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Topic: Another Ghost

A song I put together for May's Featured Song Forum.

Another Ghost Jeff Gilpin


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Intro picking G7 followed by D7


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[D7]Hey neighbor where’d you go


I remember seeing you all the time


You’d be working in your yard


I’d be working on mine


But we’d stop work in the middle


Set aside our weekly chore


Catch up on all the goings-on


In each other’s [G7]world


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Another ghost


Among the many


Friends I’ve lost


And I’ve lost plenty 


Are you still around


Have you come to boast


How great it is now


That you’re a ghost [D7]


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The truth is that I don’t even know


Whether or not you’re with us still


If you’ve made your final peace


And climbed that big old hill


What awaits us all I guess


Once our journey’s done


Settled in upon us


After our earthly [G7]run



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Another ghost


Among the many


Friends I’ve lost


And I’ve lost plenty 


Are you still around


Have you come to boast


How great it is now


That you’re a ghost [D7]


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I know before too long I’ll hear


The news of if you’re well


Neighbors will start sharing


Pass on the news after a spell


Who knows I might see you


Outworking in your yard again


And I’ll come over catch us up


All about how we’ve [G7]been


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Will you be a ghost


Among the many


Friends I’ve lost


And I’ve lost plenty 


Is that really you


Have you come to boast


How great it is now


That you’re a ghost [D7]



 

J  E  T  S
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Re: Another Ghost

fantastic piece of writing  and a mth early at that
Jan being back and getting song of mth going again seems to have
given chordie a new energy,and many of us a reason to write and post again.     

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Re: Another Ghost

Thanks, Brian - Yep - I am a little early but I still need to record it once I'm ready. I wanted to find a song I wrote with the word ghost in it or maybe in a cover and nothing really fit. Then I thought about the other day when I was out giving my lawn the first mowing of the year and saw my friend's wife and mine talking. I later found out that my friend, the neighbor from the song, was not doing well and that he most likely wouldn't make it through the night. I haven't heard of seen anything since but I ended up putting up my mower then, after she told me, thinking the noise might be bothering him. I'm kind of unsure what to hope and pray for now. I want him to get better, but I also want his suffering to end. Anyway, I wrote this for the next month's offerings and as a memory of my friend.     

J  E  T  S
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Re: Another Ghost

a beautiful lament for a friend. great job     

Ask not what Chordie can do for you, but what you can do for Chordie.

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Re: Another Ghost

Jeff having just had a good neighbour pass away  a few weeks back after a short illness made your lyrics very relatable  to me. Your a master lyricist and song writer.

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Re: Another Ghost

Oh wow jets60, that`s an amazing song you have written and very thoughtful about your neighbors situation.   I am very much looking forward to seeing how you put this one all together.  I will pop a note into FSOTM suggestions for May incase anyone else wants to attempt your song. 

Brian I agree, its great to see these original songs coming out again from you all.     

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Oops I see you have put in FSOTM suggestions for May, thanks, your way ahead of me, yay big_smile     

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Re: Another Ghost

Thanks, Pete and Jan. Yes Ma'am, I try and follow the rules. big_smile     

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Re: Another Ghost

Here is how I play it: https://soundcloud.com/jets60/another-ghost     

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Re: Another Ghost

nice 2 chord song     

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Re: Another Ghost

Thanks Scott - It kind of fit as the chords came after the lyrics.     

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