Remembering the Sun

Written by John Stewart

‘Remembering the Sun’ is on “Teresa and the Lost Songs”, excellent album, first released as a cassette, Crow, 1992, CD-release (some changes – get both if you can) Homecoming Records, 1998.

Some classic lines...

You can survive the darkest night

Remembering the sun.

The wise man knows the answer,
But the dreamer will survive.

You'd come by to see me,
And we'd play the VCR,
Stare at who we were,
Not at who we are.

Charlie says watch out for the last one. Right. Mr. Scholder is John´s friend, the artist Fritz Scholder, who painted a series called Dream Horses (got this info from John´s notes in the booklet). Now be a wise dreamer and learn this song.

Capo 3^rd fret

Drop D tuning

Play Em like this:

E---------
B---------
G---------
D---------
A----2---
D----2---

(G)
E-----3------
B------------
G------------
D------------
A------------
D---------5--

Intro
(D)

Riff: alternate F# and E-notes on D-string while playing chord
and accenting bass D (or play D-chord in the “usual” way – sounds good, too)

On old forgotten altars
Are the sacrifices laid,
Are you looking for a virgin
For they're (Em) hard to find to(A7 short)day?
Those who took the (D)family,
Those who took the cause,
Those who took the music, (F#m)
(Bm) You should (D)stop to give them (Em)pause. (A7 short)

To be (Bm)ready and be (A7 short)steady,
For the (G)future, (A) it will (D)come,
And you can sur(F#m)vive the (Bm)darkest (D)night
(G) (A) (hold)

Remembering the (D)sun.

Scholder paints dream horses
While I paint dream lives,
The wise man knows the answer, (Bm)
But the dreamer will sur(Em)vive. (A7 short)
Time went by so (D)quickly
That I didn't see it go,
But I never saw it coming, (F#m) (Bm)
So (D)how was I to (Em)know? (A)

To be (Bm)ready and be (A)steady,
For the (G)future, (A7 short) it will (D)come,
And you can sur(F#m)vive the (Bm)darkest (D)night
(G) (A) (hold)
Remembering the (D)sun.

Looking to the future,
And I see myself alone,
In the desert, in an Airstream, (F#m) (Bm)
With a (D)mantra and a (Em)phone. (A)
And you'd come by to (D)see me,
And we'd play the VCR,
Stare at who we were, (F#m) (Bm)
(D)Not at who we (Em)are. (A)

So be (Bm)ready and be (A)steady,
For the (G)future, (A) it will (D)come,
And you can sur-(F#m)vive the (Bm)darkest (D)night
(G) (A) (hold)
Remembering the (D)sun.

Oh, you can sur(F#m)vive the (Bm)darkest (D)night
(G) (A) (hold)

Charlie Woodward, janhauenstein@gmx.de & Art Faller

September 2004