I like the idea of this song but I need to hear how it goes. I wasn't able to get it right when I tried.
402 2019-03-17 02:47:24
Re: What My Life’s About (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Jim - I will try to get it recorded...I'm a bit behind on a few of my newer songs.
403 2019-03-16 22:46:49
Topic: What My Life’s About (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Just a reflective song about my life and the path I've taken.
What My Life’s About by - Jeff Gilpin
3/16/2019
V[.]1
[G]Old McDonald had a farm was a song I used to know.
Then I [C]joined the military and learned a[G]nother version so
I could [C]sing away my troubles [G]laugh away my fears, and
Get through the [D]learning, and the growing,
And to [D]keep my doubt from showing
While I [D]got along and made it through the [C]years.
C[.]1
And I [Em]made it through the times that I didn’t know I could
While the [G]world was a changing, society rearranging,
And I [Em]learned how I could fit in, and I learned to get it done,
And I [D]learned to work a job and [C]somehow make it fun.
V[.]2
[G]After many years of military I finally moved along.
Then I [C]set my sights on doing [G]what next came along.
A job sup[C]porting what for years I’d [G]done for a long while,
Trying to [D]take all what I knew,
Put my [D]feet into different shoes,
And I [D]learned to work my new job, but [C]in a different style.
C[.]2
And I [Em]managed to learn the differences from what I did before,
While the [G]world was still a changing, society rearranging,
And just [Em]when I’d learned to fit in, and I’d learned just what to do,
The [D]world exploded one day [C]somehow split into.
V[.]3
[G]After 9/11, on that fateful year I learned
How to [C]redirect my anger and my [G]heart all full of scorn.
I had to [C]focus on the changes, and the [G]changes yet to come,
While [D]my world was rebuilding,
For [D]me and all my siblings,
And to [D]finish all that still needed to be [C]done.
C[.]3
And [Em]where I was needed changed from time to time,
But the [G]focus on the mission never left my mind,
And it’s [Em]still with me today of that I have no doubt.
It’s helped me [D]know in my heart what my [C]life’s about.
404 2019-03-15 22:56:32
Re: Second Time Easy (2 replies, posted in Poems)
Enjoyed this Scott. Looking forward to hearing it all together.
405 2019-02-17 16:33:30
Re: Innocent Hearts (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Enjoyed that Jim. Very introspective and yet something I think everyone can relate to: indecision, conflicting emotions, and figuring out what to do in all these difficult situations that come at us in life.
406 2019-02-17 15:09:54
Re: The Remembered Song (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hehehe....thank you Jim.
407 2019-02-17 03:16:48
Re: The Remembered Song (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Much appreciated Neo.
408 2019-02-16 23:16:08
Re: The Remembered Song (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thank you Pete. Glad you enjoyed it.
409 2019-02-16 16:17:53
Re: The Remembered Song (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Up on soundcloud now - https://soundcloud.com/jets60/the-remembered-song
410 2019-02-09 14:47:48
Re: SING ME AN OLD SONG. (13 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Phill - I love it - I agree with Pete, has kind of a pub song feel to it. I can picture a pub sing-a-long...getting me thirsty now. 
411 2019-02-08 04:09:20
Re: The Remembered Song (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks you all. Phill - I will try and get this up on sound cloud soon.
412 2019-02-08 04:07:53
Re: HOMEPORT (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Hey Scott - I'm glad to get the music side started. I'm looking forward to see where HOMEPORT ends up.
413 2019-02-07 02:54:55
Topic: The Remembered Song (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I wrote this the other night. I was remembering how a could song take me back to the time when music was just music, and not a time machine.
The Remembered Song Jeff Gilpin
2/4/2019
Intro
Am Bm Am Bm D G Em Am Bm
Verse 1
[Am]Today, I remembered a song from the [Bm]radio.
[Am]Used to listen to long ago, I [Bm]knew.
[D]Back when time moved kind of [G]slow, [Em]
And [Am]I knew less about what now I [Bm]do.
