1 Topic by Phill Williams (edited by Phill Williams 2009-03-04 21:51:46)

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Topic: I Wish

We all get depressed at times, this was me this week, I used to dream of being able to fly when I was young, so it's all come out in this simple song. Also when playing the Em7/9 hold down D on the B string, and G and D when you play the C chord.

I WISH .PHILL WILLIAMS


[D] I wish I was a big bird


I could [Em7/9] Spread my wings and soar


And [C] see the world from [Em7/9] up on high


Above [A] the mess below




And i wish you were a caterpillar


Eating up the leaves


Then you'd turn into a butterfly


And fly away with me


||: AND I [C] WISH I COULD [Em7/9]FLY; [G] FLY, FLY [A] AWAY neutral|


And I wish I was an astronaut


Flying to the moon


An explorer in some distant land


In a big balloon




Liness or solitude


Call it what you may


From all those people mulling `round


I need to get away



||: AND I WISH I COULD FLY; FLY, FLY AWAY neutral|


And I wish I was an angel


Sitting on a cloud


Play with my harp for you


Playing much too loud




And I wish I could be somewhere else


Anywhere would do


But i dont want lots of people there


Just me and you


||: AND I WISH I COULD FLY; FLY, FLY AWAY:||  X2




And I [D] wish I was a [D/Db] railway station


[Bm] Busy through the [Bm/A] day


At [Bm/Ab] ]night i'd be a [Bm/G] shelter for


The [Asus] homeless kids to [A] stay...




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WORDS AND MUSIC BY Phill Williams 27th February 2009

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Re: I Wish

Phill I really like these lyrics very whimsical,I can picture someone sitting on a hilltop or a high point overlooking the ocean watching the birds and clouds as they morph into shapes nice one my Welsh friend smile

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Re: I Wish

Hi,

Great Lyrics, Phil.

Did you ever hear Guy Clarke's song "Always trust your Cape"? This reminded me of it - in a good way, I hasten to add.

Guy's lyric goes -

Eight years old with a flour sack cape
Tied all around his neck
He climbed up on the garage
Figurin’ what the heck
He screwed his courage up so tight
The whole thing come unwound
He got a runnin’ start and bless his heart
He headed for the ground…

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Re: I Wish

hi phill sounds like a nice way to chill out,lovely song,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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Re: I Wish

hi russ,

thanks for that, you put me in mind of a hilltop i'm familiar with in a place called the gower, it's a peninsular across the loughor inlet, i'm on one side the gower on the other! it's a place of natural beauty and the southern coast line is something to see on a hot sunny day in july. i remember from my childhood going over there on a sunday, and as you come over the top of the  mountain the view is breath taking, the sea a mile or so away deep azure and reflecting sun rays, tearfully beautiful...i recomend it to everyone.

thanks alan,

guy clark's song kinda reminds me of the time i thought an old umbrella would work as a parachute....no it didnt, maybe that's why i'm so thick?

hi daddy,

hope to record this tonight, i've written another verse...just when you think it's done?

thanks to all

phill

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Re: I Wish

I glad you wrote another verse phill,

I felt it need another to bind..

I love this Phil, I call these lyrics Soul writing..

Lovely stuff.

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Re: I Wish

Like it Phill,

Quite a haunting quality to the chord sequence (at least when I play it it has) and imaginative lyrics. Don't forget to let us know when you have recorded it.

Roger

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Re: I Wish

Really nice job Phill of conveying an emotion that has to be penned up inside all of us. I know I've wished and wondered many times.

Thanks smile
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Re: I Wish

hi roger and kenny,

thanks for your kind comments, sorry i have not been around lately, as they're closing the factory, [cos there's no work!!!!] they are making us work 12 hour shifts, i'm cream crackered, and i've been trying to record this damn song, i've recorded and deleted it then recorded again so many times, i just thought sod it thats it...so i've put 2 versions of it on my space, one's an up tempo country style, `tuthers a moody [as you sugested rog] slow'y

i'd like comments [i know the guitars are out of tune, they need new strings...but i dont have the time] please say which you prefer...this goes for everyone

love to all and happy spring everybody

phill

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Re: I Wish

Hi Phill,

For my money it is the electic version.

Roger

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Re: I Wish

Hi Phil,

I just have a thing for acoustic, so for me, it's the acoustic version. Acoustic just seems more honest, earthy and real.

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Hi Phill
I prefer the electric version. I think the chorus FX guitar is your sound... Nice use of reverb too.
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Re: I Wish

thanks to you roger, alan and ark for replying and giving your preferences

phill

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Hi Phill,

I'm liking the acoustic version myself. smile
Well Done
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