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Thanks Ken,
You have obviously read the lyics carefully to note that and I had not noticed the implication.
For clarification the 'Taking wrong advice from family, friends and lovers' refers to the bitter fighting after the seperation. For several years we were both torn between doing right by our daughter and appeasing new partners. It was a horrendous time for both of us and much was said and done that should not, but we are older and wiser now and have put all that behind us.
Roger
Hi Ken,
Glad to see you back writing again, it has been a while.
Great chord sequence, I enjoyed playing it apart from the Amsus2 - that is a killer. Sorry I cheated and played Asus2 instead as the jump to the 8th fret and back again without a lot of practice was not feasable. I could not find an alternative shape but I am sure that there must be one, please let me know.
Well done, Sire,
Roger
Thank you for your comments. However most of the credit is Sue's as she did the hard part writing the lyrics. Unfortunately she is not a member of Chordie (although I know she views the postings) so she is unable to comment herself.
She had no idea what I was doing to her poem until I put it on Myspace and asked her to listen to a new song I had put there. She had not kept a copy it and was somewhat shocked and surprised to hear me singing her words, but she did like it and gave me permission to post it here.
Roger
PS the lippy was hard to remove!! 
That just goes to show that all mistakes are not bad then. Glad you kept it in.
Roger
A little while ago Sue my first wife (we divorced 30 odd years ago) sent me a poem. Me being me I decided to put it to music so here it is. I have also recorded it although it is really a ladies song, so you will have to imagine me in a wig, dress and with lippy on if you listen to it. The photo is us on our wedding day.
http://www.myspace.com/rogerguppy
That is a beautiful song. The chords flow very well and I particularly like the F, Fm, C change.
Schizophrenia is a terrible illness both for the sufferer and those close to them, your love for your mother shows in abundance.
Thank you for sharing it, and as James has already said please keep on writing.
Roger
Hi Lefty46,
"Even In The Quitest Moments" is listed on Chordie at: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.u … ;id=119146
I cannot help with "Sister Moonshine" though.
Roger
Hello to you Stri,
Welcome to Chordie it is great to have you aboard.
Why not tell us a little about yourself, where you are from, what guitar you play and how long have you been playing?
Roger
Is it safe to enter this thread yet? Has Helena put away the frying pan? I think so!
I wanted to add if that is a 'very rough recording' I am going for music lessons. It was fine, played well and sung beautifully.
Roger
Hi Jeff,
I too have listen to and enjoyed your "Sleepy Time Song". Well done.
Roger
Ji Jeff,
I just 'Badeyed' your song and I have decided that if you make such a good one I am coming over for a cup. How about it, got a pot on?
Roger
Hey Weedjie,
A beautiful song, I am so sorry that such a tragedy brought it into being. A wonderful trubute to a much loved brother.
Thank you for sharing it,
Roger
Seven or eight years ago I went to see Chris De Burgh play at an open air concert just outside Nottingham at Belvoir (pronounced Beaver) Castle and I have two very memorable memories of the event.
Chris was playing with a full entourage of musicans and backing singers but when it came to the break everyone disappeared except him. He entertained us alone for the whole break playing and singing requests, which was magic.
The other was the face of the security guard who had threatened to eject us from the concert for dancing, we were right at the front of the stage. Chris looked at us and said that if we wanted to dance then it was OK to do so. The security guard's face was a picture, but if looks could kill...........
A great evening with a fantastic firework display to finish.
Roger
Hi John,
The absolute beauty of songs posted with just the chords is that there is no given melody. You make your own melody to suit the chords.
A while ago Ken (upyerkilt) and I both recorded 'So Vivid' one of James's songs. Both were completely different and both our versions were different to James's.
There is no right or wrong melody, if you are singing in key with the chord you are playing you have got to be right. I find it great fun.
I think your approach was right. There are, to me, two ways of coming up with a melody for a song. 1/ Play a chord progression and let the melody come freely, or the harder way 2/ Think of a melody and then find the chords to suit it.
Roger
Hello Boo,
Welcome to Chordie, it seems this morning that new members are having printing problems.
I cannot offer much help on this one apart from the obvious. Are you sure that your printer has not run out of blue ink?
Other may be able to offer more technical asistance.
Roger
Hi Videobob,
Welcome to Chordie from one old man to another.
I assume you are using the print instruction from the top of you computer screen which can give this problem. If you look half way down the song you want to print there is a print tab there which will print out what you see on the screen.
I hope that helps,
Roger
Hi Boxer,
I have just posted a reply to your similar question in the Song Request section and guess what? My reply is practically the same as James's.
As James has said there are many of your Chordie friends that will help if you need it.
Roger
Hi Boxer,
Although I cannot think of a suitable song at the moment, I have a better idea. Why not write a song for him yourself? You have plenty of time to do it.
I know you are capable as you have just posted a song in the Songwriting section. I would suggest you enlist the help of family and friends on the QT to tell you of interesting, amusing and embarrassing things from his younger days and also use your memories of him whilst growing up.
I cannot think of a greater present that a parent could receive from his child. OK I know you are a grown woman but I bet you are still your Dad's little girl. I know my thirty seven year old daughter is mine and always will be.
Roger
Hi Trevor,
It is not strictly true that Chordie has a my space. Some time ago there were several members wondering how and where to upload songs they had recorded. I contacted Pere (the founder of Chordie) and with his blessing set up a MySpace called Friends of Chordie for the exclusive use of Chordie members.
Several of the early contributors have now set there own MySpace sites.
The URL is: http://www.myspace.com/friendsofchordie
I have submitted a friends request to you.
Roger
Hi Saba,
I have the advantage over all your Chordie friends as I have been able to play your song for a while and I am so pleased that you have now posted the chords for everyone. (There were problems with my e-mails getting through which have caused the delay).
I was very impressed when you you posted the lyrics but the chords have made it a real song. I have played it many times now and I think it is a wonderful song.
All that remains now is to cajole you into recording it so we can all hear it. How about it?
Well done and thank you,
Roger
Hi GM,
A lovely little song there taking me back to my youth.
I like the chord progression although I struggled a little with the timing so I think that you should record it so we can hear it the way it is meant to be.
Well done,
Roger
Hi Boxer,
I just have played your song and a nice romantic number it is too. I too would love to hear you perform it, please give it a go.
Roger
Hi John,
A fine song about a tragic event, something that should not happen in a civilized society but unfortunately it all to often does.
Whilst 'googling' for information I found a petition to the Metrpolotan Police asking for more help for women in Banaz's situation and was able to add my name to it.
Thank you for the song.
Roger
I also have two guitars, my Fender electro/acoustic and my 'Mean Green Music Machine' J&D Brothers strat copy electric.
Roger
Hello Gludiamaximus,
You can post your songs in the songwriting section for all members to see. If you put them into chopro format they will be shown in a very easy to read way. James's 'sticky' at the start of the section explains how it is done.
If however it is recording of your songs then they can be uploaded to Friends of Chordie, a MySpace site that I maintain especially for Chordie members.
You cannot however have songs put into the Chordie library as Chordie does not host any songs. It is a search engine to locate lyrics and chords from the internet to make looking for a song very easy. There is more information in the Resources section about this.
Roger
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