4,476 Topic by Phill Williams

(4 replies, posted in Poems)

my wife and i have been together for nearly 30 years, i write a little verse every year, this is this years... use it if you like it

I have tried a hundred different ways
To say I love you; come what may
I cannot leave you, now I know
I know for sure I could not go

And if I went, I’d soon return
For by your side; I have learnt
Is the very place where I belong
My destination is where I was from

I may have tried a hundred ways
I may have looked a foolish waste
One thing I will surely do;
Is find my way back home to you

And just in-case you missed the message

I love you....true

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4,477 Reply by Phill Williams

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

my first guitar was a really crap one that broke in half after a week! then i bought another the same, i couldn't get the strings to the fretboard! then various non-descript boxes, til i became richer and got a strat [1972] and a fender f90 acoustic i still have both, a crafter cutaway semi and a cort electric for stage use, i also have a wilson bass and an unnamed 12 string...lots of noise in my house!

phill

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4,478 Reply by Phill Williams

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

i have so many favourite songs many of which have been named;

imagine, woman and how do you sleep..lennon

owner of a broken heart, the ladder, anything from "house of blues CD "...yes

anything from the beatles

anything from rumours by fleetwood mac

anything by queen specially scandal and these are the days of our lives

anything by jethro tull

another brick in the wall...pink floyd

anything by russel harding

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4,479 Reply by Phill Williams

(8 replies, posted in Recording)

may i make a little suggestion?

if worst comes to worst, and the speed bump [otherwise known this side of the pond as a sleeping policeman...aren't they all?] becomes an insurmountable mountain! couldn't we just post the songs on to a "my-space" type pay to listen website? the funds could be collected into a paypal account and distributed to the various charitable causes by mutual consent.

i'm trying....so my wife says, very trying!

phill

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4,480 Reply by Phill Williams

(14 replies, posted in Poems)

my mother used to sing me songs as a rule;
"tell me a story" or "chip chip my little horse" or "horsey horsey, dont you stop" etc i sang them to my kids and now to my grand children

i probably got my love of singing and music from my mother, cant blame my dad for that as he couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, i got my love of DIY from him

phill

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4,481 Topic by Phill Williams

(2 replies, posted in Poems)

The Puppy

By Phill Williams

I bought a little puppy
The neighbours have a cat
A nasty little feline
He scratched and bit and spat

He terrorised my little dog
He'd come home scratched and raw
He's been bitten on his nose and tail
Scratch marks on his paw

If critters have a mafia
This pussy was the don
He seems all nice and cuddly
Then strikes when you are gone

But puppies have this habit
They grow and find their feet
And nasty little pussy cats
Will feel their canine teeth

One day my puppy'd had enough
This cat had gone too far
He'd eaten all his puppy snacks
And messed up all his yard

The red mist had descended
He could not take much more
He picked the cat up by the scruff
And threw him out the door

His teeth were bared and snarling
His tail was standing straight
His ears were back
His growl was deep
The cat had met his fate

So now the little pussy cat
Wont come into my yard
His memory of that fate full day
On his mind indelibly marked

When he sees my little puppy
He crosses over the road
He'd rather risk the rush hour cars
Than mess with mighty Toto [the dog's name]

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4,482 Reply by Phill Williams

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi jeff

i get a lot of inspiration from "looking back" so there's nothing wrong in that...is there?
"memories good bad and down-trodden" sums it all up i think.

another good-un my friend keep them coming

phill

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4,483 Reply by Phill Williams

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

good ad for your local radio daddy, have you submitted it? you never know you might get a job as a jingle writer!

phill

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4,484 Reply by Phill Williams

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks to all,

my father was in the Royal Navy during the 2nd world war and fortunately [for me at least] survived!
he was on destroyers, though this song is about the supply convoys from across the pond and how they were sunk by U boats...it must have been truly nightmarish. the "row boys just row" line is how i imagine the skipper would encourage his crew to survive, think about rowing and not dwell on the storm...etc

thanks again

phill

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4,485 Reply by Phill Williams

