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This is Phill Williams using his magic voice and incredible musical talent on this song that we wrote together. I would love to get some feedback on this song.    To all my American friends I wish you all a happy Thanksgiving Day. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCzdQRRGOQM

Sophistication

[Gm] I don’t think Ill ever be considered...[Bb] sophisticated.

[F] Somehow that seems to me to [D7] be somehow [Gm] overrated

Simplicity can make you happy.

[Bb] Doesn’t mean you don’t know nothing.

[F] In fact, you know [D7] more about something. Than [Gm] I do

[Eb] Oh yeah you think your [F] so sophisticated. [Gm]

[Eb] You only eat the [F] best things.... that are [D7] overrated.

[Gm] There is pain involved in snobbery...[Bb] sophistication.

[F] Yeah your home in your concrete [D7] jungle.

With all your [Gm] fancy things.

Some of the best things in life are free.

[Bb] Oh you can't buy the things in nature.

[F] Things that are brought on [D7] by the sun.

[Gm] The colour of winter and the seasons.

[Eb] Oh yeah you think your [F] so sophisticated. [Gm]

[Eb] You only eat the [F] best things.... that are [D7] overrated.

And they'll kill you given time.

[Gm] You live your life in a fantacy...[Bb] sophistication.

[F] I tell you some of the [D7] best things in life are [Gm] free.

[Gm] Inside a rough exterior....[Bb] can beat a loving heart.

[F] There is a lot going [D7] on that you don’t [Gm] see.

[Eb] Oh yeah you think your [F] so... sophisticated. [Gm]

[Eb] You only eat the [F] best things.... that are [D7] overrated.

[D7] Believe me when I say to you.

[Gm] All the best things in life are free.

[Bb] Milk and honey and the olive trees.

[F] Birds and bees and the [D7] song of nature's all we need.

Phill and I wrote this song and Robert Hall did the backing and sound engineering. Phill did the vocals. 
This is the first take so Robert at a later date wants to make some slight adjustments to the backing.  So the recording is not quiet up to what we want it to be . Phills vocals are brilliant on here  Robert just wants to change the backing sound a bit .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L40iT_wUN-c

Ready to Roll     Phill and Peatle

(INTRO; Bb-F-C| Bb-C-D| Bb-F-C| Bb-F-G7)

[C] Ready to rock. [G] Ready to roll.

[Am] Ready to hit the spots that [F] most folks never go.

[C] Ready to dance. [G] Ready to sing.

[Am] Ready to play that chord on [F] all my seven strings.

Yes it's [G] only a song to you.

[Am] Only a dance.

[F] Only an hour or two. To [G] maybe find romance.

When you're, [C] ready to [G] rock. Ready to [C] roll.

[Am] Got my Chevy outside. [G] Take a trip to my shack.

[Am] Hidden deep in the woods. [F] Way out back.

[Am] Get out my blues guitar. [G] Out of the boot.

[Am] Singing under the stars. [F] Could be a hoot.

Lets go [G] back to my place. On [Am] route 66.

[F] Then head south and [G] out to the sticks.

When we're [C] ready to [G] rock. Ready to [C] roll.

( Bb-F-C| Bb-C-D| Bb-F-C| Bb-F-G7)

(CHORUS)

[Am] I know a long road. [G] We can take a long ride.

[Am] Fill up the gas. We [F] wont need to stop awhile.

[Am] What more can I ask? [G] With you by my side.

[Am] Lets get crazy baby. [F] Lets get crazy baby.

[G] Back to my place. On [Am] route 66.

[F] Build a log fire. [G] Out of dead sticks.

If you're. [C] Ready to [G] rock. Ready to [C] roll.

( Bb-F-C| Bb-C-D| Bb-F-C| Bb-F-G7)

(CHORUS)

(Bb-F-C| Bb-C-D| Bb-F-C| Bb-C-D|| )

While on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan for the NZSAS, Lance Corporal Leon Smith was killed in action on 28 September 2011. Leon was 33 years old and a son of a friend of mine. He was a very calm and  brave in every facet of his life. At his funeral someone told me, in order to be able to handle the horrors of war you have  to believe the battles  been won before it begins. He also said most of the brave men and woman that fought in wars on all sides have tended to believe in a higher power leading them on. Anyway for years the word’s ‘Battles Been Won” have stuck in my head. About four or five years ago I wrote these lyrics thinking about Leon and threw them in the draw of my desk. About four or five months back I was cleaning out my desk and found them again so I decided to quickly record it on my cell phone.  Going through my Computer files early this morning I found the phone recording and decided to put it on Soundcloud. I played the bass bits using the E and A strings  on my guitar. This is how I imagine people like Leon might think about being a soldier.   https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/battles-been-won

                                 Battle's Been Won 

I had a lot battles in my life.

I’ve seen my fair share of strife.

After the battle has been won.

I tell you the devil he has been done.

It takes faith.

And it takes belief to find that he doesn’t rule the world.

Don’t be deceived the battles won.

Don’t let the devil think that you’ve been done.

Oh, the battle has been won.

It has been won.

It has been won.

By the one.

By the one that I believe in.

On we go to war and they try to put us on the floor.

They try to run us all down.

The many clowns that are running around.

But the battles been won.

But the battles been won.

The battles been won.

The battles been won.

It's been done.

We don’t want the devil to overcome.

We need the higher one to help us win.

It's been done.

It's been done.

The battles been won.

The battles been won.

The battles been won.