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Topic: Just Outside Of Nashville

Wrote this song last night and today..... about how tough it is to break through into country music.( and how some spend their whole lives trying to do it ) I tried to be a little bit clever by putting some double entendre  interpretations in there- hope it works) smile



[song]
{t: Just Outside of Nashville}

Oh [C] the  Tennessee night time wind
is  [Am]  calling   my name   once again
[F] hoping for something better  this time
maybe [G] catch  a break  every now and then
And [C]now I'm  just outside of Nashville
I can[Am] see  the  glow of the city lights
[F]It's been a  long , lonely  journey
With  too [G] many painful heart break  nights

Chorus
But [F]I've got my songs and my old guitar
[C] Fifty dollars and  a beat up car
[F] A bottle of Jack and a thousand schemes
And  [G] a suitcase full of broken dreams
[C]  [Am]  [F]  [G]

[C] As I'm driving into Nashville
I [Am]  look up and see   the stars
and I [F] wonder if I'm like them
[G]  close,  and yet so  damn  far 
and[C] now I'm just  inside of Nashville
I see [Am]a circle that is unbroken
[F] A ring of fire guarding secrets,  where
[G] everything but the truth is  spoken

Chorus
But [F]I've  got my songs and my old guitar
[C] Fifty dollars and  a beat up car
[F] A bottle of Jack and a thousand schemes
And  [G] a suitcase full of broken dreams
[C]  [Am]  [F]  [G]

Well [C] now it's  time to head back home
Aint [Am]Nothing more I can do
[F] Out of money and out of  chances
Guess  [G] I'm  feeling just a little blue
And[C] now I'm  just  outside of Nashville
seems[Am] every open door was closed
[F]but I know I'll  be back again,
when [G] that Tennessee night wind blows

chorus
when [F] I'll have my songs and my old guitar
[C] Fifty dollars and  a beat up car
[F] A bottle of Jack and a thousand schemes
And  [G] a suitcase full of broken dreams
Yeah [F] I'll have my songs and my old guitar
[C] Fifty dollars and  a beat up car
[F] A bottle of Jack and a thousand schemes
And  [G] a suitcase full of broken dreams
[C]  [Am]  [F]  [G] [C]

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Re: Just Outside Of Nashville

TIG
love that chorus

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Re: Just Outside Of Nashville

Thanks easybeat

here is the link  if anybody wants to see in the songbook section

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/?url= … ranspose=0


and here is the link to the quick recording I did of it and put on soundcloud.

https://soundcloud.com/tigljk/just-outside-of-nashville

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Re: Just Outside Of Nashville

Pretty cool lyrics. I like the story and it all plays out short and sweet. And I can hear a steel guitar in the mix.

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Re: Just Outside Of Nashville

Well - I knew there was something missing from it -- finally figured it out
I added the last verse that tied the whole thing together.
To me it finishes the never ending story of the song - if that makes sense

I will  try to redo it and put it on soundcloud later

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Re: Just Outside Of Nashville

I put an updated version of this song up on soundcloud.

Their have been some lyric changes - I think it's where I finally want it to be.
Hope you like it, it's my favorite of all the songs I've written

https://soundcloud.com/tigljk/just-outside-of-nashville

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Re: Just Outside Of Nashville

Very good Jim, a little work needed on the frazing otherwise a cracking song. I imagined it a little rockier in a country rock style. Another winner.

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Re: Just Outside Of Nashville

Yes I agree. 

If I knew how I would

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Re: Just Outside Of Nashville

Clever chorus lines a song that works perfect which many a songwriter who has been to Nashville could relate to. Even people who are interested  in country music and what Nashville represents. Many a Kiwi musician has gone there in the hope of breakking into the big time.

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Re: Just Outside Of Nashville

Phill Williams wrote:

  I imagined it a little rockier in a country rock style. Another winner.

Phill.


Phill
I transposed it down 5 semitones and got it in G


With that change I think I can play a lot easier and make it more "country rockish".

I agree, there's  a few lines that have too many words or something that it just doesn't fit -  that need re-working
Do you think the chord progression is ok or would you recommend a change there as well ?
I'll give it another go.
Thanks for the advice, as always, I appreciate your expertise and guidance.

Jim

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Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.

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