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(10 replies, posted in My local band and me)

That was exquisite! Beautiful rendition.

Jim

2,727

(474 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

TF

They are so freaking good , it's crazy !
They played it effortlessly, and made the song have such a feel good aura about it.
I''d quit my job tomorrow if i could play like that.
Thanks for sharing

Jim

2,728

(3 replies, posted in Songwriting)

[Song]
{t:  TOO YOUNG TO DIE THIS OLD }

 
{C:Blame this one on Russell !

He posted his awesome cover of  too old to die young from the Django unchained movie.
I must have listened to it 50 times - it is soooooo good!!

Well then I went for a walk and was listening to it on my MP3 player and thought to myself --- if I turn the title around a bit - I think there's a song in there somewhere !  That was a few days ago.  This morning I woke up at 5 am and thought about that revised wording of the title and this is what popped into my brain....  about a young alcoholic.
( Don't ask why - it just did ! smile  )

Hope you like it . }



Too Young To Die All Alone
intro
[Em]  All alone,  I'm all alone,
[Am] All alone,  all alone,
[B7]  All alone,  I'm all alone
gonna [Em]die forgotten , all alone

[Em]Ignored the warnings that  I was   given
Always, [Am]took the road of easy livin’
though I [B7] knew it was a dead end
and [Em] alcohol was my only friend

[Em]  [Am]  [B7]   [Em]

[Em] family members   seem to disappear
I [Am]  drowned one more  with every beer
[B7]No longer  welcomed in my own home
I’m, [Em]  bitter, broke,  and    all alone

[Em]  [Am]  [B7]   [Em]

CHORUS
[Am]When did my life turn into this  awful dream
[Em]How did I fall for the devil’s scheme
[AM]Why’d I let my heart turn so damn cold
[B7]I’m  way too young to  be this [Em]old
  I’m [B7] way too  young to  die all [Em]alone


[Em]Time passes  now , slower and slower
my [Am]mirror  shows me older and older
[B7] good times are a thing of the past
I [Em]wonder if today  is  my last

CHORUS
[Am]When did my life turn into this  awful dream
[Em]How did I fall for the devil’s scheme
[AM]Why’d I let my heart turn so damn cold
[B7]I’m  way too young to  be this [Em]old
  I’m [B7] way too  young to  die all [Em]alone
  I’m [B7] way too  young to  die all [Em]alone
  I’m [B7] way too  young to  die all [Em]alone
[/song]

2,729

(5 replies, posted in Poems)

Easybeat

Good one man!
I left you a comment on soundcloud.

Nice comment on society - "As The World Turns" !

Jim

Jan

Wow!  Just Wow!

You have the same voicing abilities of Bobbie Gentry.....  If someone said this was an early version performed by Gentry, I would have believed it 100%!

I would love to do a cover, but I am not a musician, - can't sing, barely play.However, I  AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO LISTENING TO ALL THE VERSIONS OF THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE TALENTED PERFORMERS!!!!

Go for it Guys & Gals - I think this is a really cool idea.
Jim

2,731

(1 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Good playing - most impressed they kept a straight face till the end  smile

Finally had time to make the video.

Thank you so much too Scott, Amy, and Phill for their covers - each beautifully done in my humble opinion !
You have incredible talent like so many others on here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYziJ5x … e=youtu.be
hope you like it.   Emma from the commercial is the last picture !

Jim

Yes, absolutely = one and the same.

2,734

(1 replies, posted in Song requests)

https://chordify.net/chords/pokey-lafar … rk-j9broom
here it is on chordify - happy playing smile

Wow the two of you - those beautiful voices together ---  that would make some fantastic  recording of any song !
Go for it girls !!!

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(23 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Russell

That is way up at the top man!!
Quite a performance. I never saw the movie, but  you're rendition is  awesome.
You've got to put more performances out there buddy - you are very talented!!

Thanks for Sharing

Jim

2,737

(4 replies, posted in Song requests)

Ok  - I found it - kind of...

go to this link.... it's on chordify

but the catch is there are two songs... You gotta get through Mr. Muggles to get to Eric's song.   It starts on a  G chord   click on it and it starts to play. Then you can see the chords.
Hope this helps
https://chordify.net/chords/alan-price- … mepictures

once you get there - scroll down a bit and there will be a G with a D under neath it ( it's in the third column)   
That's when Burdon Song starts... it shows the keys as he play s and sings it.   
Jim

2,738

(25 replies, posted in Electric)

wow-- really nice

2,739

(4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I agree !
My mom's gone (died at the age of 82)   My mother was 42, her husband {my father} was burned to death  in an accident ( I was 8 months old), no job, and 10 kids on a farm. How the hell she managed - I do not know!

My wife is mom to my three daughters... and she has earned every honor that goes with " Happy Mothers Day" ....trust me.

I wish a Happy Mothers Day to all of the Mom's out there.   You all deserve medals or a million dollars or something! smile
If you had a kid half as hard as I was to raise - God Bless You!

Love to you all on this day and always!
JIM

2,740

(14 replies, posted in Poems)

Wow.... Bill...
When I re-read this after you and Mojo commented....  I could read into this to be an air force pilot or serviceman on a mission....
that had never crossed my mind.

Mojo are you a pilot ? or in Air Force?

Jim
   P.S.

Phill - see what you started with your poem : )

2,741

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Bill thanks

Nah -I'm no where's near good enough to pat myself on the back.  I just like to write.
I don't why, but stuff just pops in my head when I think about things that are happening around me.
I actually had the chords to this before the lyrics - which is a complete turn around for me.

