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 

hidden tree bird / whooping cry

Am C

grunting, hunting / wild boar

G C / F G C / F G C 

the squirrel on the / wire up high


wet night hours / changing hue

moaning of the / aqua breeze

flickering through the / azure air

orange palette / with cerise


off-shore sun / begins to peer

gentle hint of / morning heat

Earth enjoying / new reprise 

night-time umbrage / in retreat


GG/F/C


clouds of pink and / off-white grey

rhythm of the / wet leaf tune

broken // pizzicato rain

the sunrise of the / morning moon 


CFC / GFC


the sunrise of the / morning / moon 

GC/GC

come talk to me, come / talk to me

CFC / GFC

the sunrise of the / morning / moon 

GC/GC

come talk to me, come / talk to me


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

a flecking half-rain / in my hair

high-up token / broken breeze

whispering to the / morning air