04 June 2021

Monsoon kicking in (musin hujan)

Words and music by Richard Homer 


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We talked and talked / throughout the / morning 

E A

of sim card, cell / telephone

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no yapping of some / wretched / woman

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just boy and dad and the / air alone

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watching the monsoon / raw sky open up EA


I spent the early / light flow / hours

reading up on Maths, / Biology;

the woman went out for / fresh market / fush

the air takes a break / alone with me

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up


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watching the monsoon / raw sky / open up

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watching the monsoon / raw sky open up


With the old and / unused / Nokia

he showed me how to choose the / date and the time

wallpaper of / Pooh the / Bear

but the broken connection / played just mime

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up


B flat / F7 / F / C

F C B flat F 

the / rain, / the / rain, the / rain, / the / rain

hujan, / angin, / guruh, / kilat C


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kini / hujan / tanpa / henti

angin / kuat / goncang / pokok 

matahari / telah / hilang

guruh / garang, kilat / bengkok


hujan / lebat, / tanpa / henti 

Wakaf / Tapai, / ribut / petir

katak / kuak, / longkang / penuh

jalan / tutup, / air / banjir


CCC GGG EEE


Absence of both / car and / bike

as the tree bound wind comes / through again

a brief respite / from the / downpour 

before the new onslaught / of the rain

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up


A E A

watching the monsoon / raw sky / open up

E A

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up


B flat / F7 / F / C


F B flat C F

kini hujan / tanpa / henti

angin kuat / goncang pokok 

matahari / telah / hilang

guruh / garang, / kilat / bengkok


CCC GGG EEE

A E A

watching the monsoon / raw sky / open up

E A

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up

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hujan turun dari / langit / mentah 

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hujan turun dari langit / mentah