Gimme Some Of That Ol Atonal Music
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I dedicate this song to my father
[Verso 1]
D G
My dad was a composer, modern was his style
A D
His music always made you think, it never made you smile
G
He wrote for chamber orchestra, now and then for voice
A D
Tonality in Daddy's world was just another choice
[Verso 2]
D G
Yeah, Papa's compositions came in rigid 12-tone rows
A D
There was no tonal center to the music he composed
G
He was a lover of complexity, some have said pretense
A D
His music wasn't joyful, it was just abstract and dense
[Refrão]
D G
Gimme some of that old atonal music, it lingers in my ears
A D
Schoenberg and Alban Berg were the genre's pioneers
G
Keep your Bach and Chopin, they're melodic and passe
A D
Gimme some of that old atonal music, like Daddy used to play
{Instrumental}
N.C.
(Give 'em some, Allison. A-ha! That's right)
[Verso 3]
Eb Ab
Since dear old Daddy left us, life has been so hard
Bb Eb
There aren't enough musicians who embrace the avant-garde
Ab
No-one plays atonally, either home or on the stage
Bb N.C.
I miss Igor Stravinsky, my dad, and old John Cage
(silence / ambient noise)
[Verso 4]
E A
Gimme some of the that old atonal music, like my Daddy used to write
E
It was hard to sing if you rehearsed, impossible by sight
A
Emotion is for simple folk, art should be arcane
E
Some compositions feed the heart, my daddy's fed the brain
[Refrão]
E A
Gimme some of that old atonal music, how I love those random hops
E
I've tried to write that way myself, but I'm not as skilled as Pops
A
Keep your Brahms and Chopin, they're melodic and passe
N.C. A E
Gimme that old atonal music, like Dad-dy used to pla-ay
E
(like Daddy used to play, like Daddy used to play)
N.C.
I miss you, Daddy
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