I heard this oldie played on a local TV/Radio station last week, it got into the cobwebs of my aging brain, and it would not go away. Today, it was too cold to go up to the boat and do some work on it, so I sat down the PSR-3000 (too lazy to get the S-950 out of the van) and the Zoom H2 recorder, slogged through the third-party styles and found one that I downloaded a decade ago, Romantic Ballad. Seemed to fit just fine, so I recorded it for the first time. Thought I would share it with the forum.

Now, the only reason I posted it here is my loving spouse of 52 years said it's among her favorites, and she believes you guys will like it as much as she does. So here it is, mistakes and all.

https://app.box.com/s/wtaxx0kddo3vt01cjdb0

Gary

Nice song Gary...but I think your should re-record it as it sounds PHAZE shifted somehow .....

Could have, Donny. I didn't check it. Getting lazy I guess.

Gary

One of my favorites. I'd check the original. There are some major differences between the original lead line and this.

It could be intentional.

Good choice!


R.

Russ, here are the chords I downloaded, transposed of course, to my vocal comfort zone. Unfortunately, the chord changes will not line up properly with the text in this format. And, I've never figured a way to make this work on the Synthzone.

Gary

WITH YOU I’M BORN AGAIN T=75 (C)
(Misc Styles, New PSR-3000 styles – More 3K styles- Romantic Ballad – B-C)

INTRO:

Am G, FMAJ7 E7

Am Em7
COME BRING ME, YOUR SOFTNESS,
FMAJ7 Em7

COMFORT ME THROUGH ALL THIS MADNESS.
Dm7 A
WOMAN, DON'T YOU KNOW WITH YOU; I'M BORN A-GAIN.


Am Em7
COME GIVE ME YOUR SWEETNESS,
FMAJ7 Em7
NOW THERE'S YOU THERE IS NO WEAKNESS.
Dm7 A
LYING SAFE WITHIN YOUR ARMS; I'M BORN A-GAIN.

FMAJ7 Em7 FMAJ7 Em7
I WAS HALF, NOT WHOLE, IN STEP WITH NONE.


FMAJ7 Em7 Dm7 E7
REACHING THROUGH THIS WORLD, IN NEED OF ONE.


Am Em7 FMAJ7 Em7
COME SHOW ME, YOUR KINDNESS, IN YOUR ARMS I KNOW I'LL FIND THIS.


Dm7 A
WOMAN, DON'T YOU KNOW WITH YOU; I'M BORN A-GAIN.


Dm7
LYING SAFE WITH YOU; I'M BORN A-GAIN.


A (X2)


Am Em7 FMAJ7 Em7
COME BRING ME, YOUR SOFTNESS, COMFORT ME THROUGH ALL THIS MADNESS.
Dm7 A
WOMAN, DON'T YOU KNOW WITH YOU; I'M BORN A-GAIN.


Am Em7 FMAJ7 Em7
COME GIVE ME YOUR SWEETNESS, NOW THERE'S YOU THERE IS NO WEAKNESS.
Dm7 A
LYING SAFE WITHIN YOUR ARMS; I'M BORN A-GAIN.


FMAJ7 Em7 FMAJ7 Em7
I WAS HALF, NOT WHOLE, IN STEP WITH NONE.
FMAJ7 Em7 Dm7 E7
REACHING THROUGH THIS WORLD, IN NEED OF ONE.

*KEY CHANGE*
------------

Am Em7 FMAJ7 Em7
COME SHOW ME, YOUR KINDNESS, IN YOUR ARMS I KNOW I'LL FIND THIS.
Dm7 E7
WOMAN, DON'T YOU KNOW WITH YOU; I'M BORN A-GAIN.

CODA:

Dm7 A
LYING SAFE WITH YOU; I'M BORN... A-GAIN...

Just a quick note about the song, the original is in 3/4 time - not 4/4, but I liked the way it sounded better using the 4/4 ballad style.

Also, I performed it for the first time in public today - the audience absolutely loved it. Now, most of the audience consisted of old farts, some even older than myself, but about a dozen staffers, mostly 30 somthings, loved it as well, and said it was the first time they ever heard the song. I was amazed - you just never know how a song will be received.

Cheers,

Gary

Gary have you re-recorded it or am I missing something?

No, not yet, Donny - haven't had time. December is an insane month, as you well know. Though I've cut back a lot, I still have 23 Christmas parties and 2 NYE parties.

Gary

Gary, the changes were OK, it is the lead line that is different from the original; in some places way out of the spectrum that would work in that structure.

Good effort! Just listen to the original version of it and compare your first note with the one on the recording.


I've been doing the song for years. The original recording was a duet...Billy Preston, I believe, and a great female singer.

Once I got the right first note, it is a piece of cake.

Russ

Syreeta Wright. Here is one rendition of theirs, not the original but nice. I've always loved Billy Preston (great organist and pianist) and Syreeta has been described as one of the most underrated singers from the Motown era. Died in 2004, I believe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqTq8gckf8E

chas

The John Legend Mariah Carey version is fantastic!

R.

Thanks guys, I'll work on it some more.

Gary

Russ, I keep listening to the original, and playing along with it, and I still come up with Am. So I went to Ultimate Guitar chords to double check my arrangement. It comes up the same here too. http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/billy_preston/with_you_im_born_again_crd.htm

Of course, my hearing is shot to Hell, so that may have some bearing on things, and Billy Preston can sing a lot better than me, too.

I just downloaded a midi file of the song from Hitracs and I'll check it out as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Gary

lol almost as busy as me ....but you have some catching up to do..... have fun buddy...

Gary, changes are OK. Lead line needs work.


R.