Chorus
[Em]Ah but now
Looking [G]back,
At [Am]what I gained,
what I [Bm]lacked.
[Em]I didn’t know;
I didn’t [G]care.
[Am]Time so fleeting
Me una[D]ware. [D7]
Verse 2
And it stirred something in me.
The song it made me feel,
But I didn’t know those feelings
Were all just as real, way back then.
chorus
Verse 3
Back then, finding my way in life
Down a path leading who knew where,
Sorrow, happiness or some delight,
A broken heart, and trying not to care.
chorus
fade on the last Bm
414 2019-02-03 02:12:34
Re: The Eagles (1 replies, posted in Song requests)
Hey Castielle679. Welcome to Chordie and the Song requests forum. I suggest you read the first topic in this forum, "PLEASE READ THIS FIRST!!" Here is a link to help you get there: https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=120
415 2019-02-02 13:36:28
Re: How to write a song (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Pete - Here is my two cents on songwriting. For me song ideas can come anytime, but I have to be ready and receptive to take whatever inspiration I happen to have at that moment and turn it into a song. Driving these days, I hardly ever listen to music on the radio. To and from work I'll have on news radio, WTOP here in the DC area, and sometimes a song idea strikes. I'll turn off the radio and try and wrap my head around that idea. I used to send myself voicemails on my phone but I've stopped; if the idea is good it usually stays with me now. The ideas can be musical, some tune in my head that I grab a guitar when I get home and expand on, or any other thoughts when it is not musical...people, events, stuff that brings on emotion...happiness or sadness or all in between. When it's words, I try and focus on turning it into a story, but a story can be simple or can be complex and both can turn into good songs. A story can be as simple as checking the mail, taking out the trash, seeing something and thinking about it, remembering something and thinking about it, wanting something or not not wanting something.I try and stay observant and take whatever I think about or I see and I'll see if it turns into a song, and if it doesn't then that's okay too. Sometimes the mere act of trying to write can set you down that path more often, but if it doesn't at that time it will usually keep the creative pumps primed. Hope this helps.
416 2019-01-25 00:46:47
Re: Beaching (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks you two. We plan to have a lot of fun.
417 2019-01-24 02:50:54
Topic: Beaching (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
The other day my wife an I were trying to figure out where we would go on vacation early this spring. We settled on one of the southern Japanese islands I went to for training back in my USAF days, but my wife had never been to, Okinawa. We're still working out the details, but just talking about it brought back my memories of visiting there in the early 90s. Kind of a good thought after the single digits and below zero wind chill we had here earlier this week...
Beaching By Jeff Gilpin
1/23/2019
Intro strumming C
[ . ]
[C]Sitting on a beach out on an island.
[C]Listening as the waves lap on the shore.
[F]Shut my eye and smiling while I’m sitting.
[F]Warm ocean breeze I want some [G]more.
[ . ]
[C]Sun is on my shoulders while I’m lounging.
[C]Gazing out into a turquoise sea.
[F]Simple serenity I want to drown in.
[F]Nothing in the world to bother [G]me.
[ . ]
[Am]Life is out there while I’m checking out.
[F]Waiting for me while I am a[C]way.
[Am]Knowing I’ll eventually get back,
[F]But for now I’m content to [G]stay.
[ . ]
[C]Grab my snorkel, goggles and my flippers.
[C]Throw a tee-shirt on to keep me warm.
[F]Get equipped and wade on in the water.
[F]Check the sky there is no chance of [G]storm.
[ . ]
[C]I sink below the surface reacquainting.
[C]Remembering when I should breath and not.
[F]Looking all around I see the ocean.
[F]Swimming then I dive down from the [G]top.
[ . ]
[Am]Checking out the life under the water
[F]Hidden from my vision on the [C]land.
[Am]Nothing up above I have to ponder.
Just the [F]water, coral, sea life and a [G]whole bunch of sand.
[ . ]
[C]Eventually I come out of the water.
