Good honky-tonk song, but I need to hear how you work the Bm in...B7 sounds better for me the way I tried it.
952 2012-07-21 13:21:03
Re: THE BEST SONG EVER (37 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
1) Rock Ballad - John Barleycorn - Traffic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93mv8LPtmro
2) Hard rock - Black Magic Woman - Santana - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaKnRUfh_5I
3) Southern Rock - Give Me Back My Bullets - Lynyrd Skynyrd - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg
4) Blues - Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5IOou6qN1o
5) R&B - Papa's got a Brand New Bag - James Brown - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsvmVDejbe4
6) Bluegrass - Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIKdswTJ2vY
7) Country - He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R2F9f2Cl6Y
8) Folk - Fire ande Rain - James Taylor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T35WXFOmwI
9) Americana - Souvenirs - John Prine & Steve Goodman - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOTbg39- … re=related
All I can think of right now...
953 2012-07-15 15:39:35
Re: Unchained Melodies ....cover of a Righteous Brothers tune (5 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Good clean rendition....wish I could get the lows like you do without straining my voice.
954 2012-07-15 02:11:42
Re: We're About Out of Money (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Pete. Its sad but true.
955 2012-07-14 13:15:13
Re: We're About Out of Money (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Dino. Yeah, I figured it wasn't just me thinking like this.
956 2012-07-13 02:09:06
Topic: We're About Out of Money (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
More sentiment about the state of the economy in the world today. Kind of blusy so you can play it as fast or slow as you like with whatever mood that suits you.
We're About Out of Money By Jeff Gilpin
July 12, 2012
Capo 2
Intro - Verse 1
[A7]We're about out of money
[D7]Borrowing more everyday
[G]One day there'll come a reckoning
Be[C]fore it happens I just got to [G]saaaaay... [G7]
Verse 2
[A7]We can't get any money
From a [D7]bank that's already broke
[G]Why should we call the firefighters
When [C]all that's left is just [Em]smoke [Em7]
Verse 3
Because it's [A7]hard to fix a problem
[D7]That's been broke for a while
[G]Might as well spend like a sprint to the end
[C]Sink the old ship with some [Em]style [Em7]
Verse 4
And we [A7]can't pay the banks back
[D7]Can't even get a loan
[G]Can't put ourselves out of the misery
That [C]seems to just keep on [Em]growin' [Em7]
Verse 5
[A7]Forget all those lessons we learned
[D7]Then forget what we forgot
[G]Pour another flaming hot cuppa suffering
And [C]burn our hands with the [Em]pot [Em7]
Interlude
[A7] [D7] [G] [C] [Em] [Em7]
Verse 6
Our [A7]children are gonna remember
[D7]They're gonna spit on all of our graves
[G]Thanks for the mess that you left us
[C]How else should they be[Em]have [Em7]
Verse 7
Because [A7]we're about out of money
[D7]That is our cross to bear
But [G]not one soul wants to bear that weight
Pre[C]tending how much we [Em]care [Em7]
Outro - Verse 8
[A7]We care about keeping on working
[D7]Care about looking ahead
[G]Hoping we can ride the wave out
Until [C]long [G]after we're [C]dead [C7]
957 2012-07-07 19:27:58
Re: She's My Girl -an original I just redid by Jim Jenkins aka Bass Viking (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Jim - I'm a sucker for grandpa songs and this is a good one. Well done.
958 2012-07-07 02:31:56
Re: You're gonna Miss My Love (1 replies, posted in Song requests)
Here's a link but the song is called "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine": http://www.megachords.com/piano/music/2 … e-mine.htm
959 2012-07-05 02:06:27
Re: How I Remember Summers Way Back When (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Lane - You're right. We have the hand we were dealt and we have to make the best of it. Same for the next generation as well I guess.
960 2012-07-04 01:22:40
Re: How I Remember Summers Way Back When (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Lane - Kids don't know what they missed. We look back and worry about how missing the things we grow up with changed the young adults of today. Was it for the better or the worse? Only time will tell.
961 2012-07-03 02:48:17
Re: How I Remember Summers Way Back When (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Dino,
Yep - Other stuff like my T-shirts were just...well... T-shirts....not too much fashion choices that I remember. I also left out lightning bugs...baseball cards...with gum...ghost stories...all without internet connectivity! Not sure how we all got by. 
