Delightful little ditty, Jeff.  Makes me think of how you gotta keep stuff in perspective - little annoying stuff is present in any busy person's life.  Learning to take it all in stride is what makes life fun and enjoyable.  James

Summer/Campfire songs are great fun when there is a sing-along (or howl-along chorus) that everybody can join in on . . .

Here are links to some dandy ones:

Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/?url= … ranspose=0

"Phht" You Were Gone (the silly song from 'Hee Haw')
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/?url= … ranspose=0

In The Summertime
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/getso … ime.chopro

Here is a sobering fact: You are your brain . . .  Anything that messes around with the basic wiring and functioning of your brain is probably not a good thing to do.

Long-term use of any psycho-active substance will not 'improve' anybody's brain and/or enhance their creative abilities.  Long-term use of drugs or alcohol will decrease an individual's ability to learn, think, and process information.

Long-term use of some substances can fundamentally change the way a person's brain functions.  Drug addicts often times become so fundamentally and irreversably addled by drugs that they are unable to relate to anybody in a meaningful way.

Regarding sex - back in the 70's and 80's I was in the Special Forces of the Sexual Revolution.  I valiently wielded my mighty weapon to and fro on the front lines of the sexual revolution - heroically fighting to make the world safe for free love. 

That was many years ago . . . The sexual encounters I now remember the most vividly and fondly are all from meaningful relationships.  The one-night-stands just don't stand out and in retrospect I realize that is because they were truly meaningless and devoid of any emotional significance.

And we thought herpes was scary!  This mighty warrior can no longer fight as long and as hard and as often as I once did.  I also now confine my freedom fighting to a monogomous battlefield -

Hello and welcome to chordie - you will probably find plenty of other players on here who share your tastes.  Users of this site have a variety of musical tastes.  Different genres, different styles, different eras - - - but the common thread is a love of playing music and the desire to get better at it.

Welcome to a worldwide network of strummers, pickers, and thrashers, and howlers.

James

Hello Mike - Shining armor to the rescue.  I just fixed the layout for you.  The coding is tricky - and if you 'edit' a song after it has been posted, you just need to zap the whole thing and re-post (to get rid of all the embedded programming chaff.

This is a dandy little song - I like the idea and I like the feel of it . . . don't apologize for writing something that is not 'tough' . . . there is more honesty and real expression in songs that convey true emotions.

James

Glad you like it, Badeye - this lyric is rather wordy and maybe I'm trying to cover too much topic in one song.  But, like all my songs I reserve the right to change it at will as the mood strikes me -

The Roches: three sisters with great vocal talent plus songwriting that is both whimsical and profound.

Nicely done, Mark.  I need to set up a page for my original stuff also.

Hello Alex - Yes, it is possible to have your own compositions in a chordie songbook.  However, the process is a 'work-around' sort of solution so it is not as simple as pushing one button - and it is not perfect.

Here is what I have figured out -

1.  Create a 'new' songbook for your personal stuff.

2.  Put 'victim' songs out of chordie's listings into this new book. You will need one 'victim' song for each original song.

3.  Your original songs should be in the chordpro format like we use in the Songwriting forum.

4.  Pick a victim song and open it using the 'edit' button (at the end of the listing).

5.  Now, in the 'editing' pane (top) delete the lyrics, chords, and everything EXCEPT THE {t:TITLE} and {st:SUBTITLE} lines of the victim song.  These MUST remain in their original form, or chordie will not recognize the file.

6.  Finally, paste in your original song right below the victim song's title and sub-title lines.

7.  Lastly, change your original song's title and subtitle lines to comments {c:My Song Title} and {c:My Sub-Title}.

8.  Before exting the edit routine, be sure to hit the 'save' button between the view panes (NOT your browser's save button).

You can now access, print, and transpose your original songs within this songbook.  These songs should remain in your songbook.

Unfortunately; your original songs will be listed in your songbook under the original name and artist of you chosen 'victim songs'.  I can't figure out a way around this problem . . .  James

As far as I know, your 'profile' on chordie is simply some of the very basic info you provided when you became a registered user.  There is no place on chordie to write all about your pets and favorite foods and astrological sign - thank goodness!

To view a chordie forum user's profile (such as it is) simply click on the their user name in a forum post.  You can see when they registered, how many messages, and view all their messages if you choose.

Does this help?  James

Pardon my jumping in here, but here is a link to the lyrics:

<a href="http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/peter_paul_and_mary/river_of_jordan.html" target="_blank"> http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/peter … ary/river_ of_jordan.html</a>

Roger, I'm sure you will recognize the song - and I'm betting that the chords are pretty basic.

I was in our local library recently and checked the many songbooks they have available . . . sadly, this was not in any of them.  But seriously, go to your local library and see what they have on the shelves - our library has quite a nice collection of folk, gospel, traditional, Broadway, and other songbooks (many of them seem to have been donated).