguise.
When you drift out so far I can’t see who you are - Just a head in the swell and the sound
And when things weigh you down I can’t tell if you’re waving or drowned.
Structure – AB verse / bridge / verse / bridge
Verse chords – D///////A///D/// x 2
Bridge chords - D7///G///D7//AD/// x 2
Repeat bridge chords – C///G///F///C///C///Dno3rd///F/D/F////////////
Chorus
Structure – verse/ch/verse/ch
Verse chords - C///F///C///G///G7///Am///G/////// x 2
Chorus – either – Am///G♯///E♭///then either G/// or B♭
Or F///C////G/ G♯ over E7♭9 /Am/G/
Then either Am///F///E7/////// or Am///F///Gsus4
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I Still Love Jazz
Anna ROZMARYNOWICZ (SI), Bi JÄGER (AT), Herwig ROGLER (AT), Shane Ó
FEARGHAIL (IE)
02.06.2012, Ruse, Slovenia
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[1 time - Breakdown – à capella - 1 time full]
... – but I still love - Jazz! ...
Background:
Teams where picked with winks and nods. Photographs where all the rage. I simply said
out loud. "I hate photographs" and Bi returned the retort saying "But I still love jazz".
Herwig was called in for chords. Anna for beats. And within fifteen minutes, the song was
born. A song about Jazz and photographs in a blues style with a pop singalong sentiment.
Performances:
Slovenia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-awsoGfBH4
Poland: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI-Xr93bUGw
Lyrics:
Chorus
I hate photographs, I hate Photographs,
I hate photographs - but I do love Jazz!
Faces fall on paper,
chords fall to the floor.
Man! ... I love this music
- more an’ more and more!
Faces all arround us,
(we) know not what it means.
Let’s take to the riverside –
- (a) river filled with dreams.
Chorus
Eaming on a journey,
with pictures in my brain.
From inside, I watch my life flash past,
flash past – the window pane.
Any destination,
any other name.
Take the right direction,
to bring me back again.
Chorus
Bridge:
Rythem makes me dizzy,
confusion in my head.
The groove, it hypnotizes me,
it’s something (that) you have said.
Chorus
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Water – Wasser – Woda
My Mama – Too Cool For School
Anna ROZMARYNOWICZ (PO), Dan PLEWS (UK), Katharina GADE (DE)
03.06.2013, Ruse, Slovenia
Daniel KELLEHER (IE), Katharina GADE (DE)
02.06.2012, Ruse, Slovenia
Background:
Last co-write put in groups of three with the instruction to write a gratitude song saying
what this meeting means to you. We decided to write about musical integration so we
combined three languages and let our passion speak through the music (7/8th fast balkan
beats played with djembe, akkordeon and guitar)
The words are repetitive to emphasise the flow of life and the connection through music.
Background: Kat asked Daniel to help her write a song for her mother´s retirement who
stopped being a teacher.
Performance:
• Internal song-writing presentation same day
Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/playing4integration/water-wasser-voda
Performance: At the farewell party of Kat´s mother
Lyrics:
My mama´s cool – how cool?
She´s got these moves – what moves?
She does this thing – yeah!
Where she twists and turns and the whole room groves
She bakes that cake – what cake?
Of homegrown fruits – aha
if you wanna taste – yeah
well, you´d better get in line at the end of the quew
Chords: Am / Em / F / G
water – wasser – voda
wind – wind – wiatre
stars – sterne – gwiasdy, he!
(Slide on D7!)
My mama told me, she said
„you always got a bed.“ - yeah, yeh, yeah!
My mama holds me,
if I ever need she´s always there.
My mama knows me,
all the silly thoughts that go through my head!
My mama´s gold, you see
if you want a piece she´ll always share...
(Break on B7!)
And if I ever grow up, Mama,
I wanna be just like you!
I wanna be just like you!
Mama, you´re cool!
She wears this smile – what smile?
To match her heart on her sleeve – aha
She´s got that drive - yeah
And it taught me how to life my life with ease!
My mama told me, she said
„you always got a bed.“ - yeah, yeah, yeah!....
And if I ever grow up, Mama,
I wanna be just like you!
I wanna be just like you!
Mama, you´re cool!
TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL (repeat)....
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Mother Nature
Daniel KELLEHER (IE), Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO)
31.05.2012, Ruse, Slovenia
Background:
Co-writing session: we went behind the hotel, in the fields, surrounded by beautiful
landscapes. This is how we chose the subject for our song. Later on we edited it, playing it
a bit softer.
Recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYZ4-fneeI
Performance:
• Cezam Hall, Ruse (SI)
• Civic Theatre, Tallaght (IE)
• Melodica Festival, Aarhus (DK)
Chords & Lyrics:
Intro violin
Verse 1: Em – A7 - Am - C - D
In a place made mostly of green
Runs a lady so free
She falls then she waits.
Her bed is made of roses and seeds
She waits only to breath
Our love.
Chorus: Em – A7 - Am - C - D
She curves, curls, crawls,
Down trough the valleys, to the mountain and falls,
Where she's waiting, always waiting
She's the echo of everyone's call.
And tall, trees, touch,
They’re tangled in roots of pure love
Where she's waiting, always waiting
She's the echo of everyone's call. x2
Bridge: Em – A7 - Am - C - D
But under the cover of darkness she rumbles
An earthquake volcano, the sound of her thunder
Her beauty, her power and all of her wonders awake.
Chorus:
She curves curls crawls
down trough the valleys to the mountain and falls
where she's waiting allways waiting
she's the echo of everyone's call
And tall trees touch
there tangled in roots of pure love
where she's waiting allway's waiting
she's the echo of everyone's call.
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Chords & Lyrics:
G – D7 for the whole song
Maria Bucuria (We’ve got plans)
Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO), Dirk HOMUTH (DE), Daniel KELLEHER (IE)
01.06.2012, Maribor, Slovenia
Background:
Maria and Daniel were having a drink after their gig. Maria started to play on her violin a
tune and Daniel started to make up some lyrics. A few minutes later Dirk joined them with
his guitar and they wrote the song in 30 minutes.
Verse 1:
We’ve got plans to travel,dance and have a laugh
And on our way we’re gonna form a band
If you can you’re all welcome to play
And if you can’t whatever, what the hay.
Verse 2:
We’ve gongs, bongs and a ukulele,
Tamburine, a piano if you play,
A glockenspiel, a violin to share
A choir to sing a million little hymes.
Performance:
• Private session in Cezam Hall, Hotel Veter, Ruse (SI)
• Private session in Brzezina Castle’s garden, Brzezina (PL)
Verse 3:
We’ve drumkits, trumpets and we got a banjo,
With hundreds and hundreds playing the guitar
We’ve bundles of words so we better make a start
It starts like this:
Chorus:
Maria Bucuria we’re all so pleased to meet you
All these kids they want to be you
All these people they want to see you
All these planes they keep on landing
No one ever understands it but we’re always in demand x2
(Da capo al fine, starting slowly and then accelerating.)
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It Allways Comes Back To The People
Slovenia
Jackob ALSBJERG (DK), Daniel KELLEHER (IE), Tony BARDON (IE)
02.06.2012, Ruse, Slovenia
Tony Bardon (IE)
31.05.2012, Ruse, Solvenia
Performed:
• Private session in Cezam Hall Hotel Veter Ruse
Background: I did not get a partner for a co-writing exercise so I wrote this song
celebrating Slovenia in the time allocated.
On the currents that flow through the river
The oarsmen on rafts still deliver
Not coal nor steel for the factories
But fun and laughter for families
On the currents that flow through the river
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeKf0X7O_Z4
Performance:
• Ruse, 01.06.2012
Lyrics & Chords:
There was a time I did not know you
You meant nothing to me
There was a time I had not heard of
On the bowl of green that surround us
There are mountains of trees that astound us
With birds singing out natures call
Over a magical waterfall
On the bowl of green that surround us
Your people or your history
Then slowly you revealed yourself
And all that you can be
Slovenia now I love you
And all you have come to mean to me
Chorus
Though the sights and the scenes have no equals
Where fields of bright green have no end
It always comes back to the people
In this little heaven on earth
Chorus
Slovenia, you come to me
From out of my dreams
Slovenia you show to me
All that you can be.
And now that I am here with you
You take my breath away
Slovenia now I love you in oh so many special ways
Though the heights of the cliffs may be lethal
Where rivers and streams are best friends
It always comes back to the people
In this little heaven on earth
The smiles on the people who greet us
Every time that they come out to meet us
Always make us feel at home
We never have to feel alone
With the smiles on the people who greet us
Was it the people or the countryside?
