From: bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca (Barrie McCombs)
Subject: CRD: Wedding Song (Paul Stookey)
THE WEDDING SONG Time: 4/4 (syncopated) Key: C
- Paul Stookey, 1971
- Record: Peter, Paul and Mary, ??
- Record: Nana Mouskouri, ??
1 * 5 *
He is now to be a-mong you, at the calling of your hearts
4 * * 1 (*)
Rest assured, this troubadour is acting on His part
* 5 4 1
The union of your spirits here has caused him to re-main
6m 1 5 *
For when-ever two or more of you are gathered in his name
4 * * * 1 * (27 * 57 * 1 *)
There is love, __ __ __, there is love __ (__ __ __ __ __ __)
1 5 4 1
Well, a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home
6m 1 5 *
They shall travel on to where the two shall be as one
1 5 4 1
As it was in the be-ginning, is now and 'til the end
6m 1 5 *
Woman draws her life from man and gives it back a-gain
4 * * * 1 * (27 * 57 * 1 *)
And there is love, __ __ __, there is love __ (__ __ __ __ __ __)
4 2m 5 1
Well, then what's to be the reason for be-coming man and wife
4 2m 5 1
Is it love that brings you here or love that brings you life
1 5 4 1
For if loving is the answer, then who's the giving for
6m 1 5
Do you believe in someting that you've never seen before
4 * * * 1 * (27 * 57 * 1 *)
And there is love, __ __ __, there is love __ (__ __ __ __ __ __)
1 5 4 1
Oh the marriage of your spirits here has caused Him to re-main
6m 1 5
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
4 * * * 1 * (27 * 57 * 1 *)
There is love, __ __ __, there is love __ (__ __ __ __ __ __)
NOTES:
- L5: the instrumental break can be deleted
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
CHORDS (Nashville Number System):
- This system permits you to play a song in any key
- It uses the numeric relationships between chords in a given key
- The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)
Common Keys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Key of C: C D E F G A B
Key of D D E F# G A B C#
Key of E E F# G# A B C# D#
Key of F F G A Bb C D E
Key of G G A B C D E F#
Key of A A B C# D E F# G#
Key of Bb Bb C D Eb F G A
EDITING (to a chosen key):
- Use the "replace" feature of any text editor
- Most songs use four chords or less ( 1 > 5 > 4 > 6 )
- Beware: the number 7 could be the seventh scale note or a 7th chord
- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)
