Chord Req: 2 Australian Songs - Rain & Sayonara

Subject: Chord Req: 2 Australian Songs - Rain & Sayonara
From: Muttley
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 02:41 AM

Looking for the chords to two brilliant Aussie songs
These are "HEY RAIN" aka "The Innisfail Rain Song" (or vice versa) by - I think - Bill Scott and "SAYONARA NAKAMURA" by Ted Egan.

Checked up the Lyrics & Knowledge / old threads / DT Lyrics etc - got the lyrics (which I already had access to, but no-one saw fit to post any attendant chords - probably no-one asked !!!!

If someone knows them - could they post a verse plus chorus of each with the correct chords in the place where they change (ie: in brackets just before the word where the change occurs is most accurate.

Sorry If I'm being 'picky' or demanding, but due to brain injury, I cannot work out correct chordings and changes - I'm fine once I have them, but can't 'map' them myself.
Thanks in advance

Muttley

PS - what happened toi the 'Cafe' over the weekend - this is the first time I've been able to get on for about 3 days!

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 2 Australian Songs - Rain & Sayonara
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 08:43 AM

G'day Muttley,

Well ... you won't get too far with Ted's accompaniment to Sayonara Nakamura ... it goes:

"Thump, thump, thump-thump-thump"

... (&c)" on the side of a Foster's beer carton!

I hope you find someone who does them on guitar. I'm used to Hey Rain! with accordion, if any, accompaniment. (I was looking in one of Bill Scott's books when I saw this thread ... but Bill doesn't have Hey Rain! in that collection.)

Regards,

Bob

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 2 Australian Songs - Rain & Sayonara
From: Muttley
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 09:11 AM

Yeah, Thanks Bob. It's been a while since I listened to Sayonara Nakamura on the "Australia All Over" LP - but I was certain there was accompaniment of a slightly more sophisticated form than "VB Tympany" !!!!

Add to that, I must be the only bloody Aussie who HATES VB! Bloody awful drink - Fosters isn't much better either - how it got to be our international ale 'face' I'm buggered if I know.

Don't drink much anyway - but I find a nice Cascade, etc a good drop - that or some of the Pom beers; Murphy's Stout and the odd Guinness (on tap) are OK too.

Anyway - enough beer talk (Hell, I'm sounding less and less like an Australian all the time) If you DO happen to find another Bill Scott book and he does happen to show the chords - gimme a hoy!

Cheers mate

Mutt

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 2 Australian Songs - Rain & Sayonara
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 09:26 AM

If you can chant, you can pick it up ...

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 2 Australian Songs - Rain & Sayonara
From: Margret RoadKnight
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 08:32 PM

HEY RAIN chords
Chorus:
Hey (A) rain, (D/A) rain comin' (A) down
On the (A) cane, on the roots (D) of the (A) town.
Verse:
There's (A) rain on me hands and rain on me face oh
(E) muddy old Innisfail's a (A) muddy wet (D) place, hey rain, hey (A) rain.
And there's rain in me beer and rain in me grub,
and they've (E) just fitted anchors to the (A) Garadunga (D) pub, hey rain, hey (A) rain

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 2 Australian Songs - Rain & Sayonara
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 11:38 PM

G'day Mutt(ley),

Yeah ... I'm sure there's some gratuitous backing on the recorded versions - I just have the strong imprint of the first time I heard Sayonara Nakamura ... just standing in a group round Ted at Jamberoo (Illawarra Folk Festival). I couldn't find it in any of the Ted Egan books that came to hand last night, but I do think I've seen a printed version ... somewhere!

At least Margret has come up with chords for Hey Rain!. I know that groups I've worked with have done full treatments of that - but my favourite is probably Dave de Hugard singing it to just a quiet drone from the accordion bass.

Regards,

Bob

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 2 Australian Songs - Rain & Sayonara
From: JennyO
Date: 18 Jul 05 - 09:04 AM

...or Len Neary belting it out at a session.

Us Not Them have a version of Hey Rain with somewhat different timing and an instrumental accompaniment, but I think I like it best unadorned.

Jenny

Subject: RE: Chord Req: 2 Australian Songs - Rain & Sayonara
From: Muttley
Date: 18 Jul 05 - 09:23 AM

Thanks, guys for all your efforts and your generosity in supplying my needs - it is MOST appreciated.

I must admit to a little awe in receiving assistance from folk who have met/sung with guys like Ted egan and played professionally - I'm but a humble busker and part-time Primary School Teacher who's had to relearn my instrument after having all knowledge and skill taken away by injury - and now plays VERY simply. Would LOVE to play in a band, but my trauma-induced deficiencies have forever removed THAT particular hope and it's heartening to be afforded the dignity of being "just another muso" without deference to limitations.

Again, Thanks all
- especially to Margaret RoadKnight - interesting name to say the least!