This is the link to this song in chopro format.
I made a couple small changes to lyrics and chords.
I may put up a version on the cloud today...
1,701 2018-02-25 12:01:32
Re: Throw Away The Swords (12 replies, posted in Songwriting)
1,702 2018-02-24 17:58:04
Re: Nothing Left to Hold But the Throttle (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Deadeye
That is an awesome song!!!
Love the lyrics and the rhythym
Sounds like a mix of Dylan and Ray Wylie Hubbard - both of whom I hold in highest regard!
If I were to sugest a change - I would switch the lines around in the chorus
The open road sends an invitation
I'm riding like hell with no destination
I got nothing left to kiss but the bottle
Girl I got nothing left to hold but the throttle.
with that said - don't change it unless YOU want too - it's pretty damn perfect as it is!
WELL DONE !!
Jim
1,703 2018-02-24 17:51:55
Re: Nothing Left to Hold But the Throttle (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Deadeye
That is an awesome song!!!
Love the lyrics and the rhythym
S\ounds like a mix of Dylan and Ray Wylie Hubbard - both of whom I hold in highest regard!
WELL DONE !!
1,704 2018-02-23 13:14:39
Re: Bad Habit Number 10 (For Me) (15 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Zurf wrote:
The reality for me is that if I get anything right it's a " TOTAL " a miracle. Someone who's a genuine guitar teacher would probably have an anxiety attack watching me play and "want to turn off if the mic if I was singing along" .
OH YEAH - WHAT HE SAID !!!!
Zurf you nailed it buddy ! I just modified your quote a bit to fit me a little better
Jim
1,705 2018-02-23 11:35:23
Re: effects loops (11 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
LOL
TF
That diagram reminded me of a video game - like a Pac Man or something of the sort.
I can't even figure out out my Trio Band creator - never mind all these gadgets.
Someday I hope to dedicate more time to learning these things.
I do like to read about what you guys post however, it is interesting even if I don't get all of it.
Jim
1,706 2018-02-23 00:20:05
Re: Throw Away The Swords (12 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Bill
I love that song. Used to listen to it years ago...kinda lost trak of it. I think I actually may have it on a vinyl 331/3 up in my attic along with 500 other albums
Thanks for the kinds words and the trip down memory lane.
It's great to have the Musicator Extraordinaire back in swing!!
Jim
1,707 2018-02-22 17:53:22
Re: POST #3000 (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
wahooooooo !!!
way to go.
THIS PLACE IS GREAT
1,708 2018-02-21 19:46:50
Re: Throw Away The Swords (12 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks all for your comments.
It's a difficult topic and I'm not against people having guns - in fact I have a couple that I use for hunting.
I am against people having more firepower than police. I have a problem also withthe fact that politicians don't act because they are afraid of losing the backing of the NRA in upcoming elections.
To be a coach in my state there are about 10 regulations you have to comply with prior to ever being able to coach a soccer or basketball game at a public school. Is it difficult - yup ! But is it worth it yep ! Kids are safer !!
Citizens should be willing to go through the same type of procedures to have guns.
Jan I like the Japan video - might be a little non-applicable to us, but many of their tenets could be used.
Thanks again everyone...... If I could sing I'd record it and you tube it - but alas ...... 
Thanks again everyone!!
Jim
1,709 2018-02-21 16:07:18
Re: SUGGESTIONS: MARCH 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH (24 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Alison Elvis Costello
1,710 2018-02-20 18:20:54
Re: Bad Moon Rising - #Cover (14 replies, posted in My local band and me)
me too
1,711 2018-02-19 02:12:00
Re: The Lone tree (22 replies, posted in Songwriting)
THAT IS A SUPER SONG. WELL PLAYED AND SUNG, TERRIFIC, BUT HORRIBLY SAD SONG
THANKS FOR SHARING
jim
1,712 2018-02-18 15:01:00
Re: NGD (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
what is the depth of the body on that ?
Really cool guitar !
1,713 2018-02-18 13:29:53
Topic: Throw Away The Swords (12 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This song springs from a line in the message from Peatle's Mum.
I wasn't sure at first where I was gonna go with it, but I knew it was a really cool line. However, after the fatal shooting of 17 people at Parkland High school in Florida, and the failure to protect our citizens from these attacks..... well I knew it fit - at least to me.
I am not trying to say we should get rid of guns or anything , but there is no reason why a citizen needs an AR-15. Especially people that have a background of mental illness.
What really makes me angry is that no one seems to do anything about it. the politicians pay their lip service of sorrow and make empty promises - and then time comes along and they hope we'll just move on and forget. Well it's time to not do that any more . so hence this song !
kinda reminds me of the line posed to America in the song OHIO by CSNY - about the shooting of the college kids @ Kent State in 1970
" how can you run when you know ? "
(sorry if I ranted here!
Anyway - here is a link to the song I wrote in chordpro format in my songbook
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/?url= … ranspose=0
or here it is in regular form
[Song]
{t: Throw Away The Swords}
[Am]Onward you pious soldiers, preaching your sacred rights
Seems your [Em]heart is numb to all the pain, and [Dm]all the tear filled [Am]nights
Newtown, Vegas, and Columbine, Sutherland , and Fort Hood
Blacks[Em]burg, Parkland, San Bernadino, said they [Dm]did all they [Am] could
[Am]Well If no one acts, then nothing changes, heartaches will come again
Like an [Em]ocean tide, they keep coming back, with the[Dm] hurt of a hurri[Am]cane
Children dying, parents crying, there's crosses where they last stood
Oh we [Em] say we're sorry, but we don't act, and it [Dm]never turns out like it [Am]should
Chorus:
[F]Listen to the gentle hearts of kindness, won't you [C] listen their calls
[F]Heed their voices, feel their pain, fix this [C]country before it[G] falls
[F]Can't stand by no more, it's time to act, no more [C]false prophet words
It's [G]time to stand up and be counted, it's [F]time to throw a[Em]way the [Am]swords.
