05 October 2021

Terengganu night

Words and music by Richard Homer 


4/4, 3/4, 93 bpm


Em Bm

a night breeze turning with / half-awake care

Em Bm

the crackle of the leaf in the / insipid air

Am Em                                                   

the wild boar undergrowth of / mangled maze

Am Em

irritation in a / smoking haze

Am Bm Em


the sunset horizon an / orange goodbye

a crescent moon now / quiet up high 

croaking frog / monotony 

of risible / cacophony

 

the Bomba came / to flame erase

ending the nothing-to-do / people gaze                                                   

broken house of / timber frame 

of jungle squatting, / abandoned name

Am Bm Em

Terengganu / night


Ch

Am Bm Am Em

mosquito tango / in the / night / air

the aroma of the flowers / waltzing / here and / there

the rumba of the breeze in the / coconut / tree


3/4 Am Em

they / whisper / goodbye / to the / night, / to / me 

they / whisper / goodbye / to the / night, / to / me Bm Em

4/4 Bm Am Em / Bm Am Em 

Terengganu / night, Terengganu / night


3/4 Am Em

cengkerik / menari / menyanyi / ke / bintang 

cengkerik / menari / menyanyi / ke / bintang 

4/4 Bm Am Em / Bm Am Em 

Terengganu / night, Terengganu / night


Bm Em / Bm Em

come to / me, / come to / me 

Am Em / Am Em

come to / me, / right / here