Here is the soundcloud link to my version. https://soundcloud.com/tigljk/me-and-you-2016-jk

As per usual, my voice is not that of a singer and my guitar skills need plenty of improvement. 
Hope it doesn't hurt anyone's ears smile but at least you can tell what it's supposed to sound like.
I find it so therapeutic to just play a little , think a little and rhyme a little.

Hope all is well with you and Dondra Bill!!

Jim

2,742

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

[Song]

{t: Me and You }


{C;  I was thinking about Scott and BGD moving and the challenges of picking up moving a family, and then realized there are also many more challenges as well, even having the courage to step out of the shadows and do something you've never done before ( happens all the time here on Chordie).  It would be so difficult to do without support   - so I put this little song together.  Hope you like it! }




[C] [Em] [Am]  [G]
[C] Well it seems we’re about to find out [Em] what it’s like to be
[Am] going out in this crazy world like  [G] two ships on a rugged sea
[C] after  years of having all of  the  [Em]safe comforts of our home, it’s,
[Am] time now to  turn the  pages n' [G]move our lives along

[C] [Em] [Am]  [G]

[C] I know it sounds  a little scary  and we’’ve  [Em] got some thing’s to figure out
[Am] got a few questions  on our minds and a[G] closet full of doubt
[F] but it’s now or never, baby  it’s [C] time to make our move
[F] I know that we can do this honey,  just  as[G] long as it’s me and  you

Chorus

[C]Together, we can do anything, [Am]no  mountain we can’t climb
[F] no challenge can bring us down, if I  [G]have you by my  side
[C] I can’t think of anything now , [Em] that we couldn’t do
[F]Nothing can stop us baby,  as [G]long as I'm with  you

Repeat chorus (with an  added C chord in last line)

[C]Together, we can do anything, [Am]no  mountain we can’t climb
[F] no challenge can bring us down, if I  [G]have you by my  side
[C] I can’t think of anything now , [Em] that we couldn’t do
[F]Nothing can stop us baby,  as [G]long as I'm with [C] you

fade.....
[F]Nothing can stop us baby,  as [G]long as it’s me and[C] you
[F]Nothing can stop us baby,  as [G]long as it’s me and[C] you
(Slower)
[F]Nothing can stop us baby,  as [G]long as it’s me and[C] you

[/song]

I would call it     
Ruthless, all alone ( get my friends on the phone!) 
http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r566/JK072652/Bills%20Storage%20Trunk_zps9uotlzx4.jpg

Go for it Bill !!!
Jim

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(1,560 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

it's Saturay morning, but these are two really good Friday blues fixes.  Gus is awesome.  Love the intro of the video smile

It seems your kitchen must be a hoppin place. Wish I could play well enough to get there ! smile

Thanks for sharing.

jim

2,745

(14 replies, posted in Poems)

AH PHILL - THE LAST LINE IS THE BEST .....   MAJORCA - TIME GOES TOO FAST I'M SURE !
Always best when it's filled with children, or even grandchildren I think.
Vacations with just the wife are fine - very nice, but it's the kids to me that make them so memorable.

lastly, vacations are such a necessary part of life, and we all have ore special places we like ( or would like) to go.... but in the end.....  somehow it does always seem to feel real good to get back home.
Thanks for the poem Phill.... made me stop and reflect on many great memories.

Jim

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(13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Daryl - welcome to the best place for getting help from the friendliest people on the planet.
I am sure Scott has sent you to the right place. and I am sure he is an excellent mentor  for learning guitar.... after all - he is "the Metalizer"  and he has covered a couple of my songs really nicely and very cool!
Just like the three words that are the most important words in real estate are " Location,Location, Location"  the three words for guitar playing are " practice,practice,practice"
With that being said however, as a sports coach of over 30 years,  practice is only beneficial if you are practicing correctly and improving.  Make sure you get the right techniques to practice, because practicing the guitar the wrong way just reinforces bad guitar playing.   There are loads of guys and a few gals here that are terrific musicians that you can learn a great deal from... I'm not one of them, I just like to write songs:)
Anyway... welcome to the Chordie family.
Jim

2,747

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

CTech

I agree with K.I.R, it sounds like there's some anger in there.  When you get people to agree on the message of your lyric, I think you can say mission accomplished!  Well done.

Jim

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(7 replies, posted in Poems)

EB

How ironic

Last night after I got back from a softball game I drove up to Stewart's Convenience store to get Ice cream for the girl's on my team.  I had to wait for this guy in front of me at the cash register, who was having his tickets checked to see if they were winners. He is a good guy, I know him well (in fact a former student of mine) has a great little family and he works hard as a welder.  But I am not exaggerating, he must have had them check hundreds of dollars worth of tickets and scratch off.s  It took almost 12 minutes for the girl to scan them all. In the end- he won 9 dollars- and what did he do ?  Didn't take cash but more tickets. 

What also amazes me is when its the power ball at 150 million....people come out of the wood work to buy tickets.  Like if they won the weekly one at 15 million it wouldn't be worth buying a ticket but for 150 million its a bargain ! smile

Nice poem EB, I enjoyed it!!

Jim

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(1,560 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Holy Crap Badeye - that was awesome.

Love how they fed off each other and especially the end playing from the underside of the guitar.

I sure wish I could play 10% of that.  Very gifted.

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you everyone for your kind words and to Scott, Amy and Phill ( which will be posted as well soon) who all did beautiful covers, each in their own way - and all so very cool.

This is a link to the TV commercial I watched the night before I wrote this song, and what I was thinking of as I wrote it.

Angels are just people sometimes I believe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PVeOq60GcA

Thanks again
Jim