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Title Big sky above us
[TEMPO: 64 BPM | COMPÁS: 4/4]
[STYLE: 1930s Georgia field holler, stomps, claps, hums, raw male voice]

[INTRO – HUMMING + STOMPS]
(GRUPO – bajo)
mmm… hmm…
mmm… hmm…

(FOOT STOMP)
PUM… PUM…
PUM… PUM…

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[VERSE 1 – SOLO, cansado pero firme]
I seen them highways fill with people…
lookin’ for a place…
a better life… a safer home…
just tryin’ to find some grace…

(GRUPO RESPONDE – suave)
mmm… hmm…

But there’s a cold wind blowin’ now…
‘cross this dusty land…
people drawin’ lines in dirt…
with a hard and angry hand…

(STOMP)
PUM… PUM…

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[CHORUS – CALL & RESPONSE]

(SOLO – fuerte)
One big sky above us!

(GRUPO)
mmm… hmm…

(SOLO)
One wide open plain!

(GRUPO)
mmm… hmm…

(SOLO)
One sun risin’ in the mornin’!

(GRUPO)
Rise again… rise again…

(STOMP + CLAP)
PUM!… PUM!… clap!

(SOLO)
We can build these walls of hatred…

(GRUPO – más fuerte)
Or we build up love!

(SOLO + GRUPO)
We all just tryin’ to make it…
under one big sky above…

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[VERSE 2 – más intenso]

I hear that talk in coffee shops…
hear it on the news…
who belongs… who gotta leave…
who gets left to lose…

(GRUPO)
mmm… hmm…

Families torn at border lines…
children in the dark…
while some just wave their flags around…
forgettin’ freedom’s spark…

(STOMP fuerte)
PUM… PUM…

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[CHORUS – más poderoso]

(SOLO)
One big sky above us!

(GRUPO)
mmm… hmm…

(SOLO)
One wide open plain!

(GRUPO)
mmm… hmm…

(SOLO)
One sun risin’ through the pain!

(GRUPO – grito leve)
Rise!… rise!

(STOMP + CLAP)
PUM!… PUM!… clap!

(SOLO + GRUPO)
We all just tryin’ to make it…
under one big sky above…

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[BRIDGE – emocional, lento]

(SOLO – casi hablando)
This land was built… by tired hands…
by strangers turned to kin…

(GRUPO – bajo)
mmm… hmm…

(SOLO)
Broken words… and heavy backs…
but they still kept pushin’ in…

(SOLO más fuerte)
I don’t believe the Lord above…
meant for hearts to turn away…

(GRUPO)
No… no…

(SOLO + GRUPO)
From the tired and the hungry souls…
just lookin’ for a place…

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[VERSE 3 – reflexivo]

I miss the days we talked it out…
without it turnin’ mean…
when we could sit and share a drink…
no matter what we’d seen…

(GRUPO)
mmm… hmm…

Now the world feels split in two…
like we forgot the plan…
we all bleed red… we all feel pain…
don’t matter where we stand…

(STOMP lento)
PUM… PUM…

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[FINAL CHORUS – GRANDE, CORO COMPLETO]

(SOLO)
One big sky above us!

(GRUPO FUERTE)
mmm… hmm…!

(SOLO)
One wide open plain!

(GRUPO)
mmm… hmm…!

(SOLO)
One sun risin’ through the rain!

(GRUPO – grito)
Rise!… rise!

(STOMP + CLAP FUERTE)
PUM!!… PUM!!… clap!!

(TODOS)
We can keep on feedin’ fear…
or we rise above…
we all just tryin’ to make it…
under one big sky above…

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[OUTRO – SOLO + HUMMING]

(SOLO – suave)
Yeah we all just tryin’ to make it…

(GRUPO – fading)
mmm… hmm…
mmm… hmm…

(STOMP lento, apagándose)
pum… …pum…

(SOLO – último suspiro)
Under one big sky above…
Work type Music
Tags cansiones musica terrazas jose

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Registry info in Safe Creative

Identifier 2603295109304
Entry date Mar 29, 2026, 1:32 AM UTC
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

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Copyright registered declarations

Author - Composer 100.00 %. Holder Jose Terrazas. Date Mar 29, 2026.
Author - Lyricist 100.00 %. Holder Jose Terrazas. Date Mar 29, 2026.
Author - Song producer 100.00 %. Holder Jose Terrazas. Date Mar 29, 2026.


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