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I wrote this simple, catchy tune for my daughter and began playing it to her even before she had been born.
4/4 time
Key: Am (measures a-f, s-t) and F (measures g-r)
Largo, at about 68 beats/min.
Playing time of about 3:00 min.
Key: Am
Am C Em E7
e|-0===-|-0===-|-0===-|-0===-|
B|-1===-|-1===-|-0===-|-0===-|
G|-2===-|-0===-|-0===-|-1===-|
D|-2===-|-2===-|-2===-|-0===-|
A|-0===-|-3===-|-2===-|-2===-|
E|------|------|-0===-|-0===-|
a b c d
(strum a-d slowly, with whammy)
A5+2 Am C
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
e|-0'_0"--0"--0'_0"--0"-0"-0"-0"-#"-0'-0'-|
B|-0'_0"--1"--1'_1"--1"-1"-1"-1"-#"-1'-1'-|
G|-2'_0"--2"--2'_2"--2"-2"-2"-2"-#"-0'-0'-|
D|-2'_0"--2"--2'_2"--2"-2"-2"-2"-#"-2'-2'-|
A|-0'_0"--0"--0'_0"--0"-0"-0"-0"-#"-0'-0'-|
E|----------------------------------------|
e
(rhythm like, "*I* am GOing to the BEACH! Are you?")
repeat e two more times
Em E7
^ ^
e|-0'-0_0'--0'-0_0'-|
B|-0'-0_0'--0'-0_0'-|
G|-0'-0_0'--1'-1_1'-|
D|-2'-2_2'--0'-0_0'-|
A|-2'-2_2'--2'-2_2'-|
E|-0'-0_0'--0'-0_0'-|
f
(rhythm like, "NOW or . . . LA-ter?")
repeat e-f again (again repeating e thrice)
Key: F
F F6 F G Am
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
e|-1-1'-#'-1-1'-#'-|-1'/3'-3'-#'-0-0'-#'-|
B|-1-1'-#'-3-3'-#'-|-1'/3'-3'-#'-1-1'-#'-|
G|-2-2'-#'-2-2'-#'-|-2'/4'-4'-#'-2-2'-#'-|
D|-3-3'-#'-3-3'-#'-|-3'/5'-5'-#'-2-2'-#'-|
A|-----------------|-------------0-0'-#'-|
E|-----------------|---------------------|
g h
F F6 F A# A
^ ^ ^ ^ ^v
e|-1-1"-1"-#'-1-1'-#'-|-1'/6'-6'-#'-5=-|
B|-1-1"-1"-#'-3-3'-#'-|-1'/6'-6'-#'-5=-|
G|-2-2"-2"-#'-2-2'-#'-|-2'/7'-7'-#'-6=-|
D|-3-3"-3"-#'-3-3'-#'-|-3'/8'-8'-#'-7=-|
A|--------------------|----------------|
E|--------------------|----------------|
i (much like g) j
repeat g-j
A G F E
^ ^ ^ ^
e|-5"-5"-#'-3"-3"-#'-1"-1"-#'-0-|
B|-5"-5"-#'-3"-3"-#'-1"-1"-#'-0-|
G|-6"-6"-#'-4"-4"-#'-2"-2"-#'-1-|
D|-7"-7"-#'-5"-5"-#'-3"-3"-#'-2-|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
k
A G F F6 F E E
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
e|-5"-5"-#'-3"-3"-#'-1=-|-1'-1'-0------0'-|
B|-5"-5"-#'-3"-3"-#'-1=-|-3'-1'-0------0'-|
G|-6"-6"-#'-4"-4"-#'-2=-|-2'-2'-1------1'-|
D|-7"-7"-#'-5"-5"-#'-3=-|-3'-3'-2------2'-|
A|----------------------|---------2'---2'-|
E|----------------------|------------0-0'-|
l m
repeat e-j (again repeating e thrice and g-j once)
D A
^ ^ ^ ^
e|-10'_10"-10"-10'-10"-10"-5'_5"-5"-5'-5"-5"-|
B|-10'_10"-10"-10'-10"-10"-5'_5"-5"-5'-5"-5"-|
G|-11'_11"-11"-11'-11"-11"-6'_6"-6"-6'-6"-6"-|
D|-12'_12"-12"-12'-12"-12"-7'_7"-7"-7'-7"-7"-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
n
A# G
^ ^ ^ ^
e|-6'_6"-6"-6'-6"-6"-3'_3"-3"-3'-3"-3"-|
B|-6'_6"-6"-6'-6"-6"-3'_3"-3"-3'-3"-3"-|
G|-7'_7"-7"-7'-7"-7"-4'_4"-4"-4'-4"-4"-|
D|-8'_8"-8"-8'-8"-8"-5'_5"-5"-5'-5"-5"-|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
o
repeat n
A# G
^ ^ ^
e|-6'_6"-6"-6'-6"-6"-3-3'-#'-|
B|-6'_6"-6"-6'-6"-6"-3-3'-#'-|
G|-7'_7"-7"-7'-7"-7"-4-4'-#'-|
D|-8'_8"-8"-8'-8"-8"-5-5'-#'-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
p
D A
^ ^ ^ ^
e|-10-10'-10"-10"-5"-5"-5"-5'-5"-5'-|
B|-10-10'-10"-10"-5"-5"-5"-5'-5"-5'-|
G|-11-11'-11"-11"-6"-6"-6"-6'-6"-6'-|
D|-12-12'-12"-12"-7"-7"-7"-7'-7"-7'-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
q
C C6 C G G6 G
^ ^ ^ ^
e|-8"--8"--8"--8'--8"--8'--3"-3"-3"-3'-3"-3'-|
B|-8"--8"--8"--10'-10"-8'--3"-3"-3"-5'-5"-3'-|
G|-9"--9"--9"--9'--9"--9'--4"-4"-4"-4'-4"-4'-|
D|-10"-10"-10"-10'-10"-10'-5"-5"-5"-5'-5"-5'-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
r
repeat n, p, k-m, e-f (again playing e thrice), g-m (again repeating g-j)
Key: Am
E7 A
^ ^v vvv
e|-0---0==_====-|
B|-0---2==_====-|
G|-1---2==_====-|
D|-0---2==_====-|
A|-2---0==_====-|
E|-0------|-----|
s t
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