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi russ,
tis the way they come out my friend. this is part [hopefully the last part] of my latest work called "to avalon" which deals with wars and our service men, since arthur's time, a bit grand but there you go...

glad you liked it, i'm working on a country song at the moment before going to work for night shift, talk soon brother

phill

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4,486 Reply by Phill Williams

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi i've already up-loaded this to my space, hope you listen and enjoy it. i've tried to keep it in a folk style. i welcome any comments

phill

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4,487 Topic by Phill Williams

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

A song of sailors getting their ship torpedoed from under them.

Row Boys Just RowUndefined


[F]See the [C]roses growing [Dm]in my [F]garden


[Bb]Catch the [C]sweet scent on the [Dm]summer breeze


[F]Lazy [C]days watching [Dm]clouds pass [F]by us


[Bb]High in the [F]sky it's a [C]perfect [F]day




[Am]Is that the sun singing


[Bb]What is that cloud bringing? SAME CHORDS FOR EACH VERSE




Hear the laughter of a hundred children


Feel their wonder as you watch them play


They never notice as the skies are darkening


Thunder rumbles and they run away




chorus




[F]Row [C]boys just [F]row-[Am]


[Bb]Although the [C]waves break [Dm]over the bow


[F]Row [C]boys just [F]row


[Bb]The storm is breaking


[C]Your arms are aching


[Dm]Your wives are calling


[Bb]And the [F]land is [C]oh so [F]near





So big as she lays at anchor


Hardly moving on the summer swell


So small out on the ocean


And then the enemy blows her to hell




And as she dies quickly


I feel my heart sinking




repeat chorus




At last the morning and the skies are clearing


We are saved but not all survive


We say a prayer for those that never made it


And thank the lord for saving our lives




And as the sea claims them


I hear them calling out




repeat chorus twice



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4,488 Reply by Phill Williams

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi kenny, very emotive mate, reminds me of my first wife, who spent all my wages and more each week before i could earn it!. my second wife ann, is so totally different now i'm almost rich in comparison!!!!

great song my friend and well constructed

talk soon

phill.

ps hows the new recorder going, anything up on my space yet?  i'll check it out after finnishing here.

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4,489 Reply by Phill Williams

(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

well i'm shocked, songs just come out as they are, if a beat seems right i just use it!

thanks for pointing that out.

we had a heavy snow fall last night, first big one in llanelli since about 1983, i remember as thats when my daughter was born! it's thawing out now, but it will stay cold for another few days at least.

good news about the chordie CD, but i was refering to your own CD, let me know about both, you know you will have my support and any help i can offer.

stay warm

phill

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4,490 Reply by Phill Williams

(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks russ and thanks for explaining 6/4, cant see me trying that for a while even though "take it to the limit" is a favourite of mine.

glad your happy with your sessions, cant wait to hear the result...keep me a copy of the CD i want it!!!

it's snowing here at the moment, so what's it like with you, hope it wont affect the sessions

phill

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4,491 Reply by Phill Williams

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

the monkeys were a manufactured band...so what about all the crap that now exist created more or less the same way?
here's a list of uk crap i mean bands

1 girls aloud
2. spice girls
3  those two irish bands...i can't be bothered to go on any further as they don't deserve a mention.

but, i've played in lots of bands, and apart from when your actually putting the band together with school friends or neighbours, as members leave [or get fired] you audition people you may have never met before, if that's not manufacturing a band what is?

phill's two pennorth

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4,492 Reply by Phill Williams

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

it must be a nice time to be american with a new president and all. other side of the coin is the same as us this side of the pond, with all our depressions at losing our jobs and stuff.

nicely worded my friend... it would also be nice to hear it and your other stuff too.

if there's any thing i can do, just call

phill

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4,493 Reply by Phill Williams

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi alan, this is surely heart rendering, i can't imagine anything more upsetting and soul destroying than to lose a child. i thought i would lose one of my grandson's in '07 in an accident while we were on holiday, and that really choked me up, so i guess the person who told you this story must be really gutted, give him my sympathies, and my congratulations to you for translating it so beautifully

phill

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4,494 Reply by Phill Williams

(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi folks, thanks for all your kind comments, i've been really bizzy of late and haven't had a chance to call in and look properly.

