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AIV-06 Auspicious Rain
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An accoustic rock song with added bawu....
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
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Peak #157
Peak in subgenre #41
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
Uploaded
September 29, 2012
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MP3 5.1 MB • 160 kbps • 4:28
Story behind the song
This dates back to my trip to Jinan in China in October 2008. As we crossed the plain of the Yellow River the sky got duller and the pollution haze thickened. Arriving at the station we were whisked across the city to our destination. Just as we arrived the heavens opened and our host waxed lyrical about how auspicious it was that it rained as we arrived. And indeed, the rain washed out the pollution and by the following morning the skies were clear and bright. I liked the phrase so much I composed the song within the week but it's taken two years to get it recorded. And when I went back to Jinan this autumn I bought a BaWu - so I thought I might as well use it.... (though it needed the odd tweak as it's single octave pentatonic.) This was originally going to be the CD title too - then the monkey with the mirror turned up...
Lyrics
D F#m Em D Hiding from the drizzle, gliding through the mist D F#m A Climbing that winding stairway to the gate of heavenly bliss D F#m G D Wishing for the future thinking of the past D D4 A 6 A Pluck the rose’s stalk you can start that walk G6 G Knowing you’re on the road at last chorus D (Em slide) F#m G D Auspicious rain let it wash away your sins Bm G A Auspicious rain it’s the loser’s chance to win D6 D D6 D And when the sun breaks through burns away those blues Em F#m G D Absolution still remains… Auspicious rain Fill the air with incense fill your heart with joy Use every way to ease your day your invention can deploy As the flowers strew the boulders as the creeper climbs the tree Your can send it all o’er the waterfall If you walk this way with me Take a pace for silence drink the morning dew Say a silent prayer for the thoughtless there For they know not what they do Though the season’s ripe for harvest and the winter’s almost due We can pause a while in our mirrored smiles Tell the world we’re breaking through D A G We can make it through together safe beneath auspicious rain… D auspicious rain
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