This is a song about reading with my young daughter.

It’s in that “blues key” centered on D, where you use the flat III, flat VII, with all major chords and lots of flat sevenths, plus mixed major/minor thirds and flat 7s. The second chord in the verse has a bit of a Lydian feel due to the presence of the flat 5 on the second chord in the verse (spelled E – C# – F# – A# – B – E).

After yesterday’s extravagence, I went simple with this arrangement — this is just acoustic guitar and vocals, the former recorded with the Zoom Recorder’s X/Y pair and a Shure Sm-57, the latter recorded with just the Shure.

Lyrics

Read with me, I’ll help you

Guess the word, I’ll tell you

Sound it out, what’s that say?

I’m prouder of you every day

I’m prouder of you every day

 

Crack the code on the page

Sometimes it might frustrate

We’ll make do, our own way

I’m prouder of you every day

I’m prouder of you every day

 

Don’t be afraid to make some mistakes

That’s how we all grow

What’s hard right now will be easy soon

It’s something we’ve yet to know

It’s something we’ve yet to know

 

So sit with me, let’s do this

I promise you’ll get through this

All your  work, it will pay

I’m prouder of you every day

I’m prouder of you every day