4,001 Reply by Roger Guppy

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Emma,

Wonderful lyrics with much feeling and emotion. I have just checked back through your posts to confirm what I thought I remembered. You are just 12, unless you have had a birthday since May, which makes these lyrics even more remarkable.

I am really looking forward to seeing the chords put to this song. Well done.

Roger

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4,002 Reply by Roger Guppy

(1 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Hello Hi16,

If you open a song that you want to add to your songbook and look half way down the page on the right you will see a tag 'Add to Songbook'. Click on that and it will be copied to your songbook.

Hope that helps,

Roger

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4,003 Reply by Roger Guppy

(9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Happy Birthday for last Saturday Badeye,

Great to hear you had such a good time, keep Jamming.

Roger

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4,004 Reply by Roger Guppy

(8 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Hi Mountaingirl,

The short answer is yes although it may take a while to appear if just left. When you have the song posted elswere note the URL, open 'Resources' at the top of the page, then open 'Add song to the index', type in the URL and Amin will see that it gets put in the Index promptly.

Incidently the song must be in chopro format to be accepted and you can see how that is done in the 'Sticky' at the start of the Songwriting section.

Roger

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4,005 Reply by Roger Guppy

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Bonedaddy,

A lovely song for a lovely lady, I love the chord sequence and playing it was a pleasure. Well done.

Thank you,

Roger

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4,006 Reply by Roger Guppy

(25 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Ken,

I think I will have to re-write this song especially for your benefit but if I do I will probably not be able to re-post it here. lol

Of course you could always unleash your fertile imagination and re-write it yourself if you wish and from the sounds of it make a better job than I could as you seem to know about these things than I do. lol

Roger

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4,007 Reply by Roger Guppy

(20 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Hi Jerome,

I spend little time in Bands and Artists and I missed this so I see I shall have to visit more often. Anyway a little Irish songbird has just told me about your recording so I have looked, found and listened and I have to say I enjoyed your songs. One thing that I particularly liked was the guitar intro to the "Circus Song" well done to who ever played that in fact well done to all of you. I will keep and eye on the site.

Roger

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4,008 Reply by Roger Guppy

(25 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thank you Ken, Arkady, Badeye and Bonedaddy,

I am pleased to hear that I am not the only one who is soft with his pets because I was the one who came to Portugal and said "Definitely no pets they are too much of a commitment". Bonedaddy I had not heard that saying before, it is well worth remembering.

Helena, who has slipped a post in while I was writing this, thank you for your kind words but did you have to remind everyone that Henry is more intelligent than I and realised the danger of aerosols and flame lol.

When I moved here there were four dogs and Henry went missing for 5 days leaving little T.T. on her own. On the third night there was such a commotion and yelping and the dogs have ever since given the cats a wide berth.

Thank you all again,

Roger

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4,009 Reply by Roger Guppy

(12 replies, posted in About Chordie)

jerome.oneil wrote:

I'm #8!  Woohoo! 

/ buffs nails on shirt....

Yes Jerome, you and everyone on that list deserve a pat on the back. You all make sensible (well most of the time lol), meaningful comments and not just any old rubbish to increase the count and all of you have the right attitude towards Chordie and it's members and each one of you is worthy of praise.


Roger

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4,010 Reply by Roger Guppy

(30 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

A couple of suggestions for you:

Drums in Kneed

Crutched Percussion

The Legless Drummer Band

Roger

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4,011 Topic by Roger Guppy

(25 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Before anyone starts thinking kinky leather straps and things there is an old addage that 'dogs have owners and cats have slaves' and this little ditty is based on that. It is of course dedicated to my two cats, T.T. (Twinkle Toes) and Henry, although I am in reality only guardian to Henry, and it is put here for your amusement.

I have recorded it on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/rogerguppy

Roger


Slaveby Roger Guppy


A slow waltz






Intro:


[G][C][G][D]


.


.


Verse 1:




[G]I am a [C]slave to [G]Henry and [D]T.T.,


For[C]ever at [D]their beck and [G]call,[D]


[G]When they de[C]mand I must [G]give right [D]away,


And [C]I get [D]no pay at [G]all.[D]


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.


Verse 2:




[G]TT was the [C]first to [G]come to my [D]home,


She tried my [C]seats, my [D]bed and my [G]mat,[D]


De[G]cided my [C]place would [G]suit her just [D]fine,


Adopted [C]me, and moved [D]in, just like [G]that.[D]


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.


Verse 3:




[G]Then Henry's [C]mum had to [G]move to the U[D]K,


And though [C]fit, he [D]has F.I.[G]V.,[D]


So [G]he could not [C]go and he [G]had to stop [D]here,


So he [C]moved in with [D]T.T. and with [G]me.[D]



.


