Wild Seed

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 13:00:04 +0100

From: Matteo Rocco

<xs@xnet.it>

Subject: h/harket_morten/wild_seed_album.crd

ALBUM NAME: Wild seed

ARTIST: Morten Harket

WORDS AND MUSIC:

A kind of Christmas card - words by Havard Rem | music by Morten Harket

Spanish steps - music by Havard Rem,Morten Harket,Torstein Flakne | music

by Torstein Flakne

Half in love half in hate - words by Ole Sverre Olsen | music by Morten

Harket

Brodsky tune - music by Joseph Brodsky | chorus by Morten Harket | music

by Morten Harket

Wild seed - words and music by Morten Harket

Los Angeles - words by Havard Rem | music by Morten Harket

East Timor - words by Henning Kramer Dahl,Havard Rem,Morten Harket |

music by Geir Kolbu

Lay me down tonight - words by Havard Rem,Morten Harket | music by Morten

Harket

Tell me what you see - words by Havard Rem,Morten Harket | music by

Morten Harket

Stay - words by Havard Rem,Morten Harket | music by Morten Harket

Lord - words by Havard Rem | music by Morten Harket

Ready to go home - words by Andrew Gold,Graham Gouldman | music by Andrew

Gold,Graham Gouldman

MY NAME: Matteo Rocco

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There may be some hints like these:

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Chords C A-/B | D harmony/bass melody | here means end of measure

Lyrics yooohoo!!

Choir (yeah!!)

Notes c a single notes of the lead singer

Choir g e second voice

A KIND OF CHRISTMAS CARD

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A |

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All you folks back home I'll never tell you this

you're not supposed to know where your daughter is

D. |

there are ways of life you never understood

it's right here downtown Hollywood it's afternoon on Sunset Boulevard

D..

I've got a stolen moment trying hard to write a kind a kind of Christmas

|~

card but I.... am burning out again toni....ght there is fever in my

veins mama dear all the love you gave I guess there's really nothing

nothing much to save

I see this place it is dirty as I feel myself there are still

some riches at the Roosevelt that evening prayer those memories

in my little bedroom, mama, on my knees that's where I'm at down in Los

Angeles and I... am burning out again and I.... must rise above the shame

D. |

A |

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toni....ght there is fever in my veins yeh yeehhee

D. |

A |

or just think of the girl I used to be you were my age once

mama twenty-three I can still hear some of the songs you used to

o

play from that summer of love in '68 it seems it turned into a a winter

of hate

and I.... am burning out again it's ti...me I'd rise above the pain

toni....ght there is fever in my veins toni....ght there is fever in

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my veins yehee summer of love.. winter of hate

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D_|

ooohoo...

SPANISH STEPS

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o o o o

Must have been walking don't know this place

somebody's stopped talking is it written in my face

o o o o

though I'd never leave you though I'd never dare

but I watched you going under there's a thought I could not bear

D. | o

E-7/

five thousand miles I'm away from you

D o

drifting by the Spanish steps today

d. | o o

E-7/

guess you've got my number guess you got my line

(aah aah aaaaah)

d d d. | o o-------|o

guess you got my number should I be on your mind

(aah aah aaaaah)

o o o o

late at night your footsteps barefoot on the floor

tender eyes from sleeping in the darkened corridor

o o o o

I come up the stairway my naked enemy

comes stumbling towards me wish I could set you free

D. | o

E-7/

five thousand miles I'm away from you

D o

drifting by the Spanish steps today

D. | o o

E-7/

B-/

guess you've got my number guess you got my line

(aah aah aaaaah)

D. | o

E-7/

five thousand miles I'm away from you

D o

sleeping by the Spanish steps today

d. | o o o

E-7/

guess you've got my number should I be on your mind

(ooh ooh ooooh)

o-------o o o o---o

E-7/

C /

E /

you're not that hard to find

D. | o

E-7/

five thousand miles I'm away from you

D o

drifting by the Spanish steps today

D. | o o

E-7/

B-/

guess you've got my number guess you got my line

(ooh ooh oooooh)

D o

sleeping by the Spanish steps today

D. | o o

B-/

guess you've got my number wish you got my line yeeah

(ooh ooh oooooh)

D. | o ...

E-7/

you're not that hard to find ...

(five thousand miles I'm away from you) ...

HALF IN LOVE HALF IN HATE

o

D o

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D-9 |

C7/9 |

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Half in love and half in hate someone told me it is late

late on earth he said maybe late in you and late in me

G-7 |

darker than it has to be

tell me just another lie now we're woven under ice

tell me that there is no other I am a child be my mother

G-7 |

if you lie babe if you bother

since you raised that wall around you since I lost you

I have found you strange and I could swear for sure haven't seen

o---o

A_|

that girl before half in love and half at war

hey you're looking strange everything you do girl it seems

arranged dark words drift away I have nothing more to say

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F |

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D-/

G-9 |

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F |

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mmm aaahaahaa aahaa

D-/

G-9 |

D-9_|

Bb)

soon the moon will rise and in the stony night I have to see your

face see the lines that make you old stony silence touched by

G-7 |

C7 |

gold

everything's too late too late for love and suddenly

too late for hate

(there's only one thing left to do I have to face this

too late for hate

other you) (only one thing left to do

C7 |

I have to face this other you this other you)

A-4 |

F6 |

ohaah ohaahh.. oohoooh oohooooh

there's only one thing left to do I have to face this other

D-9 |

G-9 |

D-9 |

G-9 |

D-9 |

G-9 |

you

BRODSKY TUNE

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as you pour yourself a scotch crush a roach or check your watch

| o------------o

/

as your hands adjust your tie

D.

