Are you coming back to me?

2 March 2010

Words and music by Richard Homer

4/4 93 bpm Intro Am B Am B / C B C B / Am Em Am Em

Am B

ocean glowing / twilight fire

Am B

pizzicato / insect choir

C B

hissing beach, / rocking air

C B

thin pine needle / perfume hair

B Am / Am Em

perfume / hair, / perfume / hair B Am Am E

air crescendo, / ocean glint

arpeggio of / twilight tint 

a string quartet / memory

resonating / back to me 

back to / me, back to / me

breeze now picking / up a gear

beach tree wait in / groaning fear

a throbbing fishing boat / going by

seagull gliding, / flying up high

flying up / high / flying up / high 

B C

the breakers / roar, / again, / again, / again, / again, / again 

the rumba / rhythm of the / rain, the / rain, the / rain, the / rain, the / rain

C G

going / on, / going / on, / going / on, / going / on

B Am

Are you coming / back to me

or must I wait alone / here?

B C 

I think back to the / time

when you were / near

C G 

were / near, / were / near, / were / near, / were / near

Ending

B Em B Em Am B, B C, C Em high

Are / you / coming / back / to / me, to / me

Boom, boom, boom, boom

22 July 2010

Words and music by Richard Homer 

4/4 155 bpm Intro CFGC FCGC CFGC FCGC 

CGC

go to the fridge, / get me a / beer

CGC 

I want to get me / into high / gear

FCGCGC 

where / I go / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

GCGC,CCCC syncopating CCCCGGCC 

get the aforementioned beer / into / me 

thinking what you / mean to / me

then / I go / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

a mosquito in the / night time / air 

you don’t bite me, then / I don’t / care

if / you go / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

a rat comes out, / scurrying / near 

you can do what you want, but / don’t touch my / beer

or / I’ll go / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

Ch CFGC FCGC 

boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

CFGC FCGC 

boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

CCCCCGGCC, CCCCCGGCC FF CC GG CC, FF CC GG CC 

pepper grinder by the / Oolong / tea 

the crushed beer cans / dance for / me 

I’m / going / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

take me, take me // away from / here 

take me to a place with / women and / beer 

where I / can go / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

I’m in the shower when / Jim came / in 

with a bottle of whiskey, a / bottle of / gin

I’m / going / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

one under-fridge gecko comes / out to / eat 

he sees me, beats a / quick // retreat 

I’m / thinking / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

GCFC, GCFC 

are / you in / love with / me? / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh 

are / you in / love with / me? / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh 

GCFC, GCFC 

am / I in / love with / you? / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh  

am / I in / love with / you? / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh 

GCFC, GCFC 

I am / sure / that I / know / that one / day / you will / go 

GCFC, GCFC 

away, // away, // away from / me, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh 

GCFC, GCFC

a stripped bare, / pining, / autumn / tree, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh 

Ending Extra CGC 

I’ll walk alone in an / empty / room 

CGC 

hearing the echo / of boom, / boom / boom

CGC 

boom, boom, boom, boom / in my / brain, 

CGC 

boom, boom, boom, of the / thunder in the / rain, 

CGC 

boom, boom, boom, of the / Inter City / train, 

CGC, GC, GC, GC, GC 

boom, boom, boom, // again, // again, // again, // again // again, // again, // again, // again 

CFGC FCGC 

boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom CFGC FCGC 

boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

CCCCCGGCC, CCCCCGGCC FF CC GG CC, FF CC GG CC

Thunder in the air

Words and music by Richard Homer

4/4, 3/4, 155 bpm

C2F / C2G

You 

C2F / C2G

want 

CFGC

to / play / a / game? C2F / C2G

C2F / C2G

You 

C2F / C2G

recall  

CFGC

when / you / first / came C2F / C2G

FFF / GGG

now you are /  fed up with / me C2F / CCC

FCC / FCC / FCC / GGG

you’ re / out girl, / you’ re / out / you’ re / out / away from / me

C2F / C2G / C2F / C2G 

Yeah, / you 

think / that / you / know

what / you / will  

do / when / you / go

you think you’re / clever and / quick

you ain’t that / girl, / you’re / slow / you’re / slow / and you’re / thick

You / want / to 

bring // thunder / on

You / won’t be

happy / when / you’re / gone

without you now / I’m clear and / free

you’re stupid / girl, / you’re no / match / you’re no / match / no match  for / me

Thunder / in the / air

hammering / clear

thunder / in the place 

so / far, / so / near

coming now / through the night / air

you got to / know girl, / you got to / know, / got to know / I just don’t / care

I / thought / it 

might // become / right

when / you used to / love 

me / in / the / night

but the whispering / love now has / flown

you don’t know girl / about your / life, / about your life / on your / own

FFF / CCC / GGG / CCC

thunder in the / rain / thunder / again

thunder in the / air / thunder / everywhere

thunder way up / high / thunder / nearby

thunder in my / ear / thunder when you were / here

4/4 FC / FC FC FC FC

there / is one // question // question // question // question

GGGG / CCCC

why you came / here?

