Topic: Lately
This song is about how people look at their life differently all through their life as they are growing. I chose to write the life path of this song as one that I think many kids take, where they wonder what life is as a child, think they figured it out as a teen, and get a rude awakening coming into adulthood. I skipped the part, the longest part that seems to go by in a flash, that 30-40 year period were most people are out working in the world. I finish the song with the adult looking back at life in a similar fashion as the child they were looked at life. I think it is funny, not funny ha-ha but funny weird, that people wonder about life more when they are very young or very old.
Lately By Jeff Gilpin
June 24, 2012
capo 1
Verse 1 - child
[D]Lately...[G]
I’ve been thinking about [D]lots of things...[G]
Trying to figure out [D]what it means...[G]
About [D]life...[G]
[C]Why some things are [G]funny and make me [D]laugh
[C]Why some things are [G]sad and tear me in [D]half
[C]Why I’m here and [G]what I’m [A]going to [D]be I’ll [A]guess I’ll [G]see...[C]
[G]...What life holds for [D]me
Verse 2 - teen
[D]These days...[G]
Life makes [D]much more sense...[G]
Living in the [D]present tense...[G]
Some kind of [D]life...[G]
[C]Heading to my [G]friends to go hang [D]out
[C]Knowing now what [G]life is all a[D]bout
[C]Parents are off [G]somewhere [A]doing what[D]ever it [A]is they [G]do...[C]
[G]...I’ll do that [D]too
Verse 3 - tween
[D]Now...[G]
Life is in for [D]such a change...[G]
Not sure how I’ll [D]rearrange...[G]
Or what I’m going to [D]do...[G]
[C]The time is here [G]decisions to be [D]made
[C]How I’ll live [G]how I’m going to get [D]paid
[C]It seemed so simple a [G]few years a[A]go but [D]it’s not [A]simple [G]now...[C]
[G]...I’ll figure out some[D]how
Bridge - decisions
[C]Head off to school but [G]I can't afford it [C]wish I’d better grades [G]but I ignored it
[C]Maybe sign my name for a [G]few years figuring [A] out what I want to do...[C]
[G]...That’s what I’ll [A]do...[A7]
Verse 4 - adult
[D]Lately...[G]
I’ve been thinking about [D]lots of things...[G]
Trying to figure out [D]what it means...[G]
About my [D]life...[G]
[C]Thinking back on [G]things still makes me [D]laugh
[C]Some memories are [G]sad and tear me in [D]half
[C]Why I’m here and [G]what I [A]could have [D]been but I’ll [A]never [G]know...[C]
[G]...But I’ll never [D]know
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