1. hi ken recieved you friend request and i welcome it, i'm a big fan of your work too

2. hi kenny, throw back? i just write what comes into my head dear friend and play it the way it feels...thanks to you too

3. hi lena, and marc for directing you...glad you both like it

4. hello jeff, nice to hear from you, what another throw back...now i do feel old lol

5. hi ark, my dad was in the navy as a gunner, he would never talk about it, and when i asked if he'd ever killed any one he just said "well i pointed my gun, but i can't say..." thats how the older generation is i guess.

6. hi russ, haven't heard from you for a while either, how are the sessions coming? i like that word "poignant"... tell me how does 6/4 go any way? thanks mate and thanks to you all, as a pat on the back from you guys means the world to me

phill

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4,495 Topic by Phill Williams

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

Hi Rog, welcome back, missed you mate, hope you had a nice Christmas.

got any new stuff for us to hear?

talk soon i hope

phill

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4,496 Reply by Phill Williams

(5 replies, posted in Poems)

What difference does colour make, would it so terrible if he was green or purple, he's a man with a mission, let's not forget, he used to be a Muslim [or his family were] so what difference does that make? you Americans voted for the man, not his colour or his religion.

Give him a chance

Phill

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4,497 Reply by Phill Williams

(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

this is now on my space, if you'd like to hear it

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4,498 Reply by Phill Williams

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Yep, some things you cant forget, some things you wish you could forget...but cant...some things you forgot, you shouldnt have...anniversaries?

thanks for bringing this subject up, if my wife sees it she'll just give me more grief...just kidding, great song, you must have got one in a million like me...wife that is, keep on rocking


phill

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4,499 Topic by Phill Williams

(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

This one's about the 2nd world war, and continues my latest project about war, a detestable subject, but something we shouldnt blame our fighting men for, as they are doing their duty, and saving us from the likes of Hitler.

Bombs Fell On LondonUndefined


[A]The battle is over the [Bm]armies moved on


Far [A]away in the distance the [E]fighting goes on


The [A]wounded are tended the [Bm]dead laid to rest


[A]Farewell to your comrades who [E]fell in the mess




Will their [A]names be forgotten as [Bm]time passes by


Will you [A]think of the fallen where they [E]lay in the ground


Hear the [A]grieving of mothers who's [Bm]sons wont return


When [A]war comes again and more [E]sons will go


chorus 1




And the [D]bombs fell on London


And the [A]people did cry


While the houses burned down


And the [E]flames in the [A]sky same chords for all verses




Soldiers don't talk as they wit in the night


Huddled `round camp fires no moon in the sky


Knowing tomorrow may be their last day


Staring to heaven as their life slips away


chorus 2





Far out on the ocean


The sailors will drown


As their ship gets blown up


And the flames in the sky




Lights flash on the skyline is that thunder we hear?


As the bombs fell on London and we all live in fear


All our soldiers are hero's


All our sailors are too


And the men in the air force


All hero's and true


chorus 3




The silence is shattered


The birds fly away


As the bombs fell on London


And the flames in the sky


solo[E]-[A]-[E]-[A]||-[E]-[A]-[E]-[A]




Repeat chorus 1, 2 and 3



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4,500 Reply by Phill Williams

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

Dm's not a note, it's a chord, A is a note [or D] my particular favourite is Eb

I thought you weren't allowed to break wind before women, in case it's their turn, [and they could be bursting!]

I never used to do a lot of things before I got married, I never spent any time on the internet, cos I never had a computer then...so it's her own fault...yeah! I'll have to use that argument next time...see Chordie does have it's uses

Phill

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