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Bella Ciao

name

Bella Ciao

category

main songs

leaders

Dom

structure

solo then everybody through chorus (3X each one faster); repeat

perfnotes

stillness during solos (don't play over soloist); then through chorus move around chaotically faster & faster

key

G minor/Bb

charts

• bella-ciao-lyrics-in-c.pdf
• bella-ciao-lyrics-b-flat.pdf
• bella-ciao-lyrics-c.pdf
• bella-ciao-lyrics-e-flat.pdf

lyric

Proposed English Translation:
If I die fighting as a resistor
O bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao
If I die fighting as a resistor
You must come and bury me

Bury me there, up in the mountains
O bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao
Bury me there, up in the mountains
Shade my grave with a lovely flower

"Ah that's the flower of the resistor - "
O bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao
"Ah that's the flower of the resistor
who died for freedom's sake!"

notes

Alternate Lyric:
We need to wake up, We need to wise up We need to open our eyes
and do it NOW NOW NOW
We need to build a better future And we need to start right now
We’re on a planet
That has a problem
We’ve got to solve it, get involved And do it NOW NOW NOW
We need to build a better future And we need to start right now
Make it greener, Make it cleaner Make it last, make it fast
and do it NOW NOW NOW
We need to build a better future And we need to start right now
No point in waiting, or hesitating We must get wise,
take no more lies
And do it NOW NOW NOW
We need to build a better future And we need to start right now

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