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Topic: RE; SHATTERED DREAMS

A dark number with a simple slow to medium down up strum.

Shattered dreamsby;Brad McDougall


march 27/07




[Am]Here in the valley of [Dm] dark and of [Am] light.




[Am]A man can live peaceful [C] without any [Am] fight.


[Am]He will get lonley in [Dm] parts of his [Am] life.


[Am]He needs a companion [C] so he takes a [Am] wife.


Oh these [C] dreams, stay with [G7] me,


Oh these [Am] dreams, set me [F] free.


[Am]They start a new life,they [Dm] live off the [Am] land.


[Am]They have a small farm,do the [C] best that they [Am] can.


[Am]She has a few children, [Dm] He works day and [Am] night.


[Am]The goverment drafts him, [C] he has to go [Am] fight.


Oh these [C] dreams, stay with [G7] me


Oh these [Am] dreams, set me [F] free....



[Am]He's off to the war now,[Dm] the battle [Am] begins,


[Am]He thinks of his family,[C] and how he can [Am] win,


[Am]He's got to be strong now,[Dm] he's got to be [Am] brave,


[Am]He stands up one time,[C] a bullet finds [Am] him.


Shattered [C] dreams, go [G7] away....


Shattered [C] dreams, leave [F] today.....


[Am]She waits in the parlour,[Dm] the farm is no [Am] more,


[Am]She still can't believe, he's [C] not comming [Am] home,


[Am]Her kids are grown up now,[Dm] and all moved [Am] away,


[Am]She just can't make it [C] thru another [Am] day..


Shattered [C] dreams, go [G7] away,


Shattered [C] dreams, leave [F] today.


Scattered[C] dreams...........[let C ring]


   the end.






...Badeye.

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Re: RE; SHATTERED DREAMS

Great job badeye. Looks like your getting the hang of making your songs look all 'purdy'. Very realistic story, well told.

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Re: RE; SHATTERED DREAMS

Good Song Badeye,

A lady i know through the Womens Movement, lost her young husband in the Congo War. In the mid sixties.

She never did quite get over it. Also never remarried. War is such a useless waste of life.

Well done.

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Re: RE; SHATTERED DREAMS

hey badeye,
very emotional song, well written smile
good topic, too, i understand it very well. you have very interesting ideas for songs, things people would care about, and the chords are really fitting

well done

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Re: RE; SHATTERED DREAMS

Hi Badeye,

Nice moody song, well done. When are we likely to hear a recording of this one please?

Roger

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Thank for your comments Southpaw,Old Doll, Liam,and Roger, I do have my diploma from the "Roger Guppy song
Posting Acedemy" and it sure comes in handy, Thanks Roger.

hope you all have a great day...Badeye.

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Badeye ,
   Excellent work , I'm rather fond of dark stuff myself , I think it reveals a lot about the writer's life experiences .
  Expert use of minors and sevens too .
   I do a lot of " dark " stuff ,
that I have written over the years . I have found that with the right chords , just the intro will set the mood .
   Sometimes at jams I will start right out with three dark ones in a row , then lighten things up with some good loud classic rock , then
have someone ask me to do some more of the other ......
   Again , excellent work !!!

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Re: RE; SHATTERED DREAMS

such a sad song badeye, flows very well and the rhyme is excellent. i love story songs and this gives the background then the hook at the end. bet it sounds different to the way i played it!

great stuff

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Thank you, very encouraging.

...Badeye..

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Re: RE; SHATTERED DREAMS

badeye wrote:

A dark number with a simple slow to medium down up strum.

Shattered dreamsby;Brad McDougall


march 27/07




[Am]Here in the valley of [Dm] dark and of [Am] light.




[Am]A man can live peaceful [C] without any [Am] fight.


[Am]He will get lonley in [Dm] parts of his [Am] life.


[Am]He needs a companion [C] so he takes a [Am] wife.


Oh these [C] dreams, stay with [G7] me,


Oh these [Am] dreams, set me [F] free.


[Am]They start a new life,they [Dm] live off the [Am] land.


[Am]They have a small farm,do the [C] best that they [Am] can.


[Am]She has a few children, [Dm] He works day and [Am] night.


[Am]The goverment drafts him, [C] he has to go [Am] fight.


Oh these [C] dreams, stay with [G7] me


Oh these [Am] dreams, set me [F] free....



[Am]He's off to the war now,[Dm] the battle [Am] begins,


[Am]He thinks of his family,[C] and how he can [Am] win,


[Am]He's got to be strong now,[Dm] he's got to be [Am] brave,


[Am]He stands up one time,[C] a bullet finds [Am] him.


Shattered [C] dreams, go [G7] away....


Shattered [C] dreams, leave [F] today.....


[Am]She waits in the parlour,[Dm] the farm is no [Am] more,


[Am]She still can't believe, he's [C] not comming [Am] home,


[Am]Her kids are grown up now,[Dm] and all moved [Am] away,


[Am]She just can't make it [C] thru another [Am] day..


Shattered [C] dreams, go [G7] away,


Shattered [C] dreams, leave [F] today.


Scattered[C] dreams...........[let C ring]


   the end.






...Badeye.

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Re: RE; SHATTERED DREAMS

Hi Badeye,

Thanks for bringing this back up. smile
This may be a dark, slow number but it tells an all to truthful story.
Right or Wrong...war sucks.

This is an older post....Do you have it recorded?

Nice Write:)

Kenny

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