3,001

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

Zurf wrote:

I love Rick basses. My rreams involve playing bass as well as Paul McCartny and haven't a thing to do with the instrument. I've got an Ovation Magnum 3 bass that is far more bass than I can manage.

i went round the beatles museum inliverpool on my 60th birthday and almost bought a rickie violin bass, it cost 1000 pounds or so...common sense prevailed, i only use the bass guitar for recording.

3,002

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

Tenement Funster wrote:

Phill ...

Always a letdown when something like this happens. I got to play a guitar I've always wanted (Gibson L4 hollow-body) just before Christmas, and was horribly disappointed. It had a very flat, muddy sound. Hard to describe the feeling afterwards, but almost approaches despair.

i felt the same with a blonde gibson semi-acoustic (another john lennon fantasy) felt and sounded awful, ah well!

3,003

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

bluejeep wrote:

Sometimes dreams should just remain dreams - once attained whats next?

sounds like this should be on your sig line, never the less.... true

3,004

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

Artie'splaying wrote:
topdown wrote:
TIGLJK wrote:

PS
I have a shirt that says " go on....buy it..... you can always get another wife "   LOL

I've had a couple of wives and own 6 or 8 guitars. Guitars are a hell of a lot cheaper... trust me!

Yep, and it doesn't take much to make a guitar happy--just a light dusting and some new strings. Plus, when she's not sounding right, all you have to do is twist her knobs--trying doing that to your wife . . . actually, that works sometimes, but usually only on the honeymoon.

no comment...:D

3,005

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

topdown wrote:
TIGLJK wrote:

PS
I have a shirt that says " go on....buy it..... you can always get another wife "   LOL

I've had a couple of wives and own 6 or 8 guitars. Guitars are a hell of a lot cheaper... trust me!

i've had a couple of wives too, but they can shout louder than a 100 watt amp...believe me, i know

3,006

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

TIGLJK wrote:

Phill


Should have bought it, you can never have enough guitars ! smile
Jim

PS
I have a shirt that says " go on....buy it..... you can always get another wife "   LOL

I WANT THAT SHIRT....

3,007

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

i cant say where this came from, i'd been listening to the car radio and they were playing gospel music in a blues style, so how it came out as....country, i dont know. i have finnished the recording and will be putting it up shortly. please give it a listen and comments will be very welcome.

phill

3,008

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

this is an out and out country song

Don't Let The Tears Fool You.Undefined




(CHORUS)




[D] Don't let the [G] tears fool you, she's laughing at [D] you.


She did the [A] same to me, but I've [G] stopped feeling [D] blue.




Many a [Am] lonely day, I've wasted in [D] tears.


Many [Am] lonely nights, [G] wishing she was still [D] here.


I was [C] so in love, [Em] besotted with [D] her.


And when she [Am] had her fill, [G] she moved on to [D] you.


So I can [Em] say; [G] beware my [D] friend.


She will be [Am] everything, you've ever [D] desired.


She's with you [Am] day and night, [G] her love is like [D] fire.


She'll make you [C] so in love, [Em] besotted with [D] her.


And when she's [Am] had her fill, [G] she'll move on [D] again.


So I can [Em] say; [G] beware my [D] friend.


(CHORUS)





There was a [Am] guy, who came before [D] me.


I saw his [Am] pain, [G] when she pulled herself [D] free.


He was [C] so in love, [G] besotted with [D] her.


And when she'd [Am] had her fill, [G] she moved on to [D] me.


So I can [Em] say: [G] beware my [D] friend.




[Em] And I can [G] say with [D] utmost [Bm]certainty.


[Em] She will [G] make you [D] want her [A7] constantly.


[G] Run while you still [Gm] can.


She'll [D] find another [Em] man.


Don't [G] worry she will [Gm] never be [D] alone.


(CHORUS)




Don't let the [G] tears fool you, she's laughing at [D] you.


Her eyes are [A] searching now, [G] for somebody [D] new.


Don't let the [G] tears fool you, she doesn't feel [D] blue.


When she's [A] found someone, [G] you'll be crying here [D] too.



3,009

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

i've been a beatles fan since they were first on the radio with "my bonnie" before they got famous! the object of my desire was john lennon's black and white rickenbacker....oooh yeah!

today i walked into a music shop to discover just that in left hand, i wanted it....so i tried it, and hated it! there was another one there in the style of george harrisons semi-acoustic rickenbacker, which i didn't want, but i tried it anyway and loved it. trouble was the selector switch was faulty (they wouldn't have known if i hadn't tried it) so all the pick-ups sounded the same...end of.

the moral here has to be; let your dreams be dreams or be dissapointed.

phill

3,010

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

robert, valentines day is in february...:lol:

another cracker, simple but to the point

3,011

(15 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi jimmy, another cracker. simple in lyric and chording and a Bminor i see....phill

3,012

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

i've just gone back and listened to it again and i've come to the conclusion that i dont like it...

3,013

(27 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi amy, not far from how i pictured it, well done, though you never mentioned that you'd changed the key to Bb...very nice.

phill

3,014

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

i'm not going to state the obvious...ha ha!

i wore a leather strap for a couple of years (on my wrist) when i was getting used to playing for a long time on stage. i dont get much bother with it now...still gigging though.

i find fender necks dont put so much strain on the wrist...

