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Song #9 of 26 – If We Fall

Initial BIAB Style – _EAGL_PS – Midtempo Country

Track #1 – RealBass 519: Bass Electric, Pop HalfNotes Ev 120
Track #2 – RealDrums-NashvilleEven8^6-HiHat, HiHatO
Track #3 – RealPiano 522: Guitar, Acoustic Fingerpicking Ev 120
Track #4 – RealGuitar 406: Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 136
Track #5 – RealStrings 621: Pedal Steel, Background Easy Ev 136

Chris sings lead vocals and John sings the harmony vocal; vocals were all run through Melodyne 4 to pull them a little better in tune, with slight reverb using Anwida Soft Reverb Light VST.


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If We Fall
by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford
Copyright © 2010 by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford

1 Sometimes things don't go our way, our lives end up all twisted,
We just live from day to day.
And sometimes faith throws us a curve, times of toil and trouble,
But there's one thing to observe: (to CHORUS)

CHORUS
If we fall, he'll intercede,
Off'ring hope and grace, a little more faith is all we need.
If we just heed his wake up call. Here, there, and everywhere,
His hands are always right there, our risen Lord will catch us if we fall.

2 Sometimes we don't clearly see all the chains that bind us,
Or what it takes to set us free.
Sometimes we go with the flow. Today's gone tomorrow,
But there's one thing we should know: (to CHORUS)

BRIDGE
In every life a little rain may fall,
But that doesn't mean that all the writings on the wall.
When we're out on a limb we just need to place our call
To Him, 'cause His love conquers all.

(Repeat CHORUS)

ENDING
Our risen Lord will catch us if we fall. Our risen Lord will catch us if we fall.



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Since I’ve been teleworking since March 2020 (as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic), that has afforded me time at home to work on all the original songs my buddy Chris Werle and I (John Ford) have written. Chris wrote the lyrics, chords, and melody. I then transcribe it into notation, since Chris doesn’t read music. I then write the harmonies, most of the instrumental solos and/or counter melodies, arrange all the instruments, and put everything together.

All songs started in Band-in-a-Box (and some of them are over 20 years old). Then they were worked up in either PowerTracks Pro or RealBand. Since Chris and I live in different states now, I had to rely on previously recorded vocals and his guitar playing from old PowerTracks or RealBand .SEQ files. Because of limitations in RealBand with some VSTi’s, I did have to export the some of the MIDI tracks out of RealBand and render them to audio in Cakewalk (for those that RealBand didn’t render properly), after which I would bring the audio back into RealBand. But most of the songs and the final mix were exclusively rendered from RealBand.

My goal here is to post one song each day until all 26 of the songs have been posted. Some have been posted previously, but I have gone back and reworked all of them, so they are all new mixes and are different from what was originally posted.

Most of the songs are Christian in nature, so if that’s not your thing, that’s fine. But it’s our thing. So without further ado, here is the music.

Really nice song. I've enjoyed these postings and I think you've done a great job in freshening them up.

Chank you, Charlie. I appreciate the kind words.

Enjoyed this--fresh sound, nice movement, great message...especially liked your choice in the ending.