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Dragonsong has quite a bit of history really. I'll briefly run through it for those interested. If not find the song at the following link. This
is a premix, as it needs a lot of work done yet.

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The initial burst of inspiration occurred early in the morning one day in 1986, just as the sun was rising near a place called Netley Gap
Well, not too far from the town which never was, Radium Hill.

The sun was swollen by atmospheric distortion and washed out enough to be almost watchable. I thought I could see solar flares
reaching out from it and it suddenly seemed that I knew these were dragons dancing in the sun. I wrote a few lines down and finished
the poem song a few days later when my desert sojourn had ended. It was named 'Desert Song.'

'Desert Song'
(Gary MacLeman - 4th January 1986)

Early morning desert run
saw them dancing in the sun
heard the words slip from their tongues
Dragons dancing in the sun
Dragons dancing in the sun

Did they give secrets away
so hard to hold what I heard them say
was it chance I went that way
Dragons dancing through the day

In and out the circles like a dancer in a tune
I never was a weaver  but I saw the patterns loom
guess I'll ride along   make it my own song

When the sky is only feet above your head
when the wind is blowing coldly though your hair
when your feet are cut and bloodied from the rocks
well you know   that I've been there.

This song was pretty much    Em    C    D    throughout and the new dragonsong is really only aimed at the initial surge of inspiration and
not copied, apart from some words, from the above original. I tried to play it in its original form a few times over the years but it never
really jelled as a
singable in public song at all.

In 2006, as I was settling in to my place in Taylors Arm, I used a few simple chords in D, using an open tuning, and arrived at this
version. The initial lines are done with notes almost like a slow air.

Dragonsong (9-!0 am) 7/6/6 Taylors arm
(Written by Gary L. MacLEMAN)

PART 1

D  Amaj7  Em7  A7
D                           Amj7
a      a   a     a   a    a        f#  f#                            
The dragon in the space between
Em7                      A7
d         d      d    d    e         e     e
sees what you see when you dream
D                               Amj7
a          a   a       a      f# f#   f#
for though he lives deep in the sun
Em7                 A7             D                  D                         D  D                       D                                                                    
d  d      d    d   d  f# e d   c#   d                  d    e    f# g f# e  d    d    d e d b  a    d    e    f# g f# e  a     d
he sees the desert where you run

        D
e  f# a   f#   a   a b d  d

(Rhythm arrives at this point)
PART 2

(Tune Guitar with the two Es dropped to Ds.)

D    D    D    D    Emd(b)    Emd(b)    Emd(d)    Emd(b)    
D                                    Emd(b)    Emd(b)    Emd(d)    Emd(b)
There’s a dragon in the window
D                                    Emd(b)    Emd(b)    Emd(d)    Emd(b)
He’s lookin’ out to sea
D                                    Emd(b)    Emd(b)    Emd(d)    Emd(b)
he can't see you
D                                    Emd(b)    Emd(b)    Emd(d)    Emd(b)
no he can't see me

The Dragon rides a solar  storm
he lives inside the sun
he sees what you see when you dream
sees the desert where you run
desert where you run

Dragons dancing in the sun
early morning desert run
Dragons dancing in the sun
early morning desert run

The latest, maybe even final, version of the song basically takes 8 lines of the chorus and discards all the fancy stuff. This song is meant
to go with a book I am writing which is about the dragons dancing in the sun of course

'Dragonsong'
(Gar 2007)

There’s a dragon in the window        
lookin’ out there to the sea
he can't see you
no he can't see me
at all...

The Dragon rides a solar  storm
lives inside the sun
sees what you see when you dream
sees the desert where you run
desert where you run...

Early morning
desert run
I saw dragons
they were dancing
in the sun
dragons dancing in the sun
early morning desert run
dragons dancing in the sun
yeh   yeh   yeh..............

For chord notation or a CD quality version contact Gar at gar@garsong.com .
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