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T: Great Waltz of China, The
I: Great Waltz of China, The	W-39	D	waltz
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C: W-39
C: \2511985 Mark Simos
M: 3/4
Z: Transcribed to abc by Mary Lou Knack
R: waltz
K: D
"D"A2 FA "G"Bd| "D"A2 BA "A/C#"FE| "Bm"F2 DF "Bm/A"EF| "Gsus2"DB, A,4|
"D"A2 Fd "G"BA| "Bm"F3 (3E/F/E/ D>F| "F#m"A6-| "A"A6-|
"D"A2 FA "G"Bd| "D"A2 BA "A/C#"FE| "Bm"F2 EA "Bm/A"FD| "G"ED B,3A|
"D"F4 B,A,| "A"E4 B,A,| "G"D6-| D6:|
|:\
"A"EF AB "Bm"F2| "G"EF DB, "D/F#"D2| "Em"E2 "A"EF "F#m"A>B| "Bm"F6|
"G"E2 FE DB,| "D"DA, "G"B,D "D"A,D| "Em"EB, DE B,>E| "A6"F4 "A"E2|
"D"A2 FA "G"Bd| "D"A2 BA "A/C#"FE| "Bm"F2 EA "A/B"FD| "G"ED B,3 A,|
"D"F4 B,A,| "A"E4 B,A,| "G"DB, "A7"D3E| "D"D6:|

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% % "The 'Great Waltz of China' was a forgotten pundit's winning submission to the 1985
% % Ashokan Celtic Week Original Tune Title Competition.  Later that summer, during
% % Northern Week, I sat alone one dawn at the piano in the Ashokan dance hall and wrote
% % a tune to go with the name.  (Attentive listeners will note a judiciously pentatonic
% % melody ensnared midst a decidedly Western harmonic substrate.)  A mystery of music:
% % that one heart's sad and lonely moments may help another's sun rise some day."
% % CD/cassette/tunebook 'All the Time in the World (And a Little Bit More)',
% % Mark Simos/Samizdat Music, 45 Shea Rd, Cambridge, MA 02140-1225.
% % endtext
%%text 5/30/99.  From "The Waltz Book", Bill Matthiesen.