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Topic: No Thoughts Unkind

I wrote this as a poem a while back but decided to turn it into a song. Here is what I came up with.

No Thoughts Unkind By Jeff Gilpin


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Intro


F - F - C - G




Verse 1


I [Am]don’t know where


I want to go


So [Em]when you ask


You ought to know


That [F]just right now


I just can’t decide


[C]Whether to stay


Or [G]run and hide


~


Chorus

And [C]all is well


We tell our mind


A [G]fib we tell


No thoughts unkind [F] [F] [C] [G]


~


Verse 3


But if I stay


I know that I


Will restlessly



Stay by your side


I may get on


Your nerves again


So you’ll ignore


And can pretend


~


Chorus

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Verse 5


That I’m not here


Or that I am


And all is right


In the world again


The rain is light


The sun is warm


The world is right


And free of harm


~


Ending Chorus

And [C]all is well


We tell our mind


A [G]fib we tell


No thoughts unkind [F] [F] [C] [G] [Am7]



J  E  T  S
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Re: No Thoughts Unkind

Here is how I play it: https://soundcloud.com/jets60/no-though … 7938749608     

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Re: No Thoughts Unkind

Jeff that has a nice folk style flow to it. I like the way the short lines in the song flow with a nice bounciness.     

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Re: No Thoughts Unkind

Thanks Pete. I wasn't sure what music would work but settled on what you heard. Glad you liked it.     

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Re: No Thoughts Unkind

Jeff

The music to this song is quite unique.... it took me to envisioning a soundtrack for an older movie- almost vaudevillian-style.
I could picture a singer like Al Jolson or Vaughn Monroe singing this. 
(This is a similar song it reminded me of   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9WRwRdpl3k  )
it nicely flows from one thought to another.

Well done.

Jim     

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Re: No Thoughts Unkind

Thank you, Jim. I checked that link out. I do like the way that song flows, and wish I had that much backing for my voice. smile     

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Re: No Thoughts Unkind

Jeff,
I hope you you understood what I meant, it was your song that I was talking about that flows very well, I just was comparing it to the other.

Again, nicely done.

Jim     

The price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it.   - H.D. Thoreau
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke
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Re: No Thoughts Unkind

Hey Jim,

I understood. Thanks very much.

Jeff     

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