F#- /

in the towns with funny names hit by bullets caught in flames

| o------------o

/

by and large not knowing why

D.

F#- /

and in small places you don't know of yet big for having no chance

| o------------o

/

to scream or say good-bye

D. | o o

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F#- /

la la la aaah awooh la la awooooh wooooh wooh wooh

d. | d. | o o o o

F#- /

F#- /

F#- |

la la la aaah awooh la la awooooh wooooh wooh wooh let me know

C#9- |

F#- |

F#-7 |

C#9- |

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let me know

D. | o

F#- /

F#- /

people die as you elect new apostoles of neglect self restraint

whereby people die

F#- /

F#- /

too far off to practice love for thy neighbour brother Slav where your

o o

cherubs dread to fly

D. | o o

F#- /

F#- /

la la la aaah awooh la la awooooh wooooh wooh wooh

d. | d. | o o o o

F#- /

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F#- |

la la la aaah awooh la la awooooh wooooh wooh wooh let me know

while the status disagree Cain's version history for its fuel

o o

(C#9-)

tends to buy goes to die

D.

F#- /

as you watch the athletes score or check your latest statement or sing

| o o

/

your child a lullaby oooohooo

F#- /

F#- /

time whose sharp bloodthirsty quill parts the killed from those who kill

o o

will pronounce the latter tribe

D. | o o

F#- /

F#- /

C# |

hey yeeah will pronounce the latter tribe heey lalalalala as

D. | o o

F#- /

F#- /

your type

(la la la aaah awooh la la awooooh wooooh wooh wooh) (la la la

d. | d. | o o o o

F#- /

F#- /

F#- |

F#-7 |

vavavava

aaah awooh la la awooooh wooooh wooh wooh let me... know)

o o d. |

C#9- |

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F#- /

C# |

F#- _|

WILD SEED

|. |~-

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|. |~-

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D- |

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Baby are you holding the key was it you that put a lock on my door

who sent you are you deep as the sea well it takes a deep womb to

shelter me

I can hold you girl and watch yor heart settle down

C>

D- |

Bb |

feels like home but I'm lost somehow

|. |~-

God made you beautyful I made you cry.....

D- |

Bb |

|. |~-

Bb |

D- |

Bb |

A-(5+)

so listen babe the sun's going down you know what I mean there

|

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Bb |

A-(5+)

ain't much time ooohoo oooh

we're the wild seed girl and this land's being farmed you know a

D- |

farmer takes a great pride in what he leaves behind

|. |~-

God made you beautyful I made you cry.....

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|. |~-

Bb |

D- |

Bb |

|. |~-

Bb |

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Bb |

Baby are you holding the key was it you that put a lock on my door

o

who sent you girl are you deep like the sea well it takes a deep womb

to shelter me I can hold you girl and watch yor heart settle down

C>

D- |

Bb |

feels like home but I'm lost somehow hey

|. |~-

God made you beautyful I made you cry.....

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Bb |

......hey

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Csus4/7_|

D-9_|

LOS ANGELES

A- |

G |

F |

A-(9)

A- |

G |

F |

A-(9)

A-(9)

You waited for me when I was strong you never ca.lled you waited long

A-(9)

now I come back to sleep with you you love me still I love you too

A-(9)

you kept the house I could not keep you kissed good night and went to

A-(9)

sleep now I come back to sleep with you you love me still I love you

o

too come with me to that room by the sea with the view and the moon of

o

Los Angeles

o

you're beautiful back the..n God you're beautiful now come with me

A- |

G |

F |

A-(9)

A- |

G |

F |

A-(9)

o

come with me to that room by the sea with the view and the moon

o

of Los Angeles

o o----o

you're beautiful back the..n God you're beautiful now come with me

A-(9)

yeah I was strong I had no choice the kids grew up and left the house

A-(9)

but I come back to sleep with you you love me still I love you too

D o

D o

F |

A-(9)

A- |

G |

F |

A-(9)

I know u did

o

come with me to that room by the sea with the view and the moon

o

of Los Angeles

o o-----o

you're beautiful back the..n God you're beautiful now

A- |

G |

F |

A-(9)

D o ........

