A Lifetime's Not Too Long to Live As Friends

Tenor Melody--Alternate Ending

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Date Posted: Sun, 14 Aug 2011
Posted By: pdpaddoc | More from this user
Key written in: G Major
How many parts: 4
Type: Other male
Lyrics: That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends, as friends
Comments: This has a variation towards the end, a finishing touch as though it were the end of the piece. Inspired by the David Wright's version; the very beginning couple of notes starts vi-sà-vi his arrangement.

Really appreciate the chords being sung here; this is meant to convey a sort of longing, along with a tinge of, "Yeah! No harm done! We can be friends....Kinda wish you'd think the same way."

Can be a good one to gang-sing. Then you get that planetarium effect, much like the "In the Sky, Far Away and Say Goodbye" tag.

Alternate ending chord on 'friends' could be either with a lead grace note from A to G or with bari singing A in place of D

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Attributions

Arranger
Paul Paddock
Year: unknown

Purchase this arrangement here
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Made famous by
Michael Smith
Year: 1983

Learning tracks sung by
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1 Video

Upper 2 parts sung an octave higher.
Decided to do this openly with hardly any audio filter or reverb
4-pt with Belle M. on upper, Paul P. on lower voices
Video art & arr.: Paul P.
Based on the barbershop version of the Michael Smith song tag

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