[C]Toweling off then laying in the sun.
[F]Dried off; the sun is feeling hotter.
[F]Wondering what’s left to be [G]done.
[ . ]
[C]For the life of me I can think of nothing
[C]That I have to get done this day.
[F]I slip on my shades and I begin
[F]To let all my troubles slip a[G]way. [CMaj7]
418 2019-01-21 03:37:52
Re: Meant To Be (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Haven't tried it yet but I do like the way your lyrics flow.
419 2019-01-15 02:25:01
Re: Waiting on the Snow to Fall (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks very much TF.
420 2019-01-14 18:59:29
Re: Waiting on the Snow to Fall (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks very much Pete.
421 2019-01-13 18:12:03
Re: Waiting on the Snow to Fall (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks you two. I am a Willy Nelson fan too so I don't doubt he influences my writing. I wasn't trying to sing like Willy but it just came out that way I suppose.
422 2019-01-13 15:28:58
Re: Waiting on the Snow to Fall (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Songs up if you want to hear it: https://soundcloud.com/jets60/waiting-o … ow-to-fall
423 2019-01-13 15:00:03
Re: Waiting on the Snow to Fall (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Jim...I'm in from shoveling now so I'll put my version up soon...found a typo in the first chorus....(second line ends E E7 not D D7)...although the second one is correct.
424 2019-01-13 13:42:45
Re: Waiting on the Snow to Fall (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Phill. I do plan to record this, after a round of shoveling to clean my driveway and sidewalk that is.
425 2019-01-12 18:03:45
Topic: Waiting on the Snow to Fall (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Cold day with weather coming has tied me down today so I thought I would write a song about it. For some reason, like many of my songs, it turned country; although, no dog dies in this song, or for that matter, in the writing of the song. Anyway, I hope you enjoy.
Waiting on the Snow to Fall By Jeff Gilpin
Capo 1
.
Verse A A7 D; A A7 E; A A7 D; A E A
Chorus D D7 A; A A7 E E7; A A7 D; A E A
.
Intro - strumming or finger picking around A
.
[A]Waiting on the [A7]snow to fall in the [D]morning.
[A]Supposed to start [A7]sometime to[E]day.
[A]Waiting on the [A7]snow to fall so [D]staying home for now,
And [A]waiting for the [E]weather to come my [A]way.
.
[A]Winter weekend [A7]cold and gray and [D]lonely.
[A]Thinking any[A7]time my phone’s gonna [E]ring.
[A]Waiting for a [A7]sign you’re still thinking [D]of me,
And I’ll keep [A]waiting on though [E]I’m not hearing a [A]thing. [A7]
.
[D]Thinking about the [D7]last time I [A]saw you.
With [A]tears you told me [A7]you were moving [E]on. [E7]
All [A]I could do was [A7]stand there feeling [D]helpless,
[A]Wondering what I’d [E]done to make it [A]wrong.
.
So I’m just [A]sitting here [A7]looking out my [D]window.
Trees [A]standing still though [A7]weather’s coming [E]soon.
[A]Watching while I [A7]wait on for a[D]nother day.
[A]Keeping time a[E]lone here in this [A]room.
.
[A]Not sure what to [A7]do while I’m [D]waiting.
[A]Nothing seems to [A7]be the thing to [E]do.
[A]Trapped inside my [A7]thoughts that roll and [D]tumble,
With [A]every path I [E]think leading to [A]you.
.
[D]And I try and re[D7]call every [A]detail;
[A]Though, it seems your [A7]picture starts to [E]fade. [E7]
The [A]longer you’re a[A7]way I’m thinking [D]maybe
I can [A]get out of this [E]puzzle that you [A]made.
.
So I’m [A]waiting on the [A7]snow to fall this [D]morning.
[A]Supposed to start [A7]sometime in the [E]day.
[A]Waiting on the [A7]snow to fall so [D]staying home for [D7]now,
And [A]waiting for the [E]weather to come my [D]way.
...let the D linger and fade.....