Updated Jan 22, 2012! Final version of this song HERE

Updated! October 30 – Latest re-recorded Studio Half-finished version here.

Updated! September 24, 2011 – Here’s an MP3 of a rough mix of a new recording of this song! (An actual mixed version coming soon 🙂

New! September 28 – Austin Powers Remix – Very Rough – Being Re-recorded 🙂

I was kinda pleased that it almost came out like a chorus arrangement. I’m not sure how the final mix will be yet – but for now, I like the idea of a chorus of people singing this walking down the street with all the different parts.

We have a percussion and bass coming too.

I have all the words now, but there’s only one “verse” – and it’s in the Public Domain, so feel free to grab it and run with it.

It’s very easy to play and sing to, and write more lyrics to. I wrote it that way on purpose. So a group could walk down the street and people can hear the singing from blocks away.

You don’t even need a guitar to sing the vocal part – and there are lots of harmonies — I put a couple in every range (tried to) — you can hear some more than others in this mix.

The chords are “C, G, D, A and E” — If you every strummed a guitar in your life; Or thought about strumming one – you can play this song!

Expect Us

Words and Music By Lisa Rein       (Special Thanks to George Kelly for helping me record it.)

C                  G

Time for a Re-occupation

A                  E

Across the nation

C                   G

Reactivation

A                   E

Of Peaceful Demonstration

C                    G

RE    occupation

A                     E

Across the Nation

G                      A

and around the world

G                        A

around the world

D

You can

E                G                  A

Expect Us

E                 D                 A

Expect Us

 

E

Expect Us

G    A

It’s time to see what’s really going on

E

C    G

We’re trying to tell you something

 

D     A   E

You are strong

E

and if we

G      A

work together, we can get along

E

C G

and make it FAIR for EVERYBODY

(then back to)

C                  G

Time for a reoccupation

A                  E

Across the nation

C                   G

Reallocation

A                   E

Of the Financial Situation

C                    G

RE     occupation

A                     E

Across the Nation

G                      A

and around the world

G                        A

around the world

You can

E                G                  A

Expect Us

E                 D                 A

Expect Us

E          G      A

Expect Us

E     D     A

Expect Us

E

 

ok good luck hope people like it.

 

It’s great with harmonies and stuff.

 

This work (Expect Us – September 17, by Lisa Rein), identified by Lisa Rein, is free of known copyright restrictions.

 

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I hate revisionist history – but I really only wanted to have one page for this song, so I decided to include the old version of this post at the bottom:

Here’s an MP3 of a rough take of this song. (A more polished version is coming soon

This song is still being “finished” – 11:06 pm, 9/22/11. Feel free to grab it and run with it. It’s very easy to play and write lyrics to (I’m just too tired to whip a bunch of verses up tonight.

The chords are “C, G, D, A and E” — If you every strummed a guitar in your life; Or thought about strumming one – you can play this song!

I’ve never done this with a song I was in the process of writing before, but I’ve sure thought about doing it a lot, so here goes…