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26 Dec 00 - 01:01 AM (#363370) Subject: brecht/Weil - ballad of millwheel From: simon-pierre Hi folks, I'm looking for the chords of this song. A québécois folksinger, Richard Desjardins, sings it in english, with a piano, and I'd like to do it at the guitar. The chorus goes:
still the millwheel turns well, I hope it's correct. I think it's from "Three penny opera". I've been able to find chords to "Mack the knife" on the net, but not this one. Thanks. SP |
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27 Dec 00 - 10:44 PM (#364335) Subject: RE: Chords Req: Brecht/Weil - Ballad of Millwheel From: Brendy ref |
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03 Jan 01 - 01:16 PM (#367871) Subject: RE: Chords Req: Brecht/Weil - Ballad of Millwheel From: Hollowfox I'm no expert on Brecht/Weil, but I've never encountered this song in any production of The Threepenny Opera I've ever seen. Good luck on tracking this down. |
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03 Jan 01 - 02:32 PM (#367919) Subject: RE: Chords Req: Brecht/Weil - Ballad of Millwheel From: Malcolm Douglas The song apparantly appeared on DesJardins's 1992 recording, Les Derniers Humains. There is a website at Richard DesJardins, with lyrics for a number of songs in his repertoire, including The Ballad of the Millwheel. It's jointly credited to Brecht and Desjardins, so presumably he's set it to music of his own, which rather reduces your chances of finding a score for it, far less a set of chords. Malcolm |
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04 Jan 01 - 03:56 AM (#368269) Subject: RE: Chords Req: Brecht/Weil - Ballad of Millwheel From: Wolfgang I can corroborate that it is not from the Beggar's Opera, it is from the play 'Die Rundkoepfe und die Spitzkoepfe', a Shakespeare adaptation first played in 1936 in Copenhagen (I do not even know whether this lesser known play by Brecht has been translated into English; my translation: the roundheads and the pointed heads). The author is Bert Brecht as has been presumed, but the composer (in this case) is Hanns Eisler. The German title is 'Die Ballade vom Wasserrad'.
Simon-Pierre, Wolfgang Wolfgang |
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05 Aug 10 - 05:32 PM (#2959014) Subject: RE: Chords Req: Brecht/Weil - Ballad of Millwheel From: GUEST,pretty simple in 3/4, it goes something like C/dm/F/D; than F/FM/C, than dm... than the refrain goes am/em/C/F/G Sorry I dont have time to put it whit the words but you'll find |
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05 Aug 10 - 05:50 PM (#2959024) Subject: ADD: Ballad of the Millwheel (Brecht/Weil) From: Joe Offer For the record, here are the lyrics: THE BALLAD OF THE MILLWHEEL (Berthold Brecht/Richard Desjardins) Many great ones through the ages have attained to earthly power yet they all had their hour as we witnessed behind our cages. Sad it is when fate as failed to speed them. But for us whose job it is to feed them, whether this one's high or that one low the load on our shoulders always go. Refrain: Still the millwheel turns it turns forever though what is uppermost remains not so. The water underneath in vain endeavor, does the work but always stays below. Many are different masters who have ruled us in their day eagles, hyenas and tigers even swine have had their say. Wich of them was better than the others? Every boot's the copy of its brother. Do you understand what's here intended? We don't need no masters we want all mastery ended. Still... And they beat their heads till they are bloody scrambling after booty. Everyone calls the other "rascal" and himself "the slave of duty". Time has come away to speed them. Each in lasting conflict with its brother. Only our will that we won't feed them brings them to peace with one another. Still... Source: http://lunefatale.iquebec.com/ballad.htm |