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Topic: The Picture

Hi
The idea for this song came from a old picture in a local history book of the seaside dated 1914.
The year of the out break of the 1st world war.

Am9.……....X05500   Not  as shown on the grid.

Arpeggio style


Thanks James for your advice useful as usual.



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[Am9] The gentle lapping of the water.


[Fmaj7/A] Brings a stillness to the air.


[G6] and the smell of the estuary.


[Asus2] Comes in with the tidefair.




[Am9]The sun beats down on the shore line.


[Fmaj7/A] The children were happy to play.


[G6] and the calmness of the water.


[Asus2] was reflected back into the day.




Chorus.


[Am] In the long hot summer of 19[Em]14 the [G] time just drifted [Am] away.


[Am] and in the tranquillity of that [Em] heatwave [G] was shattered in just one [Asus2] day




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[Am9] The couples walked hand in hand.


[Fmaj7/A] Lost in each other romantic dreams.


[G6] and the parents of the children.



[Asus2] Were happy in their own schemes.




[Am9] There’s a little girl playing in the water.


[Fmaj7/A] With her hand trailing in the brine.


[G6] She watches the other children


[Asus2] As if waiting for sign.




Chorus………..


3




[Am9] The stillness of an sepia picture.


[Fmaj7/A] Shines down through the years.


[G6] Of a day in a long lost summer.


[Asus2] Before wartime fears.




Chorus…..





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Re: The Picture

Beautiful Ark!

My sences havent reached the sepia stage yet! But lively memories of my cousins and i playin on" SandyMount Beach" Which was near where i lived.
Innocent beautiful times! in the late fifties after the 2nd War.

Thank you Ark.

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Re: The Picture

You paint a crystal clear picture here - really very very nice.
I can smell the ocean and feel the sand.

Read a book once by Thomas Stevens, "Around the World on a Bicycle".  In the 1880's he started in San Francisco and kept heading east until he arrived back home a few years later.  Went around the world on a pennyfarthing bike (the old high wheeler kind).  He was the first person to make it all the way around the world on a bike.

His travels brought him across many borders that ceased to exist and through villages and cultures that are long gone.  The so-called 'Great War' radically re-drew the political and cultural maps across Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Steven's descriptions of the people and places are fascinating - your song evokes that same fascination with how things have changed yet stayed the same.  James

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Re: The Picture

memories bring so much joy to those who are left from that era and you've captured it beautifully, well done

love is life ,life is for love,keep a true heart and live life to the full....stay cool

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Re: The Picture

Hi
Helena (Kissing the old Blarney stone again) smile
Thanks for the nice comment
The picture did invoke childhood memories for me too.The place it was taken was where I spent many a happy day by the sea.
I sometimes think it's strange how places have changed, yet some like the countryside and the sea have remained the same.
Seeing how lively you are I would describe you more as multi coloured.

James
The book sounds very interesting. I will try to get hold of a copy.
I'm glad the song invoked the sea for you as was my intention. The chord progression is slightly strange but felt it fitted the image I was trying to paint.
Thanks for the comment and coming up with something interesting again.

daddy
As you so rightly say good memories are source of happiness for us all.
Cheers for the positive comment.

Regards

Ark