"Statue of Liberty" by David Byrne & Marisa Monte, from the album Universo Ao Meu Redor.


HOW AND WHY:
Got a ping recently from from Andres Levin about doing something on a Marisa Monte project and I’d gotten an e-mail from her earlier, so I stopped by his studio. It was really sweet. She had a samba groove done by a Brazilian human beatbox and wondered if I could come up with a melody or something. (I thought this is pretty flattering, a Brazilian asking me to come up with a samba!) So I improvised on the spot, and we all liked the direction. She started humming it and added her own characteristic turns and inflections (making my 8 bar melody into 11 bars, very nice, less ordinary). Andres figured out the chords on a guitar and we all took copies and will see where it goes.
-from DB's Journal, 7.12.05


LYRICS & CHORDS:

G7 / C (add 11) / C7M
Baianas down on Broadway
G7 / C7M
Selling DVD’s
B7 / E (add 11) / E
Os pés no chão do mundo
A7 / D7
When i walk and the music’s in me
G7
Where are you?
C7M / B7 / G7 / C7M / G7 / C7M
I am here

G7 / C (add 11) / C7M
Jogging in São Paulo
A7
Truth and longing
Dm7
On my headphones
G7
Quem será
A7
New York City is on my mobile
Bbdim / A7 / Dm7
Great desire, kitchen fire

G7
Where are you
C7M
Statue of Liberty?

SONG CREDITS:
Voz - David Byrne
Beat Box - Fernandinho Beat Box
Theremin - Pamelia Kurstin
Violão - Andres Levin
Cavaquinho, violão, baixo e marimba - Dadi
Ukelele - Marisa

ALBUM CREDITS:
Produced by Mario Caldato and Marisa Monte
Recorded and Mixed by Mario Caldato  Executive Producer Leonardo Netto 
Additional Recording by Dadi, Guilherme Calicchio, and Andres Levin Line Producer Cíntia Carvalho
Recording Assisted by Guilherme Calicchio and Márcio Barros  Mixing Assisted by Guilherme Calicchio
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Collage and Cover Concept by Beatriz Milhazes
Design by Gringo Cardia
Design Coordination by Gringa Cardia / Mesosfera Produções 
Art Coordination by Gabi Caspary
Collage and Cover Concept Assisted by Tereza Lyrio and Violeta dos Campos
Assistant Graphic Designers Carolina Vaz, Flavia Castro, Pedro Pezinho and Rico Vilarouca
Chord Charts by Dadi and Guilherme Calicchio
Lyrics translated by Arto Lindsay
Liner Notes by: Marisa Monte
Recorded and mixed in Rio de Janeiro with additional recording in New York between June and September, 2005
Real time sound processing on Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10,
and 11 - Wladimir Gasper

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