It's been 6 years since I uploaded a song. I had intended to learn to use Band in a Box to create more professional recordings, but around the same time I started acting and, a couple of years later, dance performance, so music became a lesser priority. I'm turning 75 this year and have decided to just put rough recordings of my better songs up. My son is 50 years younger than me and I thought he might want to hear them some time after I'm gone.

This is my most recent song (strictly a fantasy - sigh!).

I would be delighted if anyone would like to learn to play one of my songs, so I'm including the chords and lyrics. Please let me know if you do!

To Dance this Dance copyright 2020 by Harold Tausch

3/4 Time, Capo 3        

  G          C        D             G                        
I see you from across the room  
        C           D               G        G   
And wave to catch your eye
  G               C        D           G                
I watch you move closer to me  
        C         D         G        G   
Till you are by my side
       C            D          G       C                                    
You kiss me quickly as we meet  
  G             D          G           G
I take your hand in mine
         C              D       G        C                 
Your closeness opens up my heart 
        G           D        G           G       
And fills me with delight


Chorus

       C             D          G           G                            
And it's some kind of magic  
                 C          D        G           G 
When our journey has begun
               C            D        G           G                 
As we're captured by the music  
              C         D           G           G 
And our bodies move as one
        C               D         G           G                         
And something special happens
             C        D          G           G 
When I look into your eyes
    C            D       G           G                  
A promise of connection  
          C            D          G           G         
In the radiance of your smile


 G        C        D        G        C        D        G        G         

        G            C          D        G                        
And now that you are in my arms
   C              D             G        G   
I know that you're the one
           G            C        D          G                
Who'll meet me in the deepest place
          C              D           G        G   
To explore what we've begun
      C   D              G          C                                    
To celebrate this precious time
        G            D             G           G
And dream of what's to come
      C              D                G              C                 
To dance this dance from where we are
     G        D           G           G       
Until our dance is done


Chorus


Outro

 G        C        D        G        C        D        G        G      

        G            C          D        G                        
And now that you are in my arms
   C              D              G        G   
I know that you're the one
         C              D          G        G                 
Let's dance this dance together
     C        D           G           G       
Until our dance is done

To Dance This Dance

This is a song I wrote when life was very challenging, but I realized that even the most difficult and painful things enrich our lives. Background vocals and percussion by Lynden Pond.

I would be delighted if anyone would like to learn to play one of my songs, so I'm including the chords and lyrics. Please let me know if you do!

Miracles and Wonders     	copyright 2015 by Harold Tausch                          
capo 4

Cmaj7        Cmaj7         Fmaj7        Fmaj7            Cmaj7        Cmaj7 
  
Fmaj7                            Cmaj7   
     If you walk a lonely highway
Fmaj7                                      Cmaj7   
     Let the distance bring you near
Fmaj7                    Cmaj7   
     If you long for stillness
Fmaj7                                       Cmaj7       
     Find the peace in what you hear
Fmaj7                      Cmaj7   
     If you can’t stop running
Fmaj7                       Cmaj7   
     Run toward your fears
Fmaj7                            Cmaj7   
     If your life is full of losses
Fmaj7                                            Cmaj7       
     Drown your sorrow with your tears

Fmaj7        Fmaj7            Cmaj7        Cmaj7   

Fmaj7                              Cmaj7   
     If you want to build a castle
Fmaj7               Cmaj7   
     May it be of stone
Fmaj7                            Cmaj7   
     If you need to find a river
Fmaj7                            Cmaj7       
     Let it take you in its flow
Fmaj7                   Cmaj7   
     If you fear the darkness
Fmaj7                                      Cmaj7   
     Ask the shadows where to go
Fmaj7                   Cmaj7   
     If you love the sunlight
Fmaj7                                    Cmaj7              Fmaj7        Fmaj7            
     Let it shine through your soul

