Topic: "Infrastructure Blues"

Another blues ditty:

Infrastructure BluesJames McCormick, August 13, 2007


[G]Everything is crumbling, [G]rusting, rotting away


[G]Pipes and roads and bridges [G7]steadily decay.


[C]Nothing is forever [C]that's a guarantee


The [G]only thing that's constant is [G]cosmic entropy.


When [D7]galaxies collide the [C7]elements renew


[G]That is why I'm singing the infrastructure [D7]blues.


. . . .


[G]Scientists say it started with a [G]bang that was large


[G]Fundamentalists insist there's a [G7]deity in charge.


[C]Tooth fairy loonies say it's [C]all some kind of spell


[G]Optimists keep smiling [G]deep in their wishing well.



But the [D7]civil engineers say the [C7]piper's pay is due


So [G]join me now in singing the infrastructure [D7]blues.


. . . .


[G]Ashes go to ashes, [G]dust goes into dust


[G]Concrete goes to gravel, [G7]iron goes to rust.


[C]Dinosaurs go to fossils, [C]empires go to ruin


Don't [G]matter who you are, or [G]who your lawyers suing.


Our [D7]house of cards is burning, that [C7]news is nothing new


[G]That is why I'm singing the [D7]infrastructure [G]blues.



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

Re: "Infrastructure Blues"

i can see the cycle of life in this one james,nice lyrics and chords ,chalk another one up ...

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

Re: "Infrastructure Blues"

Thanks, daddycool!  Hey, I tried to email you a couple of times, but it keeps bouncing back.  Even tried replying to one you sent me, but it still didn't go through.  Is the email address you have on your chordie registration corrrect?  James

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

Re: "Infrastructure Blues"

Hi james
We think things are stable but it is only an illusion change is only thing we can count on.
Nicely put in this number.
Well done.

Regards

Ark

Re: "Infrastructure Blues"

James

    Everything is crumbling, rusting, rotting away
    Pipes and roads and bridges steadily decay

That why your taxes are so high (......probably)

I like it - I have soft spot for your blues numbers

John

Re: "Infrastructure Blues"

Thanks, johncross21 - The 12-bar blues is a fun skeleton to hang some flesh on.  Maybe not the most original song form, but since I live in Mississippi I enjoy carrying on the traditional form in my own peculiar manner.

Arkady, thanks for 'getting it' - I used to work as a carpenter doing repairs and renovations.  I have lots of first-hand knowledge of how houses and buidings are transitory things that are constantly returning to the earth and crumbling in slow motion.  The recent, tragic collapse of the highway bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis got me thinking about this whole topic.

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

Re: "Infrastructure Blues"

Singing your song suddenly made me worry about my wallet - Maybe if we raise taxes we can fix it! Get ready for this topic to be hammered at us until the election...along with Iraq. Good song - blues is right

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

Re: "Infrastructure Blues"

Hi,
Reading your song James, reminded me of a great book ive just read..
" The Bookseller of Kabul " Asne Seierstad. Talk about infrastructure? This to me in the greatest insight  to the power of literature,  to a people, and their land ive read in a long long time!

Old Doll.

Why Blend in with the Crowd ? When you were made to stand out !