326 Reply by jets60

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I hear you Graham. From my search, I think these are the only ones out that that you'll be able to work with... so these are the best you've got...You can get it down, but it's going to take a little time.     

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327 Reply by jets60

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Also on Chordify - https://chordify.net/chords/gabrielle-b … riellevevo     

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328 Reply by jets60

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This YouTube seems to be the cleanest ...with acoustic guitar backing... It's not the remix so pretty clean.     

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8S4kuqFHQ

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329 Reply by jets60

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Thanks - as I said, I've been working on this for a while. I finally got tired of tweaking and put a fork in it. I only recently added the chords to the song, chordpro style, but I played it similarly for years. I didn't intend to have the key so high which was pushing my upper limit when I recorded it. By the time I was done I had to take a long vocal break.     

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330 Reply by jets60

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Thanks Jim!     

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331 Reply by jets60

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Uploaded now - https://soundcloud.com/jets60/amara-how-can-i-go-on     

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332 Topic by jets60

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I wrote this a while back, but have been tinkering with it over the past year in a half...figuring about what chords I wanted, how I wanted it to go...that sort of thing, so sharing now. I'll get it recorded sometime soon.

Amara (How Can I Go on) By Jeff Gilpin


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Lyrics written sometime after 2010 and polished a bit in 2019 & 2020


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Intro strumming C


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Verse 1


[C]Let me tell you so


Of a girl I used to know


She [F]had this kind of air of majes[C]ty,


And the [F]boys across the land


Oh [C]boy how they did [Am]stand


And [D]ogle her from [D7]sea to shining [G]sea. [G7]


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Verse 2


Now her name was Amara


And for me well as far ah


As there was no fairer damsel that I knew,


And I would try and woo her


Trying to be her only suitor,


Bur try as I might I couldn’t do.


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Chorus

I ask, “[F]Amara can you love me


And put no one else above me?”


[C]Amara asked of me, could I be true.


“Oh [F]true, yes, I will be.


Now Amara can you see


It in your [G]heart to also love me [F]too? ….Amara can [C]you?”


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Verse 3


But Amara and her beauty


Was observed by one on duty,


It was officer McNalty on his beat,



And McNalty for a time


Failed to witness any crime


While Amara’s beauty gave his eyes a treat.


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Verse 4


Now McNalty came up to her


And he said he thought he knew her.


She said, “Officer I think you are mistaken,


Because I’ll tell you true


If ever I’d met you


I would surely remember one so handsome.”


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Chorus 2

And he said, “[F]Amara can you love me


And put no one else above me.”


Asked [C]Amara, “Can you be true?”


“Oh [F]true, yes, I will be.


Now Amara can you see


It in your [G]heart to also love me [F]too.” [C]


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Solo on verse chords


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Ending Chorus

And [F]so my poor heart


Was then and there by torn apart.


[C]Amara how can I go on without?


[F]Now that she’s wedded to


That other officer in blue


As I’m [G]left alone, no one to hear my [F]shouts.


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[G]Amara how can I go on with[F]out you?


[G]Amara how can I go on? [F] Amara? [C]



 

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333 Reply by jets60

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Enjoyed that  - good song that says it all. Plays real nice too.     

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334 Reply by jets60

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Moved from song request since you're not requesting a song, but asking for a posted song to be corrected.     

BTW - here's where you can find the correct song and chords - https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/lu … ords-73106

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335 Reply by jets60

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Looks like Chordify has them - https://chordify.net/chords/gaslight-alex-cameron-topic     

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336 Reply by jets60

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Thank you Phill.     

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337 Reply by jets60

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Thanks Phill. Hope you like it.     

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338 Reply by jets60

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Thanks very much you two.     

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339 Reply by jets60

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Thank you Pete. I am truly fortunate.     

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340 Reply by jets60

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Hey Jim - Thank you. Yes, that's my wife Michiyo. I got lucky many years ago.     

