3,826 Reply by Phill Williams

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i dont smoke, never have and believe that smoking ordinary or the suped-up stuff, is antisocial and dangerous! to the smoker and/or the inocent bystander.

my oldest son began smoking "weed" on a regular basis, and went totally off the rails. even now 10 years later, he cant maintain a relationship, he suspects his partners of playing around, he just loses his rag at the slightest thing and is very agressive yet so insecure unless he has a drink. now i believe he has a drink problem which has led to liver problems.

he has also experimented with other stuff, stopping short of heroin! he is clean now but the effects have remained.

my advice....stay well away.

the strongest drug i have tried is paracetamol, two at a time every 4 hours (as recomended) and then only till the headache passes.  i'm a good boy

phill

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3,827 Reply by Phill Williams

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so glad there's an up-side....terry wogan...really?

the worst thing my wife makes me do is watch "come dine with me", from australia....not quite as bad as eurovision, but a close second!

phill

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3,828 Reply by Phill Williams

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i have not watched or been interested in this farce for many years, but i heard one important point on the devils radio today which is that the song that won it last year for germany, words by an american, music by a dutch person (i think)  and sung by a german girl (possibly!).

a previous spanish winner was called "y viva espana" which was neither written or sung by a spaniard. you'd think the basic rule would be to enter a song written and performed by nationals of the country entering it?

confused???

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3,829 Reply by Phill Williams

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as an up-date (scuse da pun?) the lady in question is apparently 51. and i agree with dino, my lady is nearly 60 (like me) and she is a real kick-ass chick!

as a PS, it's our 30th wedding anniversary monday the 9th (tomorrow) and still madly in love (and lust!)

good luck to macca, if i decide to put a band together he can play bass and backing vocals, but dont try and convert me to rabbit food....

phill

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3,830 Reply by Phill Williams

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i think the new (or next) one is an American millionairess? could be wrong. from the photo's, she aint no 60 year old.

phill

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3,831 Reply by Phill Williams

(1 replies, posted in Poems)

hi blackwolf and welcome to chordie and the poem section.

wow, you started off with a cracking theme here, thoughts of the kinks "lola" came to mind, not that it resembles it in any way. it would make a good song i think, hope you can find a melody that is as good as your words. dont forget, there are lots of helping hands here if you get stuck.

well done

phill

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3,832 Reply by Phill Williams

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i notice roger hasnt replied yet....he must be celebrating!

lift one for me mate. i'll be thinking of you tonight while i'm slaving away in work....blub sad

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3,833 Reply by Phill Williams

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

it is true to life, done the first half but managed to keep the second wife, so i've only been once to the hot place.

nice one robert.

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3,834 Reply by Phill Williams

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just up-loaded this one on to Soundclick, hit the button at the bottom if you'd like to hear it. it took me ages to record as i couldnt get the drums right. so i settled for the robot who can do it much better...well keep in time at least!

phill

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3,835 Reply by Phill Williams

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just a line to say that this is now up-loaded to Soundclick. hit the button at the bottom. ta

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3,836 Reply by Phill Williams

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i will second that one, muchos happy returnos ROGER. have you got your bus pass yet? big_smile

phill

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3,837 Reply by Phill Williams

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i like my acoustic with a pick-up built in as it's a pain mic-ing up for recording. colour matters naught. my Crafter is wired and has a cutaway, it plays sweetly and i love it!

my Telecaster is not the colour i would have chosen, but the feel and the weight in my hands was just right. i also have a Fender Strat and F90 acoustic (au naturale) which i never play any more (cos of the previous two i mentioned) my Wilson bass is ancient but still plays OK, and my 12 string is also good but gets played only seldomly.

in effect, what i'm saying is; if it feels good, play it, if it sounds good, play it. if it dont feel right, leave it in the shop. or if you have it already...sell it

phill

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3,838 Reply by Phill Williams

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thanks steelstrings, your on chordie, help is always at hand...just ask

hi tony, agreed about my-space, i'll see if i've still got the password for soundclick as i've lost a lot of stuff. and i shall up-load there for the forseeable...hopefully.
glad you liked it, it is basically a three track recording... i did the vocal and guitar together, then bass and piano as an afterthought. i made the mistake of not putting a click track on, so i lost time here and there.

