ABBA foi um famoso grupo sueco de euro pop, disco e synth pop. Venderam cerca de 380/400 milhões de discos, sendo a 2ª maior banda em vendas e o 4º maior artista no geral. Formado em 1972 em Estocolmo, Suécia pelos músicos e compositores Björn Ulvaeus e Benny Andersson, e as vocalistas Agnetha Fältskog e Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida), foi o grupo sueco de maior sucesso mundial, dominando as principais paradas musicais entre a 2ª metade da década de 1970 e o início da de 1980.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
MEDLEY: PICK A BALE OF COTTON / ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY / THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Abba)
Time signature: Cut Common (ie feels 2/4 but written 4/4) E (whole song is E) Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day Oh, Lordy Pick a bale of cotton Oh, Lordy Pick a bale a day Oh, Lordy Pick a bale of cotton Oh, Lordy Pick a bale a day
I said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day I said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day Oh, Lordy Pick a bale of cotton Oh, Lordy Pick a bale a day Oh, Lordy Pick a bale of cotton Oh, Lordy Pick a bale a day
Turnaround: 6 bars of E then |E |D |AD|A N.C.| Time Signature now 6/8
(A) D On top of Old Smokey A All covered with snow A7E I lost my true lover AA7 By courting so slow D For courting's a pleasure A And parting is grief E And a false-hearted lover AA7 Is worse than a thief D On top of old Smokey A All covered with snow A7E I lost my true lover A By courting so slow
Back to 4/4 Turnaround: 4 bars N.C. however you can play a G
Verse 1: (G) C Well, you wake up in the morning G Hear the ding dong ring D You go marching to the table G See the same old thing C See the fork on the table G Nothing in your pan D If you say a thing about it G You're in trouble with the man
CHORUS: G7C Let the midnight special G Shine a light on me D Let the midnight special G Shine its everlovin' light on me
Verse 2: G7C If you ever go to Houston G Well you'd better act right D And you'd better not gamble G And you'd better not fight C For the sheriff will arrest you G And he'll take you down D And before you understand it G You are prison bound
CHORUS: G7C Let the midnight special G Shine a light on me D Let the midnight special G Shine its everlovin' light on me (on me, on me)
[Play CHORUS two more times, then fade fourth time around.] [Live: can just end on the final G Chord, or do a cadence]