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Topic: A song about depression and my first post

Winston Churchill referred to his depression as the Black Dog.

The Black Dog

Intro [Am] [E7] [Dm] [E7]

[F] The  [Am] black dog he comes visiting most [E7] mornings at two
[Dm] I lie in bed wondering [E7] just what I should do
[F] The hurtful comment, without thought is [E7] playing on my mind
[Dm] Though it was never meant [E7] to sound so unkind

[Am] [E7] [Dm] [E7]

[Am] I lay in my bed with ideas [E7] running through my head
[Dm] I know that in the morning that my [Am] dreams will all be dead
[F] I think of times when life was fun [Am] of walking on the beach
[Dm] loves lost and chances missed, [E7] now all out of reach
[Dm] Another grey day, just more the same [Am] the black dog he has come
[Dm] He hunts me down, jumps on me and takes out all the [E7] fun

[Dm] I am getting older and {Am] losing the fight
[E7] I need some help, a kind word to help me though the [Am] night.

Feel free to comment, I'm not too happy with "takes out all the fun"
Cheers Steve

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Re: A song about depression and my first post

I'd like to hear the way you play this its an intresting song ,I just finger picked the chords when i tried it .

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Re: A song about depression and my first post

My fingerpicking is not very good so I was tossing up between just a single strum or something more complicated.

4 Reply by dino48 (edited by dino48 2015-06-29 01:14:43)

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Re: A song about depression and my first post

Grah1 wrote:

I'd like to hear the way you play this its an intresting song ,I just finger picked the chords when i tried it .

Same here, it could be a blues tune with all the 7th's in it. maybe I will try something besides blues later .

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Re: A song about depression and my first post

https://soundcloud.com/sak-26/black-dogmp3

I'm trying to get a mate with a better voice to give it a go. I can't hold a note in a cup.

6 Reply by keepitreal (edited by keepitreal 2015-07-06 23:52:32)

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Re: A song about depression and my first post

Ok so just my humble opinion.  I just played it through in a slow strum/finger pick style. The chord progression is great the Dm, Am, E7 really works. He hunts me down jumps on me and takes out all the fun. Great, it fits in with a nice steady strumming pattern and needs to be left in there. The only bit I would change is the last line,(eg). E7 I need some help, Am to get me through the night. To me it just seems to flow a little better.
Again, let me stress this is just my opinion.

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7 Reply by beestie (edited by beestie 2015-07-07 02:26:25)

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Re: A song about depression and my first post

thanks for the tip. moving the Am does seem to help. It stops it ending quite so abruptly.