962 2012-07-02 03:37:36
Topic: How I Remember Summers Way Back When (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I was just noticing lately that I’ve not seen many kids out and about even though school has been on summer break for a while now. That is far different from how I grew up.
How I Remember Summers Way Back When By Jeff Gilpin
July 1, 2012
Capo 3
Verse 1
[A]Sleep in in the morning
[A]I got no school today
[D]Get up when I want to
[A]Then go out and play
[D]Come home when I’m hungry
[A]Then I’m off again
That’s [A]how I remember [E]summers
Way back [A]when
Verse 2
[A]We didn’t have the internet
[A]TV was kind of slow
[D]Nothing but soap operas
Or [A]maybe a game show
[D]Video games were years away
But [A]we didn’t know that then
That’s [A]how I remember [E]summers
Way back [A]when [A7]
Chorus 1
[E]Hide and seek and kick the can
[D]Rounders or kick[A]ball
[E]Baseball stickball basketball
Or [D]any old ball at [A]all
We [D]didn’t sit around much
After [A]sitting all year in school
[D]Summers were for doing stuff
It [E]was an unwritten [E7]rule
Verse 3
[A]Camping in the back yard
[A]Playing flashlight tag
[D]Maybe building a tree house
Or [A]playing capture the flag
[D]Made up game when we ran out
Or [A]start all over again
That’s [A]how I remember [E]summers
Way back [A]when
Verse 4
[A]Now a days seems like the kids
[A]Just have nothing to do
Their [D]minds are over loaded
Might as well [A]send ‘em back to school
[D]Too much so called entertainment
I[A]magination running thin
Not [A]like how I remember [E]summers
Way back [A]when [A7]
Chorus 2
[E]All cans are recycled now
The [D]balls are put a[A]way
[E]Parents forget to tell their kids
[D]You all go out and [A]play
[D]Have to break their concentration
Or [A]maybe cut their power
[D]Get them from behind their screen
[E]Hour after [E7]hour
Verse 5
[A]If I could choose the time
[A]When I was a kid to live
[D]Between all that we have today
And what [A]yesteryears had to give
I [D]wouldn’t have to think twice
I’d [A]do it all again
Back [A]how I remember [E]summers
Way back [D]when [A]
964 2012-06-24 15:25:17
Topic: Lately (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This song is about how people look at their life differently all through their life as they are growing. I chose to write the life path of this song as one that I think many kids take, where they wonder what life is as a child, think they figured it out as a teen, and get a rude awakening coming into adulthood. I skipped the part, the longest part that seems to go by in a flash, that 30-40 year period were most people are out working in the world. I finish the song with the adult looking back at life in a similar fashion as the child they were looked at life. I think it is funny, not funny ha-ha but funny weird, that people wonder about life more when they are very young or very old.
Lately By Jeff Gilpin
June 24, 2012
capo 1
Verse 1 - child
[D]Lately...[G]
I’ve been thinking about [D]lots of things...[G]
Trying to figure out [D]what it means...[G]
About [D]life...[G]
[C]Why some things are [G]funny and make me [D]laugh
[C]Why some things are [G]sad and tear me in [D]half
[C]Why I’m here and [G]what I’m [A]going to [D]be I’ll [A]guess I’ll [G]see...[C]
[G]...What life holds for [D]me
Verse 2 - teen
[D]These days...[G]
Life makes [D]much more sense...[G]
Living in the [D]present tense...[G]
Some kind of [D]life...[G]
[C]Heading to my [G]friends to go hang [D]out
[C]Knowing now what [G]life is all a[D]bout
[C]Parents are off [G]somewhere [A]doing what[D]ever it [A]is they [G]do...[C]
[G]...I’ll do that [D]too
Verse 3 - tween
[D]Now...[G]
Life is in for [D]such a change...[G]
Not sure how I’ll [D]rearrange...[G]
Or what I’m going to [D]do...[G]
[C]The time is here [G]decisions to be [D]made
[C]How I’ll live [G]how I’m going to get [D]paid
[C]It seemed so simple a [G]few years a[A]go but [D]it’s not [A]simple [G]now...[C]
[G]...I’ll figure out some[D]how
Bridge - decisions
[C]Head off to school but [G]I can't afford it [C]wish I’d better grades [G]but I ignored it
[C]Maybe sign my name for a [G]few years figuring [A] out what I want to do...[C]
[G]...That’s what I’ll [A]do...[A7]
Verse 4 - adult
[D]Lately...[G]
I’ve been thinking about [D]lots of things...[G]
Trying to figure out [D]what it means...[G]
About my [D]life...[G]
[C]Thinking back on [G]things still makes me [D]laugh
[C]Some memories are [G]sad and tear me in [D]half
[C]Why I’m here and [G]what I [A]could have [D]been but I’ll [A]never [G]know...[C]
[G]...But I’ll never [D]know
965 2012-06-18 03:41:50
Topic: John Fullbright - Gawd Above (1 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Lordy, this kid belts it out good here. Good tune - Live performance - and nails it.
