Hi dulcimermike52 - When you find incorrect chords or lyrics, you can correct the song.  Be sure you're logged in and then at the bottom the song page there is a 'correct song' button.

Once the song is opened for editing you can make any necessary changes to improve the layout or content.  The 'correct song' feature is a very cool thing. 

Regarding the D# and Eb chords, they are actually the same (enharmonic).  So, D# = Eb  just the same as A# = Bb, G# - Ab, etc.  (Because there are only half-steps between E & F and B & C it means that E# = F and Fb = E, likewise B# = C and Cb = B.)

Although there are many different ways of forming all the chords, these pairs of chords will contain basically the same notes.  James

A colleague of my wife driving to work one morning down a very busy street.  At a stoplight she noticed a little fluffy dog wandering close to the road.  A good friend was right behind her so she called her cell phone and asked, "Do you know who's little dog that is?"  The friend said, "Oh that belongs to the people in that big house on the corner."

My wife's colleague wanted to pull over and help the dog get away from the road, but the traffic was too intense.  So, she went on her way to work hoping the little fluffy pup would be OK.

A few days later she is doing chores around her house.  She looks out the window and sees the little fluffy dog out in her yard.  She thinks, "Oh no - the poor little thing is still lost and has wandered a couple of miles from home."  She runs outside in her bathrobe and calls the little dog.  The little dog runs right up to her all happy and wagging.  She opens the door to her car and dog jumps right in.

She drives down the road to the big house on the corner.  The dog hops right out and follows her to the front door all happy as can be.  After ringing the doorbell several times, she figures nobody is home so she goes around to the carport door.  There is a car there.  The fluffy dog follows her around and is very happy.

She again rings and knocks but gets no response.  On a whim she tries the door knob.  The door is unlocked, so she opens the door and the dog runs right in and jumps up on the couch as happy as can be.  She looks up the residents in the phone book and leaves a message on the answering machine saying she found their dog and brought it home.

The next day, she had not heard back from the residents so she gets worried about the dog and goes by the house.  Everything is still the same - a car in the carport and the side door unlocked.  She lets herself in once again and the little dog comes running to greet her.  She lets the dog out into the back yard for a few minutes and then back inside.  She puts out a bowl of water.  The dog is very happy and friendly.  She leaves a note on the kitchen counter.

Next day, she still hasn't heard from the residents.  She brings some dog food from home (becasue she didn't want to rummage through the stranger's cabinets) and feeds the dog, lets it out, etc.  This goes on for a week - daily visits to the stranger's house to tend the little fluffy dog and repeated messages on their phone.  The little fluffy dog was happy as could be.

Finally, one evening she gets a call from the residents.  They say, "Thank you for taking such good care of this little dog, but we don't have a dog.  We have been on a cruise.  The door should have been locked, but we are glad you found this cute little dog and took care of it.  We do not want a dog, would like to keep it?  If not, we know someone who's beloved pet died and they would probably like to give this dog a home."

Here is a link that may help:
http://www.911tabs.com/link/?1579135
The chords are listed, but you will have to suss out where they fall within the lyric.

There is an annual day here when the graves of the Civil War dead and the veterans are marked with flags.  Very moving.  Some cemeteries have soldiers from both sides.

Last Rebel, if you are not familiar with Eric Bogle look up "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and "The Green Fields of France".  Two stunning ballads about the WWI.  Probably several things on YouTube of each song.

Another sweet song of love, daddycool - you are the Roadway Romeo!

(Have tried to send you private emails, but they always bounce back as undeliverable - is your email with chordie correct?  James)

Abolutely love him.  Poor kid from wrong side of the tracks in a little town in rural Mississippi.  Misfit outsider as an adolescent living in Memphis.  Loved his momma and was nice to people.  Wrote some great songs and was a thrilling performer.

Had some personal problems, but don't we all.  Made some bad career moves (awful movies) on advice from greedy management.  Made some more bad career moves (Las Vegas) on advice from greedy management.  Died lonely yet surrounded by 'friends'.

My wife and I renewed our wedding vows on our 8th anniversery with a Japanese Elvis impersonator (Miso Elvis) in Memphis at the wedding chapel in the back of the Cafe Manana Coffeehouse.  Miso Elvis sang 'Love Me Tender' and 'I Can't Help Falling In Love With You'.  Great guy - great sideburns - and a very talented and dedicated Elvis impersonator.

My car broke down many years ago along a very busy interstate highway in New Orleans.  The tow truck operator who came was an Elvis impersonator.  Very shiny blue flake & chrome tow truck.  The interior was a meticulous shrine to 'The King'.  Great guy - great sideburns - fun to talk to and very serious in his dedication to the memory of Elvis.  I realized that I could trust this man completely because everything he did reflected upon his hero and he would not do anything to sully the image of Elvis.

Elvis was a heck of a guy.  Great musician, artist, pioneer, and gentleman.
Happy Elvis Week everybody!  James

Great fun, Zurf - you have a budding balladeer!

Beautifully said, Old Doll!

Yep, crouching can be part of hunkering.  The general usage is sort of, "hunker down and get the some real work done".  Basically meaning "stop goofing around, focus your efforts, get serious, or get ready for action."  Can also be used to mean "take cover" as in "hunker down and let the storm pass".

I just love the sound of the word and phrase so in this little doggerel just takes it to the extreme.  I plan on recording this little ditty this weekend.  James

Hi KramL - How people write songs is different for everybody.  For me, it is something I started doing for fun just a couple of years ago (I'm 50 now).

At first, I started goofing around with tunes that were already written and coming up with new lyrics for existing melodies and chords.  I learned alot about basic song forms from doing that.

Then, I started playing around with some stuff that wasn't already written - stuff that is somewhat original . . . I say somewhat original since all my stuff is pretty basic and it all probably sounds like something else. 

Also, I work at writing songs every day.  I scribble down ideas constantly and have a notebook full of stuff that might someday work in a song.  Some days I 'finish' a song, some days I don't - but I do it every day otherwise nothing would ever get finished.  Also, I try not to get bogged down on an idea that just isn't progressing - I can always go back later and work on it some more.

Take your lyrics and try to fit them into a very simple set of chords.  The melody and will 'happen' with a little bold experimentation.  James

Betty definately.  And Maryann, too!