• From: Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
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Re: Can us song qriters try this??

OK Alex this is your thread and your idea has resulted in in a song with many contributors. Funnily enough this is absolutely ideal for an idea that I had a couple of weeks ago.

I had contacted James and Old Doll and suggested that we try a musical collaboration, I have not done this before but I think that I can overlay the seperate performances, and we were looking for a song to use. E-mails have been flying back and forth between America, Ireland and Portugal and we are going to give it a whirl.

It will take a little time to complete and we will use this thread to keep you informed of the progress.

The first thing that I have to do is to write a backing track and send it to Helena and James. This will be used to to keep the timing of the three recordings identical. I will do that this evening.

So, please keep your fingers crossed.

Roger.

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Re: Can us song qriters try this??

Superb, cant wait to hear it and I'm sure everyone else feels the same!

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Re: Can us song qriters try this??

I hope this will the first of many collaborative efforts.  Roger, Old Doll, and I will no doubt learn alot as we bring this song to life.  Hopefully, it will pave the way for more group efforts involving more chordie participants.

It's stuff like this that make chordie such a neat place!  James

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
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29 Reply by Roger Guppy (edited by Roger Guppy 2007-10-16 21:30:42)

  • From: Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
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Re: Can us song qriters try this??

Firstly apologies to you all for the delay in completing this recording. Unfortunately, due to boring technical reasons, Helena, James and I were unable to complete this song as a trio as we had hoped. So I am afraid it is a solo from me. However we do hope to be able to trio at a later date.

Secondly apologies to Weedjie and Jeff as I made some alterations to the chords they had posted. Weedjie, I felt that it should be a 4 line verse and not 6 but loved the D, D4 combination so much that I kept it as a break between verses also. Jeff I added a Dmaj7 to your chorus as I felt that it kept the right feeling to the song. I have posted the chords I used and I have recorded the song on FoC: http://www.myspace.com/friendsofchordie

Arsdteach who wanted lyrics to work with, or anyone else for that matter, can rework and record this song if they wish and I will gladly remove my version from FoC to make way for theirs.

Thank you to Alex (Scrimmy82) for the great idea to start this thread.

Roger


All Chordieby Chordie Songwriters


All chords are one bar except the underlined D, D4 and they are half a bar each


Intro:


[C][G][D][D4]


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Verse 1:


The [G]night was drawing [C]in and [D]cold air filled the [D4]sky,


[G]I could see for[C]ever sparkling [D]deep within her [D4]eyes,


[C]Nothing could be [D]clearer as we [G]gazed into the [Em]stars,


[C]That nothing comes be[D]tween two [C]people sharing [D]hearts. [D4] [D] [D4]


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Verse 2:


The [G]touch of your [C]soft hand [D]brushed away your [D4]lies,


The [G]touch of your [C]lips [D]eased my breaking [D4]heart,


The [C]smell of your [D]skin made me [G]think of the [Em]time,


[C]First time [D]holding you to be [C]mine all [D]mine. [D4] [D] [D4]


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Verse 3:


As the [G]flash of a [C]shooting star [D]lit up the [D4]night,



[G]Something started [C]stirring [D]beyond the eerie [D4]light,


We [C]felt it both [D]deep inside the [G]marrow of our [Em]bones,


While the [C]wind whistled [D]through the trees in [C]melancholy [D]tones. [D4] [D] [D4]


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Chorus:


[D]Dance in the [Dmaj7]darkness [C]dance still for [G]me.


[D]Just enfold [Dmaj7]me in the [C]ecsta[G]sy


[D]Hold me [Dmaj7]till the [C]night light [G]dims


Into [C]nothingness and [D]all that [G]is. [D] [D4] [D] [D]


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Verse 4:


The [G]cold night said good[C]bye warm [D]daylight filled the [D4]sky,


For[G]ever was still [C]sparkling with[D]in her sleepy [D4]eyes,


[C]This is a [D]new day a [G]bright new shining [Em]way,


And [C]you are the [D]reasonthat [C]I will [D]for[D4]ever [G]stay.


[C] [D] [D4] [G]



"Do, or do not; there is no try"

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Re: Can us song qriters try this??

Wow.... Roger that's a real good job you've done with those lyrics.
Enjoyed it a lot.
Well done.

Ark

  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
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Re: Can us song qriters try this??

Bravo, Roger!  'Tis a dandy song and it is good to finally hear it come to life.  Beautifully played and sung.

The idea of global collaboration is enticing - I hope that the 'boring technical reasons' can be overcome for future efforts.  James

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
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Re: Can us song qriters try this??

Roger!,

See! No one else was needed.  You did good on you own!

you make recording  look to easy. which i know its not.

Oh well. i cant be good at everything!

Very well done.

Old Doll

Why Blend in with the Crowd ? When you were made to stand out !