.


Chorus 1:




[C]Henry and [D]T.T. [C]are both slave [D]drivers,


They de[C]mand all my [D]time and [G]attention,[D]


But [C]I do not [D]really [C]lose out at [D]all,


In [C]return I get their [D]love and [G]affection.[D]


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.


Verse 4:




I [G]spend more on [C]them than my[G]self each [D]week,


They get [C]prawns for [D]breakfast and [G]chicken for [D]tea,


[G]I just get [C]Corn Flakes and baked [G]potato or [D]fries,


So they get [C]fed far [D]better than [G]me.[D]


.


.


Chorus 2:




[C]Henry and [D]T.T. [C]are both slave [D]drivers,


And [C]I must [D]be completely [G]bats,[D]


[C]I should be in [D]charge as [C]I am the [D]human,


And [C]Henry and [D]T.T. are both [G]cats.[C][G]



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4,012 Reply by Roger Guppy

(12 replies, posted in About Chordie)

As I have access to how many posts members have made, for interest sake, I will list the top 10

James McCormick 1264
Gitaardocphil        1012
Upyerkilt               993
Old Doll                 737
Roger Guppy         717
Badeye                 593
Bootlegger            550
Jerome O'Neil        528
Admin                   465
Jets60                   427

As you can see only three people have posted more messages than Old Doll and I do agree that she has been, and still is, a much valued Member of Chordie and would make an excellent Moderator. She would certainly be my first choice if an opening arose.

Roger

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4,013 Reply by Roger Guppy

(1 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Go to your old Songbook, delete the songs first and then you will see a tab to delete the Songbook.

Roger

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4,014 Reply by Roger Guppy

(25 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Ok I am showing my age again with some of these but what about:

The Everly Brothers
Mamas and Papas
Simon and Garfunkel
Peter, Paul and Mary
John Denver
Glen Campbell
Buddy Holly
Roy Orbison

All greats and certainly musical influences for me.

Roger

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4,015 Reply by Roger Guppy

(2 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Hi GuitarHero81,

Your Songbook should allow you to have 100 songs in it before you have to start a new one.
There seems to be a problem here but I think that only Per, the founder of Chordie, can sort for you.

The only thing that I could suggest is to make a new one anyway and put the six songs you already have into it and then delete your original one.

Roger

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4,016 Reply by Roger Guppy

(8 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Hi Mountaingirl,

Welcome to you as a new Chordie Member. By the very fact that you have signed in to Chordie you are a Member of Chordie. It is as simple as that.

The Songwriting section is for Chordie Members to show their own compositions of original music and lyrics for fellow Members play and comment on.

Previously published music and lyrics by non-members is covered by copyright laws and Chordie could be closed down for hosting them so Chordie searches for what is already on the Internet, sorts them by Artist and alphabetically so you can quickly find songs that you are looking for.

So you can write an original piece and show it in the Songwriting section but I am afraid you cannot work out the tabs, chords and lyrics to someone else's work and put that on Chordie.

I hope that explains it better for you. Please post again if you need any clarification.

Take care,

Roger

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4,017 Topic by Roger Guppy

(0 replies, posted in About Chordie)

This message is for those of you wanting to post known songs that are not in Chordie's library.

Unfortunately Chordie does not host any songs, apart from the original ones by Members in the Songwriting section. Chordie is a search engine and it collects the location of songs already on the Internet and sorts them alphabetically and by artiste to make them easy to find. Although the songs appear to be on Chordie, they are not, the clever programming just makes it appear that they are. There are legal reasons concerning copyright laws that prevent Chordie from hosting songs.

You cannot post the lyrics of songs for which you do not hold the copyright in your messages either. The 'Sticky' at the start of the Song Requests section from Per, the founder of Chordie, shows how serious he takes this.

However if you post songs on a site that does host songs (and they must be in Chopro format) you can have Chordie access it and it will appear here. Send the information of the song and it's location to: admin@chordie.com

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4,018 Reply by Roger Guppy

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Good lyrics there Snowden and like Daddycool I am looking forward to seing the chords with it and maybe a recording for FoC.

Well done,

Roger

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4,019 Reply by Roger Guppy

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi again Snowden,

As a temporary measure I have uploaded "Bluer Than You" to a new MySpace I have opened to keep the songs of mine that friends are using on their MySpace. I did not realise that if I removed a song from mine it also deleted it from the others so this site will not get changed for a while and I can leave it there for you. I will warn you if I have to remove it at a later date. The URL is: http://www.myspace.com/roger4songs

The photo I have used is the Snowden mountain in Alaska.

I hope that helps you until something more permanent can be set up.

