4,101

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

Hey Selso,

I, and I am sure anyone else who has performed for an audience, can sympathise with that one, but you are also right that your errors rarely get noticed. I once missed my cue for a verse (well there was an extremely pretty young lady smiling at me) so sooner than come in a bar or two late I just missed out the whole first line of the song and came in on the second as though it was intentional.

James I am not sure what 'crystal meths' is (being the innocent that I am) so I will assume it is either an illegal drink or drug. I am sorry to be a bore but it was just potato. As for the WHOMP or BOOM, well being so close up and personal I was temporarily deafened so I cannot tell. I did however have two pictures blown off the wall and a lampshade ended up on the floor.

Helena I did not tell the bit about Henry (the cat) as I did not want everyone to know that he is more intelligent than I.

Roger

4,102

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

I had a very embarrassing moment last night that will be with me for a day or two.

I was cooking my evening meal, baked jacket potato, in my oven and had just grated some cheese to top it with. As I had opened a new pack of cheese I needed some cling film to wrap it in. This is kept in a small cupboard alongside the oven but on opening it I found that I had visitors - ants.

Now in Portugal there are two types of ant, one is about 6 or 7 mm long and is quite a friendly type that will wander in one's place and nod his head or wave a leg as he passes by but most of the time he is outdoors. He is usually on his own unless he has come to take one of the cat's biscuits to feed the youngsters and then he will bring two mates to help carry the load, which is fine.

The other type of ant is less than 1 mm and is a different kettle of fish altogether. When he comes it is mob handed with several thousand of his mates and is most unwelcome and this was what I had been invaded with. Prepared for such an eventuality I have a very large aerosol of insect spray which not only clobbers the little blighters it prevents others from following after the initial attack.

Armed with my trusty weapon I went into battle and was spraying the invaders left right and centre and pulling shelves out at the same time to take better aim. I was definitely gaining the upper hand when I sprung the surprise attack (well it certainly was a surprise to me). The spray's propellant and oxygen had reached critical mass and was ignited my the oven. There was an explosion and a flash fire and suddenly I had a flame thrower in my hand which was rapidly discarded.

The upshot is, apart from some superficial burns, I now have no hair on my arm and legs, my eyebrows are practically none existant and my thining hair is even thiner and shorter. I will probably have to stay at home for a day or two until the hair has recovered somewhat.

I do not have any ants any longer though.

4,103

(15 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I normally refuse to comment on any song that has foul language in it but I will make an exception in this instance.

Rockerchick,

There is a lot of hidden depth and emotion in the lyrics you have posted and I look forward, with interest to seeing the the chords that you will use to make this song.

Well done,

Roger

4,104

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi James,

You already know that I like this chord progression too. The lyrics, well they bring Utopia to mind which is a lovely thought.

Thank you,

Roger

4,105

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thank you Old Doll, Jeff and Daddycool,

Helena I am sure that you and your sisters were all Daddies Girls and you do of course have two smashing Mummy's Boys of you own now.

Jeff to make a good cake you need good ingredients. You supplied the ingredients I just did the mixing and baking. Thank you.

Daddycool, if my little offering here will help you to learn Bm then I am well pleased.

Roger

4,106

(1 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Jeff,

I am so pleased that you have recorded this song. I was pretty sure that my re-work would be radically different to your original and it is. I can also hear now how you handled the twin triplet verses which I was struggling with. Thank you.

My relationship with Donna is vastly different to yours with Aya. Because my marriage to Sue floundered, we parted and eventually they had to move to the other side of the country. Problems within my new marriage, shortage of cash and the distance involved all meant that I missed out on all the little experiences, the laughter and the tears in her growing up. I am rather envious of you, and all fathers, who have been able to share life's ups and downs with their own child.

A lovely song and at least two daughters well pleased.

Thank you my friend,

Roger

4,107

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

On seeing Jeff Gilpin's song "I'll Never Get Tired Of You" to his daughter and suggesting that he record it for her I realised that I should do the same for mine. Obviously Jeff's message was not the one I wanted to send to Donna but there was a lot in it that was suitable. Jeff's style of music is also different to mine so quite a radical adaptation took place and this is the result. Thank you Jeff for allowing me to rework your song. I hope you like it.

Recorded as usual on:  http://www.myspace.com/rogerguppy


Donna, My Little GirlWords and Music Jeff Gilpin


Adapted and arranged by Roger Guppy






Intro:


[G][Bm][C][D]


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.




