{"id":54133,"date":"2026-06-19T13:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54133"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:25:12","slug":"strum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/19\/strum\/","title":{"rendered":"Strum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Acoustic Guitar, Hammond Organ, Handclaps, Upbeat Rock Groove]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\n(One, two, three, four!)<br \/>\nSay&#8230;<br \/>\n(Let&#8217;s play some more)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t need a reason<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t need a plan<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t need permission<br \/>\nTo be help out man<\/p>\n<p>A rhythm&#8217;s always waiting<br \/>\nRight beneath your feet<br \/>\nA melody is hiding<br \/>\nIn every passing street<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t worry if it&#8217;s perfect<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t worry if it&#8217;s wrong<br \/>\nThe world keeps making noises<br \/>\nTurn a few into a song<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nStrum<br \/>\n(Or hum some)<br \/>\nSing<br \/>\n(Dance to anything)<\/p>\n<p>Play<br \/>\n(Let the moment bring)<br \/>\nLife<br \/>\n(To everything)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThe birds don&#8217;t read the music<br \/>\nThe wind ignores the chart<br \/>\nThe river keeps on playing<br \/>\nStraight from its heart<\/p>\n<p>The crowd may know the chorus<br \/>\nOr maybe they&#8217;ll just smile<br \/>\nEither way the music<br \/>\nMakes the journey worthwhile<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nThe first note is the hardest<br \/>\nThe next one comes along<br \/>\nBefore you know what happened<br \/>\nEverybody&#8217;s singing strong<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nStrum<br \/>\n(Or hum some)<br \/>\nSing<br \/>\n(Dance to anything)<\/p>\n<p>Play<br \/>\n(Let the moment bring)<br \/>\nLife<br \/>\n(To everything)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\n(Hey!)<br \/>\nWhoa!<br \/>\n(Oh!)<br \/>\nTurn it up<br \/>\n(Let it go!)<br \/>\nClap your hands<br \/>\n(Feel the glow!)<br \/>\nRound and round<br \/>\n(The good times flow!)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Psychedelic Percussion Jam]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nStrum<br \/>\n(Or hum some)<br \/>\nSing<br \/>\n(Dance to anything)<\/p>\n<p>Laugh<br \/>\n(And let it ring)<br \/>\nJoy<br \/>\n(Is a good start)<br \/>\n&#8230; a pretty good thing<br \/>\n(Bring it from the heart)<\/p>\n<p>Strum<br \/>\n(Or hum some)<br \/>\nSing<br \/>\n(Dance to anything)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nStrum&#8230;<br \/>\n(Or hum some)<br \/>\nStrum&#8230;<br \/>\n(Or hum some)<\/p>\n<p>Everybody now:<br \/>\nStrum!<br \/>\n(Come get some)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/In-Play\/\">In Play<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Arrangement: Acoustic Guitar, Hammond Organ, Handclaps, Upbeat Rock Groove] [Intro] Hey! (One, two, three, four!) Say&#8230; (Let&#8217;s play some more) [Verse 1] You don&#8217;t need a reason You don&#8217;t need a plan You don&#8217;t need permission To be help out man A rhythm&#8217;s always waiting Right beneath your feet A melody is hiding In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54134,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54133\/revisions\/54134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}