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Topic: "Two Roads"

Russell Harding got me thinking about the choices we all make in life with his song Soap on a Rope.  That got me to thinking about how the choices we make can lead off to many different paths.

Two Roads By Jeff Gilpin



July 29th, 2008




Verse 1


[G]Young one you’ve got [C]two roads in [G]life


To [G]take on your [D]journey a[G]head


[G]Both have got side roads of [C]struggles and [G]strife


And [G]yet both leave [D]you just as [G]dead


[C]Which one you [D]take is [Em]all up to you


The [C]journey is all in your [D]hands


[G]Find what you’re made of [C]along the [G]way


And [G]learn as [D]much as you [G]can




Verse 2


[G]One road you can take may seem [C]easy at [G]first


But get [G]steeper as [D]you travel [G]on


[G]It might not be [C]quite what you [G]wanted


So [G]go back if [D]you get it [G]wrong


[C]Nothing [D]wrong with [Em]trying to start over


Just [C]don’t burn the bridges you [D]cross


It's [G]hard to go back by [C]jumping a [G]stream


Of [G]one of life’s [D]lessons you [G]lost




Verse 3


[G]Another road starts and it [C]tries to dis[G]suade


As if [G]it knows you’re [D]not tough e[G]nough


Yet [G]nothing worth having comes [C]without a [G]price



You'll put [G]up with [D]all sorts of [G]stuff


[C]After a [D]time it [Em]all may pay off


[C]But sometimes it [D]don’t


[G]That’s the funny [C]thing about [G]life


[G]Either it [D]will or it [G]won’t




Verse 4


[G]Life sure seems straight [C]forward at [G]first


[G]Choices don’t [D]seem all that [G]tough


But the [G]longer the journey the [C]deeper the [G]thirst


Any your [G]choices may [D]get a bit [G]rough


So [C]make your best [D]choices and [Em]don’t second guess


[C]Try hard not to look [D]back


[G]No one can know [C]what might have [G]been


So [G]stick to your [D]guns and re[G]lax




Verse 5


I [G]want an old porch swing at the [C]end of my [G]road


So [G]I can just [D]sit and re[G]flect


But [G]it just might be the [C]curb of the [G]road


[G]Life’s tough and you've [D]got to re[G]spect


The [C]journey that [D]teaches and the [Em]lessons you learn


And the [C]lessons that others learn [D]too


So [G]enjoy the journey but [C]duck when it’s [G]needed


There'll be [G]time to re[D]flect when it’s [C]through[G]




J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: "Two Roads"

hi jeff,

like this one too, it's another deep one, and i like the way you've put it together.
if only kids would pay attention to what we've been putting on here, maby we could straighten 'em out and clean up the world...now wouldn't that be a fine thing?

keep rocking

phill

Ask not what Chordie can do for you, but what you can do for Chordie.

Re: "Two Roads"

Hey Phill - Thanks. I agree but I remember when I was a kid too and I was just too "busy" back then so I understand.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: "Two Roads"

I used to joke that I would "live fast and die laughing".  Of course, that was when I was much younger - now days, I'm thinking that porch swing is looking pretty cool and inviting.  James

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]

Re: "Two Roads"

Hi Jeff,

A thought provoking song and very true, of course being young means that you think know better than anyone else. It is only as we mature that we realise that this is not true. I know that I look back and realise that had I listened to some of the advice I was given in my fomative years, life would certainly have been a lot easier.

Good song, well done,

Roger

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

Re: "Two Roads"

Thanks James and Roger. There was a lot of advice I should have taken but I made it through okay. You're right though Roger, it sure would have been much easier knowing what I know now.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

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Jeff I really like these lyrics and the chords fit very nicely "boy you wernt kidding when you told me yesterday you had a song in  mind really good effort well done smile

"Growing old is not for sissies"

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Hey Russ - Thanks - Funny how an ideas can turn up another one that's quite different. Thanks for the inspiration!

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

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Jets,
Good song 'bout life and life's lessons!
                                                   getfiddle

A musician is someone with too much time on their hands! Thank god I'm a musician!!!

Re: "Two Roads"

hi jeff a really good lesson for life,makes you sit back and reflect on what was,has and could be,well done....stay cool

love is life ,life is for love,keep a true heart and live life to the full....stay cool

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Thanks - Life does make think about all the possibilities

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C