[G]There's not a thing I would [Bm]not do,


[C]To try to take care of [D]you,


[G]No matter what you want at [Bm]all,


[C]All you need to do is [D]call,


[C]No job you wish would [D]be too tall,


[G]Just let me help you [Em]through it all;


[C]Do[D]nna, my little [G]girl.[D]


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.




[G]I know there's years we were a[Bm]part,


[C]That awful time just [D]broke my heart,


[G]Things we said got took [Bm]wrongly,


[C]Because you are so [D]much like me,


[C]But that's in the past now [D]happily,



[G]Things are now as they should [Em]be;


[C]Do[D]nna, my little [G]girl.[D]


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[G]You will always be my [Bm]little girl,


[C]With your shy smile and your [D]curls,


[G]I would give you [Bm]all that I own,


[C]So do not feel sad [D]in your home,


[C]You are never comp[D]letely alone,


[G]I am always at the [Em]end of the phone;


[C]Do[D]nna, my little [G]girl.[D]


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.




[G]But you are so very far a[Bm]way,


[C]And though we talked the [D]other day,


[G]I could not find words to [Bm]say to you,


[C]I don't like being so [D]far from you,


[C]one thing I know will [D]always be true,


[G]I will never stop [Em]loving you;


[C]Do[D]nna, my little [G]girl.[G]



4,108

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Rebel, that is great well done.

All that remains now is for you to record it so we can hear it as it should be including the little slide thingy in the intro. (Look you cannot blame a guy for trying).

Thank you,

Roger

4,109

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Boxer,

A lovely song with a lot of depth and feeling which plays very well finger picked. Well done.

Thank you,

Roger

PS a recording of it would be nice for FoC.

4,110

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi James,

As ever a great song and great to play.

I particularly like the Am, D, Am, D, F, G, Am chord sequence and the line "Beyond yon sacred capsule churns chaos lewd and gruff" is brilliant.

Thank you,

Roger

4,111

(19 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thank you James,

I have to say here and now that there is absolutely nothing wrong with your recordings they are a delight. We all have different levels of skills with out chosen instrument and voice, and different levels of equipment to use to record so no one is expecting a professional performance. However having the recording gives the melody, tempo and feel of the song and, in my opinion, one is then better able to pass comment.

For my money anyone who has the bottle to grab a microphone and play and sing into it deserves a medal. You can suffer from stage fright with just a microphone in front of you and no audience so well done to anyone who has a go.

Don Corleone, speaking as one who had his last cigarette on Saturday, you really should give up.

Roger

4,112

(10 replies, posted in Song requests)

Hopeful,

There is nothing to stop you using that picking pattern to this song.

Roger

4,113

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hey Rebel,

I like your lyrics but my guitar is screaming at me to play it. I have told her to be patient and wait for you to give us the chords.

So when are you going to let me satisfy her? lol

Nice work so far.

Roger

4,114

(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Jeff,

Great poem and it will make fine lyrics for a song. Just goes to prove that straying off the straight and narrow can sometimes be interesting and rewarding.

I am looking forward to the finished song.

Roger

4,115

(10 replies, posted in Song requests)

Hi Hopeful,

I think you will find it is not picked as fast as you think. I have the 1966 video on my PC and you can only see Paul's right hand, but with both he and Peter fingerpicking differently the sound just blends together and it is impossible to reproduce one one guitar.

Roger

4,116

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

It is probably because you are changing from a little girl into a young woman and they  love you dearly and want to protect you from the big bad world. It is a phase that most parents go through.

Roger

4,117

(22 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Doll,

I'll second SouthPaw, definitely one groovy lady. Fingerpicked from start to end and it began to stir some memories that I prompty put back in the file.

Thank you,

Roger

4,118

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hey DaddyCool,

Been there, done that and worn the T shirt but many years ago. I have a bit more self control these days.

Thank you,

Roger

4,119

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Jeff,

A nice song to play, relax and recharge your spirits with. You are certainly right that you need something to turn to to take your mind off the day to day humdrum and pressure and nothing is better than the guitar.

Thank you,

Roger

4,120

(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Nice one James,

The balance between the autoharp and your voice is exactly right on this recording. Very good and well done,

Roger

4,121

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Ray and Jeff,

Thank you for your comments. Incidentally Dianne and Rick Price, her long time partner, married on their twentieth anniverary. Rick was the bass played for The Move and Wizzard and they now perform together and have their own recording studio in Weston-super-Mare.

oger

4,122

(11 replies, posted in Electric)

That is great Altex. I am so pleased that your venture worked out OK.

