1 Topic by jets60 (edited by jets60 2007-06-06 03:49:07)

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Topic: It Could Take a Night

This song tells its own story so I'll let it. Hope you like it....By the way, it only took me until a quarter till 12 so it was not as bad as the song makes it sound.



It Could Take a Night By Jeff Gilpin


June 5th, 2007






Intro


[C] [G] [D] [Am] [Em] [G] [D] [Am]






Verse 1


[Am]Why’d I pick up my guitar


[Em]It’s going on half past 10


I [G]won’t have the time to [D]finish


So why the heck did I be[Am]gin






Verse 2


[Am]Hell, I still do it anyway


I [Em]know I should just go to bed


But [G]I like picking through the [D]liter


Lining the highways in my [Am]head






Chorus


[C]I can’t let it take too [G]long


[D]Because I’ve got to hit the [Am]hay


But [Em]I’ve got miles to [G]cover


It could take a [D]night


and maybe the next [Am]day






Verse 3


[Am]I may be digging up good ones


[Em]Like finding treasure I’d forgotten


Or it [G]might be me picking at a festering [D]scab


Uncovering old wounds that turned [Am]rotten






Chorus


[C]I can’t let it take too [G]long


[D]Because I’ve got to hit the [Am]hay


But [Em]I’ve got miles to [G]cover


It could take a [D]night



and maybe the next [Am]day






Verse 4


[Am]I could rediscover my first love


By [Em]dusting off my lost innocence


More [G]likely it’ll be forgotten [D]dreams


And how my youth was mis[Am]spent






Chorus


[C]I can’t let it take too [G]long


[D]Because I’ve got to hit the [Am]hay


But [Em]I’ve got miles to [G]cover


It could take a [D]night


and maybe the next [Am]day






Verse 5


[Am]Then I’ll probably try to come to closure


[Em]Putting things back in place for another time


[G]Maybe try to find the silver [D]lining


Or at least hope there’s one to [Am]find






Chorus


[C]I can’t let it take too [G]long


[D]Because I’ve got to hit the [Am]hay


But [Em]I’ve got miles to [G]cover


It could take a [D]night


and maybe the next [Am]day






Ending Chorus


[C]I guess at least for tonight I’ve [G]finished


[D]Enough writing at least for this [Am]song


And I [Em]still have time to catch a [G]wink or two


Saying to my[D]self,


See, I told you it wouldn’t take [Am]long"





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

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Re: It Could Take a Night

another great song jeff...love the chords...keeep doing your thing...
your fan
saba smile

love is like a violin, the music may stop now and then but the strings remain forever...
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Re: It Could Take a Night

Hey Saba - Thank you very much - It was kind of fun to write but not so fun waking up this morning wink

Jeff

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Re: It Could Take a Night

Ah a late niter eh. Nice song Jets.

...Badeye.

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Re: It Could Take a Night

Man that song is great!  I can really relate to the lyrics and once again, you put another great one out here!! Keep writin' em' and i'll keep lovin' em'!

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Re: It Could Take a Night

Thanks guys - yep - and I'll keep at it.

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Re: It Could Take a Night

I can definately identify with this lyric.  Some folk can stare at a TV for hours when they should be getting some shut eye . . . I tend to sit up til all hours with my notebook and instrument while scribbling and humming and thrumming and mumbling to myself.

People at work chat about something they watched on TV - I just stay quiet because if I were to say something like, "Last night I wrote a little blues song about dissecting my daughters date", well - they might think I was strange or something . . . .

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
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Re: It Could Take a Night

Hey James - You crack me up. I'm not writing to night but I got some ideas in the cooker I'll share:
I was thinking about how really good songs have the a catchy chorus so I was going to sit down when I have the time and come up with just the music for the chorus and then wrap the rest of the music for the song around it. Then I would write the lyrics which is usually backwords of how I work now.

Another idea was to come up with a harmony verse for Mournful Cry. I got the idea listening to some of the Indigo Girls new work that reminded me of some of the gospel harmony I grew up with (all that was on tv on Sunday morning when I grew up).

My last idea I havent started anything with yet was about a Comeback story song....nothing else with that but who doesn't love a comeback?

Anyway I'm off to bed for the night (up late again). smile

J  E  T  S
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Re: It Could Take a Night

Yet again you write another great song!! I love stuff man...keep it up!!!

How come we forget what we want to remember, and remember what we want to forget??
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Re: It Could Take a Night

Thanks MG - I'm posting another one is a second. smile

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Re: It Could Take a Night

Hello Jeff - I would relish the opportunity to collaborate with you on songs!  Your idea of starting a song by coming up with a chorus with a great 'hook' is perfect.

My stuff usually starts with a lyrical idea of some sort, so starting with a melodic hook would be a good creative exercise.  Judging by the lyrical content of many popular songs (vacuous, at best), this is probably the approach many pop artists use . . . but there is no reason why it couldn't result in a song with actual meaning.

I have several songs that would also lend themselves to harmonies in the chorus.  Again, another worthy challenge.

I need to get off my duff and record some more of my stuff . . .

Am working now on a twangy/gospel sort of thing tentatively entitled "When You Go".  Is still in very raw form, but would love to send what I got and see if it might be something to play with together . . .  I'll send it via private message and maybe it can be a start?  James

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
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12 Reply by jets60 (edited by jets60 2007-06-08 20:37:15)

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Re: It Could Take a Night

I'm on it James! Do you know the Indgo Girls' song Pendulum Swinger? I'm looking at doing something like that or a similiar style. Oh yeah, the song from the chorus is called Keep It Real and I posted it earlier today.

Cheers,

Jets

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Re: It Could Take a Night

this is a wicked song and wonderful lyrics wow.

Don't Cry because it is over...

    smile because it happened.    Gabriel García Marquez

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