September 21, 2023

Säju (サージュ): Säju (サージュ)

 

 

Saju - Saju (1997)

Saju @ discogs.com 



1.  Searchin’ For The Dream

 

Howling to the Heavens

 

Intro is Fmaj sus4, voiced on guitar as :      x8856x       x88565            x88555       x8858

Then lil vamp between A7sus and D7sus a few times.

 

Main verse:

 

||  Bb maj69            |  Bbmaj 69 / C in bass          |   D-              |    D-                         |

|   Bb maj69            |                                                  |                    |                                ||

              

               This is the main gist of it.  Lots of F major pentatonic melodic ideas from traditional Chinese music.

 

Variation part:

 

||  Bb  maj69              |                                           | C maj                |                                       |

|  Eb maj7#11             |   ****                               |D-                       |                                         ||

 

               ****  bass bumping between Eb and F notes.

 

Chorus:

 

||  Bb maj                     |  A-                      |  Bbmaj                          |  C maj                     |

|    Bb maj                     |  C maj                 |  D maj                          |  C maj                    ||

 

 

 

2.   I’m In You

 

               G minor vocals intro followed by Eb lydian riff playing off:    xxx886       xxx885

               Gurgly riff plays C to D, upwards F to G, back down C to D, then higher G to A.  Whole step pattern!

               Enter Bjork.

               Bass comes in with notes Bb, C, Eb, and F line, roughly.  Saju setting up F mixolydian vibe!

 

               Main chord changes.

 

||  F maj7                    |                            |  Db maj7                  |                              |

|   F maj7                     |                            | Eb maj7                    |  F maj7               |

|  Eb maj7 / F in bass |                            |  Ab maj7                   |                            |

|   F maj7                     |                            | Eb maj7                    |                            |

|    F maj7#11              |                            |  Eb maj7                 |                             ||

 

 

 

3.  Adios

 

               Intro:

 

||  Db7(b13)                  |  C maj69                         |  Db7(b13)                  |  C maj69                         ||

 

               Then:

 

||:  Bb maj7                     | A7(b13)                      | A-7                                   | D-7                              |

|    Bb maj7                     | A7(b9 b13)                 | A-7                                   | B7    C7                       :||

 

               Then:

 

||  G-7                               | C7                                 |  A-7                                 |  Ab7(#11)                     |

 |  G-7                               | C7(b9)                            |  A-7                                 |  D-7                              ||

 

               Form repeat!  Then sweet A – pentatonic/ F major pentatonic melody bit!  Focusing on melodic notes C, D, G, and A.  Then a wonky:

 

||:  Ab maj7                  |  F maj7                             |  BLURRY, C7alt?               |  F maj7                    :||

 

               Ending synth chord BIG OL’ Cmaj13 stacked straight up I believe, so that if played on piano would look like C  E  G  B  D  F#  A

 

 

 

4.  Lilac

 

 

               Melody outlining G major.  Vamp and enjoy lilac colored C maj7#11, G maj7.

 

 

5.  An Old Man Speaks So

 

 

               Trying to keep this simple, very similar chords as first song.

               Intro is D-7 and C major.

               Most of the verse is D-7, C major, Bb maj7, C major.  Like All Along The Watch Tower.

               A7 sus and F major pop up here and there.

               Chorus does F major, F major 7, Eb major, D-7.  Then Bb major, F maj/A in bass, Ab major 7, C7/G in bass.

              

 

6.  I Know

 

               Another straight forward harmony!

               Intro is E maj7 to B maj7 a few times, then G#-.

               Main bit of this tune hangs on G#- and bops between D#- and C#-.

               The end of the verse leading into the chorus, Saju NAILS G natural, setting up D#7.

              

Following bit is:  E major, F# major, G#-, B major. 

               Then A major,  F# major,  B major,  B maj7.

               Then E major, F# major, G#-, B major.

               Then A major, F# major, G#sus, G#major.

 

 

7.  Flying High

 

               Opening instrumental sets up C Japanese scale, using notes C, Db, F, G and Bb.

               When vocals come in , we hear (I think) vaguely F maj7, D-7, Bb maj, C maj.

               Chorus sounds like F maj,  Eb maj, D-7, Db maj Eb maj.

 

 

8.  Unknown! 

    What a mystery!

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