Sentinel Hill

Sentinel Hill - featuring EmberIsolte. I discovered 'Sentinel Hill' on an otherwise fine day I spent flat on my back with pain. Spinal injuries, ugh. But it does give you perspective about darker things, and the song wrote itself - an anthem for hope. I'd already roped Emberisolte into singing another WoW-related piece (for the Blizzcon 2010 contests), but there was time yet, so I figured I'd see how she felt about fast-tracking another one. Kudos, she turned around the vocals around in just two days, magic! Ember, it does'nt bother me at all that we didn't place in the movie/song contests (and grats to those who did!). I considered this song a winner in its own right the moment I heard your vocals for the first time. You can find Ember at: http://www.youtube.com/user/EmberIsolte or http://isolte.blogspot.com/ This song is available for download at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/greyfoo (also iTunes, etc -- just search for Greyfoo) Don't forget to come and visit http://www.greyfoo.com.au too! * * * * Lyrics: The air stands still, as I find myself again before Sentinel Hill. Cruel time leaves no trace, and the last thing that you said to me was just the look upon your face. (Chorus): You believe in something beautiful, (I know) worth fighting for -- but a harvest moon won't bring my Westfall child back from war. Even sunlight is cold, and I can't look where you used to play, among these fields of gold. All the bitter seeds are sewn, and I'm fighting for a reason to believe you're coming home. (repeat Chorus) And I'm waiting here still, while the shadows just grow longer over Sentinel Hill. * * * * Thanks again Ember, love your work! To play this on guitar, you'll begin by plucking an open A minor, then repeat but with a B as root (5th string, middle finger), transitioning into C Major. F Major is next (bar chord, 1st fret) to E major, adding a suspended A (Sus4) on the third string to get you into the chorus. Chorus is good ol' G Maj (Sus2) / D Maj / A Minor / C maj Note - it is the suspended A added to the E Major that allows it to gel with the chorus, but on guitar you might strum G Maj Sus2 / G Maj / G Maj Sus 2 / G Maj for those four beats of the first bar, as you add that A on string 3. Likewise for the following D Maj and on-and-off with the Sus4 G on string 1. In the song itself, you won't hear these as guitar parts, but they are accents I add with other instruments. I do write all my songs starting with guitar, however. I hope this terminology is correct, my theory is kinda limited because I never studied any music at school.