Don’t bang the drum
Orchestra
4 Flutes (3rd and 4th doubl. Picc.)
3 Oboes (3rd doubl. E.H.)
3 Clarinets in Bb (3rd doubl. B. Cl.)
3 Bassoons (3rd doubl. D. Bsn.)
4 Horns in F
4 Trumpets in C
4 Trombones
1 Tuba
Percussion (4 players: 1. Timpani, 2. 16″ Tom + Woodblock + Vibraphone (Arco), 3. 16″ Tom + Woodblock, 4. Gran Cassa + Woodblock)
Piano
Harp
Violin I (Div.)
Violin II (Div.)
Viola (Div.)
Violoncello (Div.)
Double Bass (Div.)
Duration
12 min.
Lyrics and chords
(M. Scott/K. Wallinger, 1985)
Intro: Em Bm7 A G Em B A G
Em Bm7
Here we are in a special place, what are you gonna do here?
Em Bm7
Here we standing in a special place, what will you do here?
C Em
What show of soul are we gonna get from you?
C Em
It could be deliverance, history under these skies so blue
C Am D Em Bm7
it’s something true, but if I know you you’ll bang the drum like monkeys do
//
Em Bm7
Here we are in a fabulous place, what are you gonna dream here?
Em Bm7
We are standing in this fabulous place, what will you play here?
C
I know you love the high life,
Em
you love to leap around, you love to beat your chest and
C Em
make your sound but not here man – this is sacred ground
C
with a Power flowing through
Am D Em
And if I know you you’ll bang the drum like monkeys do
//
Bm7 C D Em B A G
//
Em Bm7 C
Here we stand on a rocky shore, your father stood here before you
D Bm7 C
I can see his ghost explore you, I can feel the sea implore you
D Em Bm7 C D Em
Not to pass on by, Not to walk on by and not to try
Bm7 C D Em
Just to let it come, don’t bang the drum. Just let it come
Bm7 C D Em Bm7 C D
Don’t bang the drum Just to let it come
//
Em Bm7 C D
(until the end)
Don’t bang the drum
Do you know how to let it come now?
Don’t bang the drum now
Don’t bang the drum
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