Shanghai Lullaby
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Shanghai Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Shanghai, China’s largest city, where century-old waterfront buildings along the Huangpu River face a glittering modern skyline. The Bund, Shanghai’s historic waterfront strip, takes its name from an old Anglo-Indian word for an embanked riverfront, and its grand early 20th-century buildings, once home to foreign banks and trading houses, now face something remarkable across the water: the glittering Pudong skyline, transformed from farmland into one of the world’s most striking financial districts in just a few decades since the 1990s. Here you will find the lyrics, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Shanghai Lullaby” Means
Shanghai, China’s largest city, sits along the Huangpu River, where century-old waterfront buildings face a skyline of glowing towers. This original lullaby, written in English, draws on that contrast between old and new, river and lights, that defines Shanghai’s character.
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- An original lullaby by Relax In No Time, inspired by the musical traditions of its region. The words, melody, arrangement and recording are ours.
- Recording and arrangement: real instruments played by hand, no AI music, by Relax In No Time.
- Chords: written by us for guitar and piano.
- Translation: our own meaning-for-meaning translation, written for understanding. The sung words stay in the original language.
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