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Topic: "Value Her"

This is Phill Williams poem which with the change of one word was very apt after my recent break up with a very beautiful and charming Portuguese lady. The word changed was 'mother', it became 'lover' and I, of course, put music to it.

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Thanks Phill for your blessing with this.

Roger

Value HerWords by Phill Williams/Music by Roger Guppy


Intro:


[Dm][Am][F][G][F][C]




Chorus:



[Dm]Ihad a little [Am]cry yesterday,


It's [Dm]worth it just to cry some[Am]times,


[C]To cry for no [D]reason,


[C]To cry out in [D]pain,


[F]To cry tears of [G]pride,


[C]To keep you ...sane.[G]


Verse 1:




[C]I may cry to[Em]morrow,


[C]And I'll tell you just [Em]why,


[F]My feelings are [G]hurt,


[F]But you wont see me [C]cry.




Verse 2:




[C]No body to [Em]hurt me,


[C]No body to [Em]leave,


[F]For I am a[G]lone now,


I [F]cry 'cause I [C]greave.




Chorus:

[Dm]Ihad a little [Am]cry yesterday,


It's [Dm]worth it just to cry some[Am]times,



[C]To cry for no [D]reason,


[C]To cry out in [D]pain,


[F]To cry tears of [G]pride,


[C]To keep you ...sane.[G]


Verse 3:




[C]I cry `cause I [Em]miss her,


[C]I miss the way that she [Em]cared,


[F]Her scent and her [G]smile,


[F]How she combed my [C]hair.




Verse 4:




[C]So value your [Em]lover,


[C]Before she has [Em]gone,


[F]Kiss her, ca[G]rress her,


And [F]give her your [C]love.




Chorus:

[Dm]Ihad a little [Am]cry yesterday,


It's [Dm]worth it just to cry some[Am]times,


[C]To cry for no [D]reason,


[C]To cry out in [D]pain,


[F]To cry tears of [G]pride,


[C]To keep you ...sane.[C]



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

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Re: "Value Her"

Hey Roger - I need to go to the other forum sometime because I missed this one. I will play it later but fingers are a little tender right now from practice today. Phill did a very good job on these words though.

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Re: "Value Her"

Roger, man that was awesome! Ive been coming to this site for awhile and just now been able to listen to music.(slow computers). I am truley impressed with how this song came out. Sounds like a number one to me. Congrats to you and Phil. You make a good team. Sorry about the break up, though proubly get a lot of songs out of it. Seems like I'm only inspired to write when things are bad.

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Re: "Value Her"

Hi Jeff,

The 'Poems' section can be a great place for finding lyrics and these struck me as soon as I saw them and Phill was kind enough to let me use them. I hope the fingers recover soon that is usually a sign of an extremely heavy session or too little practice in the past.

Hi Selso,

Thank you. Phill's words are great, he writes some awsome lyrics and I was pleasd that I was able to put music to these. I certainly agree that a new romance or the break up of one are excellent inspiration for a song.

Roger

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Re: "Value Her"

Hi Roger,

Another real nice job in recording here.I'm sure Phill is impressed also.
Well Done to both you and Phill. smile

Truly sorry about recent events. I'm guessing there is going to be some very good songs coming from you soon.

Take Care My Friend smile

Kenny

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Re: "Value Her"

Roger good job on Phills words it has a early sixties feel sort of Cliff Richards or Chad and Jeramey kind of song also sorry to hear about the splitup but relationships are like trains there's always another one on the way so keep the ol chin up smile

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Hi Roger
This song has a real "Pro" sound about it your recordings just improve all the time.
It certainly did Phill's words justice..
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Re: "Value Her"

Sorry to hear of your breakup.

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Re: "Value Her"

hi roger aa great combo song sad situation but my mum told me THERE'S PLENTY MORE FISH IN THE SEA,so get out and enjoy yourself,no use moping about it ,it will make you ill...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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Re: "Value Her"

Her loss, not yours Roger. Still though it's gotta be a downer. As Jimi says, "that's all right, I still got my guitar!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URyIcG2tycI


Peace and Guitars,
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Re: "Value Her"

Hi Kenny,

Phill, yourself and many others are far better wordsmiths than I, so it is great for me when I get the chance to use them.

Russ,

I am obviously showing my age with my choice of music. I will try and get up to date with my next offering.:)

Ark,

When I look back it is great to see how many of us that record our work have improved our technique thanks to help, advice and learning from fellow Chordians. Russ's Recording section has been one big boost for those interested in recording.

Zurf,

I knew when it started that it could end in heart ache, but it was great while it lasted and we still remain friends, so it is not all bad.

Daddycool,

I am OK and not moping around.  Thanks for your concern. However I might be a Guppy but I do not fancy dating a fish lol.

(For those who do not know a guppy is a tropical fish, coincidentally my mother's maiden name was Parr which is a young salmon)

Toney,

Thanks for the link. You cannot beat a bit of Jimi's music .



To all of you, thank you for your comments.

Roger

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Re: "Value Her"

Hi Roger,

I think the drum louder in the mix helped...oh yes I heard it first tongue

I think you've done a really good job Rog, like I said when you emailed the MP3, your recording is top drawer, your voice and backing vocals rock... I'm chuffed with it, seeing as I wrote it in about 10 minutes as a throw away...but ;there ya go

Well done that man

Phill

PS I like the way you used the 1st verse as the chorus

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Re: "Value Her"

Why? theres nothing wrong with what your doing, and I think the songs of the fifties and sixties were better anyway, so keep doing what your doing its sounds fine to me smile

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Russ,

I am obviously showing my age with my choice of music. I will try and get up to date with my next offering

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  • From: Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
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Re: "Value Her"

Thanks Phill,

It was your skill as a wordsmith that made the song.

Only 10 minutes in the writing? It would have taken me hours to come up with lyrics like that! I chose the first verse as a chorus as it was a 6 liner and the rest only four and also I could delay the 3rd, 4th and 5th lines of it to fit in the backing 'To cry' vocals.

Thank you again.


Thanks Russ,

I do agree with you about 60's music, I was brought up in that great musical era. My comment was a feeble attempt at humour.


Roger

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

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