That made me fall in love
Was it the mountains or the rivers
or the blue skies up above
I really don't know what it was
That brought you close to me
Slovenia now I love you
And all you have come to mean to me
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We never have to feel alone
With the smiles on the people who greet us
It Always Comes Back To The People
Danai KELLEHER (IE), Jacob ALSBJERG (DK), Tony BARDON (IE)
03.06.2012, Ruse (SL)
Background: As part of an evaluation process, we were asked to reflect on our visit to
Slovenia.
Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/tony-bardon/it-always-comes-back-to-the
Chorus
Though the sights and the scenes have no equals
Where the fields of bright green have no end
It will always come back to the people
In this little heaven on earth
Performance:
• Ruse (SL), 03.06.2012
Chords (Capo 3) & Lyrics
|G D C
CG
CG
CG
G D G|
|C G
CD
CG
G D G|
On the currents that flow through the river
The oarsmen on rafts still deliver
Not coal nor steel for the factories
But fun and laughter for families
On the currents that flow through the river
On the bowl of green that surround us
There are mountains of trees that astound us
With birds singing out natures call
Over a magical waterfall
On the bowl of green that surround us
Chorus
Though the sights and the scenes have no equals
Where the fields of bright green have no end
It will always come back to the people
In this little heaven on earth
Though the heights of the cliffs may be lethal
Where rivers and streams are best friends
It will always come back to the people
In this little heaven on earth
The smiles on the people who greet us
Every time that they come out to meet us
Always make us feel at home
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Mellow Yellow
Dorota PASALSKA (PL), Szymon SZENTAK (PL), John BAEK (DK), Tony BARDON (IE)
31.05.2012, Ruse (SL)
|Am G - G Am
Am G - G Am|
Background:
We had just listened to a traditional Slovenian Folksong and it inspired our song.
F C - F C|
Recording: https://soundcloud.com/tony-bardon/mellow-yellow
|C F C - F F7 G
G7 C F G7 C F - G7 C F G7|
Performance:
• Ruse (SL) 02.06.2012
Lyrics
The autumn has arrived
And you who have no lover
Sit down next to me
Rest your head on my shoulder
Your grain it is ripe
And your straw it is yellow
And me I am still a very lively fellow
Oh........
Now the atmosphere is right
And I am very mellow
She slapped me on the face
And now my nose is yellow
How sad is my life
I am really a nice fellow
But my grain is not ripe
And my straw is not yellow
Oh .......
I'm just mad about Saffron
Saffron’s mad about me
I'm just mad about
Saffron's mad about me
They a call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They a call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me Mellow Yellow
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The more I become
What I should be
The Things I 'd Like To Be
Shane Ó FEARGHAIL (IE), Pamela DEMPSEY (IE)
01.06.2012, Ruse, Slovenia
Background: This song came to fruition from a melody that came to me as I walked down
the stairs from my hotel room to the music centre. It was a beautiful day and I had, for
some reason, polka's and waltzes bouncing around inside my head. Having come from
Vienna and surrounds I had been heavily influenced by it's centre and its heart, short as it
was sweet it stayed with me! I brought the melody and the idea to the party, feeling a little
worse for ware after the previous nights cross cultural excursions walked into the room,
grabbed Pamela and we walked into a field and I wrote like a man possessed. Pamela
acted as a sound board editor. When I sing this song I feel like singing 'Wooden Heart"
made famous by Elvis (Written by Twomey, Kay / Weisman, Ben / Kaempfert, Bert / Wise,
Fred. Muss i denn, muss i den!
Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/shane_fearghail/things-id-like-tobe?in=shane_fearghail/sets/grundtvig-playing-for
Chorus
So teach yourself to take a chance
Find yourself, learn to dance
Figure out the things you'd like to be
Go lift yourself to higher things
And sing the songs you want to sing
Teach yourself to fly
Oh my God I'm falling apart at the seams again
Oh my God I'm falling apart at the seams again
Oh my God I'm falling apart at the seams again
Oh my God I'm falling apart at the seams again
Lyrics:
Oh my God I'm falling apart at the seams again
It's no use I'll smile and I'll smile and I'll smile
All the while I sit, I dream I wander
As I wonder
I think of all the things I'dl ike to be
Bridge
The more that I look
The more I see
The more I become
What I could be
Chorus
So teach yourself to take a chance
Find yourself, learn to dance
Figure out the things you'd like to be
Lift yourself to higher things
Sing the song you want to sing
Teach yourself to fly
Verse 2
Oh my God I'm falling and starting to dream again.
It's not use, I'll try and I'll try and I'll try
All the while I (I'll) sit and I'll (I) remember
Together
We're all the things and people we should be
Bridge
The more that I look
The more I see
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Shine (Like Diamonds)
Peter ANDRE (SI) Pamela DEMPSEY (IE) Shane Ó FEARGHAIL (IE)
02.06.2012, Ruse, Slovenia
Background: A song that was hard to find. After a very long weekend of writing and
workshops in Slovenina, Pamela, Peter and myself where put together. We pitched and
patched at an idea and over a nice cool well needed beer we found a light and a source.
After that it came very quickly. Still a little shape needed we feel there are some really nice
moments to it.
Recording:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201574543667738&set=vb.1302120379&type=
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Shine you shine like diamonds
Sparkle in my dreams
Words are left unspoken
Colouring my needs
Water covers waterfalls
Rivers turn to seas
Shine on shine like diamonds
Come on cover me
Bridge
Taking a piece of you
Leaving a piece of me
Chorus
Shine you shine like diamonds
Come on cover me
Verse 1
Shine you shine like diamonds
Twinkle in my dreams
Words not left unspoken
Colouring my needs
Water covers waterfalls
Rivers to the sea
Shine on shine like diamonds
Come on cover me
Outro
All the things that we say
Make a difference anyway
We share laughter joy and tears
Such sweet souvenirs
All the things that we say
Make a difference anyway
We share laughter joy and tears
Such sweet souvenirs
Verse 2
Shine you shine like diamonds
Twinkle in my eyes
We are never broken
But words they never lie
Water colours waterfalls
Rivers filled with trees
Shine you shine like diamonds
Come and cover here
Bridge
Taking a piece of you
Leaving a piece of me
Shine you shine like diamonds
Come on cover me
Chorus
Believe in yourself
It will all make sense
All the answers
You've all the answers
Believe in yourself
It will all make sense
All the answers
You've all the answers
Verse 3
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Jakob’s Lullabye
John BAEK (DK), Karin RABHANSL (DE)
01.06.2012, Ruse, Slovenia
Backround: John and Karin were waiting for Jakob
Recording: https://soundcloud.com/playing4integration/jakobs-lullabye
Lyrics:
You sleep like a baby
And dreams walking trough
Sandman is watching
We sing a lullabye to you
You sleep like a baby
No tears in your ey
Nothing can harm you
Don’t worrie take a rest and fly
Chorus:
Hush, hush
Jakob sleep well
Hush, hush
Jakob sleep well
Stay in your dreamland
Until we ring the bell
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Stillness In Time
4. Co-Writes written in Ireland
Maria BOCK (DK), Claudia SCHWARZ (AT), Katharina GADE (DE)
18.09.2012, Donard, Ireland
Background: First co-write, inspiration by sitting in a library and grabbing books, reading
titles and playing around with words. Jamming and recording.
Performance:
• Church in Naas
Lyrics:
I might be travelling to India
On a donkey’s back to the Himalaya
And when I think I finally reached the top
There’ll be more to climb
I got no clue what I’m trying to find
The more you see the more you want to see
The more you get, the more you want to get
The more I know, the less I understand.
The moment gives time to timelessness
Chorus:
I guess I have to overcome my fear.
I’m always somewhere else but never here.
Release my speedy craving crazy little mind.
Here’s the key: Seize to be!
Stillness in time…
You might find me fighting with my big desire for excitement.
Or the daily struggle to zigzag through this and that and good or bad.
It´s hard to be all over the place.
Welcome to my world of splinted space.
I guess….
