Songs For Small People
This song was written to tie in with the teaching curriculum for ‘Arrows’, the 4-10 yr olds kids ministry at my Church. In writing specifically for kids I was determined to avoid the standard ‘3 chord jolly folk music’ model. Eventually I settled on a jazzy/latin style using the blues scale in the melody.
I tried to make the melody simple and memorable by using the same melodic fragment on with everything that you’ve got/I wanna love you Lord and the instrumental intro.
Music
The general vibe was inspired by an old song by Charlie Peacock, Nobody's Gonna Bring Me Down from the album West Coast Diaries Vol #2 which is also where I learned this unusual chord shape -
Eb maj7 (low to high) - X6578X
A couple of other unusual ones were the legendary Hendrix chord
D7#9 - X5456X
And this jazz favourite
Am7b5 - X0554X
Lyrics
I wanted to get across the Hebrew understanding of the concept “heart, mind, soul and strength.” They are not four individual components of a person (to be dealt with in different ways) but one unity. The command is a command to “Love the Lord with everything that you’ve got”.
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mp3
mp3 backing track
Lyrics
Chord Sheet
Recorded Version Chord Sheet
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