Topic: Always the Situation

Just a bluesy song about making it through tough times.

Always the Situation By Jeff Gilpin


April 29, 2012




Intro


[D] [C] [G] [D]




Verse 1


[G]Isn’t it always the situation


[G]Got an argument with no persuasion


[C]Even though you know your side is right


You’ve got no way to win the [G]fight




Verse 2


[G]Isn’t it always the way it goes


[G]You need to catch a break like no one knows


But [C]all the breaks you ever catch are bad


It'd be almost funny if it weren’t so [G]sad




But isn’t that [D]always [C] the situ[G]ation


And it’s [D]always the [C]way it’s going to [G]stay son [D]




Verse 3


[G]Can’t remember what all went wrong


[G]Life’s like an old Hank Williams song


A [C]song about a girl long gone


And how you think about her all night [G]long




Verse 4


The [G]good life’s for the fortunate


[G]Well good for them you know you can’t hate


You [C]tip my hat to them and say cheers


As you sip on whiskey chased with [G]beers




But isn’t that [D]always [C] the situ[G]ation


And it’s [D]always the [C]way it’s going to [G]stay son [D]





Verse 5


[G]Maybe you'll move to another place


[G]Where bad luck never has seen your face


[C]Show them the right way to punch a clock


Become one of the haves and forget the [G]nots




Verse 6


But if [G]you move someplace else who’s to say


[G]Will life be better than it is today


A[C]nother place will have their problems too


Like trying on a new pair of worn out [G]shoes




Can’t get a[D]way [C] from this situ[G]ation


Just more [D]pain [C]and mis[G]fortune




Verse 7


[G]Goodness comes and goodness goes


[G]But you know this is the life you chose


A [C]life of hard work of which you're proud


Another working man ‘nother face in the [G]crowd




Verse 8


[G]Someday you guess your time will come


[G]You’ll survive until then but when you're done


You’ll look [C]back on what you’ve done with your life


As you've tried to keep as sharp as a worn out [G]knife




But that’s al[D]ways [C] the situ[G]ation


In the [D]end [C] you’re going to [G]pay son


Yeah that’s al[D]ways [C] the situ[G]ation


In the [D]end [C] you’re going to [G]pay…



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

Re: Always the Situation

Are you going to record this, Jeff? I'd love to hear how you do it, with your rhythm and melody!

Re: Always the Situation

Love the lyrics,seems like it would a good country song.

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

Re: Always the Situation

Hey M.B and Dino,

Thanks - M.B. - I need to get back to recording but I am way behind but I will add this to my list. Dino - I had country or country rock in mind when I wrote it.

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

Re: Always the Situation

Like too hear it if you ever post it,might think a little Eagles on the rock side might work.

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

Re: Always the Situation

The good thing about a song like this, with a fairly straight chord pattern, is that you can come up with so many ways to play and sing it. I like it more along the style of Old Crow Medicine Show. A little country/folk/rock or americana or whatever you call that. But I can hear it in a more Eagles style too.

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