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Huldio-di-ri
In Dir
Christof FINK (AT), Claudia SCHWARZ (AT), Paul HEISS (AT)
20.09.2012, Donard, Irland
Background:
Christof wanted to write a song including „yodeling“, Claudia and Paul are experienced
musicians in traditional tyrolian folk music
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoXtCAQSjRc
Verse 1:
In deine Augn brennt a Licht
Huldio-di-ri
In deine Augn gspür i a Gschicht
Huldio-di-ri
.... gspür i a Gschicht, die zu mir spricht
Verse 2:
In deiner Sprach hör i mi redn
Huldio-di-ri
In deiner Sprach gspür i mi lebm
Huldio-di-ri
.... gspür i mi lebm, tät alles für di gebn
Performed:
• St. Maelruans Church (Ireland)
• Civic Theatre (Ireland)
Chords:
Intro/Verse, Chorus
G-a7-G7/H-C-D-G
G-a7-G7/H-C-D-G
G-a7-G7/H-C-D
G-D/F#-e-a7-D-G
Solo
Huldio-di-ri
Verse 3:
In deiner Höh gspür ich a Kraft
In deiner Höh werden Träume gemacht
In deiner Höh da wird ma warm
In Dir ... dahoam
In Dir ... dahoam
Solo
e-C-e-D (3x)
e-C-e-H7
Outro:
Huldio-di-ri
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Start something new
Forget the past
Before you reach your
Critical mass
Jonas DAHL (DK), Ronan McCAULEY (IE)
20.09.2012, Donard, Ireland
Background: Travelling to a destination
Jump of the train
Into the grass
There are no roads or tracks
You travel your own path
Uhhhh…
Get off the roads
Get off the tracks
Sometimes life have to take it
Up the ass and turn the other cheek
No one here wants to see you fake it
Being wrong has never meant you’re week.
Uhhhh…
Pack up your bags
Leave this place
Start something new
Forget the past
Before you reach your
Critical mass
Jump of the train
Into the grass
There are no roads or tracks
You travel your own path
Uhhhh…
Get off the roads
Get off the track
Lyrics:
You’d best turn around
Or you run out of road
Your heart can’t carry
Such a heavy load
Pack up your bags
and leave this place
there’s no time left
for you to save face
Uhhhh…
Pack up your bags
And leave this place
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In The Land Of The Shamrock
Dietmar BERKNER (DK), Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO), Karin RABHANSL (DE),
Marcin TRYGAR (PL)
20.09.2012, Donard, Ireland
Background: We made pairs of two and had to write a song about Ireland. Because
Marcin and Maria didn’t play guitar, they joined Dietmar and Karin. The lyrics were written
on the bus and the melody was added later.
Performance:
• Civic Theatre, Tallaght (IE)
• Festival at Ingolstadt (DE)
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gegpg2pvOj4
Chords &Lyrics:
Violin intro
(Open Tuning D - A - D - G - A - D)
Dm - Bb - C
Verse 1:
Fresh green grass beneath my toes
Yellow sunlight warms my nose
Standing stones and rolling hills
Witness of the past.
Verse 2:
A Druid whispers in my ear
“Feel this land and lose your fear!”
Standing stones and rolling hills
Witness of the past.
Chorus:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa x 3
Verse 3:
Ruins made of gaelic rock
Water fairy in the lock
Shiny raindrops clear my thoughts
In the land of the shamrock.
Verse 4:
Holy thyme and Irish oak,
Imbas, ray and magic spoke
Shiny raindrops clear my thoughts
In the land of the shamrock.
Chorus
Violin solo
Chorus
Coda:
In the land of the shamrock x 6
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The River Prattles a-strange Old Tale
Pink Umbrella
Jonas DAHL (DK), Katharina GADE (DE)
21.09.2012, Donard, Ireland
Karin RABHANSL, Svend SEEGERT (DK), Paul HEIS (AT)
17.09.2012, Donard, Ireland
Background: Inspired by Ireland
Background: CoWriting-Input: three tings - Towns, Nations, a thing to bring there.
Lyrics:
1st Verse:
G7
Cadd9
I ve been to Munich
G7
Cadd9
Then i went to Paris
G7
Cadd9
I flew to Innsbruck
G7
Cadd9
I ended up in Aarhus
The river prattles a-strange old tale
From whispers in the oaks
down at Glendalough
The dipper sings
Nothing ever is lost
The druid kneels with his hands in the dew
While the sun it is rising up
He talks to the earth
In his mother’s tounge
Saying: nothing ever is lost
G/H
Cadd9
to drink a Mass of Beer
Am7
D7sus4
to call a Girl my dear
G/H
Cadd9
to climb on’ mountains rock
Am7
D7sus4
feeling like a joke
Bridge:
Am7 (funky ghost notes) C/D
Skat or whistle or all together like a little chaosgroove, further on cue:
Golden light over Wicklow land
Falls inside every stone and rock
The Irish man
never needed luck
'cause: nothing ever is lost
Chorus (repeat one time):
Cadd9
G
II: Dublin is
better
Am7
I’m just (to) cool my fella
Am7
Em7
but i’ve heard about the weather
D7sus4
D7
to use your pink umbrella :II
We grew up at the old rectory
And as the Guinness would flow in our blood
So would our songs
So would our love
Singing: nothing ever is lost
2nd Verse:
Now I am in Dublin
I got whisky in my water
after Pint Number seven
traveling on the Rainbow
playing my Guitar
„Jesus in the Jarr“
my mind becomes clear
thats because im hear.
Bridge:
Am7 (funky ghost notes) C/D
speech like a rap or Skat or whistle or all together like a little chaosgroove
Chorus (repeat one time):
Cadd9
G
II: Dublin is
better
……… but….
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Colors Off …
Christof FINK (A), Daniel KELLEHER (IE)
20.09.2012, Donard, Irland
Jakob ALSBJERG (DK), Vasja EIGNER (SL), Paul HEIS (AT)
22.09.2012, Donard, Irland
Background: We just met on the terrace and decided to write a song
Background: Cowriting in a funny sense with 3 repetitions.
Performance:
• Internal concert, Germany
Form: Intro Flute/1stVerse/Flute/2nd Verse/Chorus/3.Vers
1st Verse:
[E] I hope your eyes are open wide
[E7] As you travel through life
[A] I hope you see gods nature
And the beauty thats shining bright
[B (h)] Green Green Green
Let trees and hope grow wild
[A] Green Green Green
Let’s free our inner child.
Verse 1:
There once was a man and he couldnt only ryhme
only talked in riddles couldnt count past nine
1-2-3-4
Bridge: Flute long Tones (short solo)
V2:
When he is on the drink and his mind is ink
and then glasses clinked then his mould sings
5-6-7-8-9
Yeeeehaaaah
White White White
V3:
He knew a girl .. gave her ass for free
she had real trouble with her ABC
she´d say
A-B-L-T-W
Yeeeehaaaah
2nd verse:
I went on this fantastic trip
She looks like „never seen a man“,
innocence and Peace
White White White
Chorus:
[C] Vasja Pauli Jakob
[D] Vasja Pauli Jakob
[G] Vasja Pauli Jakob
[C] Vasja Pauli Jakob
[D] Vasja Pauli Jakob
[C] Green white orange
(Break). (only on finish) G
She brought a friend who could only dance
she couldnt clap she´d miss her hands
she´d go
turned around saw a sheep
her eyes turn me to sleep.
this is a good cheese.
[A]
singing a song
[D7] we wont to sing along
[G] goner show you how
[C]
goner take you to town
[D]
in this irish house
give a round (of) applause…….
Flute long Tones (short solo) + clap hands
Bridge:
But when they were together they knew...
3d verse:
I hope you all will sing
We’re singing about colors
Orange Orange Orange
Orange Orange Orange
Chorus:
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-and more
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-and more
A-B-C-D-E.....X-W-Z
Clapping
together with us sheep
from ireland high and deep
like colors of bright beer,
like unity like here.
Chords:
Verse:
A-D
G-D-D
Bridge:
G-D-A
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Sally The Nun
Lars GRAULUND (DK), Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO), Dietmar BERKNER (DK)
20.09.2012, Donard, Ireland
Background:
The song is based on a traditional Irish folk song. Dietmar and Maria were jamming, trying
to discover new Irish rhythms, and Lars wrote the lyrics while listening to them.
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn9od05bjSU
Violin intro
Verse 1:
There once were a maiden with eyes so blue
She loved her father and so should you
Cause you’ll never know when the time will come
You’ll find that he drowned in a bottle of rum.
Chorus:
Drowned drowned in a bottle of rum
Drowned drowned in a bottle of rum
Drowned drowned in a bottle of rum
You’ll find that he drowned in a bottle of rum.
Performance:
Civic Theatre, Tallaght (IE)
Verse 2:
Now she was a friend of old Molly Malone,
So you’d never think she would go home alone.
But she had a nose that was twice as big
so she never managed to get any ....
Chorus:
Never managed to get any ...
Never managed to get any ...
Never managed to get any ...
No so she never managed to get any ....
Verse 3:
So when old Molly Malone was dead
She thought she might as well go ahead.
Join a convent and be a nun.
Cause she’d never get any part of the fun.
Chorus:
Never get any part of the fun.
Never get any part of the fun.
Never get any part of the fun.
Cause she’d never get any part of the fun.
