‘Till The Lights Come Home’ is on “Trancas”, Affordable Dreams, 1984, CD re-issue with two bonus songs by Affordable Dreams, 1988, and Line Records, 1990, I think. The CD with the bonus songs ‘Heart of a Kid’ and Irresistible Targets’ (both recorded 1988) was released again by Neon Dreams in 2002.
Very interesting, rhythmically, a slow song with a fast rhythm, in a way. Charlie has worked out a pretty thorough examination of the bass runs/rhythm. He claims it looks more difficult than it is, and I think he’s right.
He says:
Most of it is this line:
D-0-------------------0------------------
A---0-4-0-2-0----0-----0-4-0-2-0---0-
E----------------2-------------------2---
Occasionally, either
D-0-------------------0-------
A---0-4-0-2-0----0----0-4----------4-2----
E----------------2----------------------------
or
D------------------------------------------
A-0-0------0-0------0-0-------0-0------
E------2-0------2-0-------2-0------2-0--
(A) (D2) (A) (D) (E)
(A)
That freedom (D)rolls, in the (A)hills
of old
And they (D)dance,
And they (E)dance
Till the light comes (D2)home. (A)
Call the girls, call them up to the mountain,
And tell the (D)world, that (A)even
with blood in the fountain
We will (D)dance,
We will (E)dance
Till the light comes (D)home. (A)
(D) (A) (D) (E) (D) (A) (D) (E)
(A)Kenya knows, so does Montevideo,
That freedom (D)rolls, in the (A)hills
of old Montenegro,
And they (D)dance,
And they (E)dance
Till the light comes (D2)home. (A)
And they (D)dance,
And they (E)dance,
And they (F#m)dance
Till the light comes (D2)home. (A)
And they (D)dance,
And they (E)dance,
And they (F#m)dance
'Till the light comes (D2)home. (A)
And they (D)dance,
And they (E)dance
And they (F#m)dance
'Till the light comes (D2)home. (A) (D) (A) (D) (and fade)
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Charlie Woodward, janhauenstein@gmx.de &
Art Faller
June 2008