Chorus

Cmaj7                                   Fmaj7                         
   For there are miracles all around us 
Cmaj7                             Fmaj7
   In every corner of our lives
Cmaj7                                         Fmaj7                
   And there are wonders deep inside us
Cmaj7                                        Fmaj7
   Within our hearts, within our minds
Cmaj7                   Fmaj7                       
        Miracles and wonders
Cmaj7                   Fmaj7
        Miracles and wonders
              Cmaj7            Cmaj7
   For us all

Fmaj7        Fmaj7            Cmaj7        Cmaj7   

Fmaj7                                            Cmaj7   
     If you’ve found someone who loves you
Fmaj7                   Cmaj7   
     Make a joyous sound
Fmaj7                             Cmaj7   
     If your heart is torn asunder
Fmaj7                                    Cmaj7       
     Let your tears fall on the ground
Fmaj7                  Cmaj7   
     If you need to wander
Fmaj7                                         Cmaj7   
     Let it take you where you’re bound
Fmaj7                                 Cmaj7   
     If you’re blessed by the mystery
Fmaj7                                          Cmaj7              Fmaj7        Fmaj7            
     Share the bounty that you’ve found
 
Chorus                              

Fmaj7        Fmaj7            Cmaj7

Miracles and Wonders

This is my own version of this song that I've already loaded a demo version of before (that I wasn't totally happy with). Backing vocals and percussion by Lynden Pond, lead guitar Joe Sufady.

I would be delighted if anyone would like to learn to play one of my songs, so I'm including the chords and lyrics. Please let me know if you do!

The First Taste of Love    words and music by Harold Tausch copyright 2012                         

C     C     Em    Em    Fmaj7    Fmaj7    G    G    
   
C                      C                             Em          Em   
     He sees her swimming down below
Fmaj7              Fmaj7          G               G      
         Through sunlight and shadow
C                      C                     Em          Em   
            Clouds slowly drifting by
Fmaj7                  Fmaj7        G               G      
         Against the blue of the sky
       Dm7                             G   
The warmth of the sun, the wind in the trees
Fmaj7                                   Fmaj7
    Her arms cut through the water
G          G7                    C        C     G     G     
                Effortlessly


C                      C                 Em          Em   
                  She turns to the sky
Fmaj7              Fmaj7      G               G      
                And closes her eyes
C                      C              Em          Em   
                 Her arms open wide
Fmaj7              Fmaj7     G               G      
                 She lets out a sigh
       Dm7                         G   
He watches her moving, drifting downstream
Fmaj7                     Fmaj7
         Something is calling him
G             G7                         C         C     
     Like a half-remembered dream


Chorus

Fmaj7               Fmaj7         Em              Em   
       Something deeper than love at first sight
Fmaj7                 Fmaj7    Em              Em   
       Is moving inside him towards the light
       Fmaj7         Fmaj7                Em               Em   
The answer to a question he had heard all his life
Fmaj7              Fmaj7                    G               G
                           The first taste of love

C       C       Em       Em       Fmaj7       Fmaj7       G       G

C                        C                       Em          Em   
     She sees him standing by the shore
Fmaj7                      Fmaj7            G               G      
     Feels something stirring at her core
C                C                    Em          Em   
            She looks into his eyes
Fmaj7                 Fmaj7    G               G      
            With the hint of a smile
Dm7                            G   
Gracefully closing the distance between
Fmaj7                     Fmaj7
         Something is calling her
G             G7                         C         C     
     Like a half-remembered dream

Chorus 2

Fmaj7               Fmaj7         Em              Em   
       Something deeper than love at first sight
Fmaj7                 Fmaj7   Em              Em   
       Is moving inside her towards the light
       Fmaj7         Fmaj7                 Em               Em   
The answer to a question she had heard all her life
Fmaj7              Fmaj7                    G               G7       
                           The first taste of love

C       C       Em       Em       Fmaj7       Fmaj7       G       G7       C       C


Chorus 3

               Fmaj7          Fmaj7    Em          Em   
And they stand in the moment without a sound
Fmaj7                Fmaj7       Em                    Em   
   No words are needed for what they have found
           Fmaj7          Fmaj7  Em       Em   
In this world full of magic turning around
Fmaj7              Fmaj7                    G              G      G7      G7       C       
                           The first taste of love

Dec 17, 2015

The First Taste of Love

A song I wrote after screwing up in a big way in my life. It got me thinking that, if there was a god sitting on his throne, what would he think about the human race. (Apparently "Slow Learners" is an official term for children whose IQ ranks between 70 - 90% so I hope I don't offend anyone with this title).