phill

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3,839 Reply by Phill Williams

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

just to say that this song is now on my-space, comments would be gratefully recieved

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3,840 Reply by Phill Williams

(5 replies, posted in Poems)

hi upside, welcome to chordie.

just to say "your efforts have pleased me"  good first effort, look forward to seeing more from you

phill

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3,841 Reply by Phill Williams

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

as a post script, i've done the recording but i've lost my mp3 decoder, (due to my PC crash) so i shall get these new songs up-loaded ASAP.

phill

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3,842 Topic by Phill Williams

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I've got lots of bits of paper round the house with a line to a full song on. i picked up this bit of paper today and started work on the song till i realised i'd already done it!, so i binned the words and thought up new ones to fit the melody i had. it's about a guy who knows his wife is playing away, so he keeps quiet rather than lose her...i read about it somewhere, so it does happen.

Crush My Broken Heart.Undefined


[C] Fear is not a state of grace. And [Em7] tears are not Gods rain.


[Am] Many a night in my lonely bed. Cant [F] sleep through all the pain.


An [C] empty room is an empty room. When you're [Em7] in there on your own.


[Am] No amount of “it's all rights."Are gonna [F] calm your fears down.






Will you [Am] run away? Will you run away?


Will you [F] crush my broken heart?


When the [C] cold dawn breaks over distant lakes.


When the [G] clouds of tears depart.


[C] I've known for more than “just a while,"there was [Em7] someone else around.


[Am] Tell-tale signs that he left behind. He was [F] tearing my world apart.


[C] Yes I've known, but my lips are sealed. [Em7] Hoped in time that the pain would heal.


And [Am] one day he would fade away.


And [F] your affection would come my way, [C] again. [Em] Again. [Am] Again.-[F]


[G] I don’t want to be the one, who [Am] gave-up easily.


And [F] I don’t want you to go. So I [Em] sit here silently.


Will you [Am] run away. Will you run away.


Will you [F] crush my broken heart?


When the [C] cold knife slips, between my ribs.



And you [Em] still my broken heart.


Will you [Am] cry for me. Will you feel for me.


When you [F] crush my broken heart?


Will you [C] take the hand of another man.


While I [G] crumble in the dark.


[C] You may ask “ how can you sit there cool?"


While she [Em7] runs around makes me look a fool.


When I [Am] close my eyes I can see them kiss.


And it [F] breaks my heart I must confess.


Might [C] run away, might go to him. [Em7] Where do I go then?


If I [Am] face her down confront her lies, she might [F] go what would I gain.


Will she [Am] run away, will she run away.


Will she [Em7] crush my broken heart?


When the [F] cold steel slips between my ribs.


And she [C] stills my broken heart.


[C] Fear is not a state of grace. -[Em7-Am-F-]


An empty room is an empty room.-[Em7-Am-F]


[C] Will you cry for me will you feel for me?- [Em7-Am-F]


[C] When you crush my broken heart, when you [Em7] crush my broken heart.


When the [Am] cold steel slips between my ribs, and you [F] still my broken heart.-[C]



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3,843 Reply by Phill Williams

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i'd like to apologise to all you American types, i didnt mean to make it sound as if the leader of the "free" world makes tedious viewing, well it does, but thing is we know who our leaders are, dont we? OK so give us a break. there must be some entertainment in the video archive? i'll be very glad when all the broo ha ha dies down. i'm so glad though that it all went off without a hitch...terrorists and the like.

ps i raised a glass or two to the happy couple last night, my head is still thumping....

phill

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3,844 Reply by Phill Williams

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a truly great man. happy birthday willie.

phill

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3,845 Reply by Phill Williams

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hey zurf, sounds like your TV over the pond is as bad as ours. we do all share a common thread though; what we call SKY TV over here, in australia it's called FOXTEL and as it all belongs to rupert murdoch (who was born in OZ) i guess we all get sludged with the same excrement!

although i can say with some authority that TV in OZ is much much worse than UK TV.

