Cheers  Jan     

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtG-yedQktk version 2  with  extra  verse

Lyrics  and  chords
D ~ ~  D ~ ~      Welfare line
                        D
1. Well, now, boys, we’ve suffered  Brexit
                                                 G
    and  life's  gone  down the  drain
     G                                 
    lost my job and  self  esteem
              D                          A         
     cant get them ' back again.

D
    I tried to  help  my country,
                                         G
    Worked  for  the  NHS
        G                           D
    we didn't  get  no  decent pay
                                 A          D
    they clapped  for  us  instead 

        G                                                                         D
So, pass around the bottle, boys, let's talk about old times,
            D                                         A                            D
night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin, here on the welfare line !

       D
3. Couldn't  pay  my  taxes ,
                                           G
    couldn't pay the debts I owed,
                                         D
    'cause I ain't made of silver,
              D                              A         
    and I ain't never seen no gold.
    D
    I  remember  poor old Rachel,
                               G
    soft as a velvet gown,
             G                         D
    they layed her in the pauper's grave
                      A         D
    on the other side of town.

        G                                                                         D
So, pass around the bottle, boys, let's talk about old times,
            D                                           A                            D
night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin, here on the welfare line !
+  instrumental = verse 3
              D
3.  Some folks are born to money,
                                          G
  Most of them don’t care
               G                          D
  about  the  lives of other folk
           D                                  A       
   They  wouldn’t  think  to  share
D
So line  up at the  food bank 
                              G
For  your  daily  bread
            G                           D
The  Tories  count  their money 
                              A                    D
and  would  rather  see  you  dead       


   G                                                                         D
So, pass around the bottle, boys, let's talk about old times,
            D                                           A                            D
night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin, here on the welfare line !

   G                                                                         D
Pass around the bottle, boys, let's talk about old times,
            D                                             A                            D
night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin, here on the welfare line !     

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(8 replies, posted in Poems)

Glad  you  are  ok  .     

cheers  phil I've  since  added   a verse  at  the  end   as  I  felt  it  was  a  bit  short  I'll  re do  the  vid   and  publish  the  lyrics  later     

Cheers Peatle I think it lends its self to the mandolin I might try it at the Hebden bridge  Trades club open mic on Thursday if If I get  a long enough slot.     

I've  done  a  re  write  of   the  classic Highwaymen song Welfare  line . Heres a demo  on the mandolin  Hope  you  like  it .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH91rH26rE4 

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(0 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

Today  I  found  another  old  mandolin  ,this  time   a  Romanian one .  The  guy  selling  it  reckoned  it  needed  re stringing  ,but  when I  got  it  home    and gave  it  a  thorough inspection  every thing  was  fine  , so  a  quick  clean  up  and   a tune  up   and  I  think  it  sounds  fine . I've  done  a  little  vid  Let me  know  what  you  think  Cheers  G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQXzWr04iY

This one is a cover of a Greek song I did with The Cretan band Everdie it's called asimina sfika which means silver wasp .I hope this counts as an animal I'm on guitar ,the vids a bit dark but it was filmed in the rehearsal room and we'd had a few drinks  at this point. Enjoy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpP_DGa3oLY

We  do   Sweet  Caroline , 500 miles (proclaimers) and  Delilah in the  current  Rockits    set  . I  don't  sing  them thankfully LOL     

Better than I expected Phill I'd resigned my self to just playing guitar for Ronnie and the Rockits but I got invited to a small venue the previous week where I did a short  set which went really well so I thought I'd see if I could manage a propper set .Maybe still a bit too soon but getting there.     

We have  a  number   of  good  venues round  here  Jim . I'm just  easing my  self back  into  playing after  my  covid  experiences  . Still  a  bit  of  a  struggle  though .     

I popped over to the Skipton Sound bar to play the other night.Great crowd  great venue.Check this place out of you are in North Yorkshire .This is a cover of a Rory Gallagher song.Ghost blues


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JVooxHlznW8

Just what I observed over several years  maybe nothing who knows only the writers,perhaps?     

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=773322820819337&set=a.294962125322078&__cft__[0]=AZX1D0pNDi0FAKCfoR1vivF9Gcvg34tHQhs3u9VHHNgxzb_Jf9SS7tFZJXUbj6F3Q-r3A9HudRUhdbbLKIcXqxRXdekPPgBTsUf97hfg9uqv2gVmLuupKLsYkTi5aPMRNxr1depg1RaCneERgP5QG4ApLtqO8R74KRrjJBQ5grYbF09CXjVaXCm_89kc6DEW22wOwIQ90Rzb0smgpatXkYKn&__tn__=EH-y-R
Rocking  at   Skipton Sound Bar  last  night .

Well done  Jim the  Aardvark  snuck  in  nicely     

Aardvark     

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(8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

In the video I posted the monitors you can see 'are powered 800 watts each the ones I use now are passive so they use a separate amp .each channel is supplied a line level signal from the fold back  output on the mixer we currently use a 12 channel Yamaha analogue mixer .The one in the vid is a 32 channel digital which if I remember correctly had 4 fold back outputs   so there was plenty of options to get a good mix on stage.With our current small set up I get the third monitor from the mono output so the singer has the same mix as the audience hear. It seems to work well for us.
However for big festivals we had a mixing desk on stage just for the monitors the main mix coming from a remote tower in front of the stage .
Just take your time and find the set up which is best for your group and the type of venue you play .In ear monitors can be a good option rather than floor ones these days there are some great systems available     

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(8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

we mic  everything  up and  feed  it  back  into  the  PA which has  2k output .I  generaly  set  up  2  floor  monitors   driven by  a  separate   2x 400watt  amp  which  gives  us    plenty  of  volume    to  hear  each  other.
  We all  run our  amps  at     a  level  where  we  can hear  our  selfs  in our   respective   bits  of  the  stage   . We  are  using  an electronic  drum kit    so  that    is  also  fed  into  the  pa  and   we  can  have  it  at  a  sensible  level   on stage . The monitors  have just  enough  of  every  one  in so  we  dont blast  each  other  out .  As  for  our  vocalist  he  has  a  separate  monitor   which  gives  him the  full  front  of  house  mix  . The  main speakers   are   positioned  as  far  forward  as  possible     so  we  dont  really  hear  them  but  every  one   else  can be  deafened  if  needed .
I  find   the  on  stage  levels  need to   be  low  enough    for  comfortable  listening . It  pays  to  have  a  good  engineer   ours  also  helps  out  on extra  guitar  when needed .
Hope this  helps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D422ox0 … CLt6cD--oC
This  is  a  vid   of  my  old  band   using  a  similar  set  up , Me  on guitar  Kev Jones  on Vocal

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

This is sad news only a few hours ago I was rehearsing HiHo silver lining with the band. RIP Jeff you will be missed     

Very funny guys I was for once trying to be serious .LOL Could be a song for new year though .Any way have a great new yr guys .     

Hi every one I might be becoming a bit of a conspiracy theorist here but .I get a few warning bells ringing with the constant spam on chordie since normal conversation about songs an music has become much less.Could it be certain undesirables  are using the forum for covert messaging as often it seems
like gobble de gook then another new user pops up and responds .

That  strums  along  nicely  Jim, love  the  chorus  , has  a  bit  of  a John  Prine  feel  to  me .     

Cheers Phill  we're not doing any new yr stuff next one will be February   unless Ronnie makes some promise we have to keep LOL     

Here  you  are  Phill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeNpuFz5CkU
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jt0SgNJKbWM     

i'll  try  Phill  once  I  get  them  off   facebook