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Hitchhiker’s Song
Misha HOEKSTRA (DK), Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO), Dorota PASALSKA (PL)
17.09.2012, Donard, Ireland
Background:
Co-writing session; each of us wrote a verse about our own hitchhiking experience. The
chorus was written by all of us.
Performance:
• Private session at “The Old Rectory”, Donard (IE)
Chords & Lyrics:
Verse 1:
F G C Am
FGC–
F G C Am
F - G G7
(twice)
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Just a raincoat, a scarf
And my warm blue vest.
No guns, no map,
No phone, no money, no sign
Just good shoes for my feet
And questions in my mind.
Verse 3:
A tiny woman in a big red car
Suddenly slows down
Hitchhiker standing on the side of the road
Miles from any town.
Her face lights up when she sees the case:
“I have a favor to ask of you.
Can you play that fiddle for me?
I’ll take you anywhere you want me to.”
Chorus 2
Coda:
So smile, smile, smile
Smile to every woman, every guy,
Smile, smile, smile, smile
Smile to the earth and to the sky
The road to happiness doesn’t exist
The road a happiness is.
Old twin brothers out cutting wood
Rain pouring down
Hitchhiker standing on the side of the road
Miles from any town.
Whatcha got in that big blue pack?
Hope you don’t have a gun with you,
We don’t like strangers, and we’re 81
So – where are you going to?
Chorus 1: Am F - C G - Am F - C G
I might go east
I might go south
Just apple for my throat
Apples for my mouth.
No guns, no map,
No phone, no money, no sign
Just good shoes for my feet
And questions in my mind.
Verse 2:
A great parted beard, tattoos on his head,
Red sun going down,
Hitchhiker standing on the side of the road
Miles from any town.
Back seat filled with cooking pots
Carrots, leeks, potatoes for soup
“Guess what? I’m a pimp” he says with a smirk
So – where you going to?
Chorus 2:
I might go north,
I might go west,
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Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
Your life will find you on the road
From here to now
From Here To Now
Svend SEEGERT (DK), Misha HOEKSTRA (DK), Katarina JUVAN$I$ (SI), Claudia
SCHWARZ (AT)
21.09.2012, Ireland
Background:
Based on impressions of Ireland, as we had seen it.
We started out, back from at trip to monestary ruins in Glendalough, the equally inspirated
things and traditions, and spirituality combined with earthly appetite on life.
It’s obvious that being 4 in a co-writing proces is not the easiest thing and while not
everybody provided the same amount of chords or words, everybody was in their own way
an important part of the proces. And we were all happy about the song as well as the
process, and the performance at the Civic Theater.
Recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pktJqTqss_0&feature=player_detailpage
Performance:
• Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin(IE), 22.09.2012, Svend, Misha, Katarina, Claudia
Chords, verse:
| C, Fad9/C | C, Fad9/C | C, Fad9/C |Dm7,(/c),G7sus|
| C, Fad9/C | C, Fad9/C | Am,G, F |(%),G7sus|
(Solo over 2 verses with variations)
Chords solo:
| C, Fad9/C | C, Fad9/C
| C, F maj7 | Em7, Dm7
| C, Fad9/C | C, Fad9/C
| C, F maj7 | Em7, Dm7
| C, Fad9/C |Dm7,G7sus|
| Am,G, F | F, G7sus|
| C, Fad9/C |Dm7,G7sus|
| Am, F | (%)G7sus|
Chords interlude4 | C, F/C | C, A7sus |
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
Your life will find you on the road
From here to now
Chords outro |D, Gad9/D | D, Gad9/D | D, A7sus| D |
The peatsmoke in your whiskey tends to make you weep
Your voice is hoarse from singing when you should be counting sheep
Rain falls on the rambler, and on the farmer too
The druid and the priest swear by the same black brew
Interlude chords | C, Fad9/C | C, Fad9/C |x2
The mourner at the pub, he sings out when he speaks
Of slanting stones and coffered bones and roses in her cheeks
A garden in Kildare, an acorn in a rock
The oaks and birches lilt when you leave off all your talk
Interlude2 chords |C, A7sus|
Chords chorus:
|D/F#, Bm7| Em7, A7sus| (x 2)
|D/F#, Bm7| Em7, A7sus||D/F#, Bm7| Em7
| A7sus (break)|
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
Your life will find you on the road
From here to now
Chords interlude3: |D, G/D | Dm7, G7sus|
Across the rolling hills there rolls a cotton mist
And when you think of leaving it gives your heart a twist
“Peace comes dropping slow,” sun and rain trade place
The clean air in your lungs, the light upon your face
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Letter To Ireland
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Bi JÄGER (AT), Ioan Gyuri PASCU (RO)
Chorus
Background: Written after visiting the marvelous Glendalough, in the middle oft the
beautiful Wicklow mountains/Ireland.
Outro
Sparkling raindrops on the ground,
dancing rainbows all around,
breathing love – and I found ho…me.
Recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn0QZqT-XFI
Intro
Verse I
I saw your trees
and I felt home,
I saw the old humble
and I felt home,
I had my first guiness
and I felt ho…me.
I heard a little creek
and I felt home,
I heard the birds
and I felt home,
the sang… ”top of the mornin’”
and I felt ho…me.
Chorus
… and
From that moment on
I dream of your green,
you know what I mean,
the flying mandolin/[violin]
… and the next days hangover,
my heart became – a beating clover.
Verse II
I see beyond the clouds
and I feel home,
I see beyond the stars
and I feel home,
the elves take care of me
and I feel ho…me.
Chorus
Verse III
The rain still staying grey
and I feel home,
The stones are placed to stay
and I feel home,
the sheep are mumbelin’ “Love”
I’m feelin’ ho…me.
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Walking On Fire
Not So Fast
Maria Manuela BOCK (DK), Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO)
21.09.2012, Donard, Ireland
Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO), Daniel KELLEHER (IE)
21.09.2012, Donard, Ireland
Background: Co-writing session: we had to use a colour and to repeat a line three times.
First we wrote the lyrics and the melody, then we added the violin part.
Background: Maria was playing some random chords and Daniel started to sing some
random lines while they were having a drink. This is how the song started; people who
were around helped with the lyrics as well.
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FgAxgow_M
Performance:
• Private session at “The Old Rectory”, Donard (IE)
Performance:
• Civic Theatre, Tallaght (IE)
Chords & Lyrics:
Intro: Am – Em – Dm – Am
Everything? Anything! Anything? Everything!
Not so fast! Not so fast! Not so fast!
Chords & Lyrics:
Violin intro
Verse 1: Em/add9 – Cadd9 - Em/add9 – Cadd9 – Em/add9
I’m trying to open the gate,
To get to the place
Where I can throw my fear away.
The thunder is moving in
The lightning is showing the way.
Verse 1: Am – Em – Dm – Am
Daniel: Let me run my hand along your back, Let my fingers crawl beneath your bra!
Maria: Not so fast! Not so fast! Not so fast!
Verse 2:
M: All I need is a diamond ring you can build. A house for all our kids.
D: Not so fast! Not so fast! Not so fast!
Pre-chorus:
M: When?
D: In time!
M: Now!
D: Never !
M: Please!
D: Maybe in time.
Bridge: C – D – D – C
I’ll have to heal my bleeding feet
Before I hit another stone
I wish somebody was here.
But I have to go on my own.
Chorus: C – Em (x3) - Cadd9
I’m walking on fire x 3
But I can’t go back.
Verse 2:
Step by step everything turn less grey
I wonder how long
it’s gonna take to get there.
The way into the light
Is through this hopeless despair.
Chorus: Am – Em – Dm – Am
Violin and guitar instrumental
Verse 3:
D: Let me taste the wine upon your lips
Just a little bit come on a little kiss
M: Not so fast! Not so fast! Not so fast!
Bridge
Chorus - Violin solo - Chorus
Verse 4:
D: Come on love, don’t be such a tease
Won’t you show at all, show a little, please!
M: Not so fast! Not so fast! Not so fast!
Verse 5:
M: There’s only one thing I want you to do
Is really mean it, say that: “I love you!”
D: Not so fast! Not so fast! Not so fast!
Pre-chorus
Chorus
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Prison Break
Ronan McCAULEY (IE), Misha HOEKSTRA (DK), Marcin TRYGAR (PL)
21.09.2012, Donard, Ireland
Background:
Following the workshop in which John Spillane observed that Irish songs are often built on
units of three, we were charged to write such a song. We decided to write something from
the point of view of the germ inside a seed. We finished in an hour.
