SONG LISTENING TEMPLATE

This template can serve as a guide for listening to our song of the week.
Write your answers directly on this page or in your music journal.

Song Title:
Artist / Year:

DAY 1
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Lyrics — Before you listen, what do you think of the story?
Music — On a scale of 1-10, how do you rate the song? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

THE CAST
What instruments do you hear?

HEARTBEAT
Which instrument(s) provide the heartbeat?
Guess the BPM (beats per minute).
What's the hook?

LANDSCAPE
Can you discover the key?
Draw the two blocks that make up the landscape.

FAVORITES
Do you have a favorite lyric?
Do you have a favorite part?

TIME STAMPS
On the next page(s), write in the time stamps for each section.

BONUS SECTION
Did you discover any interesting facts about the artist or song?
Did you listen to a live or cover version of the song?

END-OF-THE-WEEK IMPRESSIONS
Would you add this song to one of your playlists? YES / MAYBE / HECK NO
Do you plan to continue working on this song? YES / MAYBE / HECK NO
How do you rate the song now? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

DAY 7
Nightswimming
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night

The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago

Turned around backwards so the windshield shows

Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse

Still, it's so much clearer

I forgot my shirt at the water's edge

The moon is low tonight

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night

I'm not sure all these people understand

It's not like years ago

The fear of getting caught

Of recklessness and water

They cannot see me naked

These things, they go away

Replaced by everyday

Nightswimming, remembering that night

September's coming soon

I'm pining for the moon

And what if there were two

Side by side in orbit

Around the fairest sun?

That bright, tight forever drum

Could not describe nightswimming

You, I thought I knew you

You I cannot judge

You, I thought you knew me

This one laughing quietly underneath my breath

Nightswimming

The photograph reflects, every streetlight a reminder

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night

Nightswimming
R.E.M. (1992)
key:
landscape: 1 sharp
INTRO tempo: ____ bpm
time signature: /
| ^ - - ^ | ^ - - - | ^ - - ^ | ^ - - - |
Basics
1=G
4=C
VERSE 5=D

^ Nightswimming ^ deserves a quiet night | ^ - ^ - | ^ - - - | ^ - - - |

PCS ∆
1/3 = G/B
The photograph on ^ the dashboard, ^ taken years ^ ago | ^ - ^ - |
Variants*
5* = D(sus4)
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows

#EDS
Every streetlight ^ reveals the picture in ^ reverse ^
2M = A

Still, it's so much clearer

I forgot my shirt at ^ the water's edge ^

The moon is low tonight ^

| ^ - - ^ | ^ - - - | ^ - - ^ | ^ - - - |

VERSE

^ Nightswimming ^ deserves a quiet night | ^ - ^ - |

I'm not sure all these people understand

^ It's not like years ago | ^ - - ^ |

The fear of getting caught ^

Of recklessness and water

^ They cannot see me naked

^ These things, they go away

Replaced by everyday

Nightswimming | Page 1 of 3
VERSE

^ Nightswimming, ^ remembering that night | ^ - ^ - |

September's coming soon ^

I'm pining for ^ the moon ^

And what if there were two ^

Side by side in orbit

Around the fairest sun? ^

^ That bright, tight ^ forever drum

^ Could not describe ^ nightswimming | ^ - - - |

VERSE

You, I thought I knew you ^

You I cannot judge ^

You, I thought you knew ^ me

This one laughing quietly ^ underneath my breath ^ - | ^ - ^

Nightswimming | ^ - - - |

| ^ - - ^ | ^ - - - | ^ - - ^ | ^ - - - |

INSTUMENTAL

| ^ - - ^ | ^ - ^ - | ^ - - ^ | ^ - ^ - | ^ - - - | ^ - - - |

VERSE

The photograph ^ reflects, every streetlight a ^ reminder ^

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, - - ^ | ^ - ^ - | ^ - - ^ | deserves a quiet night | ^ - - - |

Nightswimming | Page 2 of 3
OUTRO

||: ^ - - ^ | ^ - ^ - | ^ - - ^ | ^ - ^ - | ^ - - - | ^ - - - :|| ^ - - - |

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