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RECESSIONAL - Vienna Teng
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(most of the dyads can be played using the low E and A strings)
cm(no 5th)
it's so beautiful here, she says,
Bb(no 3rd) Ab(no 3rd)
this moment now. and this moment, now.
fm7(no 3rd) cm
and I never thought I would find her here:
Bb (x1333x@1) Abflannel (xx1114@1)and satin, my four walls transformed.
cm Bb (x1333x@1) gm7 Ab (xx1114@1)
but she's looking at me, straight to center,
cm Bb (x1333x@1) gm7 Abno (xx1114@1)room at all for any other thought.
cm(no 5th) Bb(no 3rd) adim(no 3rd) Ab(no 3rd)
and I know I don't want this. oh I swear I don't want this.
fm7 gm fm Abthere's (xx1114@1)a reason not to want this but I forgot.
(single notes: Eb-Bb-G-F)
cm Bb (x1333x@1) Ab-AbMAJ7-Ab
in the terminal she sleeps on my shoulder,
cm cm7 gm7
hair falling forward, mouth all askew.
fm7 cm
fluorescent announcements beat their wings overhead:
Bb (x1333x@1) AbMA7/G Abpassengers (xx1114@1)missing, we're looking for you.
cm Bb (x1333x@1) gm7 Aband (xx1114@1)she dreams through the noise, her weight against me,
cm Bb (x1333x@1) gm7 Abface (xx1114@1)pressed into the corduroy grooves.
cm Bb (x1333x@1) adim(no 3rd) Abmaybe (xx1114@1)it means nothing, maybe it means nothing,
cm Bb (x1333x@1) gm7 Abmaybe (xx1114@1)it means nothing, but I'm afraid to move.
Trumpet solo:
Trumpet single notes: Eb-Bb- G - F
Chord progression: cm-cm-Ab-Bb
(repeat 4x, hold Bb one additional bar the 4th time)
cm Bb (x1333x@1) Aband (xx1114@1)the words: they're everything and nothing.
cm Bb (x1333x@1) gm7 AbI (xx1114@1)want to search for her in the offhand remarks.
fm7 cm
who are you, taking coffee, no sugar?
Bb (x1333x@1) gm7 Abwho (xx1114@1)are you, echoing street signs?
cm Bb (x1333x@1) gm7 Abwho (xx1114@1)are you, the stranger in the shell of a lover,
cm Bb (x1333x@1) gm7 Abdark (xx1114@1)curtains drawn by the passage of time?
Eb (x43121@3) Eb/G (444322@1) adim(no3rd) Bb7(no 5th)
oh words like rain, how sweet the sound.
cm(add6) Bb (x1333x@1) gm7 Ab (xx1114@1)
well anyway, she says, I'll see you around...
Outro:
Vienna sings notes unaccompanied: Eb-Bb-G-F
one time, piano and bass rejoin 2nd time
with cm-cm-Ab-Bb)
Repeats melody with
chord progression:
cm-cm/g-Ab-Bb (6x)
Bb holds for 1 extra bar, finishes on cm
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