Recording: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2fMF1eOhvTY
Performances:
• Hollywood Inn, Hollywood (IE)
• Civic Theatre, Tallaght (IE)
• Numerous solo performances (DK, IE)
Chords & lyrics
C Am Em
Stuck inside – stuck inside this cell
Stuck inside my own hardened shell
Minutes turn to days, days to months, months to millennia
F G Am
I’m black and blue waiting for the green (2x)
Water hits the roof – I hear it fall
Water creeps through the cracks in every wall
I feel your heat nearby, I hear you call
I’m black and blue waiting for the green (2x)
Burst the walls – goodbye to the night
Burst the walls – drink in all the light
Uncurl yourself, put down roots, spread your leaves
I’m black and blue waiting for the green (3x)
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Breezy Man's Melody
Daniel KELLEHER (IRL), Katharina GARDEN (DE), Dorota PASALSKA (PL)
25.04.2013, Krobielowice, Poland
Background:
After a silent walk trough the Palace grounds where we were staying Dorota began to hum
a melody and we took it from there
Chords: D , A, G, Em
Crazy dreams fall on musical pillows
freckled freaks fall for spooky daughters
hazy summers wrapped in wrinkeled clouds
breezy waters marry crippeled roses.
Falling asleep
Wake up on your barstoel
a bachelor's view is the view of a fool.
All these make-ups and break-ups
a barstoel's view is the view of a fool.
Won't you wake up and see..
Breezy man lost on winding roads.
Smoothly talking with crumpeled notes.
Single swans feather lonely vessel
touching love is touching nettle.
Wake up, won't you wake up
This is no place for love, this is no place to hide!
Wake up, won't you wake up.
There's a whole world waiting, there's a whole world outside....
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Spiders
Dan PLEWS UK, Jess STENSGAARD (DK), Lucjan WESOLOWSKI (PL)
25.04. - 29.04.2013, Wroclaw, Poland
E///Dmaj7add9///A///E///
B///Asus2///C#m/E/B///
REFRAIN / BRIDGE
C#m///////B////////A///////B///////
Recording: http://youtu.be/IZJSEfNHCZ0
Lyrics:
Spin their webs across the tracks; carry a small ones on their backs
With social skills and spinnerets they cast around and spin their nets
and trap what their life lacks.
Each morning sun kaleidoscopes through multi-coloured spinning ropes
And there’s no sane soul can gauge their timetable or age
They love and live in hope
Chorus:
Morning brings a string of pearls
while they survey and guard dead jewels
And cross the tracks with scant regard for temporary schedules
And spiders…….. are waiting for the train.
While the Gods look on in hope through their electron microscope
Ancient isotopes decay and all the while they spin away
At their double helix rope
And when the ropes are rent asunder, they cross the tracks and spin another
They die for love or poison prey bind them so they can’t run away
They love and they smother
Chorus
Bridge:
Dawn’s red sun will rise again
No web spun is spun in vain
Sleepers lie still with closed eyes
Time stands still as it flies
For Spiders
Spiders…..are waiting for the train.
Chords:
VERSE
Am///D7add9//
Am///D7add9/
F///C///Bm7b5/Dm(F)/E
Dm///Am/
Dm///Am/
F///C///?/Bbmaj7(F)/E
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Life Is A Motorway
Shane O'FEARGHAIL (IE), Eli SALZMAN (DE)
27.04.2013, Krobielowice, Poland
Background:
• Topic: Write a song using words picked from a hat. Words for this song: corridor,
motorway, riverside
• Background/origins: Shane and Eli went on a long walk in the forest. First 20 minutes
were in silence then started playing with melodies and words, using the theme of a
slightly funny argument between the country boy and the city boy as they walk
through the forest.
Performance:
• Pa&ac Krobielowice, Krobielowice, Poland, 27.04.2013
Recording: https://soundcloud.com/playing4integration/life-is-a-motorway
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G
AThat's kind of an old cliché
F
C
Let's drive 'til the wheels come off
A-7
G7
Then we'll get good and lost
F
C G ALife is a motorway
F
C
G AThat's what you always say
F
C G
Let's drive 'til the wheels come off
F
C
G
Okay I guess your the boss
A-
Lyrics & Chords:
C
AF
C
We walk around the things, we should say
C
AEF
Baby leaf green corridor, will take us away
F
C
G
ADon't walk over there, we might get hit
F
EF
G
Walking and talking's my favorite bit
F
C
Life is a motorway
G
AThat's kind of an old cliché
F
C
Let's drive 'til the wheels come off
G
Okay I guess your the boss
C
AF
C
The riverside doubled us back, layin' a melody over our tracks
C
AEF
Polen all over our sandals, we're not given what we can't handle
F
C
G
ADon't walk over there, we might get hit
F
EF
G
Walking and talking's my favorite bit
F
C
Life is a motorway
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Background:
Co-writing session; we had to pick three words written by others. Afterwards both of us
stayed in the nature for about 20 minutes and think quietly. The words were: “clock”,
“shadow”, “silhouette”.
Chorus 2:
Tick-tock, tick-tock
You were the servant of the clock
And the glock went
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tiiiiick-tock
(repeat)
And in the end it stopped.
Recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVuaVJy7x8 (17’35’’)
Violin solo
Performance:
• Borowa Castle, Borowa (PL)
Chorus 2
Servant Of The Clock
Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO), Kasper LAPP (DK)
25.04.2013, Krobielowice, Poland
Chords & Lyrics:
Verse 1: F#m – G# - F#m
F#m – Hm – F#m
Hm – F#m – C# - F#m
There’s an old man in a tower
Counting every hour
Wishing for the power
To bring time to a halt.
You can see his shadow
(When he’s) standing in the window
Dreaming of the meadow
Bathing in the sun.
Chorus 1: A – E – Hm – D – F#m – E – D
Tick-tock, tick-tock
You’re the servant of the clock
And the glock goes
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tiiiiick-tock
(repeat)
And it will never stop.
Verse 2:
His whole life he’s been waiting
Always contemplating
But his hopes keep fading
As the years pass by.
In the end he gave up his fight
And at the stroke of midnight
Hanging in the moonlight
Was his silhouette.
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Chorus + talking interlaced:
I am free (Just sit down, Dan, relax)
And I’m not alone (Talk to me, I’m your friend)
See, there’s something inside (We all go through things we all have problems)
That keeps driving me on (Is it your friends? Money? The IRA?)
I know where I stand (You just sit there nodding and smiling)
I still know where I’ve been (You have to open up you have to open up)
So there’s no fucking point
Playing the doctor with me.
Chorus
Violin solo
Intro 2
Amber’s Schizophrenia
Daniel KELLEHER (IE), Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO)
25.04.2013, Krobielowice, Poland
Background:
Daniel wrote the lyrics before and Maria joined later with the violin melody.
Recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVuaVJy7x8 (at 13’54’’)
Performance:
• Borowa Palace, Borowa (PL)
• Melodica Festival, Aarhus (DK)
Chords and Lyrics:
Intro 1: humming
Intro 2: Am – F – C – Em
Seemingly you have found someone else
But I know what you're like when you're by yourself.
We both cheated 'cuz I know that's not the hand i dealt
With four aces you stand strong,
But i have four as well.
Verse 1: Am – F – C – Em
Fuck all this trying
And fuck all this nice
If you see me in our lane
You best hope that it's bright
‘Cause I told you before
When in the same place
Don’t rub it in
Or we’ll see who’ll lose face.
Chorus: Am – F – C – Em
Am – G – C – Em
I am free
And I’m not alone
See, there's something inside
That keeps driving me on,
And I know where I stand
I still know where I've been
So there's no fucking point
Playing the doctor with me.
Verse 2:
You see, breaking is easy
And making is a curse
When I try to iron it
It only gets worse.
And I told you before
That I’m here to succeed
Maybe in the meantime
I’ll make your ears bleed.
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Nod And Smile
Daniel KELLEHER (IE), Maria Andreea BALANEAN (RO)
26.04.2012, Krobielowice, Poland
Background:
We tried to write a melody that would fit a classical violin tune. Daniel wrote the lyrics and
Maria wrote the violin melody.
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeMp6kkzMu8
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Bridge: Em – B7 – Am – C – B
I wanted to hold her
To show her I noticed
But she wasn’t happy
Because I wasn’t focused
And I nodded and smiled
just exactly like you told us
but she still went away.
Violin solo
Performance:
• Melodica Festival, Aarhus (DK)
Chorus
Chords & Lyrics:
Violin intro
Verse 1: Em – B7 – Am – C – B
They get paid to see you nod and smile,
Are you a shrink, or my biggest fan?
I’m just a friend with some good advice,
Just nod and smile, nod and smile with me.
Be the crowd at your music fare
Like a clown in a rocking chair
So when death comes to greet you,
You’ll just nod and smile, nod and smile like me.