Roger

4,123

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

This song is the true story of events earlier this year. For the younger and non-English members, Dianne Lee was part of the Peters and Lee duo that shot to fame in the UK in 1973 after appearing on Opportunity Knocks, a talent programme on TV.

As usual I have recorded it on:  http://www.myspace.com/rogerguppy

I hope you like it but all comments good or bad are welcome.

Roger


The Ballad of Me and Dianne LeeWords and Music by Roger Guppy


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.




Intro:


[D][D4][D][Dsus2]


.




One [D]day in April two [G]thousand and seven,


With a [D]pal, I walked into a [A]bar,


[D]It was not very [G]far from my home,


Just a [D]few miles [A]in my [D]car. [D4] [D] [Dsus2]


.




[D]After we'd had a [G]glass or two,


A [D]lady 'bout my age came [A]in,


She [D]took the seat [G]alongside me,


.A [D]conver[A]sation did be[D]gin.[D4][D][Dsus2]




She [D]told me that her [G]name was Jo,


And [D]after a while said to [A]me,


[D]That she had been quite [G]famous once,


On [D]stage she was [A]Dianne [D]Lee.[D4][D][Dsus2]


Well [G]I remembered [D]Peters and Lee,


Who [G]shot to fame in seventy [D]three,


For [G]I had fallen [D]head over heels,


With the [A]beautful, blonde [D]lady.[D4][D][Dsus2]


I [D]quickly whispered [G]to my pal,


My [D]most exciting disco[A]very,


She [D]told Dianne that [G]I sang too,


And I'd really [D]love her to [A]sing with [D]me.[D4][D][Dsus2]


.




An [D]impromptu session [G]did begin,


But [D]I was upset to [A]realise,


That [D]this lady often sang [G]out of key,


[D]It was a [A]big sur[D]prise.[D4][D][Dsus2]


.




Now [D]she had had a [G]drink or three,


And was a [D]little worse for [A]wear,


But [D]I was singing [G]with Dianne,


So I [D]did not [A]really [D]care.[D4][D][Dsus2]





She [G]said she really [D]liked my voice,


And we [G]sang together real [D]well,


Per[G]haps we could practice [D]as a duet,


And become [A]famous, who can [D]tell.[D4][D][Dsus2]


[D]I went home on cloud [G]number nine,


Fame and [D]fortune not far a[A]way,


But [D]I began to [G]get suspicious,


[D]By the [A]following [D]day.[D4][D][Dsus2]


.




[D]Why would someone once [G]famous,


Want to [D]team up with an unknown from a [A]bar?


Her [D]singing and the [G]things she'd said,


Did [D]not ring [A]true by [D]far.[D4][D][Dsus2]


.




I [D]searched throughout the [G]Internet,


And [D]soon found out the [A]truth,


[D]I had been told a [G]pack of lies,


She was [D]not the [A]love of my [D]youth.[D4][D][Dsus2]




In [G]May of the year two [D]thousand and two,


[G]Dianne and Rick Price did ma[D]rry


[G]They have two children, [D]Elliott and Sam;


Elliott [A]born just this Feb[D]ruary.[D4][D][Dsus2]


My [D]ego was completely de[G]flated,


Chance of [D]fame and fortune [A]gone,


[D]All my dreams were [G]shattered,


By this [D]heartless, [A]lying wo[D]man.[D4][D][Dsus2]


.




So [D]now it is back to [G]reality,


Hard [D]work from day to [A]day,


[D]Sing and gig for [G]pleasure and fun,


And [D]put the [A]dreams a[D]way.[D4][D][Dsus2]




I [G]well remember [D]Peters and Lee,


Who shot to [G]fame in seventy [D]three,


For [G]I had fallen [D]head over heels,


With the [A]beautful, Dianne [D]Lee.[D4][D][Dsus2] [D]



4,124

(19 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thank you Alvee, DaddyCool and Don Corleone,

It is funny how you can feel that you know, and feel close to, people that you have never met but have read what they are thinking on the Forum and in e-mails. Mind you we do all share the same interest and passion so I suppose that helps.

Don,  just a tip, for you and any one else who sings it. Before you do just make sure that dentures (if you have them) are well stuck in before you sing the chorus lol

Roger

4,125

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Jeff,

I can really relate to this one as my lttle girl (she is 37 by the way) is in the UK and I feel the same towards her as you do yours. Now you have sung it to her why not send her a CD of it so she can listen to it when she is down and missing you.

Lovely song and a great one to fingerpick. Well done.

Thank you,

Roger