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Glad you like it, Jeff. I have been having lots of fun lately with simple waltz forms - for some reason, the lyrical meter is just stuck in my head.
Maybe I should worry about getting stuck in a creative rut doing so many waltz-timed songs. But I'm having too much fun to be concerned.
So much stuff is in 4/4 anyway . . . I'll just be a rebel and enjoy my waltz phase while it lasts. James
This one sort of formed in my mind as I was doing some yardwork on this beautiful Easter day. I realize that I have taken very broad poetic license with the facts of history, but hey - it's a song, not a bloody textbook!
I just gave this one a strum and a warble - I like the lyric and the chord progression. Another good song, Jeff! You are churning 'em out - keep it up. James
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Here is a song about motivations and decisions and consequences. Can't claim to be an expert on life, but I have at least learned that there are consequences for every choice we make.
Hello fat.fingerz - Here is '40,000 Headmen' by Traffic
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Hope this suits your tastes. You can also use chordie's nifty-keeno transposing tool to move songs into whatever key you choose. James
Congratulations Jeff of your first recording! I look forward to hearing more of your creations. "She's Gone" is a wonderful song - my own daughter will be moving off to college soon and daddy has still not accepted that fact.
Wow Mike, I'm honored that you like one of my songs enough to perform it! Have fun with it and let me know how it went. James
Hello Crystals - Perhaps this is the ukulele site you are searching for:
<a href="http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke/tabs.html" target="_blank">http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke/tabs.html</a>
Another great uke site (with nifty chord animation for Beatle's songs) is here:
<a href="http://www.beatlesite.info/" target="_blank">http://www.beatlesite.info/</a>
Thank you for the positive feedback, gentlemen. It is wonderful to see so many original songs being posted to the Songwriting Forum.
Since this song is so 'off-beat' in nature, I thought it would not get any response at all. Hope to have a few quiet moments this weekend to record this song and some other's I have written recently.
Here is a dark little song about people who are seemingly consumed by negative energy. Hope you don't have to work or live with somebody who lives in darkness . . .
Lots of old hippies and classic rock lovers will be there? It will probably be great fun! Being sort of an old hippie, here are some tunes on chordie from that timeframe (and a couple of others) that will resonate well with such a crowd. They will also lend themselves nicely to 2 players/voices:
Ripple; Grateful Dead
<a href="http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.guitaretab.com/g/grateful-dead/7290.html" target="_blank"> http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … om/g/grate ful-dead/7290.html</a>
People Get Ready; Curtis Mayfield
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Peter Pumpkinhead; XTC
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A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
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Christmas at Ground Zero; Weird Al Yankovic
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Change; Tracy Chapman
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Spanish Pipedream; John Prine
<a href="http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetsome.org%2Fguitar%2Folga%2Fchordpro%2Fp%2FJohn.Prine%2FSpanishPipedream.chopro&songbook=source&transpose=0" target="_blank"> http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/?url= … 2Fgetsome. org%2Fguitar%2Folga%2Fchordpro%2Fp%2FJohn.Prine%2FSpanishPip edream.chopro&songbook=source&transpose=0</a>
Peace Train; Cat Stevens
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Hope this is helpful - James
Hello adel48 and welcome to chordie. Perhaps the song you seek is by Otis Redding? He had a song entitled, "I Love You More Than Words Can Say". A search for the chords came up empty, but here are the lyrics:
<a href="http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/otis_redding_lyrics_4700/the_dock_of_the_bay_lyrics_15435/i_love_you_more_than_words_can_say_lyrics_179199.html" target="_blank"> http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/otis_ … ics_4700/t he_dock_of_the_bay_lyrics_15435/i_love_you_more_than_words_c an_say_lyrics_179199.html</a>
Hope this helps! James
Hey Jets60, another nifty song that conveys a good message. I like it and will give it try this evening. James
Social satire is always fertile ground for song ideas. One of the great satirical songwriters of the 60's was Tom Lehrer. This little song is in the style of Lehrer's tongue-in-cheek commentaries.
Please note that it is SATIRE - I am not really advocating public stonings. Unfortunately, there are societies where this horrific practice is still used today.
Donna, this song is irresistably fun - I hear it as a Betty Boop sort of showstopper. Oops! Don't know if Betty Boop translates across the deep blue sea - she was a cartoon siren from the 1930's, a fetching little flapper who sang and danced. Anyway, nifty song. James
Jeff, you are just a fountain of great song ideas! This one is a dandy. Like Mike, I would love to hear a recording. James
Thank you for the kind words, Roger. This concept may seem obvious to everyone else, but I finally figured out why I was so 'mic shy' - I was trying to sing 'at or into' the mike rather than sing 'through' the mike.
Having that simple realization has really helped. Now, I try to forget the microphone is even there and project my voice to a point in space well beyond the device - just like I would normally be singing without that thing stuck up into my face.
Still haven't heard from Emmylou Harris - - -
<a href="http://www.emmylou.net/" target="_blank">http://www.emmylou.net/</a>
Her recent collaboration with Mark Knopfler contains some truly stunning songs performed by accomplished troubabdors.
Jeff, this is a real sparkler with elegantly simple structure and full of meaning - beautufully crafted. Hope to hear you sing it. James
Hello Songwriter's Circle - Pleased to announce that a recording of "Come Away" has been posted to the Friends of Chordie page at MySpace. Many thanks to RogerGuppy for creating and maintaining that page where we can share our original works.
MySpace URL:
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/friendsofchordie" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/friendsofchordie</a>
Ouch! I just noticed that chords originally posted in "Come Away" were wrong - all the C's should have been G's. It's a 3-chord waltz: D, G, & A are the only chords needed.
Have made the necessary changes - sorry for the errors. James
Jeff, this is haunting and poignant stuff - powerful! Your 'way-back file' is a good place to dig.
By way back do you mean this a song you wrote long ago, or is this based on memories from long ago? Either way, this is a dandy portrait of emotional despair. James
Thanks for the feedback, gentlemen! This little song is so sweet and simple - I am very fond of it and hope to do it justice when I record it this weekend.
Still wish that Emmylou Harris was my neighbor, so that she could harmonize on the chorus - I might even let her sing a verse!<img src="index.php?t=getfile&id=116&private=0" border=0 alt="index.php?t=getfile&id=116&private=0">
OK Mike - I repaired what you fixed . . . editing a previously posted song is tricky because all the 'conversion voodoo' coding is present. It looks 'all purdy like' now. Tallyho! James
Here is a short & sweet little song of love. Will record it soon for posting to the Friends of Chordie page at MySpace. I'm also considering adding a bridge toward the end, but it seems 'done' as it is?
In my imagination, I hear Emmylou Harris harmonizing on the chorus (Hey - a guy can dream, can't he?).
Guitar chord forum - chordie → Posts by James McCormick