Chorus: Em – B7 – Am – C – B
But don’t look at me,
‘Cause I’m not half the man I used to be,
Instead of one they think I’m three
And since I found you I’ve lost half of me.
Verse 2:
You say friend but I ain’t seen your face,
I block my ears but I still hear your voice
No machine can delete me
So I just nod and smile, nod and smile back at you.
It’s when your interest’s all but fade away
In what your guardian or your lovers say,
That’s when I’ll come to greet you,
I’ll make you nod and smile, nod and smile with me.
Chorus:
But don’t look at me,
‘Cause I’m not half the man I used to be,
Instead of one they think I’m three
And since I found you I’ve lost half of me.
But how can this be?
See, I’m not sure if even this shit’s real,
I might just wake up from my dreams
And I’ll see you stand there and you’ll laugh back at me.
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Spoken For
A Day
Danai KELLEHER (IRL), Jess STENSGAARD (DK), Lars GAURLUND (DK)
25.04.2013, Krobielowice, Poland
Bi JÄGER (AT), Lars GRAULUND (DK)
25.04.2013, Krobielowice, Poland
Background: We were discussing cheating love and beauty.
Chords & Lyrics:
Performed:
• The international Bar in Dublin (IE)
[C]A shade of green [G]silver [Am]flows through the [F]trees
Just like I [C]felt it, but I [G]didn’t be[C]lieve.
[C]The mood of the [G]morning [Am]touches my [F]face.
A warm calm [C]feeling [G]fills up my [C]place.
Chords: D-A and G
Lyrics:
[F]Does love so[G]lidify - [Am]does it diss[F]olve
[F]Do we get [G]wiser - [Am]Do we e[F]volve - Oh [Am]Oh [G]oh
[F]Do we get [G]warmer - [Am]Do we grow [G]cold.
[F]Maybe we’ll (C)know - [G]when we grow [C]old.
Woman why do you keep doing this to me.
What are you trying to achieve. I'm already spoken for.
Something tells me I'm about to deceive.
Her smile talk to me have I already chosen wrong.
Pre chorus:
All she wanted was to be a part of what was once a fairytale or just one song about her.
We talked of dreams and pacts were made every day we'd celebrate our love was pure till
my mistake destroyed it.
The humming of bumblebees opens my heart
I’ve got the feeling - we’ll never part.
Sun’s way up high, shining so bright.
It’s windy and nice, with the bumblebees flight.
Chorus
The sun is setting, love’s over and out.
A new beginning or the start of a drought.
At the end of the day we sum up our deeds.
The sun is withering behind the trees.
Chorus
Woman Woman, my woman
Woman my my woman
Its hurting so deep I can't eat I can't sleep
Sometimes it's hard to breathe how can she trust in me.
Please someone teach me not to lie not to cheat.
I can't live this life of deceit, I'm already spoken for.
Pre chorus:
All she wanted was to be a part of what was once a fairytale or just one song about her.
We talked of dreams and pacts were made every day we'd celebrate our love was pure till
my mistake destroyed it.
Chorus
Woman, Lover, My Woman
But I love her.
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Love's Here To Stay
Bi JÄGER (AT), Tony BARDON (IE)
25.04.2013, Krobielowice, Poland
Background:
This was a private co-write. Bi often sings jazzy, big voice numbers. So we decided
instead to write a quiet reflective song.
Recording:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQciuI1wWc8&feature=youtu.be
Audio: https://soundcloud.com/tony-bardon/loves-here-to-stay
Chords (Capo 3)
|C G F G|
|C G F G|
|F G|
|C Am|
|F G C F C|
|Am G|
|Am G|
|Am G|
|F G|
Performance:
• Ingoldstadt 14th July 2013
Love’s Here to Stay
After a troubled day
I put all my cares away
And then I turn to see
If you are waiting there for me
Some days are long
Some days are longer
The minute you come along
Love's here to stay
And then we walk along
And everything's alright
Walking hand in hand
We go into the night
Some nights are along
Some nights are longer
Whenever I am with you
Love's here to stay
And when we’re together
Time always stands still
And nothing else matters
And nothing ever will
After a peaceful night
It's time to let you go
I long to hold you tight
But in my heart I know
Some mornings are long
Some mornings are longer
Whenever I am with you
Love's here to stay
Some days our love is strong
Some days our love it stronger
Whenever I am with you
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All I Want
6. Co-Writes written in Germany
Maria Andreea B"L"NEAN (RO), Dietmar BERKNER (DK), Christof FINK (AT)
13.07.2013, Regensburg, Deutschland
Background: Co-Writing Session; the task was to write a contradictorily song like a nasty
love song, a simple jazz song, a horrible lullaby, ...
Chords: Em – D – C – Em - Em – C
I love the way your´re walking
if only it's away from me
I love it when you´re talking
But I hope its not to me
I´d love you to fuck another
i love it when you're not with me
if you wait for me to bother
you´re parking up the wrong tree
Chorus
All I want is you to leave - as soon as i am done
fast, fast - the faster I am - soon, the soon, the sooner you will come
fast, fast - the faster I am - soon, the soo, the sooner you are gone
I only want to fuck, to fuck you
Please show your wedding dress to someone else
rather sooner or later i find someone new
dont think I'll ever join your mess
I only want to fuck, to fuck you
Please show your wedding dress to someone else
rather sooner or later i find someone new
dont think I'll ever join your mess
Chorus
Instrumental Bridge
a - B7 - e, Repeat, f# - G - A - B7
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Irgendwie Daham
Chorus
Birit JÄGER (AT), Christof FINK (AT)
15.07. and 16.07.2013, Regensburg, Germany
2x Instrumental Fill
Background: Christof wanted to write a song in German. We also wanted to write in
dialect, inspired by the German Folksongs we learnt in Germany. We tried to tell a funny
story... It took us 5 hours to write the lyrics. We created the melody after the hole lyrics
were written.
Outro:
Jetzt bin i schon den ganzen Tag,
in meiner Stadt, die i so mag
Jetzt ist ma klar, warum vertraut
weils daham eben wia daham ausschaut
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocDZjjq-rpQ
Chords:
Blues in G7
Wach auf der früh und kenn mi nicht aus
bin i noch unterwegs oder bin i schon zaus
Egal denk i ma, dann eins wiss ma eh
zuerst hol i ma amal an guaten Kaffe
Und dann vor der Tür, Ma is des schön
a so a Panorama, des muasst amal sehn
Caffes, Bars und verdammt viel Leute
da und dort auch nette, brauchbare Bräute
Chorus
Kirchen, Museen und Touristen
Trinker, Arbeitslose, auch Marxisten
das was i seh is so vertraut,
weils irgendwie wie daham ausschaut
1x Instrumental Fill
Dann geh i weiter, land in am Park
a Platzkonzert, ma is des stark
Da hock i mi hin, genieß a weil
und denk ma wieder, echt cool und steil
Chorus
Mütter, Kinder, Pensionisten
Musiker, Obdachlose und Pazifisten
des was i seh is so vertraut
weils irgendwie wie daham ausschaut
daham ausschaut - daham ausschaut
2x Instrumental Fill
So schlendere ich weiter und dann dämmerts mir
des warn gestern schon 2, 3 Bier (zuviel)
Da war i wieder voll in Form
und bin in am Hotel abgeben worden
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Josephine
Lyrics & Chords: Composition in 6/8th
Maria Andreea B"L"NEAN (RO), Katharina GADE (DE)
11.07.2013, Alteglofsheim, Germany
Intro violin
Background:
Co-writing session with guideline (sentences for inspiration):
Andreea and Katharina picked three sentences for inspiration ("I died in Ireland and went
to Poland", "The grass suddenly spoke", "Fly on the wings of love!") and chose to co-write
in the historical "Tafelzimmer" of the castles which contains a grand piano; Andreea
already had an idea on the violin and we decided to work with this rather old-fashioned
and baroque sounding melody. Soon the idea of writing about a tragic suicide story of a
young woman living in a castle in Poland became the story line. The whole co-write took
about three hours. We decided to just use violin and voice to make it even more dramatic.
Recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxF904lkiKc
Verse 1: Gm – Gm6 – Eb – D7
There was a girl behind white curtains
When silent grass began to die
Her mother gone, her father withered
Broken skin, imprisoned alive.
Verse 2:
She was a child, so pure and fragile
They used to love her knotted hair
When the flower blossomed he cut the petals
Her mother in despair.
Pre-Chorus x2
The castle´s rooftop, the castle´s rooftop,
Josephine stop, Josephine stop!
Wings are bleeding, wings are bleeding
History´s repeating!