Kenapa anda tak cinta ku?

Words and music by Richard Homer 

August 2012

3/4 93 bpm Intro EEA, EEA, EEBE, A

ku / fikir / banyak / ke / waktu // itu

kami / gembira, / hubungan / bahru

BBAEE, ABAEB 

cinta / kita / kilau // seperti // bintang

EEA, EEA, EEBE

tapi / kini / cinta kau / telah // terbang

BEA, EBE

oh / oh / BAE, AEB, ABB, AE

ku / tunggu // bersendirian // kini

tanpa / kasih / sayang anda / malam // ini

serangga / mula / nyanyi, // burung / mula // tidur

aku / dengar / ombak dan / angin / timur

tinggi / di / langit, / bulan / bahru

ku / fikir / kita / pada / masa / itu

hatiku / berdegup / seperti / gendang

cintaku / bergetar / seperti / gambang

BEA, EBE

oh / oh

BAE, AEB, ABB, AE

mungkin, / aku / boleh / cari / perempuan // bahru

perempuan // membawa // kegembiraan / hidup / ku;

aku / menangis / seperti / hujan

mana, / oh / mana, / aku / cari / perempuan?

BBAEE, AE, BE

kenapa / anda / kini tak / cinta / ku, tak / cinta / ku?

BBAEE, AE, BE

kenapa / anda / kini tak / cinta / ku, tak / cinta / ku?

BBEA / AEEBE

kenapa / anda / pergi, / pergi / daripada / ku

BEA, EBE

oh / oh

BAE, AEB, ABB, AE

Rain in the afternoon

Words and music by Richard Homer

4/4, 3/4, 111 bpm 

Intro 4/4 CG, CG, 3/4 FCGC, FCGC 4/4 

CG 

rain coming / here to me 

FCG 

coming from the beach, / coming through the / tree 

CG 

the lightning, the thunder / break the air

FCGC 

just like / you they / appear not to / care 

3/4 FCGC, FCGC 

oh, / oh, / oh, / oh FCGC 

I think back to the / time with you 

the memory of a / golden / hue 

I’m on my bed, leg / up on knee 

thinking of / you, and / when you were with / me 

oh, / oh, / oh, / oh 

the rain comes on / harder now 

the leaf, the flower, / tree / kow-tow

I’m on the bed, / thinking again; 

out there / I hear  the / tears of the / rain

oh, / oh, / oh, / oh 

Extra 

Am F 

where are you now? I / want you again 

CGC

come back to me girl, come / to me in the / rain 

FCGC, FCGC 

Ch 

GFC 

I’m too much on my own, / thinking again of / you 

GFC 

thinking again of the / woman I thought I / knew; 

CFGC 

rain, / rain, bring my / woman back to / me; 

CFCGC 

rain, / rain, bring my / woman / back to / me 

3/4 FCGC, FCGC oh, / oh, / oh, / oh FCGC 

time to go back / to the rear 

to get another / cold tin of / beer 

thinking once again / in the night 

why things / just didn’t / work out / right 

oh, / oh, / oh, / oh 

where are you now? I want you again 

come back to me come / to me in the / rain 

the thunder, the lightning, the / fading air 

night comes along in / embracing / care

I think again to / what went wrong; 

the rain now / stopping, like my / woman, now / gone 

oh, / oh, / oh, / oh 

Oasis Café

Words and music by Richard Homer 

3/4, 140 bpm 

Intro CCC, CCG, CCF, CCG, CCF, CCG, CCF, CCG, C 

CCG, CCG, CFGC CCG, CCG, CFGC 

CCG, CCG, CFGC 

Thick-clad / leather / men relax / by / big / bikes, / with / tea

CCG, CCG, CFGC 

they place gear / on the / fuel tank, / and / would // agree 

GFC 

that rural Wales is a fine / place for roadside / cheer

CCG, CCG.CFGC 

a break from / a long, cold / trip / from / where / to / here

CCG, CCG, CFGC, CCG, CCG, CFGC ooh, ooh 

CCG, CCG, CFGC 

The empty / bus / pull-ins, // even / in / sun, / look / bleak; 