Roger

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4,020 Reply by Roger Guppy

(1 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Hi Ifreemantoo,

Welcome to Chordie and I am sorry that your first posting is to try and sort out a bug.

I have just checked the song which is URL: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.b … nt=4123315
and the same happens to me also. I am afraid that this one for Per, the brains behind Chordie, to sort out.

Roger

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4,021 Reply by Roger Guppy

(18 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Bonedaddy,

A great song this I really enjoyed playing it and singing it although I must admit to to liking the F and G as used in the third line of the first verse better than the Dm and A in the third line of the others.

Whether one is a believer or not it is a lovely song and one does not have to believe in a God to be a good, thoughtful and careing person.

Thank you,

Roger

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4,022 Reply by Roger Guppy

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Snowden,

Unfortunately with MySpace you can only have 4 songs on at a time and I have always replaced the oldest when a new one was uploaded. I still of course have your song, and every other one, on my hard drive. There are three options that I can think of:

One. I re-upload old songs either on a regular basis or upon request.

Two. I invent two or three more e-mail addresses to open more FoC MySpaces (I am running four already).

Three. I find somewhere else that will accept more than 4 songs and upload then there.

As I run FoC for Chordie Members what do you guys and gals think?


Roger

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4,023 Reply by Roger Guppy

(7 replies, posted in Acoustic)

This has been posted before by others but is a handy link to keep in your favourites to identify chords: http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/chord_name.php

Roger

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4,024 Reply by Roger Guppy

(31 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Firstly apologies to you all for the delay in completing this recording. Unfortunately, due to boring technical reasons, Helena, James and I were unable to complete this song as a trio as we had hoped. So I am afraid it is a solo from me. However we do hope to be able to trio at a later date.

Secondly apologies to Weedjie and Jeff as I made some alterations to the chords they had posted. Weedjie, I felt that it should be a 4 line verse and not 6 but loved the D, D4 combination so much that I kept it as a break between verses also. Jeff I added a Dmaj7 to your chorus as I felt that it kept the right feeling to the song. I have posted the chords I used and I have recorded the song on FoC: http://www.myspace.com/friendsofchordie

Arsdteach who wanted lyrics to work with, or anyone else for that matter, can rework and record this song if they wish and I will gladly remove my version from FoC to make way for theirs.

Thank you to Alex (Scrimmy82) for the great idea to start this thread.

Roger


All Chordieby Chordie Songwriters


All chords are one bar except the underlined D, D4 and they are half a bar each


Intro:


[C][G][D][D4]


.


.


Verse 1:


The [G]night was drawing [C]in and [D]cold air filled the [D4]sky,


[G]I could see for[C]ever sparkling [D]deep within her [D4]eyes,


[C]Nothing could be [D]clearer as we [G]gazed into the [Em]stars,


[C]That nothing comes be[D]tween two [C]people sharing [D]hearts. [D4] [D] [D4]


.


.


Verse 2:


The [G]touch of your [C]soft hand [D]brushed away your [D4]lies,


The [G]touch of your [C]lips [D]eased my breaking [D4]heart,


The [C]smell of your [D]skin made me [G]think of the [Em]time,


[C]First time [D]holding you to be [C]mine all [D]mine. [D4] [D] [D4]


.


.


Verse 3:


As the [G]flash of a [C]shooting star [D]lit up the [D4]night,



[G]Something started [C]stirring [D]beyond the eerie [D4]light,


We [C]felt it both [D]deep inside the [G]marrow of our [Em]bones,


While the [C]wind whistled [D]through the trees in [C]melancholy [D]tones. [D4] [D] [D4]


.


.


Chorus:


[D]Dance in the [Dmaj7]darkness [C]dance still for [G]me.


[D]Just enfold [Dmaj7]me in the [C]ecsta[G]sy


[D]Hold me [Dmaj7]till the [C]night light [G]dims


Into [C]nothingness and [D]all that [G]is. [D] [D4] [D] [D]


.


.


Verse 4:


The [G]cold night said good[C]bye warm [D]daylight filled the [D4]sky,


For[G]ever was still [C]sparkling with[D]in her sleepy [D4]eyes,


[C]This is a [D]new day a [G]bright new shining [Em]way,


And [C]you are the [D]reasonthat [C]I will [D]for[D4]ever [G]stay.


[C] [D] [D4] [G]



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4,025 Reply by Roger Guppy

(2 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi David,

I have writen to your e-mail twice offering help and I also sent a chopro formatted version of your last song to you so you can see how it is done. (It is possible you may not have received them hence my message on your last thread). I am perfectly willing to help you get the hang of Chopro so please write to my e-mail address if you want help.

Roger

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