Song: 451

I wrote this song, called “451”, in honor of Banned Books Week. I blogged about the process here.

It is set to a C Minor 12 bar blues.

Cm, Fm, Cm, Cm
Fm, Fm, Cm, Cm
G7, (Ab7, G7), Cm, G7

First repeat:

Call the firemen, Ray
We’re gonna have a burn

Call the firemen, Ray
We’re gonna have a burn

Toss your stones onto the pyre
Fan the flames, take em higher
Throw the words into the fire

Second repeat:

Call the firemen, Ray
We’re gonna have a burn

Catcher in the Rye
The Lord of the Flies

Native Son
and Toni Morrison
Turn the heat to 451

Third repeat:

Call the firemen, Ray
We’re gonna have a burn

Grapes of Wrath, Gone with the Wind
Of Mice and Men, Huckleberry Finn

Catch-22
1984
Slaughterhouse Five

Fourth repeat:

Call the firemen, Ray
We’re gonna have a burn

Call the firemen, Ray
We’re gonna have a burn

Toss your stones onto the pyre
Fan the flames, take em higher
Throw the words into the fire

Outro:

You’re dangerous!