the Obvious Child

Here's the new structure from the Samba Ottawa session 18th March 2012: 
  
Here's our new beginning December 2012:
  
Most of The Obvious Child(MP3 2.7MB) from a Samba Ottawa practice session - omits introduction and first couple of verses.
  
And some clips from the recorded version
 The rep. Entrada and the rest coming in
  
 Decrescendo - for the quiet bit
  
 The rep. call and response
  
The original track by Paul Simon - warning 9.7MB file size.

 

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 (Start: singing only)

I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite (Caixa’s counted in)
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
I don't expect to sleep through the night
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
But I say why
Why deny the obvious child?
Why deny the obvious child?

(Tercera surdo counted in.  Tercera comes in followed by rest of the surdos, the
shakers, and the claves)

And in remembering a road sign
I am remembering a girl when I was young
And we said These songs are true
These days are ours
These tears are free
And hey
The cross is in the ballpark
The cross is in the ballpark

We had a lot of fun
We had a lot of money
We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny
Sonny gets married and moves away
Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
Sonny gets sunnier
Day by day by day by day

I've been waking up at sunrise
I've been following the light across my room
I watch the night receive the room of my day
Some people say the sky is just the sky
But I say
Why deny the obvious child?
Why deny the obvious child?

(Decrescendo – get softer)

Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself
How it's strange that some rooms are like cages
Sonny's yearbook from high school
Is down from the shelf
And he idly thumbs through the pages
Some have died
Some have fled from themselves
Or struggled from here to get there
Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls
Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair

(Crescendo – get louder again) 

Well I'm accustomed to a smoother ride
Maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
I don't expect to sleep the night
Some people say a lie is just a lie
But I say the cross is in the ballpark
Why deny the obvious child?

(Repenique plays call and response pattern, Terceira plays pick up and
rest of band joins in until whistle to signal end )

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verse 1

verse 1
G                             |G                           |
                              |  Well, I'm accustomed to a |

G                             |G            D              |
smooth ride                   |          Or maybe I'm a    |

G              D              |G            D      G       |
dog who's      lost its       |bite I don't expect to be   |

C                             |F            C              |
treated like a fool no        |more            I don't ex  |

G            D                |D            C              |
pect to      sleep through the|night   Some people say a   |

G              D              |G            D      G       |
lie's a        lie's a        |lie But      I      say     |

C                             |F            C              |
why            Why deny the   |obvious      child?         |
why            Why deny the   |obvious      child?         |



verse 2
G                             |G            D              |
                              |And in re    membering a    |

G              C              | G           D      C       |
road sign                     |  I am re    membering a    |

G              D              |G                           |
girl when      I was          |young                       |

C                             |F            C              |
                              |             And we         |

G              D              |G            D              |
said These     songs are      |true, These  days are       |

G              D              |G            D      G       |
ours, These    tears are      |free,        And    hey     |

C                             |F            C              |
           The cross is in the|ballpark                    |
           The cross is in the|ballpark                    |



Bridge
G                             |G                           |
                              |                          We|

G                             |G                           |
had a lot of fun              | had a lot of money         |
G              D      C       |C                           |
                              |                         We |

G                             |G                           |
had a little son and we        thought we'd call him Sonny |
G              D      C       |C                           |

C              D              |G                           |
Sonny gets     married and    |moves away                  |
Sonny has a    baby and       |bills to pay                |
Sonny gets     sunnier        |Day by day by               |
By day by day by  day by      |day                         |

G                             |G                           |
G                             |G                           |
Doh, doh,  doh, doh (filler: ad lib)



verse 3
G                             |G            D      C       |
                               Well I've been waking up at |

G                             |G            D              |
sunrise                       | I've been   following the  |

G              D              |G            D      G       |
light          across my      |room I       watch  the     |

C                             |F            C              |
night receive the             |room of      my             |

G              D              |G            D      C       |
day                           |  Some       people say  the|

G              D              |G            D      G       |
sky is         just the       |sky, but     I      say     |

C                             |F            C              |
why            Why deny the   |obvious      child?         |
why            Why deny the   |obvious      child?         |



middle 32 ?

G                             | C/G                        |
G                             |  etc
Mm--------- 

C              (D)    (D)     |G            C      G       |
D                             |C                           |
               Sonny          |sits         by     his     |
window and                    | thinks to himself          |

 How                 it's     |strange      that   some    |
rooms are like                |cages                       |

               Sonny's        |year-        book  from     |
high school                 Is|down from the shelf         |

D              C      G       |D                           |
And he         id-    ly      |thumbs through the          |

C                             |C                           |
pages                         |                            |

C              Em             |Am                          |
               Some have      |died                        |

Am                            |G                           |
               Some have      |fled from themselves    Or  |

C              G      D       |G            D      G       |
strug-         gled   from    |here         to     get     |

D                             |C            G      C       |
there          Sonny          |wan-         ders   be      |

D                             |C                           |
yond  his   in-               |terior                      |

C                             |G            C      G       |
walls          Runs his       |hand         through his    |

D                             |C                           |
thinning brown                | hair                       |

verse 4
G                             |
Well, I'm accustomed to a

G                             |G            D              |
smooth ride                   |Or           maybe I'm a    |

G              D              |G            D      G       |
dog who's      lost its       |bite I don't expect to be   |

C                             |F            C              |
treated like a fool no        |more            I don't ex  |

G             D               |D            C              |
pect to      sleep through the|night   Some people say a   |

G             D               |G            D      G       |
lie's a       lie's a         |lie But      I      say     |

C                             |F            C              |
   The cross is in the        |ballpark                    |
C                             |F            C              |
why            Why deny the   |obvious      child?         |

outro
repeat “Ooh”...
G                             |G                   D       |
G                             |G            D      C       |
C                             |C                   G       |
D                             |D                   C       |

 

Here's a JPG (1MB) of a first draft horn section arrangement: