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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)
(no 5th)
it's so beautiful here, she says,
(no 3rd) (no 3rd)
this moment now. and this moment, now.
(no 3rd)
and I never thought I would find her here:
flannel and satin, my four walls transformed.
but she's looking at me, straight to center,
no room at all for any other thought.
(no 5th) (no 3rd) (no 3rd) (no 3rd)
and I know I don't want this. oh I swear I don't want this.
there's a reason not to want this but I forgot.
(single notes: ---F)
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in the terminal she sleeps on my shoulder,
hair falling forward, mouth all askew.
fluorescent announcements beat their wings overhead:
AbMA7/
passengers missing, we're looking for you.
and she dreams through the noise, her weight against me,
face pressed into the corduroy grooves.
(no 3rd)
maybe it means nothing, maybe it means nothing,
maybe it means nothing, but I'm afraid to move.
Trumpet solo:
Trumpet single notes: -- -
Chord progression: ---
(repeat 4x, hold Bb one additional bar the 4th time)
and the words: they're everything and nothing.
I want to search for her in the offhand remarks.
who are you, taking coffee, no sugar?
who are you, echoing street signs?
who are you, the stranger in the shell of a lover,
dark curtains drawn by the passage of time?
(no3rd) (no 5th)
oh words like rain, how sweet the sound.
(add6)
well anyway, she says, I'll see you around...
Outro:
Vienna sings notes unaccompanied: ---
one time, piano and bass rejoin 2nd time
with ---Bb)
Repeats melody with
chord progression:
-cm/g-- (6x)
Bb holds for 1 extra bar, finishes on cm