Topic: Socrates

Socrates Music and Lyrics by Dan Bernhardt


4/4, dark swing, for ukelele. The chords are gonna sound weird in guitar format, does anyone know how to manually override the chord creation system?  Thanks for the feedback everyone smile




[Cmaj7] [B7sus4] [D9] [B7sus4] [Esus4] [A7sus2] [B7]




“Life goes on,�  she says, and pours the cream into a cup of java


“Sometimes life is short, and sometimes life can burn,


that much is for certain.�


It breaks her heart to hear the minor chords


And separated tones


It doesn’t matter how they heal, a scar’s a scar is still a scar


It’s so hard




[A7sus2] [B7+5] [G add9] [A7] [Am] [E add4]


[A7sus2] [B7 +5] [G add9] [A7] [Am] [Bm] [D]




And in the night,


The pale moonlight casts’ shadows on the shore


Ghosts appear



Like smoke from burnt out cigarettes,


They burn…




Life’s like bittersweet, life’s a dash of nightshade in your tea


(a deadly tease)


and fate’s the wine that paralyzed the mind of brilliant Socrates


(Lord please…)




Take the time,


Remind me please of sunny southern skies


And lullabys


Don’t condemn


The good for being bad, you know


The rain must fall but it soaks into the ground


Where love is found





Music is my savior/I was maimed by Rock and Roll/I was tamed by Rock and Roll/I got my name/From Rock and Roll

-Jeff Tweedy

Re: Socrates

Hey Dan, Lovely words there that I can relate to. I did have trouble with the chords. Reminds me of some of the piano tunes that have been converted to guitar that I can never figure out (I'm partial to Leon Russell and Michael Franks). If you get the chance to record this I would sure like to hear how it goes.

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

Re: Socrates

Hi dbernhar
I think this the first song written for the Uke on Chordie... I might be wrong it has been known smile
If you remove the brackets from the chords in the formating the the chord diagrams will not show.
They also will not be in blue not so pretty but less misleading...
Like to hear as jeff says....
ark

Re: Socrates

hi dan i'll have to wait  for your recording to appreciate this as i don't play uke,the main thing is to enjoy what your doing,good post.....stay cool

love is life ,life is for love,keep a true heart and live life to the full....stay cool