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Topic: Life

More thoughts and reflections on where my life would be if the pitter-patter of responsibility had not come along and made me grow up. I hope you all like it.

Life By Jeff Gilpin


December 1st, 2007




Intro


[D] [E]




Verse 1


[Am]For many years it seems to me


My [G]life has been for [E]family


How[Am]ever noble my life seems


[G]I once had quite [E]different dreams


That now [D]seem [G]


A[E]nother [Am]life




Verse 2


[E]My [Am]life was once only my own


[G]Worry free with[E]out a home


I [Am]came and went just as I choose


But [G]looking back [E]I suppose


That’s how it [D]goes [G]


[E]Going through [Am]life




Chorus 1


I [C]met a girl


We [E]fell in love


Our [G]romance [D]grew and [Am]grew


We [C]married


And we [E]had a child


My [G]carefree life was through [E]




Verse 3


[Am]Then we had another child


And [G]how my mind was [E]going wild


How [Am]to support this family


I [G]had to keep them [E]worry free


My job you [D]see [G]


To pro[E]tect their [Am]life




Verse 4


[E]So I [Am]traded in my carefree style



To [G]work and study [E]for a while


Which [Am]lead to what I am today


[G]Older, wiser but [E] doing okay


With some time to [D]play [G]


At this [E]stage in [Am]life




Chorus 2


I [C]still have my girl


And [E]we’re still in love


With [G]romance [D]still in our [Am]hearts


[C]Many years of


[E]Raising our kids


[G]But now a different life starts [E]




Verse 5


We [Am]have some time to do our things


And [G]fear not what to[E]morrow brings


We [Am]watch as our children mature


[G]And they start care[E]free for sure


How long will it [D]endure [G]


[E]In their [Am]life




Verse 6


[E]So [Am]long ago those carefree days


So [G]distant looking [E]through the haze


Where [Am]would I be without the girl


Or [G]children brought in[E]to this world


Like an oyster with no [D]pearl [G]


I thank [E]God for this [Am]life




Chorus 3


[C]My little girl


[E]Is all grown up


[G]My boy [D]is quite a [Am]man


[C]How long I wonder


[E]Until they both hold


[G]Their own children’s hands [E] [D] [Am]



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

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Re: Life

Neat song Jets, Like a family evolution that starts and never ends, all for the good of family.

  Take Care... Badeye.

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Re: Life

I have a nephew who had a son while he was still in high school and he had to grow up pretty fast to deal with it. Now he's in college and I think he's doing much better than he would have I think if he hadn't had his son. That made me consider how my family and specificly having children effected my life. My kids are now in serious relationships so I'm sure it will not be too long until they start the same cycle.

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  • badeye
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A good family cycle should last forever. Like the "Crosby,
Stills, Nash" song "Teach Your Children", so a family can be strong. Your song made me think of all my brothers and sisters scattered all over Canada.[3 boys 4 girls] Thanks Jets, hope to see them over the holiday season.

Have a good day... Badeye.

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Re: Life

Very nice jets, very nice. marcalan

I thought ; If I had one idea,
and took it from beginning to end.
I would try another.

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Thanks Badeye - I really like Crosby Stills and Nash; Guinnevere still gives me goosebumps when I hear it. I'll have the girl home around the 22nd or 23rd but my boy's over in Iraq again for a while.

Thanks Marc - It's kind of a folky tune but I have to play it fairly slow so I can fit all the words in I put in the lyrics. I guess I need to work on that more.

J  E  T  S
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