The seahorse and shore - Revision history

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Conorl at 04:16, 2 March 2009

2009-03-02T04:16:30Z

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== Lyrics ==

== Music ==

===Chords===

===Structure===

== Songwriter Notes ==

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		+	i wrote the chords to this today. for some reason it made me think of sea horses. this is what wikipedia has to say about their courtship:<p>
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		+	<i>When two parties discover a mutual interest at the beginning of breeding season, they court for several days, even while others try to interfere. During this time they have been known to change color, swim side by side holding tails or grip the same strand of sea grass with their tails and wheel around in unison in what is known as their “pre-dawn dance”. They eventually engage in their “true courtship dance” lasting about 8 hours, during which the male pumps water through the egg pouch on his trunk which expands and cleaves open to display an appealing emptiness. When the female’s eggs reach maturity, she and her mate let go of any anchors and snout-to-snout, drift upward out of the seagrass, often spiraling as they rise. The female inserts her ovipositor into the male’s brood pouch, where she deposits her eggs, which the male fertilizes. The fertilized eggs then embed in the pouch wall and become enveloped with tissues.[3] New research indicates the male releases sperm into the surrounding sea water during fertilization, and not directly into the pouch as was previously thought.[4] Most seahorse species' pregnancies lasts approximately two to three weeks.
		+	As the female squirts anywhere from dozens to thousands of eggs from a chamber in her trunk into his pouch, her body slims while his swells. Both seahorses then sink back to the bottom and she swims off. Scientists believe the courtship behavior serves to synchronize the movements of the two animals so that the male can receive the eggs when the female is ready to deposit them. The eggs are then fertilized in the father’s pouch which is coursed with prolactin, the same hormone responsible for milk production in pregnant women. He doesn’t supply milk, but his pouch provides oxygen as well as a controlled environment incubator. The eggs then hatch in the pouch where the salinity of the water is regulated. This prepares the newborns for life in the sea.[5] [6] Throughout the male’s incubation, his mate visits him daily for “morning greetings”. The female seahorse swims over for about 6 minutes of interaction reminiscent of courtship. They change color, wheel around sea grass fronds, and finally promenade, holding each other’s tails. Then, the female swims away until the next morning, and the male goes back to vacuuming up food through his snout. [5]</i><p>

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	===Chords===		===Chords===
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		+	i put the capo pretty far up the neck. <br>
		+	verse: Cmaj7, Dm, Bdim7, Fmaj7, Cmaj7, G, C (x2 in first verse, second verse skips a bit)<br>
		+	chorus: Am, C7, Fm, Bflat7, C, Gm, C

	===Structure===		===Structure===

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		+	verse<br>
		+	chorus<br>
		+	verse (short)<br>
		+	chorus<br>
		+	chorus<br>

	== Songwriter Notes ==		== Songwriter Notes ==

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	== Lyrics ==		== Lyrics ==

		+	when we walk she and i
		+	our foot falls align
		+	as we both stride
		+	we may not say a word
		+	we may talk in turns
		+	so we're both heard
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		+	our feet release the ground
		+	the earth falls far below
		+	the heavens grow close
		+	we relinquish control
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		+	and so it goes each morn
		+	for the seahorse and shore
		+	and were i to make our case
		+	it would take the shape
		+	of our embrace
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		+	our feet release the ground
		+	we alter our hue
		+	the heavens are near
		+	we know what to do
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		+	our feet release the ground
		+	it falls far below
		+	our future grows close
		+	we both know our role

	== Music ==		== Music ==