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Singing in the night like an ancient choir Struggle and strife from the nights of fire NobodyвЂ™s saved, caught up in a life that is based on lies The Western Isles by Josh Rouse from The Happiness WaltzДЄll day, I can see the life from the western isles Maybe these artists think thatвЂ™s part of the fun of it, part of the вЂњmysteryвЂќ of being a Shamanesque type of figure. Why doesnвЂ™t Josh and all the other acts publish these things on their websites or whatever? Damn, itвЂ™s frustrating.ДЄnyway, IвЂ™ll publishing the words as IвЂ™m doing them at this moment. This leads me to a rant: Why is it so damn hard to get the lyrics and or liner notes to these albums nowadays?! It makes me crazy. I mean the вЂњCigarettes and black Greece teaвЂќ sound like they almost could be right, or have a chance of being right, but this second passage, I just have make something up, which I know is wrong, but still work to get me through the song: вЂњMaybe weвЂ™ve been patron leave.вЂќ On the second time that it does that refrain it repeats the passage with words I totally canвЂ™t understand. The best I can decipher it, and youвЂ™ll know the part IвЂ™m talking about if you listen to the song, is вЂњCigarettes and black Greece tea.вЂќ Oh, speaking musically, this is on the refrain part of the song, which begins on an F#m, and then kind of stays on that chord with a half step down bass line F#-F-E-Eb- at which point when it arrives at the D it just goes into the D chord itself for the вЂњCould weвЂ¦вЂќ and the вЂњfeel atвЂќ is on top of the E chord, back to the D chord for вЂњhomeвЂќ But I found that with an A harmonica, I can sort of imitate that bass riff, which itself is echoed, during the songsвЂ™ interludes, by a lovely sounding organ in the original recording.ДЄlso, itвЂ™s one of those Josh songs where he sings something, I just canвЂ™t decipher, and apparently no one else can either, because when I did a lyric search, all the sites that have the lyrics for this song have a вЂњ?вЂќ by this same passage. I thought that within the context of me just playing with an acoustic, and maybe a harmonica, that I really couldnвЂ™t present that main riff motif.

So, thatвЂ™s one reason I sort of steered clear of it. Another interesting thing about this song: It has a bass driven riff. The main riff kind of swings back in forth between those two chords, as well as the verse, with an F#m thrown in for an accent. It starts out on a Dmaj7 then to an Emaj.

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Plus I couldnвЂ™t get it out of my head.ДЇirst off whatвЂ™s interesting about this song is that it is in the Key of A, but thereвЂ™s never an A chord in the song. What made me pick it, was not only did I love the song, but something reminded me that it was a Google Play Music pick of the day a few weeks ago. ItвЂ™s the 9th track off his most recent album вЂњThe Happiness Waltz.вЂќ CanвЂ™t hurt.ДЄnyway todayвЂ™s song: вЂњThe Western IslesвЂќ by Josh Rouse.

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REM, Smiths, Replacements, Police, really just anytime I hear a song I like, I should at least take a crack at it. I really should try to broaden out my repertoire though. So IвЂ™ve spent a lot of time trying to pick out his chords and enjoying singing his songs. HeвЂ™s been my favorite singer/songwriter for the last going on 7 years now.

Probably about 90% of these songs are going to be Josh Rouse. The second part I didnвЂ™t have right, but I could hear him clearly and itвЂ™s вЂњMaybe weвЂ™ve been daydreaming.вЂќ I guess there is such a thing as Black Greece tea. Sounds like I got the вЂњBlack Greece TeaвЂќ part right. He did play this song, so I listened closely to the lyrics during the refrain/bridge part.

#Josh rouse the western isles update

Update 05/22/13 : I just heard Josh do a live interview/ 3 song session on a Radio station in London.