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How about "The House of the Risin' Sun" played as "Amazing Grace"?

Nela

I have a very stressfull job and when things don't go right I can't help but bring them home with me. Now ya'll gotta understand I work away from home. I spend Sunday night through Thursday night living in my travel trailor and Friday night & Saturday night at my home with my wife. While I am in my travel trailor I have no problem in falling asleep for about 2 hours. Then I wake up, look at the clock, fall back to sleep, and each hour after, almost to the minute, I wake up, look at the clock and go back to sleep. I am fully aware of what is going on, don't have to go to the bathroom or get a drink, just gotta look at the dad-gum clock and can tell you what times I looked at the clock the next day. Now when I am home and able to sleep in my own bed I find that if I spend 2 to 3 hours begging and pleading with my wife the 2 to 3 minutes spent on lovemaking causes me to sleep like a baby throught the night with no problems.

Everything stated above is true and not meant to be a joke (even the 3 minutes on a good night)

Nela

Yeah, DocPhil, I put in a good word for you and got this set up. Remember, you owe me one and I will need to collect, one day. No pressure.
Good Moderating in your new position.

Nela

Ya'll reckon he is gonna believe that?

Sockmonkey, welcome to Chordie. You got questions we got answers.

Most songs have a given format of :

Intro
1st verse
2nd verse
Chorus
Solo
3rd verse
Return to Chorus
Tag.

This could be in any order but this will hold true for a lotta songs. The Intro chords are usually the chords within the 1st verse (solo is usually the same as well). My suggestion (and this is what I do) is to get a CD of the song, print out the sheet music, make sure the chords on the sheet music and the CD are in the same key. Once you have done all this begin listening to the CD, while listening you will start to pick up the rythem of the song (pick out something in a 4/4 timing and a simple 3 chord progression). In 4/4 timing there will be 4 beats per measure.
As you listen to the CD try to count the beats per mesure. This will be something like 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & repeat. (the repeat begins a new measure) Once you can get a feeling for the beat counts you will see how they equate to the strum pattern and when the chord changes occur. This is not something that you will be able to learn overnight. Prior to trying to learn a song I would suggest trying to learn some simple 3 chord progressions in G, C & D or D,
G & A or A, D & E until you become familar with them. Set up ypur own practice routine and practice.

Try this: (simple up and down strum with up = 1 and & = 2)
G                     G                    C                     C                     G                     G                    G                   G   
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1.

And repeat.

Nela

This is a good site. I, too, have been using if for quite awhile. Have you tried WWW.Cowpie.com?

Nela

Do a search for Rodney Carrington songs or find one of his CD's. Lotta good song that'll really get the crowd going.

Welcome to Chordie.

Nela

A lotta folks I play music with go to retirement communities and play reguarly. This is something I would like to do but since I am only home a couple of weekends a month it's hard to do. The people there really make you feel welcome and look forward to you coming back.

Nela

Shoot, it's only raining here in New Orleans and I could use some French Toast. Better yet - COCONUT PANCAKES!

Nela

Well, this will most likely ruffle a few feathers but here goes. Will Ken (Upyerkilt) be missed by his Chordie Family? Yes. Can I do anything about his reasoning for deciding to leave this forum and change that? No. If those of us who have been around for a while will admit it, Ken has really said (typed) some things that went way overboard. Would I fault him for that? Possibly. Was he wrong for the way he responded to some posts? Could be but I'm sure he had his reasons for his responses. To me it kinda sounds like someone who has been chastised by their piers, getting mad, gathering up their toy's and going home. Ken, pull yore drawers outta your crack and get back in here with the rest of us. Regardless of whats happened, thats all in the past and we are moving forward. I will gladly welcome you back but I ain't gonna feel sorry for you.

This post is not meant to be mean spirted or a personal attack on our Chordie Brother. This is his decision and I will not support it with a lotta ooh's and aaw's. Ken knows where we are and what we stand for.

Nela

I haven't been following this thread but I do understand ya'lls love for this music. This is the type of stuff we play with the group my wife and I get together with twice a month. Good music never dies.
Some of the songs my wife and I do - she does the singing and I play the rythem;

No Love Have I - Webb Pierce
How Far Is Heaven - Kitty Wells
Alone With You - Farron Young
Unclouded Day - Willie
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail - The Everly Brothers
and others.

Nela

Congrats of both accounts, Pix. Now if I can talk to about getting your priorities in order. Try this.

"Pick your wife up, gently rub the curves and omit a happy sigh, with that loving twinkling twinkle in your eye" AND I'LL BET YOU THAT WILL GET YOU OUTTA DOING ALL THAT DAD-GUM PAINTING!

Just a thought, Nela.

Got wood?

Say it ain't true. Good company - wrong leadership - see's dollar signs - makes bad decision - reputation ruined. Just don't make good business sense. And with the smart people running the investagation you can bet money that if they can prove the trees were illegally hasrvested, all the wood will be destroyed. What a shame.

Nela