A- |

G |

F |

EAST TIMOR

F9 |

Bb |

G-5+ |

F9 |

Bb |

G-5+ |

Sandalwood trees are evergreen cut them down plant coffee beans

build no schools construct no roads mark them as fools

D o

let ignorance rule leave them stranded on their island

treat them to the tune of silence

d o | | | | o

red is the cross that covers our shame every kingdom eve..ry land

d | | o | | | | o

has its heart in the common man si..lently the tide

G-5+ |

G-5+ |

G-5+ |

shifts the sand

bury my heart on East-Timor in coral sands on golden shores

buried are those who lived their lives no place to hide for

father and child leave them stranded on their island

treat them to the tune of silence

d o | | | | o

we shake the hands that kill and forgive..... every kingdom eve..ry land

d | | o | | | | o

has its heart in the common man si..lently the tide

G-5+ |

G-5+ |

shifts the sand

F9 |

Bb |

G-5+ |

bury my heart on East-Timor on barren graves where flowers won't grow

blooms our Red cross lovingly this nightingale deed

o

now we can be free stranded on their island

this army of the silent

d o | | | | o

we toast our own goodwill and forge.....t every kingdom eve..ry land

d | | o | | | | o

has its heart in the common man si..lently the tide

G-5+ |

G-5+ |

G-5+ |

shifts the sand

F9 |

Bb |

G-5+ |

G-5+ |

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D ...

F9 |

Bb |

G-5+ |

G-5+ |

G-5+ ...

LAY ME DOWN TONIGHT

2/4

Bb- |

Bb- |

Bb- |

F#7+/

Lay me down tonight I'm falling deep I'm tired now I'll sleep

So close my eyes and take me in I'll leap into the night like wind

C# |

I'll leave my body leave my sword so lay me do..wn Father Lo..rd

F#7+/

Lay me down tonight my heart is weak much you give and much you seek

I'll fall into a sea of sleep this sea of dreams so red and dee..p

F#9 |

C# |

F#9 |

C# |

F-/

Ab |

Bb-9 |

Eb |

Ab |

F7 |

F#7+/

F |

ooooh....

I leave my spirit leave my words so lay me down Mother Earth

F#7+/

Lay me down tonight I'm givin in let the works of life begin

your works of chaos works of grace creation Lord in your own pace

d----| |

C# |

word to flesh and flesh to word Father Lord Mother Earth

D _|

Eb-7/

G |

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F# |

F#- |

TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE

F6 |

G-4 |

Bb |

F6 |

G-4 |

Bb |

Sleep my love sleep or look up at a sky returning

from its deep

see the moon go down watch the sun come 'round tell me

what you see

sleep my love sleep look into a world you can no

longer reach

time's a one way track there is no direction back hmm

but when you're dreaming

F6 |

G-4 |

Bb |

tell me what you see.....

F6 |

G-4 |

Bb |

tell me what you see.....

G-4 |

Bb |

ooiih oooohooh tell me what you

G-4 |

see ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh

(tell me what you see)

sleep my love sleep like you slept with me

when the world was a dream that we believed

it was near it was far... it answered to the stars noone's ever been

that close to me

F6 |

G-4 |

Bb |

what did you see....

G-4 |

Bb |

tell me what you see.....

(tell me what you see)

F6 |

G-4 |

Bb |

tell me what you see.....

G-4 |

Bb |

oooooiih oooohooh aaaaah aaaaaaah!

(tell me what you see)

G- |

G-4 |

Bb |

ooihoooh......

(tell me what you see)

G-4 |

tell me what you see..... do you see me?

(tell me what you see)

G-4 |

tell me what you see...................

(tell me what you see)

(sleep my love sleep)

tell me what you see now iiiih no longer reach

(tell me

(shalow la..)

G-4 |

Bb |

F |

what you see)

G-4 |

tell me what you see...................

(tell me what you see)

(sleep my love sleep)

no longer reach

(hey!! hehey!!)

Eb |

la laa.. one way track heeey! aaaah....

(tell me what you see)

G-4 |

Bb |

F ...

oooh..

STAY

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A |

F#- |

D |

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A |

F#- |

D |

|. |~-

Stay I say it as a friend he can handle the daylight

but the night has its way

touch him like noone did before no fingerprints on the dew so stay

|~-

A |

F#- |

D |

whatever you do.......... watch him

laughing oooh he can't help it he sees through the eyes of a child

when he sees you

|. |~-

and baby the town you come from you said you'd like to leave

|. |~-

then say...

|. |~-

A |

F#- |

D |

where you gonna be............

|. |~-

A |

F#- |

D |

where you gonna be............

o d. | o

do you see me in your sleep the dreams you're dreaming

please be gentle oh be gentle there can be no other

G7 /

down so deep but do you see me do you know what to keep

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F#- |

D |

do you

|. |~-

A |

F#- |

D |

whatever you do................

|. |~-

so stay I say it as a friend he can handle the daylight

but the night has its way

|. |~-

baby like noone did before no fingerprints on the dew so stay

|. |~-

A |

F#- |

D |

whatever you do.............

|. |~-

A |

F#- |

D |

whatever you do................

|. |~-

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F#- |

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stay

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baby...

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D ...

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