31 March 2022

piano rumba (half-awake night)

Words and music by Richard Homer


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piano rumba in the / tropical / night

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a winging bird in a / rhythm / up / high 

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whispering overture of / insect / bite

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in a sunset horizon / quiet / goodbye

C G / G G7

come to me / here, come to me / here

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rumba, rumba, / half-awake / night


Am F C G C

by the water / edge, one / insect / jumping / high

the fish / dance with / misting // moonlight

one nocturnal / bird in / whooping / cry

piano / rhythm on a / half-awake / night


the oboe / breeze in the / yellow / wheat

the / bird, / insect, in / buzzing / fight

painting the / plain, the sun / ending / its / beat

piano / rhythm on a / half-awake / night


the cool / earth breeze / purring / alone

the conga, / güiro, / keeping / timber / tight

the iron / timbre of the / quiet / trombone

piano / rhythm on a / half-awake / night


the cirrus / flute // hanging / up / high

hunting the / plough, the / hawk, the / kite

mountain ice / cracking, the / eagle / cry

piano / rhythm on a / half-awake / night