Part B6: The Bloody Week & The General Rehearsal (V6)

[General prompt: Symphonic progressive rock, alternating calm/explosive. Sad piano intro, then revolutionary brass. Long instrumental section with solo violin.] [Verse 1 – Commune Melancholic, then march] The women of Montmartre rolled the cannon away For seventy days, we owned the day But Versailles broke our wall, and the Seine ran red (Federals against the wall – singing!) [Chorus] (We are the Commune – not dead, but sleeping!) Each fallen stone is a promise keeping [Guitar solo – slow, weeping, then furious orchestral break] [Verse 2 – 1905 Russia -Sad cello, then heavy riff] Father Gapon led us to the Winter gate The Cossacks danced on our children’s weight (Bread, peace, land – the soviets began) [Chorus – faster] (Bloody Sunday was not the end!) It was the rehearsal, my friend (Outro) [Children’s voices singing "L'Internationale" softly, then fade] [A] [D] [E7] A rise ye work-ers from your slum- bers, A rise ye pris-on-ers of [A] [E7] [A] [D] [E7] [A] want. For rea-son in re-vol tnow thun-ders, and at last ends the age of cant. .... 1871 ... 1905 ... The clock ticks, ticks, ticks ...