Topic: Begin
This song started from a set of chords. The verse chords of this song got stuck in my head so I had to write this to get it out. The words are about the need for people, including myself, to get off the conveyer belt of life and start to live a little.
Begin By Jeff Gilpin
May 17, 2012
Verse 1
[D]Dogs on the [F]leash
[C]Birds on the [F]high [C]wire
[D]Rabbits stay [F]hidden
[C]Cats on their [D]own
[D]Dogs on a [F]walk
[C]Birds ‘bout to [F]fly [C]
[D]Rabbits are [F]timid
[C]Cats ‘bout to [D]roam
Verse 2
[D]Just like in [F]life
You [C]lead or you [F]fol[C]low
[D]Soar to the [F]heights
Or [C]just stay at [D]home
[D]Or go through [F]life
Just [C]as an ob[F]ser[C]ver
[D]Taking it [F]all in
[C]Up on your [D]throne
Chorus 1
[F]Par[C]tici[G]pa[D]tion
[F]A[C]li[G]en[F]a[D]tion
[D] A [F]virtual [C]na[F] [C] tion
[D]Won’t start to [F]live until you [C]put down [F]your [D]phone
Verse 3 (same verse chords as 1 & 2)
Driving to work
Days at the office
Driving back home
Sleep in your bed
Keep up the cycle
Until you’re finished
Can’t back out of it
Until you’re about dead
Verse 4
See a few people
As you drive to work
Doing the same thing
Same daily grind
Driving to work
Head in a cell phone
World’s going by
And time is just flyin’
Chorus 2 (same chords as chorus above)
No recreation
Until cremation
Drink your libation
When you’re so all alone
Verse 5
Pull back and step
Away from the racetrack
Slow down and step off
Of the time machine
Slow it all down
Try and remember
What it was like to
Think and to dream
Verse 6
Walking away
Take in the day
Look all around
Soak it all in
What will you do
Whatever you want to but
The path will go nowhere
Unless you begin
J E T S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
