Topic: One of Life's Little tricks
This is just a song about something that happened to me long ago. Reb, I hope you don’t mind but I used some of the chords I had suggested for your lyrics last week. I hope you all like it.
One of Life’s Little Tricks By Jeff Gilpin
November 17th, 2007
Intro
[Cadd9] [D]
Verse 1
[Em/D]How we met
By some fluke or chance
You called me on the [D]phone
[Em/D]Because your friend
Had asked you
Didn’t want to on her [D]own
[D#]So we talked about her
And with reservation you [D]said
[Cadd9]I’m not sure if she’s the one for [D]you
Verse 2
[Em/D]Then for weeks
I think I had
A phone pressed to my [D]ear
We [Em/D]talked a lot
Tentatively at first
Then free of [D]fear
Ex[D#]ploring many subjects
Growing fond of your [D]voice
And [Cadd9]like a sprouting tree we grew and [D]grew
Chorus
[Cadd9]Some how it ended
To this day I’m not sure [D]why
[Cadd9]We got separated
And found other things to [D]try
But [D#]I never will forget
The [Em/D]summer of [D]76
[Em/D]My first lesson about
One of life’s little [D]tricks
Verse 3
That [Em/D]summer I think
I spent more time
At your house than [D]mine
Met your [Em/D]family
Got to know them
Things were going [D]fine
[D#]Learning all the lessons
That all young couples [D]learn
I [Cadd9]thought they’d last forever…I was [D]young
Verse 4
The [Em/D]next fall
We got separated
Going to different [D]schools
We [Em/D]tried to
Keep it going
But turned out a game for [D]fools
[D#]I guess I got distracted
And we started drifting a[D]part
I [Cadd9]guess that’s where the ending had its [D]start
Chorus
[Cadd9]Some how it ended
To this day I’m not sure [D]why
[Cadd9]We got separated
And found other things to [D]try
But [D#]I never will forget
The [Em/D]summer of [D]76
[Em/D]My first lesson about
One of life’s little [D]tricks
Verse 5
[Em/D]We drifted
Even further
When I was sent a[D]way
To a [Em/D]school where
Young men like me
Prepared for the college [D]day
Yet [D#]we still found each other
But only from time to [D]time
Only [Cadd9]what we had before we couldn’t [D]find
Verse 6
[Em/D]Years have passed
Since those times
But we will never for[D]get
Our [Em/D]too short
Time together
That I’m sure was heaven [D]sent
We’ll [D#]keep it for those winter nights
When we’re sad or we’re a[D]lone
To [Cadd9]prove our hearts are still beating [D]strong
Chorus
[Cadd9]Some how it ended
To this day I’m not sure [D]why
[Cadd9]We got separated
And found other things to [D]try
But [D#]I never will forget
The [Em/D]summer of [D]76
[Em/D]My first lesson about
One of life’s little [Cadd9]tricks [D]
J E T S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
