326 Reply by TIGLJK

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Phill,
an amazing song.
Hits so close to home as my wife's cousin was hit and killed by a drunk driver, and last week we had a 15 yr old local girl hit by a drunk woman at 2pm in the afternoon. That woman also took off, and then returned to the scene later- only to be apprehended.  The girl is in the Syracuse medical center clinging to every breathe to survive.
I also quite agree about what used to be nice communities being infliltrated by drug dealers - it seems rural areas are now the fave spot for them to hide out and produce their evil pharmaceuticals.

Your lyrics are excellent  the defining line in the song for me is "What can I do, there's no way out?"     The way out is to face up to the truth and do the right thing - or better yet- think before you do rotten stuff like this !   
I am sure you will put a recording up right ?

Thanks for sharing

Jim     

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327 Reply by TIGLJK

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Graham

you are a master of disaster smile

cyclotron   bahahahahahahahaha     

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328 Topic by TIGLJK

(2 replies, posted in Songwriting)

This is the link to the song I wrote.
(As usual, my playing and singing might make your ears suffer smile ) 
I messed up the ending a bit - but I didn't have time to do it over.

Let me know what you think.

https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … g-helpless 

ps
I wouldn't mind if someone that can actually play and sing would cover it. 
lol

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329 Reply by TIGLJK

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Jan
Stray Cat Strut  was incredibly well done.   Voice is great and instrumental part was excellent!   Perfect song choice.   I loved the " meow!"    you nailed it ! One of the best songs you have performed !

Yellow bird was well done as well.
Thanks for sharing.   Jim     

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330 Reply by TIGLJK

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Nice one Jeff  It  made me hungry for some of that pie!!! 
I can smell the aroma all the way up here in NY !!

No wonder you had errors in the project - impossible to concentrate with that aroma flowing around.

Jim     

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331 Topic by TIGLJK

(2 replies, posted in Songwriting)

A classic love story of anguish and hope...hope you like it.

Feeling Helpless by Jim Kenyon





[Am] I’m wondering if you remember, the night when we first met


[E]touching hands and a virgin kiss


so[Am] hard to forget


[Am] oh, we wandered into love, with a thousand tender fears


with [E] stars shining brightly in our eyes


there was [Am] never a need for tears




[Am] time has a way of passing by, it always brings winds of change


[E] seems like we have drifted apart


the fa[Am]miliar now seems strange


[Am] There's some people that believe, that true love never dies


but [E] I can feel it fading away, baby


I can [Am] see it in your eyes


.


Chorus


.




[Dm] Why am I feeling


[Am] helpless


Like I’m [Dm] living in the


[Am] dark


is there [Dm] anything we can


[Am]say or do


[E] to mend these weary


[Am] hearts




[E] to mend these weary


[Am] hearts


.




[Am] my eyes look to the future, but my heart’s living in the past.


but I’m [E] doubting if you even care


but those [Am]memories seem to last


[Am] They say you don't know what you've got, until it's gone.



I [E] couldn't disagree any more


‘cause I’ve [Am] known all along


.




[Am] the dreams we once had are distant, lost in a sea of regret


[E] there’s not much left that's unbroken


and [Am] words we’ll never forget


[Am] try and remember all the good times, but they seem so far away.


[E]I wish we had the answers


to keep [Am] our love from slipping away




.


Chorus


.






[Dm] Why do I keep


[Am] praying


That it [Dm] doesn’t have to be this


[Am] way


is there [Dm] anything I can


[Am] say or do


you know, [E] baby, I still love


[Am] you


[Dm] Why am I feeling


[Am] helpless


is there [Dm] anything I can


[Am] say or do


[Dm] Why am I feeling


[Am] helpless


because[E] baby, I still love


[Am] you


[Dm] Why am I feeling


[Am] helpless


you know [E] baby, I still love


[Am] you


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332 Reply by TIGLJK

(8 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Sounds great Graham.   I could n't help nut think -  "They called me the snowman"   "ghost Blues"   

Could it be a reflection of grey hair ?      smile   smile   smile

Looked like a lot of fun and a nice bar.

Jim     

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333 Reply by TIGLJK

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I wrote this song this morning  because Jan threw down the gauntlet challenge for the chordie song of the month smile
Graham - "aardvark "   baghahahahaha   it made me laugh out loud!

It's got all the words in it as usual.  I kinda got a little bit on the soapbox here, but i tried to mask it a bit.

Let me know what you think

(I also will post it in songwriting)

On The Wings Of Morning Doves by Jim Kenyon


[A]I dreamt I was riding a horse with no name


Through an octopuses’ garden in the [E]night


[E]There were free birds flying in the clouds


And Buffalo soldiers forced to [A]fight


.