I would be delighted if anyone would like to learn to play one of my songs, so I'm including the chords and lyrics. Please let me know if you do!

Slow Learners   	words and music by Harold Tausch                          June 3, 1983
E      A7      B7      E       E    
E                                          A7                              
God looked down from his throne on high
           B7                                       E        E
At the people below and let out a sigh
   E                               A7                              
I offer them peace but they just want noise
   B7                                             E                             E
I offer them love, they want the devil's new toys

Chorus 1

E                           A7 
     Slow learners, that's what he said
E                                A7 
     Slow learners, he shook his great head
E                           A7 
     Slow learners, it's such a shame
B7                               E                                 E       E      A7      B7      E       E
     Slow learners, is it me that's to blame

        E                                            A7                              
The devil looked up from adding fuel to the flames
B7                                            E                       E
He loved to watch the people going insane
     E                                  A7                              
I'll offer them anything if they'll pay the fee
        B7                                         E                             E
And leave them with nothing, he cackled with glee
 
Chorus 2

E                           A7 
     Slow learners, that's what he said
E                                A7 
     Slow learners, he shook his horned head
E                                  A7 
     Slow learners, they fill me with hate
B7                                E                                 E       E      A7      B7      E       E
     Slow learners, hey, business is great

E                                  A7                              
God called his angels, come gather round
B7                                  E                         E
They floated in without making a sound
        E                                A7                              
The time it is nigh, I can't wait anymore
   B7                                    E                             E
I pity the fools that will be left at the door

Chorus 1 (twice)

Slow Learners

This is a song I wrote almost 50 years ago about the amazing feeling of being in love for the first time (without delving into the darker sides of that). I still play it a lot after all these years. It's a two chord song with my two favourite chords: Cmaj7 and Fmaj7.

I would be delighted if anyone would like to learn to play one of my songs, so I'm including the chords and lyrics. Please let me know if you do!

In Our Embrace    words and music by Harold Tausch   copyright January, 1975

Cmaj7    Fmaj7    Cmaj7    Fmaj7    Fmaj7    Fmaj7    

Cmaj7    Fmaj7    Cmaj7    Fmaj7      
Cmaj7                                   Fmaj7
   We saw the world through rose-coloured glasses
Cmaj7                              Fmaj7
   And dreamed our lives through all the days
Cmaj7                        Fmaj7
   We tasted ice-cold, clear crystal water
Cmaj7                        Fmaj7                                       Fmaj7          Fmaj7
   And danced wildly through mist-shrouded fields
       Cmaj7                      Fmaj7 
And in our embrace, the world was changing
       Cmaj7                       Fmaj7           Cmaj7          Fmaj7
The forms were flowing, colours were forming
       Cmaj7                Fmaj7
And in our eyes, the world was magic
       Cmaj7                       Fmaj7          Cmaj7     Fmaj7   Fmaj7    Fmaj7
The lights were glowing, love was enfolding

Cmaj7    Fmaj7    Cmaj7    Fmaj7    
Cmaj7                   Fmaj7
   We felt the time rushing in rivers
Cmaj7                                     Fmaj7
   And dreamed that we could make it stop
Cmaj7                                   Fmaj7
   We breathed deeply of the night’s sweet perfume
Cmaj7                                      Fmaj7                Fmaj7          Fmaj7
   And filled the days with our laughter of joy
       Cmaj7                  Fmaj7 
And in our kisses, the time was slowing
Cmaj7                                 Fmaj7        Cmaj7          Fmaj7
Patterns were forming, the magic was growing
       Cmaj7                  Fmaj7
And in our loving, the time was forever
       Cmaj7                       Fmaj7           Cmaj7     Fmaj7   Fmaj7    Fmaj7
The walls were falling as we joined as one