3,015

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

written with such tenderness and melancholy.

i honestly had to stifle a tear, how could anyone let alone a mother do such an horrific thing? when i read your forword all i felt was vengeance for what she had done, all i can read in you words is regret and forgiveness.

a beautifully written piece, i cant even imagine what kind of melody you've put to it, let us know when we can hear it.

phill

3,016

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

here's another one you can listen to on my web, it's totally different from the last one, so i hope you'll give it a listen and then give your thoughts. ps, i know the vocal is a little shaky and i miss the notes, but hey ho

3,017

(36 replies, posted in Songwriting)

russ, i'm not complimenting you just cos wer'e friends, i really do like the track and if it's about what i think it is....then the story line will be good too

phill

3,018

(3 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi ken.

it's not all fiction, i did put some of my past experiences in there (back seat and stuff) but the rest is made up. it's all about what the first line suggests, the first line comes to me and the rest will follow and go where ever it will.

phill

3,019

(36 replies, posted in Songwriting)

nice little tune there russ, i love this type of blues which i would call heavy rock, but i've been wrong about a few things before, like when i called slide; bottle neck, remember? anyway, you've done a great job here, i'm glad you didn't stick to a 3 chord riff, and the story sounds good too, would you be about publishing the words on chordie?

phill

3,020

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

jimmy, a DP 24 is a 24 track recording machine, sorry i thought everyone new after russ and i discussed it for months ad nausium! i would recomend it to anyone who enjoys recording.

hi amy, i do have an imagination, though if you watch enough TV you'l be experienced in all kinds of subjects. i shant be writing about vampires though....LOL

thanks grah1, i've never been conrovercial before, is it catching?

thnaks russ, i thought i'd pop this one off while i was waiting for you to re-record your song lol

3,021

(3 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Stepmother Lover.Undefined


[RIFF; A-Bm] (riff chords played open eg no barre and played under verses)




Long ago when toyboys were still a high taboo.


I was young but fell in love with a lady we all knew.


This had to be a secret love, meeting in the dark.


Late at night down lovers lane, in the back seat of her car.




[E-A-B-A X2]




I was just a baby, just 17 to my friends.


She was 35 years old and married to my old man.


Each night she'd call me and I'd run out of the door.


My stepmother lover had me jumping that's for sure.






(CHORUS)




[D] That'll be [Em7] you. [D] That'll be [Em7] me and you.


[D] Sitting on the [Em7] corner,girl, [Bm] watching the world go [A] by.


[D] That'll [Em7] me. [D] That'll be [Em7] me and you.


[D] Walking through the [Em7] summer rain. [Bm] Watching all the world go [A] by.




I didn't realize the guilt, the fear and the lies.


If my dad found out there's be nowhere for me to hide.



I was in love with her, but she just liked the thrill.


She would never walk away from mansion on the hill.




(CHORUS)




One day I got a call in work, my dad had died.


When I got home she was there by his side.


Making eyes at my brothers through her widows weeds.


I knew right then that she wont ever be true to me.






[C] She's [D] no good for a [Em7] bride.


[Bm] She gets her [G] love on the [Bm] side.


She [G] goes for the [Bm] thrill while her [Em] hand's in the [Bm] till.


And [G] money's her [A] spiritual [G] guide.


I'm over here. You're over there.


Let's pretend were together then we can share.


Share the light. Share the love.


Share the apples that fall from the trees up above.




By Phill Williams. April 4th 2014





3,022

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

thanks russ, i wish we lived closer to each other, postage and parts would make the whole project slightly impractical but thanks for the thought. i may get round to it one day. LOLOLOLOL (whatever that means lol )

3,023

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks for all your great comments. i knew this wouldn't appeal to a lot of my friends on chordie as it's a bit rocky and not so country.

thanks jeff, i try to write down any ideas i get for a new song, so some of these lines are quite old, but i think they fit together quite well? the rhythm kind of fitted in with the first few lines, then expanded, so it became the intro part.

hello ken. i never had a stepmum, as far as i know my parents had a happy marriage, so the story was made up, but i like the plot and even though most of the words were written at different times and don't at first seem related (different stories?) i think they gel quite well after listening a few times and getting the gist of the tale.

hi there tony, i put the sound quality down to the DP24, it's a truly awesome machine, and the fact that i'm happy to re-do tracks a lot more than i used to as i've got more time.

hi jimmy, it's a telecaster. this is actually the first song i've done in a while that doesn't feature acoustic guitar, even though i wrote most of it on the acoustic.

i shall put the song sheet up on a seperate reply box.

thanks again for all your kind remarks.

phill

3,024

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

i've added a new song to my web on your left, called "stepmother lover" and it's a bit rocky. i'm very happy with this song and if asked i will put the word sheet and chords up. your comments would be welcome. thanks

phill

ps, you may find that myspace call it "stepmum"

3,025

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

simply beautiful russ, loving the gold furnishings. the humbucker on the trem looks cool. cant wait to hear it.
wish i had the guts to pull my old strat apart and refit it, i'd love to stick a maple neck and new pick-ups on her, i bought her after seeing the bangla desh concert, so she's white. green looks nice.


phill