[Am]There's no reasons at all why we cant protect, the innocent from the gun
time to[Em] break the bondage, from in the past ,[Dm] the way such things were [Am] done
Press those politicians, who make the rules, don't leave them any choice
It's up[Em] to us to make a difference, time for [Dm]us to rise up as one [Am] voice
Chorus:
Chorus:
[F]Listen to the gentle hearts of kindness, won't you [C] listen their calls
[F]Heed their voices, feel their pain, fix this [C]country before it[G] falls
[F]Can't stand by no more, it's time to act, no more [C]false prophet words
It's [G]time to stand up and be counted, it's [F]time to throw a[Em]way the [Am]swords.
it's [F]time to throw a[Em]way the [Am]swords.
it's [F]time to throw a[Em]way the [Am]swords.
[song/]
Thanks Peatle for the cool message of your Mum - must've been a special woman.
Jim
1,714 2018-02-18 11:45:43
Re: gear addiction (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
They look cool, but i wouldn't have a clue on how to use them. Way above my pay grade !
1,715 2018-02-18 11:44:07
Re: Playing with ideas (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Beamer - sounds great ---nice smooth beat and" jump up and downs" on the neck. I liked that subtle little pause around the 1:45 mark - it set you up for - "What's coming next ? "
good work buddy !
Jim
1,716 2018-02-16 11:14:02
Topic: Amy - stop working so hard :) (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Amy
I was just listening to some of my songs that the terrific people of chordie recorded for me.
When I listened to you cover my song Angels In The Room - it really stirred some feelings - you sound a lot like Joan Baez.
We are really missing you and your voice here on chordie - and for the new members - they really could use a dose to verify what I'm saying.
You and Jan have golden voices - they are so beautiful, they really need to be shared not hidden in a cloud created by work or other things that get in the way .
I know you have extraordinary circumstances, but if you get the time- I sure would love to hear one of your songs, maybe even a duet with your Jim ?
just saying out loud what i'm a thinkin' !
Jim
1,717 2018-02-16 10:47:20
Re: FEBRUARY 2018 FSOTM - CITIES AND COUNTRIES (57 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Zurf wrote:
Thanks Jandle. The difference is that I played those sober and relaxed on a Saturday morning when no one else was home instead of half in the bag in an evening squeezed in between laundry, dinner, dishes, errands, and homework help.
Way to go Zurf !!
Love the description - probably most everyone on here - so busy - yet chordie is the place to somehow escape and relax - have some fun along with the interaction.
I have have been ridiculously busy and am just managing to be able to comment here to keep in touch. I have had no time to play much or write at all.
hopefully soon things will calm down. I enjoy listening to all of you who post these songs - and I am jealous of your abilities.
keep on keeping on!!
Jim
1,718 2018-02-15 11:00:45
Re: Since I met you baby (old tune) (18 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Russell
That was a really sweet rendition.
I loved the tempo and all the fills you put in.
Sounded really great to me.
Jim
1,719 2018-02-14 19:09:51
Re: Choosing Between Three Basses (13 replies, posted in Electric)
I am only going from the visual as I know nothing about basses
I would choose # 2 I like wood grain look.
1,720 2018-02-13 11:42:35
Re: Mum Stories (14 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
peatle
What a great story, fantastic woman of strength.
I hope you don't mind, but there is a line in there that immediately screamed at me that it has the possibility of being the centerpiece of a song. I won't say the line yet - as i have no promise it will come to fruition, but i am hopeful.
My mom was incredible as well before she left me in her 80's. I won't go into detail - but she was left alone at 41 with me as an infant, along with my 9 older siblings. My father was killed by an industrial accident. We never had money, but I never wanted for anything. All of my siblings are still alive today, all very well off with families and economics is not an issue with any of us - and to the soul - we all know it was our mom that was the core of our lives.
I have three daughters, and if anyone were to tell me that females were inferior, well.....let's just say there would be a crisis at hand. As a teacher in school for 40 years, i make sure that my students live by the same credo your Mum said ....
* do not judge
*have faith
*celebrate diversity- we don't all have to agree - but we do need to be respectful of each other
*understand that we all make mistakes - it's called experience in life
*be kind and forgiving
*get educate- it opens a multitude of opportunities
*make the world a better place
*love deeply
Peatle thanks again for sharing - you were blessed to have such a mum
1,721 2018-02-11 20:16:37
Re: SUGGESTIONS: MARCH 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH (24 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
LOL Zurf It seems that in my post, my fingers were committing a "capital" offense"
Townes is a favorite of mine
Such a sad end to him - great songwriter
1,722 2018-02-11 19:17:41
Re: SUGGESTIONS: MARCH 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH (24 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
TOWNES vAN zANT
zURF wrote:
Pancho and Lefty - I don't remember. That skinny Texas guy who hung out with Guy Clark.
1,723 2018-02-05 23:42:07
Re: Rough bars (12 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Phill
The bottles are on the shirt I believe LOL
1,724 2018-02-05 13:37:15
Re: Now For Something COMPLETELY Different (8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Phill Williams wrote:
i thought she'd never ring that bell for the second time....magic
OMG PHILL,
that is exactly what i was thinking ! I watched it a third time bc I thought I must've missed it a couple times. :0
Great minds think alike
Jim
1,725 2018-02-05 13:33:28
Re: "New Music" Well-Played..... (8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Bill love it !! They are really good and very cool.
Love the choreography and the video shots.
Thanks for sharing.
Jim