Cmaj7    Fmaj7    Cmaj7    Fmaj7    
Cmaj7                                            Fmaj7
   We looked at the world and saw everything growing
Cmaj7                         Fmaj7
   Nature’s beauty was ours to share
Cmaj7                                  Fmaj7
   The world was enchanted all around us
      Cmaj7                       Fmaj7                  Fmaj7          Fmaj7
We sang in the forest, so brave and so free
       Cmaj7                     Fmaj7 
And in our touches, the world was growing
Cmaj7                Fmaj7         Cmaj7          Fmaj7
Energy surging, rivers were flowing
       Cmaj7                   Fmaj7
And in our bodies, the world was magic
Cmaj7                          Fmaj7        Cmaj7     Fmaj7   Fmaj7    Fmaj7
Time contained us and time set us free

Cmaj7    Fmaj7    Cmaj7    Fmaj7     Cmaj7

In Our Embrace

A song I wrote when I was feeling low and decided to write down everything I was grateful for. Maybe my favourite of all my songs. One Taste is a Buddhist phrase I encountered in a book by the American philosopher Ken Wilber.

I would be delighted if anyone would like to learn to play one of my songs, so I'm including the chords and lyrics. Please let me know if you do!

One Taste   				words and music by Harold Tausch                          July 6, 2008

Cmaj7    Dm7    G    C   

Cmaj7                       Dm7
I am grateful for the sunlight 
G                                            C
That keeps shining down on me
Cmaj7                           Dm7
And the wind it sets in motion
G                             C
Over land and over sea
Fmaj7                        C
I am grateful for my senses 
G                                           Am
And all the things that I can feel
Fmaj7                        C
I am grateful for this moment
Em                                Am
This one taste of eternity


Em    Am    Dm7    G   


Cmaj7                       Dm7
I am grateful for my children 
G                                               C
And the chance to watch them grow
Cmaj7                    Dm7
Full of delight and wonder
G                                          C
In all the things there are to know
Fmaj7                        C
I am grateful for my friendships 
G                                        Am
All the hearts that care for me
Fmaj7                               C
And the lovers who have held me
Em                            Am
In the grips of ecstasy
Chorus

C                                          Fmaj7              
And the answers search for questions
Dm7                    C     
Going round and round
Cmaj7                                    Fmaj7              
While the mystery keeps on growing
Dm7                                       G
Without knowing where I’m bound
Em                                           Am           
When there’s nothing to hold onto
Dm7                    C     
That’s when I know I’m really free
Fmaj7                             C              
It’s enough to have this moment
Em                                Am
This one taste of eternity


Em    Am    Dm7    G   


Cmaj7                       Dm7
I am grateful for this longing 
G                                      C
And all the visions that I see
Cmaj7                       Dm7
Leading me to exploration
G                                  C
And the courage to be free
Fmaj7                        C
I am grateful for the stillness 
G                                       Am
And the chance to simply be
Fmaj7                               C
With a sense of deep connection
Em                                      Am
To walk in wonder endlessly


Chorus 


Fmaj7                             C              
It’s enough to have this moment
Em                                Am
This one taste of eternity
Em    Am    Dm7    G     Cmaj7


One Taste

A song I wrote when I was a "wage slave" as a computer programmer. Very wordy, but it captures how trapped I felt in my life at that time.

