{"id":55939,"date":"2026-10-07T14:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55939"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:31:01","slug":"ransom-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/10\/07\/ransom-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransom Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Harmonica, Tribal Percussion, Electric Slide Guitar]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nRansom note<br \/>\n(Oh, no, no)<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t hold this note&#8230;<br \/>\n(For ransom)<br \/>\nThe chord of be<br \/>\n(Is free)<\/p>\n<p>Ransom note<br \/>\n(Oh, no, no)<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t hold this note&#8230;<br \/>\n(Let the soul emote)<\/p>\n<p>This note&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is not for ransom)<br \/>\n&#8230; no, not for any sum<\/p>\n<p>The chord of be<br \/>\n(Is free)<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t you C<br \/>\n(Naturally)<\/p>\n<p>This note gets along<br \/>\n(With the song)<br \/>\n&#8230; obviously&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230; in harmony)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental: Saxophone Solo]<\/p>\n<p>Ransom note<br \/>\n(Oh, no, no)<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t hold this note&#8230;<br \/>\n(Let the soul emote)<\/p>\n<p>This note&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is not for ransom)<br \/>\n&#8230; no, not for any sum<\/p>\n<p>The chord of be<br \/>\n(Is free)<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t you C<br \/>\n(Naturally)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t hold this note&#8230;.<br \/>\n(For ransom)<br \/>\nRock the boat!<\/p>\n<p>The song is meant to be free<br \/>\n(Not just for some)<br \/>\nFree for all!<br \/>\n(Heed the call&#8230;)<br \/>\nShout!<br \/>\n(Jump about)<\/p>\n<p>Ransom note<br \/>\n(Oh, no, no)<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t hold this note&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230; for ransom&#8230;)<br \/>\nNot for any sum!<br \/>\n(Let the soul emote)<\/p>\n<p>This note&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is not for ransom)<br \/>\n&#8230; no, not for any sum<\/p>\n<p>No, no, don&#8217;t B flat<br \/>\n(C sharp)<br \/>\nBe<br \/>\n(See)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Full-Blown\/\">Full Blown<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Harmonica, Tribal Percussion, Electric Slide Guitar] [Intro] Ransom note (Oh, no, no) You can&#8217;t hold this note&#8230; (For ransom) The chord of be (Is free) Ransom note (Oh, no, no) You can&#8217;t hold this note&#8230; (Let the soul emote) This note&#8230; (Is not for ransom) &#8230; [&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-55939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55939","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=55939"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55945,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55939\/revisions\/55945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}