[A]There were iron butterflies in the air


As werewolves of London howled at the [E] moon


[E]while politicians dove down their rabbit holes


As paper tigers dance to the money [A]tune


.




Chorus


[D]Dreams can be a place where no child goes hungry


[A]A place where the world knows only love


[D]a place where heart’s are filled with compassion


and [E]peace is found on the [D]wings of a morning [A]dove


.




[A]black crows singing singing for what it’s worth


and next thing I knew I was aboard Noah’s [E] ark


[E]a shaman appeared and asked me this question


why pass on the unicorn’s, but save the aard[A]vark ?


.






[A]I saw a Lion sleeping all through the night


and all the other animals were feeling very [E]lucky


Dogs were barking at the  cats  in a cradle


As men with hoods drank mint julips in Ken[A]tucky


.





Chorus


[D]Dreams can be a place where no child goes hungry


[A]A place where the world knowsonly love


[D]a place where heart’s are filled with compassion


and [E]peace is found on the [D]wings of a morning [A]dove


.




[A]As the dawn was starting to end the night


my dream put me in a car, I think it was a [E]Chevy


[E]and people were crying, as a few were dying


I drove it down by the river near a dry [A]levee


.




[A]My dream took me to a party at the Bohemian club


The members all had Rolls Royce’s with a plastic[E] Jesus


[E]I saw bombs with people’s names hidden in the clouds


since that apple in Eden, seems we do what [A]pleases.


.




Chorus


[D]Dreams can be a place where no child goes hungry


[A]A place where the world knowsonly love


[D]a place where heart’s are filled with compassion


and [E]peace is found on the [D]wings of a morning [A]dove


.




Outgo- a little slower


yeah and [E]peace is found on the [D]wings of a morning [A]dove


keep dreaming that[E]peace is found on the [D]wings of a morning [A]dove





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334 Topic by TIGLJK

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I wrote this song this morning  because Jan threw down the gauntlet challenge for the chordie song of the month smile

It's got all the words in it as usual.  I kinda got a little bit on the soapbox here, but i tried to mask it a bit.

Let me know what you think

(I also will post it in the SOTM Thread)


On The Wings Of Morning Doves by Jim Kenyon


[A]I dreamt I was riding a horse with no name


Through an octopuses’ garden in the [E]night


[E]There were free birds flying in the clouds


And Buffalo soldiers forced to [A]fight


.




[A]There were iron butterfliesin the air


As werewolves of London howled at the [E] moon


[E]while politicians dove down their rabbit holes


with paper tigers dancing to the money [A]tune


.




Chorus


[D]Dreams can be a place where no child goes hungry


[A]A place where the world knows only love


[D]a place where heart’s are filled with compassion


and [E]peace is found on the [D]wings of morning [A]doves


.




[A]black crows were singing hallelujah mama


while young people wondered for what it's [E]worth


[E]and all along the watchtower it seems


no one cares that blood still stains our[A]earth ?


.





[A] I saw a Lion sleeping all through the night


it was peaceful on the plains of the[E]savanna


but then I saw mama's crying, and good men dying


as men with hoods burned crosses in Ala[A]bama


.





Chorus


[D]Dreams can be a place where no child goes hungry


[A]A place where the world knows only love


[D]a place where heart’s are filled with compassion


and [E]peace is found on the [D]wings of morning [A]doves


.




[A]As the dawn was starting to end the night


my dream put me in a car, it was was a '59 [E]Chevy


[E]the snow was flying, the radio said the music was dying


so I drove myself down by the river to the[A]levee


.




[A]My dream took me to a party at the Bohemian club


The members all had Rolls Royce’s with plastic[E] Jesus'


[E]I saw bombs with people’s names hidden in the clouds


like that apple in Eden, seems we do whatever [A]pleases.


.




Chorus


[D]Dreams can be a place where no child goes hungry


[A]A place where the world knows only love


[D]a place where heart’s are filled with compassion


and [E]peace is found on the [D]wings of morning [A]doves


.




Outgo- a little slower


yeah and [E]peace is found on the [D]wings of morning [A]doves


keep dreaming that[E]peace is found on the [D]wings of morning [A]doves





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335 Reply by TIGLJK

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Thanks Phill

"Jusing" is a word that  means the writer used to have the word" just" right in front of the word "using", but when he edited it, he only took out the "ust" of just, thus creating the word "jusing" !    smile

