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Topic: Upon That Foreign Shore

A song to honor those we remember in the US on Memorial Day.

Upon That Foreign Shore By Jeff Gilpin


May 28th, 2011


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Verse 1


[Em]We forget our [D]memories


For[Em]get most precious [D]time


For[Em]get those who have [D]lived before


And [Am]go on with our [Am7]lives




Verse 2


[Em]Times we still re[D]member


[Em]People from the [D]past


With[Em]out whose selfless [D]sacrifice


Our [Am]lives would come to [Am7]past




[C]Names sometimes are [Em]passed on


Some [D]names we never [Em]knew


[C]Faceless names from [Em]long ago


[Am]We all owe so much [Am7]to




Verse 3



I [Em] think of how they [D]might have felt


Their [Em]world in such tur[D]moil


Un[Em]knowing of their [D]perils


[Am]As they went off [Am7]war




Verse 4


I [Em]wonder what they [D]might have been


Those [Em]battle shorten [D]lives


What [Em]great things that were [D]never seen


But [Am]for their sacri[Am7]fice




[C]Lives sometimes are [Em]sacrificed


[D]The lives they’ll never [Em]know


[C]Taken very [Em]early on


[Am]So many yearsa[Am7]go … so many years ago




Verse 4


[Em]Here we are alive right [D]now


[Em]In the world they [D]saved


[Em]Looking back re[D]membering


[Am]All the things they [Am7]gave




Verse 5


Some[Em]times I take for [D]granted


The [Em]life I get to [D]live


[Em]Never asked to [D]sacrifice


[Am]Never asked to [Am7]give




[C]Would I [Em]be as brave


[D]How could I do [Em]more


[C]Surpass their heavy [Em]sacrifice


[Am]Upon that foreign [Am7]shore [Em]



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: Upon That Foreign Shore

WOW !! I'm not an American, but that is beautiful. smile

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Re: Upon That Foreign Shore

Thanks Steelstrings,

This song is for them, but more than the Americans made the same sacrifice.

Jeff/Jets

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Re: Upon That Foreign Shore

Jeff, Great song. We'll never know all the people who scarificed for our freedoms, the ones we owe so much to. This is a great tribute to all of them. When you write a song it's giving up a part of who you are. Be proud of who you are Jeff. Thanks.

  Joe

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Re: Upon That Foreign Shore

Thanks very much Joe.

J  E  T  S
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Re: Upon That Foreign Shore

hi jeff another great song,where would we be without them,ethnic cleansed and one of hitlers super race no doubt........stay cool

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

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Re: Upon That Foreign Shore

Thank you Robert. Yep, I think the world would look totally different. Who knows what the UK and US would have ended up looking like.

J  E  T  S
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Super song jets, great time too put it here too remind us why we have memorial day!!

my papy said son your going too drive me too drinking if you dont stop driving that   Hot  Rod  Lincoln!! Cmdr cody and his lost planet airman
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Re: Upon That Foreign Shore

Thanks Dino.

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Re: Upon That Foreign Shore

Another great song Jeff.  And especially nice that you posted it for Memorial weekend!  I look forward to meeting you and hearing more of your tunes at the Doah Jam in July.

I thought about posting one of my new ones too, but it's about the Civil War and a pretty dark song.

DE

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Re: Upon That Foreign Shore

Thanks very much Ed.

I'm looking forward to the Doah Jam too. It's going to be fun and I look forward to meeting you. I'd like to hear your Civil War song as well. I like dark songs.

Take care,

Jeff

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Re: Upon That Foreign Shore

I just saw this one Jeff I really must get some glasses.
My Dad served during the second world war. D day etc and I have wondered myself if I could have been so brave. Thank God I did'nt have to find out.  We owe these men our way of life.
Great song.
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Re: Upon That Foreign Shore

Thanks very much Ark. That was a very dificult time for both our countries and we owe so many so much.

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