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The Night Chicago Died cover art

1974 · Billy Don't Be A Hero

The Night Chicago Died

Paper Lace

KeyC majorTempo110 bpm
0:00/0:00
// The Night Chicago Died — Paper Lace
// 110 bpm, 4/4, key C major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(110/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (13 bars)
  [13, "<~!4 C!4 C5!4 ~>"],
  // verse (11 bars)
  [11, "<Dm G C!2 Dm G C [D5@2 G5@2] C5 [D5@2 G5@2] [C5@2 ~@2]>"],
  // chorus (16 bars)
  [16, "<C!2 Dm!2 G!2 C!3 [C@2 Dm@2] Dm [Dm@2 G@2] G [G@2 C@2] C [C@2 ~@2]>"],
  // verse (11 bars)
  [11, "<Dm G C!2 Dm G C [Dm@2 G@2] C [Dm@2 G@2] [C@2 ~@2]>"],
  // chorus (16 bars)
  [16, "<C!2 Dm!2 G!2 C!3 [C@2 Dm@2] Dm [Dm@2 G@2] G [G@2 C@2] C [C@2 ~@2]>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<Dm G C ~ [Dm@2 G@2] C [Dm@2 G@2] [C@2 ~@2]>"],
  // chorus (15 bars)
  [15, "<C!2 Dm!2 G!2 C!3 [C@2 Dm@2] Dm [Dm@2 G@2] G [G@2 C@2] C>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<C!2 Dm!2>"],
  // fadeout (7 bars)
  [7, "<G!2 C!3 [C@2 Dm@2] [Dm@2 ~@2]>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [13, "<~!4 c2!8 ~>"],
  [11, "<d2 g2 c2!2 d2 g2 c2 [d2@2 g2@2] c2 [d2@2 g2@2] [c2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [16, "<c2!2 d2!2 g2!2 c2!3 [c2@2 d2@2] d2 [d2@2 g2@2] g2 [g2@2 c2@2] c2 [c2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [11, "<d2 g2 c2!2 d2 g2 c2 [d2@2 g2@2] c2 [d2@2 g2@2] [c2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [16, "<c2!2 d2!2 g2!2 c2!3 [c2@2 d2@2] d2 [d2@2 g2@2] g2 [g2@2 c2@2] c2 [c2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [8, "<d2 g2 c2 ~ [d2@2 g2@2] c2 [d2@2 g2@2] [c2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [15, "<c2!2 d2!2 g2!2 c2!3 [c2@2 d2@2] d2 [d2@2 g2@2] g2 [g2@2 c2@2] c2>"],
  [4, "<c2!2 d2!2>"],
  [7, "<g2!2 c2!3 [c2@2 d2@2] [d2@2 ~@2]>"],
)

// 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)