Thanks for giving it a go when you get the time. As usual, feel free to make any musical adjustments you feel necessary. I 
I was reading historical prose and poetry from the 13th century (among others) actually, (CARME 85 FROM CATULLUS’ LIBER, DANTE’S VITA NOVA,GUIDO CAVAL CANTI’S RHYMES GASPARA STAMPA’S RHYMES  “SATURA”,  DON’T GO AWAY BY MARIO LUZI,  just to cite a few.  I read so many that I don't really remember which one that it was that had that line  {I think it was one of Dante's}  In Dante's Vita Nova (" New Life") he writes about a woman named Beatrice ( who becomes the focal point of many of his works) and he says "my first sight of her was at the age of nine "  .... "from that time forward, Love quite governed my soul”.   What a line - I almost used that as the genesis of my writing. { Maybe another one someday, smile } It's funny how words from so long ago effect you - I actually feel sometimes that I as read poetry like this I become one one the characters - it makes you feel their feelings sometimes.  It's a shame that most school's have moved  away from some of the greatest writing ever - choosing instead to have kids read a lot of modern junk and let them watch tic - tok instead.


Your insight is keen, as i actually just started out writing a poem and when it was done, I said " what the heck, why not throw some chords in there ?" 
I'm not sure if your allowed to make a "chorus" like I did - that's why I wrote "kinda" afterward with a  smile  .

Thanks again, Phill

Jim

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336 Topic by TIGLJK

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first of all , this song has nothing to with me or my life,  purely a figment of my imagination. 
I was reading a book and the line " life's never what it seems" kept coming up.  it kinda stuck in my head and when I picked up my guitar, this is what eventually came out. It probably ( or certainly)  will need some tweaking, but it's long and I'm spent.
So here it is.
Please let me know what you think .

Nothing’s ever what it seems By Jim Kenyon


Verse 1


.




[A]In the summer time when the [G]sun is warm


Love can[A] steal the hearts and minds of [G]men


I recall we [A]met on the [G]beach one night


my [D] life would never be the same again


.




[A]her eyes were blue, her [G]smile was deadly


Knew my [A] heart never stood a [G] chance


I watched her [A] silhouette moving a[G]gainst the sea


as [D] she swayed in a perfect moonlight dance




Chorus ( kinda smile )




and[E] I couldn’t [F#m]help wondering,


am I[A] caught up in a bad [G]dream


I[E] stood there watching [F#m]breathlessly


Thinking [A] what could [D]this really [E] mean


nothing’s [G] ever [D]what it [A]seems


.




Verse 2


.




[A] there’s something about [G]falling in love


Feeling [A] things that you never felt be[G]fore


It doesn’t [A] seem to have a[G] rhyme or reason


It [D]always leaves you begging for something more




.




[A] But we got caught in the [G]winds of change


She seemed [A] to lose the purpose in her [G] eyes


We tried to [A]mask the problems from [G] each other


But [D]seems it turned out to be a poor disguise




.


Chorus ( kinda smile )


.


and[E] I couldn’t [F#m]help wondering,


what’s[A] happening to our [D]dreams


I[E] stood there rather [F#m]hopelessly


Thinking [A] what could [D]this really [E] mean


nothing’s [G] ever [D]what it [A]seems




Verse 3


.





[A]It appeared she was [G]changing colors


I guess it [A]depends on your point of [G]view


Must be what[A] we had just wasn’t[G] good enough


She was [D]always looking for something new




.




[A]she said it wasn’t the [G] life she wanted


felt like [A] she was always running a[G]way


gave the [A] illusion that we’d [G]work it out,


but ]we [Dboth knew she couldn’t stay




Chorus ( kinda smile )


.




and [E] I couldn’t [F#m]help wondering,


what [A] was shattering all our [D]dreams


I[E] stood back in the [F#m]shadows


thinking [A] what could [D]this really [E] mean


nothing’s [G]ever [D]what it [A]seems




Verse 4


.




[A] I was thinkingabout[G] her this morning


but you [A] know that ain’t really big [G]news


it only [A]leads to misery [G]and an empty home


where [D] the only colors left are the blues




.




[A]don’t know what we could've [G] done different


we made [A]too many mistakes [G]along the way


I never [A]would’ve guessed it would lead to [G]this


where [D] there's no tomorrows, only yesterdays


.


Chorus ( kinda smile )


.


and [E] I couldn’t [F#m]help but to ask myself


through [A] all the pretense and the [D]schemes


did she[E] really ever have love for [F#m] me


was she [A] using me 'til it was [D]time to [E] leave


nothing’s [G] ever [D]what it [A]seems


nothing’s [G]ever [D]what it [A]seems


oh, nothing’s [G]ever [D]what it [A]seems





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337 Reply by TIGLJK

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Zurf wrote:

And many hats. One must wear a hat while playing. It's wrong if you don't.


