Chords for Afro Celt Sound System - The making of the album Seed

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The name _ _ _ _ _
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[Ebm] _ _ _ of _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ the album is Seed.
We immediately [Eb] _ thought it was the perfect _
[Db] title for the album
because we felt that it was [E] a new beginning for [Eb] the band.
_ We didn't start the album intending to drop the [Ebm] TAG sound system, _
but as the [Ebm] record progressed it became apparent that we're [Eb] no longer a sound system,
we're a band with a stable [Bbm] line-up, we've got our own sound,
and this has developed [F] over years of playing together.
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_ There are fantastic [C] musicians in the band and it's been [Bb] a great journey [F] discovering their talents
and what they can do to inspire one another.
_ On this particular album I feel that we [Bb] find a perfect marriage
between the balance of [C] machine and real live playing.
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We're rehearsing in [Bb] our studio in Brit Row in Islington, North London,
and [C] this is the first day that we've got the [Bbm] rhythm section together,
[Bb] Ian on drums and Kaz on bass, and [Bbm] it's kind of exciting.
We're at the bottom of the hill but we're [Bb] working _ on grooves using a [F] live drum and bass player _
and pads and triggers, [Bb] so you kind of hear at the very inception [Ebm] of the live band.
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[Ebm] Siberia was around on the kind of B [Bbm]-list since Volume 3,
and we needed an angle, we needed something to just push it onto the A-list for this [F] record,
and that was really [Ebm] provided by Jesse Cook, the amazing Canadian flamenco guitarist. _ _ _ _ _
I'm not going to say it all, but I'm not going to say [Bbm] it all. _
[Bbm] It _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was _ _ _
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[Ab] _ great to have a radio hit on our last album, Further In Time, with When [Gb] You're Falling,
sung by Peter Gabriel.
_ _ _ _ _ _ It [B] was very _ loose and relaxed and I started getting into the rhythm.
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I'm begging I [Gb] scream, _ _ _ _ somehow I [Db] don't hear the [B] sound
_ _ _ _ _ I'm begging [Gb] I see the things, _ grab your feet, don't touch the ground _
_ _ _ I'm begging I'm [Gb]
falling, _ _ _ I can't tell [Db] which way [B] is down _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ I can see through the clouds, _ _ I can walk right to the wall _ _
_ _ _ [Gbm] Having the likes of Peter Gabriel and Robert Plant and Sinead O [Db]'Connor come on board
and [Ab] collaborate and sing your songs has been an amazing experience
and a huge [Gb] confidence builder in terms of the way we structure our songs.
[Bm] _ Seed takes the songwriting process another leap forward.
_ We've developed more confidence in [Em] people's abilities to carry the emptiness.
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Fly _ _ [Bm] the _ _ blue _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ around
_ _ _ I _ _ _ _ [G] _ see a _ _ _ cross [Bm] and turn into the _ _ sky
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_ _ _ _ I'm [G] calling _ _ _ out, _ [B] drifting _ _ _ _ out of [Em] _
view _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] Rise Above It is a song that's the centrepiece for the album _
[Bb] and we wanted to use a [Bb] new and up and coming vocalist
[G] _ _ [Dm] and the graininess _ and quality of the voice of Mundi
_ who's had a huge reputation in Ireland [Dm] for several years now
was just perfect [Am] for the track.
_ I saw it in a dream, _ [C] _ it was another _ [G] time _ _ _
Everything was true, _ _ everything so _ _ blind
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_ You were always there, [C] _ _ _ I could see clear
[G] _ _ _ I was always yours, _ _ you were always _ mine
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Rise [C] Above It
[D] _ _ [D] It's seven years of gigging, playing together if you like
that kind of apprenticeship on the [C] road
[Dm] and I think we've now developed our own genre, our [Am] own style of music
so when people ask us do we play [C] world music, do we play club music, do we play folk music
[G] we just play Afrikaalt music, we have our own sound and style
I think that's got a lot of character and identity
[Gbm] and comes [D] across in this album and we're very proud of that. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Rise [C] Above It
[A] _ My little [D] boy
Rise [G] Above It _
My little boy
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_ _ _ _ _ Rise _
[D] Above It _ _ _ _
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