• From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,069

Topic: "Completely Shallow" (a blues manifesto)

Some people a proud of being all complicated and deep.
Some people strive to be all sensative and emotional.
Not me - I strive for shallow.
Here is my manifesto of shallowness:

Completely Shallowby, James McCormick


12-bar blues




I'm [C]proud to be shallow, my e-[C]motions don't run to deep


[C]Head games truly bore me, and few [C]grudges do I keep


I like to [F7]live and let live, yeah [F7]that's my attitude


I'll [C]groove upon my planet, into your [C]world I don't intrude


I'm [G7]positive and friendly to [F7]everyone I meet


[C]Just because I'm shallow don't mean my life is incom-[G7]plete


. . . .


[C]Early every morning I'm up and [C]busy with my day


There's [C]lots of stuff that I wanna do, and [C]time keeps ticking away


Iwanna [F7]work and make some money, I wanna [F7]play and have some fun


I've got to [C]find the next adventure in this [C]journey that I'm on


I'm gonna [G7]live life to the fullest,I'm gonna [F7]drink the flagon dry


I'm [C]way too shallow to sit around and constantly wonder [G7]why



. . . .


My [C]appetite is hearty, I [C]savor the food I eat


My [C]motives are quite simple, and very [C]soundly do I sleep


I try to [F7]minimize bad habits, Idon't want to [F7]cause any strife


I won't [C]bore with my problems, or com-[C]plain about my life


I'm an ex-[G7]quisitely simple life form, my [F7]instincts run quite true


And [C]being completely shallow, my regrets are very [G7]few


. . . .


I'm not [C]shallow because I'm stupid, I'm [C]actually fairly bright


I'm not [C]shallow because I'm pretty, in fact I'm [C]told that I look alright


I am [F7]shallow because Irealize that [F7]truth is so plain to see


I won't [C]join some wacky cult just to [C]set my mind at ease


If you're un-[G7]troubled by complications, and if you're [F7]simple-minded too


Then take [C]pride in being shallow, 'cause it's the shallow thing to [G7]do!



"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]

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  • From: Hendersonville, NC USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,521

Re: "Completely Shallow" (a blues manifesto)

I like it James - I can see a lot of jamming in between the verses. Clever lyrics as well.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

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