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(I was) Born To Cry cover art

1962 · Lovers Who Wander

(I was) Born To Cry

Dion

KeyA minorTempo119 bpm
0:00/0:00
// (I was) Born To Cry — Dion
// 119 bpm, 4/4, key A minor. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(119/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (4 bars)
  [4, "<Am Dm Am E7>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am!2 Dm!2 Am!2 ~!2>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am!2 Dm!2 Am!2 ~!2>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm E7!2>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am!2 Dm!2 Am!2 ~!2>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am!2 Dm!2 Am!2 ~!2>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm E7!2>"],
  // solo (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am!2 Dm!2 Am!2 ~!2>"],
  // outro (10 bars)
  [10, "<Am!2 Dm!2 Am!2 ~!3 Am>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [4, "<a2 d2 a2 e2>"],
  [8, "<a2!2 d2!2 a2!2 ~!2>"],
  [8, "<a2!2 d2!2 a2!2 ~!2>"],
  [8, "<a2 d2 a2 d2 a2 d2 e2!2>"],
  [8, "<a2!2 d2!2 a2!2 ~!2>"],
  [8, "<a2!2 d2!2 a2!2 ~!2>"],
  [8, "<a2 d2 a2 d2 a2 d2 e2!2>"],
  [8, "<a2!2 d2!2 a2!2 ~!2>"],
  [10, "<a2!2 d2!2 a2!2 ~!3 a2>"],
)

// chords · gm_piano
const keys = chord(chords).voicing().s("gm_piano").gain(0.8)
// bass · gm_electric_bass_finger
const bass = note(bassline).s("gm_electric_bass_finger").gain(0.9)
// drums
const drums = s("[bd hh] [sd hh] [bd hh] [sd hh]").gain(0.8)

stack(keys, bass, drums)

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