16 August 2022

Whispering to the morning air

Words and music by Richard Homer

4/4, 93 bpm 

Am C

morning opera / in the air

G C / F G C / F G C 

tenor bird on / unseen bough

Am C

racing kampung / chickens cry

G C / F G C / F G C 

the insect chorus / quiet now 


wet night hours / changing hue

aqua air, / moaning breeze

flickering through the / azure air

orange palette / with cerise


clouds of pink and / off-white grey

rhythm of the / wet leaf tune

broken // pizzicato rain

the sunrise of the / morning moon 


CFC

the sunrise of the / morning / moon 

FGC 

the breakers come to / gaze to / where

CFC

the surfing branches / enjoy the / breeze

F G C / F G C 

whispering / to the / morning air


off-shore sun / begins to peer

gentle hint of / morning heat

Earth enjoying / new reprise 

night-time umbrage / in retreat


handphone, house key, I’m / on the / way 

squirrel on the / wire up / high

grunting, hunting / wild / boar

hidden / tree-bird / whooping cry


ending

CFC

the sunrise of the / morning / moon 

F G C / F G C 

whispering / to the / morning air