old // people / cough, spit, /// arthritis / creak

no shelter, just the ever-changing / Cambrian / air

the depot / is / empty, // rundown, / and / bare

GFC 

By the Oasis café, I think of / you, girl, // again 

GFC 

taking my tea here with the / sun, the wind, the / rain 

GFC 

putting your name on a song / memory / track 

CCG, CCG, CFGC 

I wish / I / could, // somehow, / turn / the / clock / back

CCG, CCG, CFGC, CCG, CCG, CFGC ooh, ooh 

CCG, CCG, CFGC GGG, CCC, GGG, CCC 

Oasis / café, // Abergavenny

FCGC 

bringing a / memory of / you, girl, to / me 

GGG, CCC, GGG, CCC 

Oasis / café, // Abergavenny

FCGC 

bringing a / memory of / you back to / me 

Next door, / wild dogs / and / children / play

the // Gavenny / flowing / their / thoughts // away 

to burgers with chips, / coke with / ice

unbothered / by / road tax, // insurance, // petrol / price

Extra 

Am FGC 

I went there // myself, / some weeks // ago, 

Am FGC 

the governor, a nice man, / kept the counter in / good cheer / flow 

GFGC 

for a sandwich of / lettuce and / tuna, rich and / thick; 

CCG, CCG, CFGC 

I walked back / in the / early night, / past / church, / tree, / bridge, / brick

Irama hujan

11 June 2010 

Words and music by Richard Homer

3/4 130 bpm Intro E2 A, E2 A, E2 B E3 

EAEA, BAE

rhythm / of the / rain / coming through / the / tree

EAEA, BAE

bringing a / long-lost / peace, / a / memory of you / back to / me 

A2BE high 3, A2B E2 A, E2 A, E2 B E3

ooh

the sky / clouding / through / as / if it wants / to / cry

to unleash the burden / of the / rain / the / wind now / gusting / by

I wait,  watching /  it / come, / the / flower, / leaf / bow

to the noise / of the / wind, the / rain / coming with / power / now

the rain comes on, / gusting / through / the / thick and bursting / onshore / air

no birdsong to // enjoy right / now, the / garden / wet, // empty, / bare

AB, AE

come again, come // again, the / rhythm of the / tree 

AB, AE

I want the percussion of the / rain to wash your // memory / out of / me 

E2 A, E2 A, E2 B E3

EBEB, ABE high

rhythm / of the // rain, / rhythm / of the / rain

AEBE

you come to me again to / bring a picture of a / half-forgotten wedding / ring

AEBE

a Swansea morning, bright and / clear, now / coming back to me / here

BE

when you and I were / near

EBEB, ABE high

rhythm / of the // rain, / rhythm / of the / rain

AEBE

irama // hujan // membawa // impian

ABE high, BAE

ooh 

I hear you singing in the percussion of the rain

the water on the tree

Iriana

June 2010 Batu Rakit 1992-1994

Words and music by Richard Homer

4/4, 3/4, 93 bpm Intro A B flat C, C B flat A, EAEA

A B flat C 

I’m thinking / of you / now 

C B flat A

a memory / coming / back 

A B flat C 

wandering / on a / quiet 

C B flat A

half / jungle / track 

EAEA

// oh // oh 

Thinking / back to / then,

thinking / back to / there,

the kampung / children / running, 

their kites up / in the / air

Going / back in / time

to nineteen / ninety / two

back to / Batu / Rakit

where I / first met / you 

Iriana, oh

You / wait / there, 

the sun / on the / go

listening / I / think, 

to // Bengawan // Solo

Iriana, oh

The cool / sea / breeze 

in the / evening / air

your sarong / purple, / yellow, 

a hibiscus / in your / hair

Iriana, oh

3/4 time AEAE 

ombak / ombak / pantai, 

sunyi / dan // tenang

bukit / malam / kabut 

angin, // gambang ABE

AEA, AEA

Iriana, / come to / me, Iriana, / come to / me, 

EA, EA

Iriana, come back to / me, oh

In a / kampung / house 

the women / tête à / tête 

out there / by the / beach, 

men repair a / fishing / net

A group of / geese / appear, 

in arrogant, / honking / time

the kampung / evening / smoke 

now beginning / to / climb

The breakers / come / again, 

the eagle / climbing / high

on the / earth / track, 

homecoming / cows go / by

anak-anak / dengan / wau

burung-burung // terbang

nelayan // membaiki / jaring

potong // kelapa / parang

Those / years / back

come to / me // again

the aroma / of the / kampung 

in // equatorial / rain 

The hibiscus, / the // ixora, 

the // coconut / tree

bring a / memory of / you

back / here to / me

oh, waktu / itu / cantik

hujan / malam / wangi

rambut / bunga / raya

batik baju // pelangi

AEA, AEA

Iriana, / come to / me, Iriana, / come to / me, 

EA, EA

Iriana, / come back to / me, oh