Arkady, thanks for the compliment!  I don't think Mr. Dylan has any real worries though . . . some of my colleagues think the song/vid is great - others are not so enthused.

Jeff, I still have a slinky somewhere - it's a veteran of many stairwell races and general goofing around.  I have got to find that thing!  I can certainly remember the Slinky song.  Glad you like my song - I doubt Stats will ever be as popular as Slinky though.  James

Hi Bender59 - If they encouraged you to use chordie, they must be very nice people!  As far as contacting them through the site, I believe you would have to know their user names.  If you know those names, it is easy enough to send them a private email through the forum.

Regarding sharing a songbook, that is not practical since songbook 'ownership' is tied to an individual user.  However, you can edit and publish a songbook and then everybody would have access to the material.  Or, you can send links to individual songs via email.  James

Ouch!  Let's keep it civil, gentlemen!

Hi acmecorp - Yep, Texas ranges from swampy bottom land to rolling hills to arid flatlands.
Here are some more rain songs for you watered-logged Brits . . .
Fire and Rain                               James Taylor
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain         Willie Nelson
Buckets of Rain                           Bob Dylan
Who'll Stop the Rain                     Creedance Clearwater Revival
Have You Ever Seen the Rain        Creedence Clearwater Rivival
No Rain                                       Blind Melon

Hi Zurf - Grab that autoharp, tune it up (easier said than done), and start having some fun with it!  If it does not have strap buttons on it, get some on there so you can hold it on your chest.

Playing autoharp is like playing chess - the basic moves are all very simple, but putting all moves together is where the real fun begins.  If it has been sitting for a long long time, it may need some t.l.c. to play well.

I play autoharp, so would be glad to help you in any way I can should you want to pursue the instrument.  James

Hi daddycool - Here in the US we a have at least one town named Springfield in each state - don't know why, but we do.  We also have lots of place names that come from indigenous tribal languages.

I love British place names - marvelously odd sounding places that sound as if they are full of what I would hope are delightfully eccentric and friendly folk.

Ashbourne sounds like my sort of place - 'surrounding countryside'.  I live in a smallish town that is conveniently located in the middle of nowhere with plenty of surrounding countryside.

I took the liberty of adding the voodoo codes to your song.  You can open up your posting with the edit button (bottom right of songs message window) to see what the voodoo codes look like.  Nice song!  James

Hi welcome2myhead - Did you know that you can select 'chords only' up at the top of an artist's index page?  While the sifting tool does not work flawlessly, it allows you to eliminate most of the tabs from the selections.  For some artists when you eliminate the tabs, there is not much left.

It seems to me that some artists inspire their fans to 'tab out' a song - other artists inspire their fans to work out the chords.  Maybe the prevalence of tabs for some artists is merely a reflection of the style of play of the fans who are motivated to learn the songs.

Either way it is amazing to me how much stuff is available on the net.

I'm an old guy so I can remember when the only way to get a song was to buy a songbook for an artist.  It was expensive and you would end up with books full of songs that you really didn't want.

Seems to me that unless you contribute to the wealth of songs on the net by tabbing or chording out some songs yourself, then you have no complaint.  Sites like chordie exist because individuals who love to play have taken the time and effort to transcibe songs and put them up on the web for other players to access.

Tabs are great for describing licks and riffs and nifty embellishments.  Chords grids are great for sketching out a song's skeleton.  I don't find tabs to be particularly useful myself, but if that is what other players find useful then more power to them.

A good tab for a song is a better starting place than nothing at all - like upyerkilt said, you can always move it into your songbook and edit the song to your liking.  James

Hi urbanluvr1210 - Perhaps the [G+D] notation is actually supposed to be [G/D]?

The slash in the chord indicates a G chord with a D note as the lowest note (rather than a G as would be the common form).  These 'split' chords are sometimes used to create a series of bass tones that help move the chord sequence along.

Try this - go the chordie's 'Resources' page (up top, next to 'Forum') and there you will find a very large chord chart.  Scroll down to the 'G' chords then click on the 'G/D' grid to see several alternate fingerings for this chord.  Find one version that 'fits' well with chords before and after the [G/D].  Hope this helps!  James

Troubador extraordinaire, Roger Guppy, has recorded a rousing rendition of this little ditty.
It is currently zooming along on the Friends of Chordie page at MySpace Music.

MySpace URL:
  http://www.myspace.com/friendsofchordie

Gosh, this internet thing sure is fun - it just might catch on someday soon!
Thanks Roger for rocking the recumbent song!  James

Very intriguing idea - not being a programmer, I have no idea what it would take to create these features but I can certainly see the benefits.  Such a feature would make collaborative efforts much easier.  James

Well said, Ken.  Righteous indignation is always a great start for a song and this endless war of choice in Iraq based on fabricated evidence is easy to get indignant about.  James