Performance:
• Internal concert at the Musikakademie Alteglofsheim (DE)
• Ingolstadt festival, Ingolstadt (DE)
Chorus: Eb maj – Bb – Dm – Eb
She´s waiting for the water to wash away the truth
Waiting for the water to bring back her youth.
Instrumental (same as intro)
Verse 3:
There is a girl behind white curtains
When silent grass began to speak
She died a hundred years ago
She took her live but never did go.
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Outro
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Chords: Capo 3
|C G F C - C G F G - C G F C - C G F C|
|G F C - G F C - F G|
|Dm G - Dm G - Dm G - F C G|
Cloudy Lady Emma
Katarzyna „Kasia“ MAICHER (PL), Tony BARDON (IE)
11.07.2013, Alteglofsheim, Germany
Background:
• Option to pick own topic
• Kasia’s friend Emma’s father had recently died and she was looking for a song that
would lift her spirits
Recording:
• Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru9mYe-ho1w&feature=youtu.be
• Audio https://soundcloud.com/tony-bardon/cloudy-lady-emma
Performance:
• Ingoldstadt 14th July 2013
Cloudy Lady Emma
Cloudy lady Emma is walking along
Cloudy lady Emma attracting the sun
Light from light having such fun
Cloudy Lady she walks in the sun
Cloudy Lady Emma flowers in her hair
Flowers the sun made a few days before
Light from light having such fun
Cloudy Lady Emma She walks in the sun
Chorus
There are so many butterflies following her
Attracted by the light in her hair
They don't know why they are following her
They just want to be there with her with her with her.
Cloudy Lady Emma is singing along
With the birds in their morning song
Sound and sound having such fun
Cloudy Lady Emma she walks in the sun
Chorus
Cloudy Lady Emma, I really love your style
Cloudy Lady Emma, won’t you please stay a while
Repeated first verse
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Little Luci
Danai KELLEHER (IE), Guy FLETCHER (UK), Katharina GADE (DE)
13.07.2013, Alteglofsheim, Germany
Background:
Co-write session with guideline ("contra dictional co-write" such as rebellious Schlager,
aggressive folksong, corny punk tune, nasty lullaby). Danai, Guy and Katharina decided to
work with the idea of the "nasty lullaby" and created a rather horrific scenery with a happy,
Irish sounding melody accompanied only by a mandolin. The co-write took three hours and
was presented the same evening at the co-write-presentation in Alteglofsheim.
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So hush, hush, Luci
Hush, hush, little Luci
Hush, hush, Luci
Sleep tight, little Lucifer!
Vampires are close
but I fear the most
what howl and floats
is the ghost of your mother
Like you I could´t sleep
she snored like a beast
with your pillow I creeped
I creeped up and I smothered her…
Recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KABTgc0ptY
Performed:
Internal concert at the Musikakademie Alteglofsheim, 13.7.2013
And if you don´t believe me….
…but don´t cry for mommy
your mommy is dead!
Structure:
3 verses/ chorus/ singalong-part/ interlude/ 2 verses/ chorus/ singalong-part/outro
Composition in 3/4
Chorus chords:
F/ Em/ Dm/ Am/ C/ F/ G/ G/
F/ Em/ Dm/ Am/ C/F /G /C
Verse chords: C/ Am/ F/ G
Singalong-part ("Hush, little Lucy"): F/ G/ Am//// /Am/ G/ F//// F/ G/ Am//// C/ G/ Am
Hush, hush, Luci…
Sleep tight, little Lucifer!
Sleep tight
let the bed bugs bite
Frankenstein´s wife
making bat blood cocoa
So here´s a knife
keep it by your side
if the world ends tonight
you won´t be woken.
It´s a full moon
the werewolf´s in tune
it´s feeding time
and the door lock is broken…
Chorus
And if you don´t believe me
ask the man under your bed
or the witches in the closet,
ask the one with no head.
And why fear the spiders
when there´s creatures with more legs
no use counting sheep
cause the sheep are all dead.
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Gotta get sleep - Gotta get to sleep (3x)
Night and Day
Lucjan WESOLOWSKI (PL), Tony BARDON (IE)
15.07.2013, Alteglofsheim, Germany
Background:
As a co-writing exercise we were asked to write a song that would deal with unexpected
opposites or unexpected contrasts. So we decided to write about “Night and Day”
In normal life we expect to be stressed during the day and use the night to refresh
ourselves.We decided to use a very relaxed music to describe our experience of the day
and frenetic music to describe our experience of the night.
Recording: https://soundcloud.com/tony-bardon/night-and-day-rough-mix
But just now the gremlins start
They are coming after me
Showing me some dreadful things
I don't want to see
Thinking me some awful thoughts
That I don't want to think
My watch is saying four o'clock
I haven't slept a wink
I think that I will go downstairs
And watch some more TV
And maybe I will fall asleep
Or sleep will fall on me
Performance:
15.07.2013: Internal Concert
All the time we dream we'll live
In a cool and stressless way
But our lives are all so fast
We struggle every day
Chorus
Chords
Cmaj7 Dm7 - G7 Cmaj7
Am7 Dm/B- E7 Am7
In our dream we're so relaxed
And laid back all the time
I wish that I could spend some time
In this dream of mine
Cmaj7 Dm7 - G7 Cmaj7
Am7 Dm/B - B7b9 E7
Chorus
Am7 D7 - F7 E7 Am7
Am7 D7 - F7 E7 Am7
Every night I go to bed
To refresh my mind
Empty my thoughts from my head
And leave my cares behind
(Gotta get sleep)
D7 Am7 - D7 Am7 - D7 F7 E7 Am7
It's such a joy to close my day
And to drift off to sleep
To leave the surface of my life
And go into the deep
Chorus
And now I'm in the sleep olympics
And it's nearly time to go
I am almost ready to sleep fast
There's no time to do it slow
I've had my herbal tea
And turned off my TV
And for the next six hours
I will be free
I will wake up in the morning
I will feel so refreshed
I will meet a brand new dawning
Ready for the world of stress
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We Started The Fire
Wild And Free
Birtgit JÄGER (AT), Jonas DAHL (DK)
12.07.2013, Musikakademie Alteglofsheim, Germany
Anna ROZMARYNOWICZ (PL), Conor O'REILLY (IE)
12.07.2013, Musikakademie Alteglofsheim, Germany
Background:
We were challenged to make a contra-dictional co-write; such as rebellious Schlager,
aggressive folksong, corny punk tune, nasty lullaby.
We set out writing an anti establishment protest song to a jazzy feel-good melody.
Background: Co-Write Session; The song started from a chord sequence played in 5/4
time signature which turned into a jam session between Anna & Conor. We took the
concept of trying to keep a relationship alive and not letting it get into a rut through the
daily repetitive humdrum of life, as the core idea for the lyrics.
Performance: Musikakademie Alteglofsheim (DE), 12.07.2013
Chords:
f#11 – A9 – f#11
b 11 – A add9 - E add4
B 11 – b 11 - A add 9 - E add4
Verse: Esus4#(5/A) / Bm#(5/G) / D/F#
We are bringing down the government
more power to the people (yeah…) put your hands in the air
We are the people , we are the oppressed (yeah…)
Let's bring down the gates
Lyrics:
Through the darkened suburbs of my mind
I wandered slowly, took my time
Chorus: Esus4#(5/A) / Fsus4#(5/B) / G6/B
Start a fire
start a riot
Put the government back in its place.
Chorus:
Come to me in my sweetest dreams
Together we can stay wild and free
Verse: Esus4#(5/A) / Bm#(5/G) / D/F#
Through the sunlit days of our lives
The light that we create will survive
You got blood on your hands
and money in the bank (yeah…)
Talking real criminal activities
you should be hanged for these (yeah…)
let's bring down the gates
Chorus
Through the golden sunset of our time
We can stay together or say goodbye
Chorus
Chorus
C-Part: Esus4#(5/A) / Fsus4#(5/B)
Yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yah
we were the oppressed yeah!
On and on, the darkness passes over
On and on, our love will set us free
On and on, the darkness passes over
On and on, our love will set us free
Chorus
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Nobody Was Looking For Us
Daniel KELLEHER (IE), Dietmar BERKNER (DK), Ronan McCAULEY (IE), Shane Ó
FEARGHAIL (IE)
19.09.2012, Donard, Ireland and 12.07.2013, Regensburg, Germany
Background:
A very late night co-write that started in Ireland in September 2012 as a jam session and
was finished in Germany July 2013.
A late night in Ireland, a rhythm, a lot of energy and inspiration and this song came out of
us like a freight train! With a hook that keeps bouncing around your head like the hypnotic
clutter and chunk of a locomotive this song will have you singing and dancing from the get
go!
