17 October 2021

Negara tenggara (Watermelon Bay)

09 April 2009

Words and music by Richard Homer


4/4, 125 bpm 


Intro C Em G C, Em F G C high twice


Em F G C 

I’m thinking, yet / again, of a / place with warm / weather

C F G C

to be on an intricate / crab beach, / to eat seafood, / aware

Em F G C 

of where I can / be in peace / we two / together

C F G C

to enjoy the / fishing, / embracing the / air 


where we can eat / carrot, / mushroom, baby / corn

in a soft yam / cake, / that we both // enjoy

with chili crab, / cuttlefish, / chicken, tiger / prawn

by the / beach surf, / watching the estuary / buoy 


Am G FCGC

whispering to the / coconut tree /// Watermelon / Bay


here, the / throbbing / wooden boats going / out

to catch the / gleaming / morning fish // tonight

the fishermen will / throw their / gear that will / tout

for work under the / moon-sea, / cool and / bright


Am G FCGC

moon breeze on the / estuary /// Watermelon / Bay


the beginning of the / morning, / time now to go / back

we can / take a shower together, to / wash the sweat and / grain 

running on your / body, the warm / water changing / tack

then sleep in / harmony, / embracing once / again


Am G FCGC

Negara // tenggara /// Watermelon / Bay


C G FGC

Oh yes, I / think, I / think of a / warm / place

C G FGC

Oh, yes, I / think, I / think of a / warm / embrace

G C G C

to be here on the / beach with you, / to be in / love with you

C G FGC

Oh yes, I think we / might spend time / enjoying a / moon that’s / new

G G17 G G17 

Oh, ma / chérie, / tu es qui / j’adore 

G G17 G C 

Oh, ma / chérie, / tu es qui / j’adore B dim Am, G F 

FGC

tu es / qui / j’adore C F G / C F G / C high 


Am G FCGC

Negara // tenggara /// Watermelon / Bay