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341 Topic by jets60

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Here is a song I wrote a few years ago and never got around to sharing, either here or on soundcloud.com. So here it is. -
https://soundcloud.com/jets60/forever-and-a-light-year

Forever and a Light Year by Jeff Gilpin


October 24, 2019


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You [G]see me in the morning


[CMaj7]Looking worse for wear


[D]What hair’s left is all tangled


My [C]smile’s in disrepair


I can [G]clean myself up a little


A little [CMaj7]better than I look now


Through [D]years and years of TLC


I’ve [C]made it here some [D]how


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But when I [Em]see you


And I [C]see your look of love


The [D]reason why every day


I have to [C]thank the God a[D]bove


This [Em]vision of beauty


I see every [C]morning when I rise


I could [D]spend forever and a [C]light year


Looking into your [G]eyes



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I [G]know you have your worries


And that you [CMaj7]think you’re getting old


Like [D]noticing certain little pains


When the [C]nights start turning cold


I’m [G]sorry to have to tell you


That you’re [CMaj7]searching a little much


To [D]see what I could never find


In the [C]one I love so [D]much


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‘Cause when I [Em]see you


And I [C]see your look of love


The [D]reason why every day


I have to [C]thank the God a[D]bove


This [Em]vision of beauty


I see every [C]morning when I rise


I could [D]spend forever and a [C]light year


Looking into your [G]eyes





 

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342 Reply by jets60

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Here is a link to the song if you want to hear it - https://soundcloud.com/jets60/picking-out-a-tune     

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343 Topic by jets60

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Picking out a tune is something I do most days, so I thought about turning it into a song...so here it is.

Picking Out a Tune By Jeff G - 11-16-2019


Intro finger picking C


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I’m [C]picking out a tune as


I [F]see the morning sun.


The [C]world keeps spinning


Round and round and [F]round.


The [C]notes are coming out


So [F]softly and so sure


On a [C]path that only


These notes could have [F]found.


And they [Am]take me along


As I [G]try and hold on


To the [Am]notes that seem


To lead me as I [G]follow.


I [F]don’t think about


The [C]fate of the world or


What [G]may or may not


Happen to[Am]morrow.



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I just [C]think of the notes


And the [F]tones as I play


That [C]color the path that


I am [F]on for the day.


[C]And while I play


[F]Everything is right.


[C]So I keep playing


On and on into the [F]night,


Un[Am]til my finger tips


[G]Whisper in my mind


That I can [Am]put away the tune,


And come back [G]after a little time.


So [F]I put away


These [C]tunes for the day


And you know the [G]world seems


To have gotten along just [Am]fine.



 

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344 Reply by jets60

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Thanks Phill.     

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345 Reply by jets60

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Thanks Phill. I love Jim's writing too; it is wonderful. Your's as well, and don't forget the great songs Russ has shared with us.     

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346 Reply by jets60

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Thanks  - That would give me a chill too, Jim.     

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347 Reply by jets60

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Thanks Graham - True words - I did get time to reflect.     

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348 Reply by jets60

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Here's what it sounds like: https://soundcloud.com/jets60/found-out … iend-today     

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349 Topic by jets60

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I truly believe FaceBook is evil. It lets you meet your friends that you've lost over time and then takes them away before you get much more than a "how do you do" out typed out. This is just for one such case lately although I've seen more than I like drop off. Anyway, I'm just sharing with you bunch because I know most of you experience this as well. If I write it down and it'll hurt a little less I'm hoping.

Found Out I Lost a Friend Today by Jeff Gilpin


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10-27-2019


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Verse C Am, C Am, F G C


Chorus Am G F Am G


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Verse 1


[C]Found out I lost a friend today.


I lost them when I wasn’t [Am]looking.


I didn’t mean to look a[C]way.


I got distracted then looked [Am]back then


I get a message says they’re [F]gone


Without so much as a so [G]long.


Found out I lost a friend to[C]day.


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Chorus

Yeah they’re [Am]gone... [G] [F] [Am] [G] x2


-


Verse 2


[C]Seemed like it was just the other day.


I remembered when I first [Am]met them.



We talked and talked the day a[C]way.


I don’t know how I could for[Am]get them.


Then life just sort of moved a[F]long.


I hadn’t see them for so [G]long.


Found out I lost a friend to[C]day.


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Chorus

Yeah they’re [Am]gone... [G] [F] [Am] [G] x2


-


Verse 3


[C]I know I’ll never have the time


To do all the stuff I [Am]want to,


[C]But this just feels like it’s a crime.


Stolen from me before I [Am]got to.


Now I’ll never get them [F]back.


Stored with all the rest I [G]lack.


Found out I lost a friend to[C]day.


-


Ending Chorus

Yeah they’re [Am]gone... [G] [F] [Am] [G] x3



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350 Reply by jets60

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Thanks you two.     

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