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Nobody was looking for (nobody was looking for)
Nobody was looking for (nobody was looking for)
(G) Ev'rything and ev'ryone you (B7) ever really wanted is right (e) here
And it's (G) love (D) life etc (x2)
Performance:
• Festival at Ingolstadt
Lyrics & Chords:
Intro: Drums + guitar
(e) Nobody was looking for us
We were just trying to get lost
Looking for the (a) sea side
Waiting for the (e) sea side
Ev'rybody said they would turn up
Those that didn't said they'd make it up
We just put them on the (a) B-side
Let's put them on the (e) B-side
And it's (G) love (D) life
it's (e) all we ever wanted
all we ever needed
And it's (G) high (D) time
that (e) life is in it's meaning
and love is in it's feeling
But nobody was looking for us
Nobody to tell us we'd enough
It's up to you to (a) decide
up to you to (e) decide
If anybody wants to look us up:
It happens in a place where feelings burst
It's up to us to (a) decide
up to us to (e) decide
And it's (G) love (D) life etc.
Nobody was looking for (nobody was looking for)
Nobody was looking for (nobody was looking for)
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Once Upon Forever
Dorota PASALSKA-Najdek (PL), Stanis&awa OPYD (PL), Peter ANDREJ (SI)
11.07.2013, Regensburg, Germany
Background:
We had a mix of »ruf material«: Dorotas ocean drum and Stanis&awas small shamanic
drum, Peters guitar and instruction from Jonas who gave us three strange phrases.
1st: How to cook a tenderloin?
2nd: Rubber band!
3rd: Beans and mash potatoes!
Now, what to do with such a mess?
But we had a strong wish for vocal and all kinds of improvisation.
Dorota plays ocean drum, Stanis&awa plays small shamanic drum, Peter plays guitar and
sings english and slovenian words.
Recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs9u_86cHUQ
Performances:
• 11.07.2013, Regenburg
• 14.07.2013, Ingolstat (DE)
Lyrics:
Once upon a time there was nothing, except earth and sea.
Just a sound of watewr and wind!
There was no words, no meanings …
Time was growing, but the word stil didn’t apear,
But there was voices …
Then suddenly, first words appear:
»How to cook a tenderloin?»
»Kako skuhati file?»
»Jak gotowa' filet?»
Then another words appear:
»Rubber band«
»Band iz gume!«
»Recepturka!»
Then another words appear:
»Beans and mash potatoes!»
»Fi(ol in pire krompir!»
»Fasola i puree!»
Everybody try to uderstand words, but we know one thing:
On the End still is going to be:
No words, no meanings, just sounds of sea and maybe sound of you and me!
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need what you’ve lost,
F
G
love what you’ve left – (love it).
It’s Not What You See
Daniel KELLEHER (IE), Maria Manuela BOCK (DK)
12.07.2013, Schloß Alteglofheim, Germany
Background:
We talked about people often tended to judge strangers by their appearance. But often it
turns out that they are a completely different person than first assumed. We decided to
make a song about it
Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/playing4integration/spor-01-10
Chorus:
C G
F
Let this be our first date.
C G
F
G
Let this be the time we change.
Remember the crying child
She just lost her father.
She’s taking it bad, but her mother takes it harder.
And as for the group of scary thugs.
They are the founders of charities for peace and love.
As for mistaken the gypsy woman. (Yeah, Yeah).
Her degree is in human rights and loving
She spends every penny on the poor,
But on her self she spends nothing.
She wears her life across her face.
Performance:
• 14.07.2013, Ingolstadt (DE)
Chords & Lyrics:
C
G
F
There are four empty seats
C
G
The train keeps track on time
F
And moves the beats
C
G
F
G
The nearest to me sits a crying child,
Pre chorus
Chorus
(Slowly)
When the train pulls up to stop
The little old dear gets up to get off
The suited man wants to help her up.
The woman’s bag of shopping ended up
Being other people’s stuff.
A screaming mother won’t help pass the time.
C
G
F
Further up is a group of thugs.
C
G
F
Not sure if it’s alcohol or is it drugs.
C
G
F
Next up sits a gypsy woman.
C
G
F
She looks cute, but she ‘s up to something.
C
G
F
I sit between a little old dear and a suited man.
C
G
F
G
She got a bag of shopping, he got a laptop in his hand.
Pre chorus
Chorus
Pre-chorus:
C
It’s not what you see
G
You see what you want
F
Want what you get – (want it).
C
Get what you need,
G
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Your Eyes Are On Me
Shane Ó FEARGHAIL (IE), Svend SEEGERT (DK), Maria Manuela BOCK (DK)
12.07.2013, Regensburg, Germany
Background:
The first sketch came up during the P4I summit in Denmark, and surviewed as a rough
sketch untill the P4I summit in Germany more than a year later. The text is somewhat
multi-interpretable – but there’s something intense about the chorus line: Your Eyes Are
On Me. (Says – on of the contributors)
Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/svend-seegert/your-eyes-are-on-me/s-5gliY
Performance:
• Ingolfstadt, Germany, 15.07.2013
| Am
We don’t talk
We don’t even try.
To open up
Face to face, eye to eye
|Am
| …..
| F maj 7| ….
|Am
| …..
| F maj 7| ….
We don’t hear.
What’s obviously clear.
We don’t see
It’s obviously me.
|Am
| …..
| F maj 7| ….
|Am
| …..
| F maj 7| ….
Bridge:
All broken words fall so far to the floor.
All we ever wanted, we found and more.
|Am
|Am
|Am
Chorus:
Your eyes are on me
Your eyes are on me
Your eyes are on me.
|Am
|Am
|Am
Solo: % verse + bridge
16 bars
|F maj 7| Am
|G sus
|G sus
|F
|F
|F
|F
|F
|F
|Dm7
|Dm7
|Dm7
|Gsus G |
|Gsus G |
|Gsus G |
Chorus with variations:
(chords like normal chorus)
Your eyes are on me
(blending with: As the walls fall, and come crashing down
Crashing down, crashing down… ):
(as the Wall)Your eyes are on (Fall) me
|Am
(and come crashing down, crashing down… )
| Dm7
Outro
Your eyes are on me.
Intro: Your eyes are on me x 2
Chorus:
Your eyes are on me
Your eyes are on me
Your eyes are on me.
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|F
|F
|G
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|G
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|Dm7
|Dm7
|Dm7
|F
|F
|F
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|Gsus G |
|Gsus G |
Verse
We don’t talk
The sound of deafening silent.
Though We’re stock
It’s true, no one is an Island.
We don’t hear.
What’s obviously clear.
What we feel
It’s obviously real.
Bridge:
All broken walls fall so far to the floor.
All we ever wanted we found and more.
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End chord: Em9 or Em6
Svend SEEGERT (DK), Lucjan WESOLOWSKI (PL)
12.07.2013, Schloß Alteglofheim, Germany
Background:
The topic is mostly on a theme started out by Lucjan. In the end the text is a sort of
compromise between Svend’s focus on stuff that sounds good, and Lucjans wish to write
something that MEANS something, a wish that includes hopes for a better world, a better
understanding of what lies ahead of us, and what could be the way to go. That again conpuncturated by Svend’s afraidness of being too clear, to manifested ...
So - writing the song included a lot of flow-like elements and moments, and a lyrics-writing
process that also included a very interesting mixture of meaning and form.
Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/svend-seegert/someday-somehow-live/s-avtSS
https://soundcloud.com/svend-seegert/someday-somehow-svend-seegert/s-1bgtt
Capo: V
Walking down an alley
trees dark and tall
We feel alone and I look around
I see no one at all
Who can say where we came from
And where we're bound to go?
Some day somehow
I guess we will know
|Em7,
|Em7,
|Em7,
|Am7,
|Em7,
|Em7,
|Cad9,
|Am7,
In the space all around us
And even on the ground
We’re looking for an answer
But no one is found
We might find a solution
When we stop our research
Some day somehow
From the Universe
| like above.. |
It could be friendship, music, or someone to love
A feeling so strong, or just something above
It could be friendship, music, or someone to love
And when we find a way to go, we’ll know how to grow
Bm7ad4 |
Bm7ad4 |
Bm7ad4 |
B7
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Bm7ad4 |
Bm7ad4 |
G/B
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B7
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|C, G/h | Am7, G
|C, Em7 | F#m7b5, B7
|C, G/h | Am7, G
|Fmaj9 | F#m7b5, B7
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You read a load of wise books
And the writings on the wall
And I was speaking of changes
With no result at all
Be the change that we we want to see
Show it – don’t just tell
Someday Somehow
I know that we will
Chorus (2x)
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Thanks to the Co-Writers and Learners!
Christof FINK
(FUN&LEARN, Austria)
Co-ordinator, August 2013
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