Monday Morning     		words and music by Harold Tausch                          September, 1981


E|      A|      E|      A|       
E|           A|                   E|               A|
Monday morning, the alarm clock rings
E|           A|         E|          A|     
Another endless week begins
E|                      A|   
Out of bed and out the door
      E|                          A|     
No time for breakfast anymore
E|                      A|
Standing in the subway station
E|                      A|
Waiting for the train’s vibration
B|                     B|   
Staring at the empty faces
B|                        B|     
Daydreaming of distant places
A|                   A|   
Riding up the elevator
A|       A|                      E|||      A|      E|      A|      E|      A||||      A|||
Every day I’m getting later


E|           A|               E|               A|
Monday morning, arrive at my desk
E|                    A|               E|          A|     
Covered with last week’s leftover mess
E|                         A|   
Hang my coat up and sit down
      E|                       A|     
Put on my Monday morning frown
E|                        A|
Read the papers, check the scores
E|                           A|
We lost again, it’s such a bore
B|                          B|   
Try to keep down my despair
B|                   B|     
Staring at the empty air
A|                      A|   
I don’t want to start the day
A|                      A|        E|||      A|      E|      A|      E|      A||||      A|||
Wishing I were miles away


Chorus

E|           A|       E|               A|
Monday morning
E|           A|       E|               A|
Monday morning
E|           A|              E|            A|
Monday morning, I try to forget
E|           A|                         E|                   A|
Monday morning, and I’m daydreaming yet
B|           B|                   B|                 B|   
Monday morning, I’m walking the floor
A|           A|         A|          A|            E|||      A|      E|      A|      E|      A||||      A|||
Monday morning, I can’t take any more

E|      A|      E|      A|    E|      A|      E|      A|  
E|           A|            E|                A|
Monday morning, five days to go
E|     A|                 E|            A|     
All I know is it’s gonna go slow
E|                               A|   
How in the world did I get here
E|                                 A|     
When from the start it was so clear
E|                            A|
That I was going to be a star
E|                             A|
And be worshipped from afar
B|                    B|   
I was going to right the wrongs
        B|                     B|     
And I was going to sing the songs
        A|                    A|   
And I was going to find a way
A|                A|                       E|||      A|      E|      A|      E|      A||||      A|||
To give the world a brighter day


Chorus                              


Monday Morning

This is a demo created by DemoMySong of one of my songs. This song was inspired by the wonderful book Liebesnähe by Hanns-Josef Ortheil about a couple who meet at a resort in Bavaria where, over the course of a few days, they fall in love and build a relationship without saying a word to each other (they do leave a few notes and send a couple of texts).

The First Taste of Love 

unpublished work copyright 2013 by Harold Tausch 

He sees her swimming down below
Through sunlight and shadow
Clouds slowly drifting by
Against the blue of the sky
The warmth of the sun, the wind in the trees
Her arms cut through the water
Effortlessly

She turns to the sky
And closes her eyes
Her arms open wide
She lets out a sigh
He watches her moving, drifting downstream
Something is calling him
Like a half-remembered dream


Something deeper than love at first sight
Is moving inside him towards the light
The answer to a question he had heard all his life
The first taste of love

She sees him standing by the shore
Feels something stirring at her core
She looks into his eyes
With the hint of a smile
Gracefully closing the distance between
Something is calling her
Like a half-remembered dream

Something deeper than love at first sight
Is moving inside her towards the light
The answer to a question she had heard all her life
The first taste of love
 
And they stand in the moment without a sound
No words are needed for what they have found
In this world full of magic turning around
The first taste of love

written August 2012


The First Taste Of Love (demo)

This is a song about that time in a relationship where the relationship is damaged beyond repair, but you are still living together - a place I've been a few times in my life.

I would be delighted if anyone would like to learn to play one of my songs, so I'm including the chords and lyrics. Please let me know if you do!

It's Almost Over           copyright 2013 by Harold Tausch

C      Am      Dm7      G    

C                              Am       Dm7                              G
I'm haunted by your spirit, although you're not quite gone
         C                       Am    Dm7                                G 
I can feel the sadness rising when the radio plays our song
Fmaj7                           Em                      Am             Dm7
And I'm sitting right beside you, but you feel so far away
Fmaj7                    Em                        Am                  Dm7      G      G
We used to talk so freely, now there's nothing left to say


