Silver Wings
Primary Instrument = Harmonica
Key = E, modes to F
Time = 4/4
Tempo = Real slow, easy, and pretty. bpm=?
Instruments: Harmonica, piano, steel guitar, fiddle, synth. strings, acoustic rhythm, bass, drums.
Kick: = 4 bars of 1-chord. First two bars steel climbs from 1 to 5 note, continues on and on bars 3 and 4 fiddle rapid bow slide up from 5 to 1.
Verse 1: = Twin Harmonicas lead (1 and parallel 3-harmony), with piano and simple flat time with acoustic guitar, bass, drums.
Chorus 1 = Single Harmonica lead, with string section and fiddle fills
V3 = Vocal choir sings verse, with harmonica fills
Modes up 1/2 step
V4 = Twin Harmonica lead (1 & 5-harmony), with string section and fiddle fills
Tag = last 2 lines of verse repeat, but Harmonica plays lead, with strings and steel fill
CHART
Kick: 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
V
= 1 - 1 - 2m - 5
1 - 1 - 2m
- 4/5 - 1
C
= 4 - 5 - 1/b7
- 1
2m(||
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- 4 - 5^
Tag: 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 (Same as kick)
Lyrics for background vocals on V3:
Silver wings, shining in the sunlight.
Roaring engines, faded somewhere in flight.
They're taking you away
and leaving me lonely.
Silver wings, slowly fading out of site.