966 2012-06-16 21:58:20
Re: Ballad of Lewis and Pete (12 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Dino - True stories make for good tunes. I'm not in the same league as my father when it comes to writing, but thanks for the complement.
967 2012-06-16 05:31:14
Topic: Ballad of Lewis and Pete (12 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This song is about the lifelong friendship of my father, Pete Gilpin, and Lewis Green. Both men were gifted writers, but both took different paths in life. Here is a link about Lewis for those who are interested, but I'm sure you can find more about him or his books: http://www.acountryrag.org/o01029.html
My father's life was a little more obscure. He wrote one book about the life of Bascom Lamar Lunsford, called The Minstrel of the Appalachians, but most of his writing was in newspaper articles in the Houston Chronicle and the Asheville Citizen Times. I couldn't find many links but you are welcome to look.
Ballad of Lewis and Pete By Jeff Gilpin
June 16th, 2012
Verse 1
[C]Lewis and Pete were friends I guess
[Am]Shared a love of words and jest
[G]Shared their thoughts that I confess
[F]Were way above my [G]head
Verse 2
[C]Writing lives help cross their paths
[Am]But their partnership didn't last
[G]Lewis struck out on his own
[F]While Pete preferred to [G]pay for his home
Chorus 1
[F]Lewis he was a native son
While [C]Pete he was a rolling one
[Am]Curious carefree thoughtful men
[F]Working writers [G]working friends [Am] [G]
Verse 3
[C]Lewis started his own paper
[Am]Filled it with thoughts of an obscure nature
[G]About outrage he felt inside
[F]Not well received but he [G]took it in stride
Verse 4
[C]Pete he was less controversial
[Am]Choose to run in different circles
[G]PR work at a learned school
[F]Following all their [G]social rules
Chorus 2
[F]Lewis man he ruffled feathers
[C]Pointed fingers at his so called betters
While [Am]Pete he kept his family fed
[F]Choose to keep his [G]thoughts in his head [Am] [G]
Verse 5
[C]Pete's life led him many places
[Am]Ended up back where he knew the faces
[G]Working for the state at the end of the game
[F]Retired when he finished [G]all the same
Verse 6
[C]Lewis he didn't go so quietly
[Am]Pissed off the church, some think rightly
[G]Wrote and taught until his dying day
But he [F]surely lived [G]some might say
Chorus 3
[F]Lewis died wanting to live
But [C]writers never stop wanting to give
[Am]Pete worked too but he shared his wit
With the [F]people where his [G]life was spent [Am] [G]
Verse 7
[C]I spoke at the funeral of Pete
[Am]Friends of his I got to meet
[G]Lewis was not in the congregation
At[F]tending church not his [G]inclination
Verse 8
He [C]called me said he wanted to meet
[Am]Wanted to explain something about Pete
I [G]never got the chance to hook up with Lewis
[F]He's gone now [G]too late I guess
Chorus 4
I [F]wonder now what he wanted to say
Why [C]he and Pete had their falling away
I [Am]missed my chance as happens sometime
[F]Missing his words feel [G]like a crime [Am]
968 2012-06-13 02:20:20
Re: Kids and Guitars (8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Yep - unsure on how they learned to play that well, but those are some talented kids...cute choreography too.
969 2012-06-08 00:16:28
Re: uke chords and words for solement una vez (2 replies, posted in Song requests)
Okay, here's what you do. Get the guitar chords from here: http://www.e-chords.com/chords/agustin- … te-una-vez
It shows the chords and lyrics for the song (Amaj7, Bm7, C#m7...).
Next you go to this uke chord chart (http://www.ukalady.com/CChart.htm) and translate from guitar (if you don't know the chord) to the uke equivalent.