Zurf,
No wonder I suck at playing guitar - I never wear a hat !   smile

Jim     

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338 Reply by TIGLJK

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Phill

I would love to see a picture of your studio !
PS - I am sure Ann is encouraging you, not nagging !
Everyone else -
I have way too many guitars - but I don't care.  smile
I'm not even good, but I like to play them and they are great conversation pieces when friends come over.
I always believe that I have to include a note in my will explaining to my wife not to sell them for what I told her I paid for them !
Here is a flow chart that indicates if you need more guitars.
https://guitarsquid.com/flowchart-do-yo … y-guitars/

Jim

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339 Reply by TIGLJK

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Phill
That farmer was brilliant ! 
you guys have such good historical insight - love these stories !
Jim     

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340 Reply by TIGLJK

(14 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)

Phill, Jan, and Peatle
Thanks for the kind words on this song - it was a fun one to create and perform.
Hope your ears are ok ! smile

Jim     

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341 Reply by TIGLJK

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Peatle

well written piece of factual history.
I just watched a news piece on the lottery system in the US

it operates basically on this       the jackpots is split   50% to the gov't and 50% among the winners.    however there is a 37% tax on the winners that goes back to the government.

so essentially - it becomes 13% to the winners and 87% to the government.
the odds of being a winner of the mega draw are 1 in 302,575,350


What the farmers should do is create their own 50 50 draw game and split it evenly with the winners.  and give the other half split up to the farmers that participate.

Just think if the government - for just 1 week - instead of using the money for the senseless things they do - just subsidized farmers with those earning.  JUST ONE WEEK out of the year .


Thanks for the great insight -( you as well Phill)     

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342 Reply by TIGLJK

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Phill
That song has superb guitar playing - sounds great.   (so jealous!)
Well written song.

keep them coming

Jim     

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343 Reply by TIGLJK

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Ok here is my version of the song I wrote for this month. 

https://soundcloud.com/tigljk/painting- … al_sharing

it's a cute song if you can get past my bad singing  smile     

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344 Reply by TIGLJK

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Ok ... so keeping up with my tradition of using all the words in a song - here is a little diddy I wrote this morning.
hard to describe how i played it.....kinda of a root note pick and then strum the chord
probably the hardest song yet to have to use 'em all !  smile


Me and You by Jim Kenyon


[G] drinking [C]wine and


[G] singing [C]songs and


[G]Kissing you [C] baby


[D] all night [G]long


.






[G] lights are [C] dim and


[G]the fire [C]burns bright


[G]hearts beat to[C]gether


[D]all through the [G]night


.




Chorus


.




[C]Oooh, Oooh, Aaah and[G] Dee,dee,dee


We’re [D]painting rainbows, just [G]you and me




[C] la de da , and [G] do, do, do,


We’re [D]always together, just [C]me and [G] you


.





[G]every [C]time, I


[G]hold you [C]tight, I


[G]know it’s [C]love, it


[D]feels so [G] right


.




[G]Ya'got my [C] love and


[G] I’ve got[C] yours, we’ve


[G] got each [C]other, who


[D]Could ask for[G] more


.




Chorus


.






[C]Oooh, Oooh, Aaah and[G] Dee,dee,dee


We’re [D]painting rainbows, just [G]you and me


[C] la de da , and [G] do, do, do,


We’re [D]always together, just [C]me and [G] you


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345 Reply by TIGLJK

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and we got Phill playing  lead
while Graham sings the blues

theres gotta be a song in here somewhere !  smile

I couldn't resist !     

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346 Reply by TIGLJK

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If you look at it again.. i made changes to lyrics ( I just can't help myself) smile
and changed it to the Key D - easier to play and fits my vocal a little better.
Thanks for giving it a look.

Jim     

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347 Reply by TIGLJK

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Phill

I sent you a couple.   Let me know if not received.
(used address that has " Boots " in it  smile

Jim     

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348 Reply by TIGLJK

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well, it's a bitter cold ( -24 wind chill currently with drifting snow) one here in upstate New York as well ,sipping Crown Royal  in front of the fire and wishing all my Chordie friends a very Merry Christmas (Happy Hanukkah) and a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous  New Year as well.

Thank you to all of you who serve as moderators or do special things for us.
Also hopeful best wishes to all of the former Chordie members who have been a part
of this great platform in the past. Wishing that everyone who can, will rejoin us, even if just to say hello.

Happy Holidays
Jim     

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349 Reply by TIGLJK

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Zurf 

I played this  video of that song in my Social Studies classes for years - what a remarkable story by the singer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5on4WK1MpA
and I can tell you that almost without fail, there were tears flowing from students as well.
I look forward to your version !

Jim

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350 Reply by TIGLJK

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Thanks Jan

I think it's a real pretty Christmas song. I would like someone that can actually play and sing to give it a go.

Merry Christmas
Thank you for your kind words !
Jim     

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