Friday, 29 September 2023

* Uke-Song: "BROKEN ARROW", reminiscence of cold-war near-catastrophes

SAD ANTI-WAR SATIRE:

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS "Desperado", The Eagles, 1973. "Desperado", in addition to being the name of a sound-track, is also the title of the second studio album recorded by the band. 

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, March 2018. 

To see the lyrics displayed more concisely without the chord-indications (and to return to "Daily Illustrated Nonsense"), click HERE.  

SONGLINK: The same tune was used as the vehicle for a parody song posted in 2014 entitled "Macadamias".



BROKEN ARROW


(to the tune of "Desperado")  


UKULELE-FRIENDLY VERSION (and guitar, too!)

(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)

Specifics for C-tuned ukulele:
Am7 = 0000 (or 0030);  Gm6 = 0201;  Bm7 = 2222;  E11= 2202; A7 = 0100;  F#m = 2120; A7sus = 2230
















ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS
Click on any chord chart to enlarge and enter thumbnail mode (the slides for both the parody and the original versions can then be enlarged and viewed in any order). 




























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