Good luck!
970 2012-06-05 01:51:38
Re: t:title"A STAB IN THE BACK" 429 (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Sounds like a scream from your soul there Robert. Don't let the bums keep you down my friend.
971 2012-06-03 21:28:08
Re: The Professional Student's Lament (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Dino and Beamer,
You're right Beamer. Many technical school grads, or people who've worked their way to where they are ahead of someone coming out of college with no work experience. I'm hoping this trend turns around sometime but I don't think it will until companies get more growth centric.
972 2012-06-03 16:10:35
Topic: The Professional Student's Lament (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I read in today’s Washington Post that public universities will be pushing their super seniors to graduate. This reminded me that employers are still reluctant on hiring the super educated and prefer graduates with degrees that won’t command a higher salary. Anyway, this song is dedicated with my sympathies to the unemployed, indebted and highly educated class of 2012.
The Professional Student’s Lament By Jeff Gilpin
June 3, 2012
Verse 1
[Am]Get your edu[G]cation
[Am]Or you’ll go no[G]where [D]
[Am]Mortgage away your [G]future
But the [C]price it’s surely [G]fair
And it’s [D]sure to [C]get you [Am]there
Verse 2
[Am]Four years getting [G]smarter
Four [Am]years of college [G]life [D]
[Am]Don’t worry about [G]paying now
Just [C]get through your studies and [G]strife
Just a [D]little [C]sacri[Am]fice
Chorus
[G]Getting money for college
[D]Pay it back over time
[G]You won’t have to [D]pay it back
Until you reach that [C]finish [Am]line
You gotta [D]reach that [C]finish [Am]line
Verse 3
[Am]Four years have [G]come and gone
Your [Am]studies all com[G]plete [D]
[Am]No work yet young [G]graduate
[C]So you decide to [G]keep your seat
More [D]studies [C]to com[Am]plete
Verse 4
They [Am]call it a gradu[G]ate degree
[Am]Icing on the [G]cake [D]
[Am]You’ll go far in this [G]working world
[C]Think of the money you’ll [G]make
But [D]is it [C]a mis[Am]take
Chorus
[G]Getting money for college
[D]Pay it back over time
[G]You won’t have to [D]pay it back
Until you reach that [C]finish [Am]line
You have to [D]reach that [C]finish [Am]line
Verse 5
[Am]Heads all full on [G]knowledge
You’re [Am]locked and you’re [G]loaded
[Am]Sell yourself to the [G]highest bidder
Just [C]then the economy ex[G]ploded
The [D]econo[C]my ex[G]ploded
Verse 6
[Am]No jobs to be [G]had
But you [Am]still got bills to [G]pay [D]
[Am]Worried about your [G]future
You go [C]back to college and [G]stay
You’ll [D]work some [C]other [Am]day
Chorus
[G]Getting money for college
[D]Pay it back over time
[G]You won’t have to [D]pay it back
Until you reach that [C]finish [Am]line
But [D]where’s the [C]finish [Am]line
Verse 7
[Am]You’re almost a [G]doctor
Can [Am]see the door from [G]here [D]
[Am]Only so much [G]time left
Un[C]til you face [G]fear
And that [D]time is [C]getting [Am]near
Verse 8
[Am]Talking with em[G]ployers
[Am]Offers never [G]come [D]
That [Am]doctor on your [G]resume
Just [C]makes employers [G]run
As your [D]future [C]comes un[Am]done
Ending Chorus
[G]College says get out of school
You’re [D]educated enough
[G]Go on out in[D]to the real world
The real world’s [C]pretty [Am]tough
And [D]life’s a[C]bout to get [Am7]rough
973 2012-06-02 19:04:29
Re: in order Need chords -Shoot the dog- (1 replies, posted in Song requests)
Already been asked for. Here is that thread link:
974 2012-05-30 03:50:11
Re: favorite love songs (31 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
bensonp wrote:
If I Should Fall Behind, by Bruce Springsteen. Great song and easy to play. I played this at my youngest daughters wedding at her request.
Yep - one of my favorites too.
975 2012-05-30 03:47:56
Re: favorite love songs (31 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
The one that comes to my mind first is:
I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song- Jim Croce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Vn17S37_Y
I know his music was way over played on the radio, but he had a string of great acoustic guitar hits back in the 70s.