Chorus

                 C    Em   Fmaj7               G      
It's almost over, we can't get of this track
        C            Em                     Fmaj7                     G      
And we can't seem to find the things that we both lack
 Am                      C                Fmaj7                   G      
Though I ache to reach out, I can't find my way back
     Fmaj7          Fmaj7              G      G 
To you


C                           Am       Dm7                              G
Now when I try to tell you how much you mean to me
     C                  Am         Dm7                G 
It's just another story that I can't quite believe
Fmaj7                  Em                     Am              Dm7
And saying that I love you sounds like another lie
Fmaj7                         Em                   Am                Dm7      G      G
And you're not really listening, I can see it in your eyes
 
Chorus
 

C                              Am                   Dm7            G
I watch you sleep beside me when I lie awake at night
        C                        Am                Dm7                 G 
And wish that I could find a way to heal this hurt inside
Fmaj7                   Em                             Am                 Dm7
I long to hold you in my arms and make everything all right
Fmaj7               Em                                  Am            Dm7      G      G
But if I were to wake you now, it would only start a fight

Chorus 


C

It's Almost Over

This is one of my "vaguely spiritual" songs. It was inspired by listening to my children laughing as they were doing the dishes. My friend Dorothy calls this my song about everything. Background vocals and drumming by Lynden Pond and fiddle by Ellen Van Laar.

I would be delighted if anyone would like to learn to play one of my songs, so I'm including the chords and lyrics. Please let me know if you do!

Simple Vision     copyright 2009 by Harold Tausch 

C|    F|      C|    F|          C|    F|          C|    F|              
C|             F|                      C|          F|          
It’s in the laughter of my children 
C|           F|                      C|     F|          
And the joy they take in life
C|             F|              C|            F|          
It’s in the warmth of sunshine
C|          F|                      C|     F|          
And the heavens late at night 
C|         F|         C|     F|          
It’s the muse’s inspiration
C|          F|                   C|     F|          
When I write another song
C|           F|         C|      F|          
And the sudden illumination
C|        F|                C|     F|          
That I knew it all along


C|             F|           C|          F|          
It’s in the thrill of dancing 
C|              F|                      C|     F|          
When the music feels just right
C|             F|                   C|            F|          
It’s in the beauty of the moment
C|             F|                    C|     F|          
When the eagle takes to flight
C|         F|        C|     F|          
It’s the magic incantation
C|       F|                  C|     F|          
In the rhythms of a song
C|           F|        C|   F|          
And the joyous celebration
C|               F|               C|     F
That this is where I belong


Chorus

G               Am
It’s such a simple vision
F                                 G     
There’s nothing to be done
G         Am                                             
In this perfect moment
F                               G
Where everything is one
G                    C|    F|      C|    F|          C|    F|          C|    F|            
Everything is one

C|      F|                   C|          F|          
I can offer you this moment 
C|                    F|                     C|     F|          
Where there’s nothing left to hide
C|            F|              C|            F|          
With our breath commingled
C|           F|                       C|     F|          
Like the ebb and flow of tide
C|         F|          C|    F|          
It’s the endless fascination
C|       F|                      C|     F|          
Of the mystery of our lives
C|           F|         C|    F|          
And the lack of  separation
C|          F|                    C|     F|                
When I look into your eyes


Chorus

G               Am
It’s such a simple vision
F                                 G     
There’s nothing to be done
G         Am                                             
In this perfect moment
F                               G
Where everything is one
G                    C|    F|      C|    F|                  
Everything is one

C|    F|            C|    F|          C|    F|             C|    F|               
Everything is one               Everything is one
C|    F|            C|    F|          C|    F|             C|    F|               
Everything is one               Everything is one
C|    F|            C
Everything is one

Dec 17,2015

Simple Vision

I've been writing songs since 1971. About 7 years ago, I uploaded a few of my songs here. I had intended to learn to use Band in a Box to create more professional recordings, but around the same time I started acting and, a couple of years later, dance performance, so music became a lesser priority. I'm turning 75 this year (2024) and who knows how much longer I'll be around so I have decided to just put rough recordings of my better songs up.

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