White Blaze the AT Song

4 weeks ago by @lbrewington

Liner Notes

This week's SongSidekick Song Circle prompt was to make an instructional song. I thought about themes for this prompt and several ideas crossed my mind; how to take over the world, how to fall in love, how to summon ancient Cthulhu spirits. Then I remembered the times that I had through hiked the Appalachian Trail and knew that was a great theme to make an instructional song about. My expectations going into the adventure and the reality of situation where quite different, and long distance hiking is a ritual of going to sleep when the sun goes down, waking up with the sun, and walking all day. Such was born this song. Six months of hiking the Appalachian Trail is an expense experience, and most of the song is chorus, so mostly was just trying to break the trail up into sections of the song with different areas by name and where you would find yourself on the trail timewise, and then trying to echo theme of walking. Don't want to discourage others from hiking the trail, quite the opposite, and there is obviously more than just walking to the experience (concept album?) . Hopefully did a job in the bridge that really solidifies it as a positive experience.

#songsidekicksongcircle #instructional #acoustic #mountainsong

Two hours from finding the theme to final demo. Was having some serious breathe issue on the pre-chorus consistently.

Lyrics

g d
wake up in the morning with the rising sun
em c
break down camp just like the day before
g d
going walking in the woods every day
em c d
and always remember to follow that white blaze

[chorus]
g d
cause it's walk walk walk everyday
em c
appalachia is calling your name
g d c
so it's one foot in front of the other all the way

it's six months to the end of the trail
think your gonna make it if you don't bail
so it's one foot in front of the other all the way

northbound again in a brand new state
there's no time to hesitate
so stop in town for your supplies
and always remember to follow that white blaze

[chorus]
Virginia / four month

if your equipment breaks or time gets low
you'll find a friend at your next home
that'll lead you down the path
and always remember to follow that white blaze

[chorus]
white mountains / two months

[bridgy]
d
the beauty that you'll see
c
the times that you'll breathe
em g d
will leave you changed like you just wouldn't believe

[chorus]
mt. katahdin / one more day

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