"reality TV" seems to be a world-wide pandemic though. you get it whether you want it or not. there must be someone out there watching it? but i cant for the life of me work out why.

my son brought the paper down today (saturday) half was news of the wedding, the other half was 50/50 sport and adds. which is why i dont buy a paper! if i want the news i look on the internet.

phill

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3,846 Reply by Phill Williams

(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi peeps,

yes rob, nice easy chords, that's just the way they come out i'm afraid! the chords that is. i dont look for odd or awkward chords, they're just the ones that seem to fit best. glad you like it.

just to clarify russ's statement; we have been communicating over the internet (and the atlantic ) for the last 2 years, until recently, as my PC has fallen on it's sword, and the revival of normal service is taking some time, hopefully to be resumed shortly!

hi tony,

i am in the process of recording this, but with all that's happening right now it's taking time. as soon as it's done and up-loaded to my-space i'll let you know.

i will say this though; i've written a few songs lately which are not in my usual style, and i'd welcome any comments when the time comes.

phill

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3,847 Topic by Phill Williams

(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

this is a nice change for me, happy song with a happy melody. i usually get it wrong and put happy words to a sad melody or vice versa.
this one's about a long distance love affair, so they talk on skype...why not?

Such A Lovely Girl. Phill Williams.


[C] Your such a [G] lovely [F] girl. [C] I could fall in [G] love with [F] you.


But [C] kisses [G] in my [F] car.


[E7] Loving from [F] afar.


Is [D7] all I ever get from [G] you.




So [C] everything has [G] got to [F] change. We [C] need to be [G] together [F] more.


To [C] make this “going [G] no-where [F] fast.�affair.


[E7] If were gonnamake it [F] last.


Is [D7] all I ever get from [G] you.




[C] You look so fine. [Am] You feel so sweet.


[F] Turned inside-out when you [E7] look at me, like you [Am] want me now.


[F] Want me, right [C] now.


[C] You kiss like silk. [Am] Your lips so soft.


[F] You make me realise what...my [E7] lips are for.


And you [Am] want me now, [F] right [C] now.


          (CHORUS)


[F] Long distance love, [E7] long distance telephone.-[Am] [F]


[E7] Long drive each week, [F] just to see for an [Fm] hour, never more.


Then [C] home once more. [G]


[C] Your such a [G] lovely [F] girl. I [C] wish that you could [G] live next [F] door.


But [C] stolen kisses [G] in my [F] car.


[E7] Loving you from [F] afar.


We've [D7] got to get together [G] soon.


We [C] talk together [G] every [F] night. I [C] see you on my [G] PC [F] screen.


But [C] when you get [G] into my [F] car.


[E7] I cant control my [F] heart.


We've [D7] got to get together [G] soon.


(CHORUS)






[C] You look so fine. [Am] You feel so sweet.


[F] Turned inside out when you [E7] look at me....



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3,848 Reply by Phill Williams

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well it aint the royal wedding that's a sure shot

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3,849 Reply by Phill Williams

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let's get one thing straight,

     I AM PROUD TO BE WELSH, ALSO BRITISH,

but my god, it's only a flipping wedding, there wasnt all this fuss when i got married!, in fact it was lucky the wife turned up or i'd have been there on my own....ha ha.

the wife is loving it and she called me for the kiss on the balcony, she told me that i didnt have a romantic bone in my body when i told her to get a grip...

as for our colonial friends; in Oz, NZ and US, they are our royal family so i dont expect you to have any feelings about the wedding...no probs. why then are we stuck with your presidential elections on TV?

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3,850 Reply by Phill Williams

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

good luck on that then, i'd forgotten about Ourstage.

hope you get better luck than i'm having with this G.D.PC at the moment!
i still cant import my songs from my external hard drive, and the thought of re-recording all my on-stage backing tracks, as needed is rather daunting, as i have upwards of 4 hours playing time there, and counting! this is without my own songs.

i lost all the songs sheets i had written onto my word processor, and hundreds of photos. i had saved some to the external, but all the pics from my trip to Oz have gone! wait till `er in doors finds out!

that's enough of my troubles, how's the weather in your bit of the world? it's a little overcast here, fotunately, we dont have a street party in my street, so i'll be able to get out to my gig tonight! (wedding)

phill

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