17 April 2023

Terengganu night (cahaya bulan)

Words and music by Richard Homer 

4/4, 3/4, 93 bpm


Em Bm 

the crackle of fire in the / evening haze 

Em Bm 

undergrowth of leafy, / whispering maze 

Am Em

broken house, / timber frame

Am Em 

of jungle squatting, / abandoned name

Am Bm Em

Terengganu / night


rubbing of a million / insect wing 

grunting wild boar / rummaging 

insipid air / monotony 

croaking frog / cacophony

Terengganu / night


Bm Am / Am Em

where are you / now? / where did you / go? 

Bm Am / Am Em

how we went / wrong, / I want to / know 

Am Em

I want to / know


I gaze alone at the / moon up high

bringing back those / years gone by 

ebbing water, / concrete pier 

engine oil, / fishing gear

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 / come back / to / talk / to the / night, / to / me

they / come back / to / talk / to the / night, / to / me Bm Em

4/4 Bm Am Em / Bm Am Em 

Terengganu / night, Terengganu / night


where are you / now? / where did you / go? 

how we went / wrong, / I want to / know 

I want to / know


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 Am Em / Bm Am Em

come / to / me, / come / to / me 

Am Em / Am Em

come to / me, / right / here