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Topic: Across the Equator

I wrote this as a poem yesterday and decided to turn it into a song so here it is. https://soundcloud.com/jets60/across-the-equator

Across the Equator Jeff Gilpin


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Intro fingerpicking G


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[G]I’ve never had the chance to travel


A[D]cross the equator


[C]I’ve spent my whole lifetime


In the [G]northern hemisphere


It’s [G]not for fear of traveling


Or a [D]lack of desire


I’ve just [C]never gotten the chance to travel


A[D]cross the e[G]quator


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[G]Maybe someday I’ll get to travel


To the [D]southern hemisphere


And [C]go and see the places there


And [G]meet people there too


I’d [G]love to share with all of them


The [D]stories that I know


And [C]maybe I’ll learn what’s going on


A[D]cross the e[G]quator


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I'm [D]sure a lot I learn will a[G]stound me


And I’m [Em]sure I’ll learn things that I never [G]knew


I’m [D]sure they'll teach me things


That I’ve [G]never even considered


And [C]maybe I could teach them something [D]too


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[G]If I get the chance to travel


A[D]cross the equator


[C]I’ll keep my eyes wide open and


My [G]mind wide open too


The [G]other side of the world is


Just a [D]side I’ve never tried yet


But [C]one day I hope to travel


A[D]cross the e[G]quator


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Repeat chorus & last verse


repeat last two lines of the verse to end


fade fingerpicking G



J  E  T  S
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Re: Across the Equator

Jeff you have transformed your poem into a real good folk song.     

  • From: Hendersonville, NC USA
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Re: Across the Equator

Thanks Pete!     

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Re: Across the Equator

Jets60, I agree with what Peatle said on Soundcloud, a good yearning type song.  Nicely performed and written .     

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  • From: Hendersonville, NC USA
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Re: Across the Equator

Thanks Jan!     

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