• From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Topic: "Headed For a Fall"

Here is another slow 12-bar blues thing.
'Tis wordy, but my attempts to post a wordless scratch-n-sniff song have so far been unsuccessful . . .

Headed For a FallJames McCormick, June 7, 2007


slow 12-bar blues


Your [C]road might be a boulevard, [C]paved with family gold


[C]Minions at your beck call, [C7]servants bought and sold


[F7]Your road might be an alleyway, [F7]strewn with toil and trash


[C]Rutted, ugly, trampled with [C]insufficient cash


Don't [G7]matter if you're trudging along or [F7]strutting proud and tall


[C]If you are not thinking for yourself, you're headed for a [G7]fall


. . . .


[C]Just coz someone says so, [C]that don't make it true


[C]Some folk believe in the Tooth Fairy, but [C7]you don't have to too


[F7]Some folk think they don't have to think, that [F7]they must only believe


[C]Some folks just wanna make you bet, coz they got [C]aces up their sleeve


You don't [G7]have to be a conspiracy nut, or [F7]play with voodoo dolls


But [C]if you are not thinking for yourself, you're headed for a [G7]fall


. . . .


Your [C]fall it might be dramatic, with [C]fireworks and flames


Your [C]tumble might be more gradual, like a [C7]secret devoured by shame


Your [F7]fall might be philosophical, an [F7]emptiness deep inside



Your [C]tumble might be spiritual, if your [C]faith is consumed by pride


You might [G7]actually read between the lines, and [F7]see the angels' scrawl


But [C]if you're not thinking for yourself, you're headed for a [G7]fall.


. . . .


You got to ob-[C]serve it all so carefully, sort the [C]fiction from the fact


[C]Keep your options open, and keep your [C7]dignity intact


You got to be-[F7]ware of greedy monsters, who [F7]only want to take


[C]Guard your childish innocence, and be [C]good for Goodness' sake


You better [G7]cultivate compassion, don't [F7]let your heart grow small


Coz [C]if you are not thinking for yourself, you're headed for a [G7]fall


. . . .


[C]Strive to be creative, [C]strive to understand


Strive to [C]make the world a better place by [C7]doing what you can


Don't [F7]wallow in wicked intentions or a [F7]toxic attitude


It's [C]much more fun to be positive and [C]be the righteous dude


Don't [G7]be a willing victim with-[F7]in the hive mind's thrall


Coz [C]if you are not thinking for yourself, you're headed for a [G]fall[C]



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

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  • From: Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
  • Registered: 2006-09-02
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Re: "Headed For a Fall"

Hi James,

A grand little blues number you have here and rather thought provoking. I just love the line "Don't wallow in wicked intentions or a toxic attitude", you certainly have a way with words James.

Roger

"Do, or do not; there is no try"

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  • From: Wilkes, Georgia
  • Registered: 2007-05-08
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Re: "Headed For a Fall"

Man I LOVE the blues you have put together here and i must say you impress more and more each time you post a song! Awesome!

"Fly on Proud Bird, At Last You Are Free"
-Charlie Daniels
  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,069

Re: "Headed For a Fall"

Rooster3 & Roger, thanks for your positive feedback - glad you found it interesting.  My favorite line in it is the 'Some folk think they don't have to think, that they only must believe' - bit of a tongue twister, but it's lines like that which make songwriting endlessly fun.  James

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

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