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This is a song about being (maybe) overly optimistic, and offering an alternative to watching the sky fall. The last chord, however, may remind us of Nero paying the fiddle. The BiaB organ played an odd phrasing of the sustain chord, and the wah-wah guitar kinda added to the ominousness. I added 3 bass tracks just for the siren sustain. One an octave higher, and another slightly detuned from the original, all using flat 5s and sharp 9s.

All comments are much appreciated. The positive ones are good because they encourage me to go on, the critical ones are good because they help me go on better. Even comments that are matters of opinion help in many ways.

File:The River's Gonna Rise.SGU
Key=E , Tempo 85, Length (m:s)=4:31
4 bar intro, 90 bar chorus, from bar 5 to bar 94. Repeat x1 chorus

Style is _CLAVICL.STY (Clavicle Funky Clav and Organ)
RealTracks in style: 2622:Organ, Rhythm FunkSwing16 Sw16 085
RealTracks in style: 2621:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Swing16WahWah Sw16 085
RealTracks in style: 4320:Piano, ElectricClav, Rhythm FunkySw16Kevin Sw16 085
RealDrums in style:FunkSwing16: a: Snare, Hihat b: Snare, Open Hat

PGMusic gives us incredible musicians to help with our songs, and they can take credit for giving us all you folks on this forum who also help with our creative growth. My favorite is Dave Bell (Blue Attitude) and he is on this song playing the perfect track to fill the song with fun. I played bass and sang.

The River's Gonna Rise

Everyday we hear there's gonna be another storm.
Yet we sleep tight all night.
There's always something fearful that they say is going on,
and claim we cannot fight.
We may as well be happy waiting out the tide.
It seems a better place for us to hide.

They say the river's gonna rise today; we say it's gonna be okay,
They say the river's gonna rise tonight; we say it's gonna be alright.

Someone's always telling folks there's danger in the air.
Yet still they breathe just fine.
They preach the end is coming, and forwarn us to beware.
That's how they waste their time.
We may as well be happy waiting out the storm.
We'll have our family love to keep us warm.

Let us all together say we know the end is near,
then let's enjoy the day.
We can't go on reviewing what inside we all must fear.
Let's let the children play.
We may as well be happy waiting out the storm.
We'll have each other's love to keep us warm.

V--- (E7 E7 A7 E7)2 B7 E7 B7 E7

CH--- A E A E A E A-B E

END--- F (Bb F)3 (Bb-C F)2 Bb F Bb F%

Last edited by BabuMusic; 04/23/23 01:56 AM.
Enjoy whatever happens!
marty

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