Hi charlie517 & welcome to the chordie forum!
I agree with jets60 - there is a song in you.

If this is your first song then keep it simple - there is no need for flashy fretwork or complexities.  Keep it short and sweet and sincere.  Three chords will probably be sufficient.

For the lyric, think about what makes her special and what she loves to do.  Maybe think about some stuff that you have done together.  Think about what she is proud of in herself.

Jot down words, phrases, images whatever comes to mind.
Don't get all hung up on sounding like anybody but yourself.
Don't get all hung up on having it all make perfect sense - love never makes perfect sense.
A series of images or phrases strung together might be the perfect message.
Sometimes, the less sense a song makes the more artsy and poetic it may seem.
Pick a simple song that you like & model your chord changes on that.

Song writing is tricky to get started at - but then it becomes impossible to stop because it is so much fun. 

Here is link to 'the progressionator' which is a gizmo that helps choose chords - it might help ticke your muse:
http://www.hotfrets.com/songanator.asp

James

Hi daddycool - To upload songs to your MySpace Music page do this:
Log in to MySpace
On your home page, find and click 'edit profile'
There are several tabs - click 'Manage Songs'
You will be asked to supply the song's title and some other info
After filling in those blanks, you will get a screen that asks you to tell it where the mp3 file is on your computer.  Once you pick the file, you hit 'upload' and wait while a copy of the file is sent.  This step might take a couple of minutes.
After the sound file is uploaded, you can also upload an image (optional).  I like to search Google Image to find something to accompany my songs.  I find and save the image file before starting the song upload process.
After the image loads, you can select what order your songs appear (won't matter for the first one).

This process seems complex at first, but after you've done it a couple of times it is relatively trouble-free.  Hope this helps,  James

Touche', Ken!

Yep, I do actually believe in all that stuff . . .
At my age (51), most people are rather cynical and sour - but I still have a good bit of idealism and a generally rosy outlook.

Perhaps it is because I work every day with bright and capable college students.  Or, perhaps it is because I am a very shallow guy and being positive is more fun than being sour . . .

Excellent song, bonedaddy - would love to hear you stomp & howl this one out!

The Dixie Chicks are simply suffering the consequences of allowing themselves to originally be packaged as 'mainstream' country and then marketed as 'cutesy little ladies'.  They were always round pegs in that square hole.

Regarding the fact that they are still 'off the play list' for many radio stations:
Unfortunately, it is rare for radio stations to do their own programming anymore.  Most commercial station's play lists come down the food chain from corporate entities that own many stations in different markets.

The days of 'local' radio are long gone.  The very few surviving independent commercial stations are probably doomed to wither away as local revenue sources (ad $) evaporate.

Hello again zoomuk - Seems I gave you a bum steer.  After posting earlier message I looked through the widgets and only found 'Tabit' which is just a tab-search tool.

However, a little more digging turned up this site:
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/GuitarTab/

Perhaps this will suit your needs?   James

daddycool - this is like a little novel crammed into a song.  Very much like it.

At the risk of opening a big stinky can of worms - here are my thoughts on what I think your song is all about:
I think mother's are so fiercely protective of their sons because they are well aware of how truly mean girls can be.  Young men and boys are so oblivious when it comes to the subtle manipulations and persuasive charms of the female species.

Mother's grew up playing all the head games girls play and they realize their son's are totally unaware of the subtle yet potentially very hurtful intrigues of girls.  Young men and boys are often like trusting puppies - naive and playful.  Girls can be way out ahead of them socially from an early age.

Yep, a meeting of the chordie nation would be fun.

On the one hand, campgrounds are cheap but getting to the location would probably mean renting a car for many out-of-towners.  There's nothing better than a campfire to encourage creativity.  Most state parks have nice campgrounds with showers and large picnic shelters.  Sound system would only be needed for electric players who couldn't bring all their gear.

On the other hand, hotels are more accessible for travelers (airport shuttles, cabs, etc.) and civilized amenities are certainly convenient.  Plus, weather would not be a concern.  More expensive - but also possibly more attractive to spouses or companions that want to make the trip.  A group rate at a hotel would be necessary.

Hotel or campground wouldn't matter to me - the opportunity to meet and play is a great idea.

Hi Old Doll & dandy little bittersweet song of love!
I corrected the coding voodoo problems - no big deal.

Hmmmm . . . OK, so it seems that the link from 'My Songbook' will not work here . . . such a link will merely transport a user to their own songbooks.

Here is how to get a good link that will take people to your song book(s) via the Public Books listings (must be logged in):
  Go to the 'Public books' tab.
    Scroll down and right below all the categories is a search box.
      Put your username into the search box, hit search.
        A list of all the song books you have published will appear.
  Now, copy the whole url from your browser's address bar.  This is the link that will work.

last_rebel and upyerkilt, I took the liberty of doing this already for your postings in this thread.
Hope you don't mind - James

p.s. - I stumbled upon this solution - - - please don't assume that I can explain why it works.

Hi Guitarpix,
I just took the liberty of editing the link you posted - when I clicked on it, I went directly to my own books.  So, I searched through Public Books by your name, found your book and re-did the link.  Hope you don't mind -

That's a great list of songs.
Some artists I am familiar with, others I do not know (Sick Puppies?). . . but I see that as an opportunity to extend my horizons.

Here are the song books I have published to date:
http://www.chordie.com/publicbooks.php? … +McCormick

I like to edit a few songs to my liking and then post the book, so I have several books with just a few songs in each.  I put up "Folkie Dokie 2" just a couple of weeks ago, but nobody has rated it yet (not that it matters since most of the songs in there are probably prehistoric to most chordie users).