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(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Jim, thanks for the good review. Yep, it seems one day you're changing nappies next you're feeding your grandkids!

Look forward to our next colab, I seem to have dried up at the moment, I had to buy a new note pad and the blank pages are freaking me out...lol     

They send me an e-card at Christmas and I send back and ask how they are? No reply though. This is worrying.     

1,028

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

https://soundcloud.com/iphillfine/believeable-lie 

a melancholic little ditty about our children flying the nest. a short and sweet one this just 1 min 30 secs. i'd appreciate your thoughts.

Believeable Lie.Undefined


[G] Don't look sad.


Don't cry.


Don't [C] think you have to make up some believeable lie.


Cos I can [G] take it.


I wont fold.


I will [C] show you in the end I'm as good as gold.


But [Am] someone will take you [D] away.


Without [Bm] caring `bout what I might [Am] say.




It's all on [G] me.


I'm a fool.


Words come [C] from my mouth before I think them through.



Yes I'll be [G] sad .


I may cry.


Don't you [C] worry I will make up some believeable lie.


Cos I don't [Am] want to see you [D] go. Though I [Bm] knew some day it would be [Am] so.




My-oh- [G] my. [Em] Time goes [D] by.


[C] Time....[Em] goes....[Am] by.... [G] [Em]




Words & Music by Phill Williams.





1,029

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Nice one Jeff, guess we're all going through the same groundhog Day. Stay safe.     

1,030

(4 replies, posted in About Chordie)

I had the same problem when I up graded from win 7 to 10 . The only cure/work round I could find was to buy a new printer as the old one apparently was not  designed for any o/s higher than 8 ! Try updating your driver's?     

Oh I just remembered, I got the free win 10 upgrade so almost nothing worked! In the end it crashed and I had to get the disk and reinstall.

1,031

(5 replies, posted in Poems)

Getting something off your chest Brian? Lol. You been watching too much late night TV? 

I got the feeling of "hurry, looking constantly over my shoulder and being suspicious of any one I'd never met before". I think you could expand this into something bigger? As I said I got that butterflies in the stomach feeling so you dragged me into your poem. Great work and no mention of you know what?     

1,032

(3 replies, posted in Poems)

Nice one Peatle. The old saying "too cool for school" isn't used much anymore, maybe in a couple of months? Bojo (Boris Johnson) says English kids can go back to school in July. The Welsh senedd is far more cautious and said not until September which makes our Welsh and Scottish politicians more in tune with what's going on. They've even stopped English day trippers crossing the boarder!
And we're back in the room....you have a wonderful way of taking everyday conversation and making great literature and songs from it. Iechyd dda. Kia ora. Stay safe

1,033

(4 replies, posted in My local band and me)

IMHO, it's the best feeling in the world playing with a live band. you did a great job here. is that a Cry Baby? i used to have one but traded it for a mini monitor, worst trade i ever made and i've done some bad ones.     

1,034

(22 replies, posted in Electric)

Hi Jim. There is loss of tone when you turn the big guys down so use sustain or a little distortion to get the sound "meaty" there are other terms I could use but this isn't Facebook lol.
On my previous post I meant to write amp and cab!
One of the first gigs I played with a band I used a Marshall 50 watt amp with two cabs. The other guitarist used a Vox A.C. 30 and completely drowned me out, and I was stood right Infront of my rig!!!     

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(22 replies, posted in Electric)

welcome to chordie brownhill. i once had a vox 50 watt combo. i also played once through a 100 watt vox cab and speaker, i made a bit of a mess in my pants if you get my meaning?
vox amps used to have around twice the output of the face value , so 15 = 30 watts, 30 = 60 etc. i find small amps are not value for money, if you're playing in a bedroom, yes, but if you want to say jam with some mates in a bigger room your sound will be lost. you can always turn down a big amp but you cant turn up a small amp.     

1,036

(11 replies, posted in Poems)

yeah, led by a load of lords and generals that bought their commissions. there was a time when kings and generals had to prove themselves by leading their troops into battle. william the conqueror gave land and privileges to his knights that distinguished themselves at hastings which they handed down to their sons and so on until we come to the chinless wonders that sat miles away from the action sending brave men into suicidal charges. how the dickens did the human race survive so long?     

1,037

(11 replies, posted in Poems)

I am not sure of the greeting for Anzac Day though I have seen a lot about their bravery in the face of the enemy and the idiot generals that sent them into withering machine gun fire. Let us hope those days are gone forever.     

1,038

(11 replies, posted in Poems)

Peatle. As a follow on, every Thursday evening at 8pm loads of people all over the UK stand at their doorsteps and applaud the invaluable and life threatening work they do. Last night I saw something I haven't seen for many years; after the clapping people, keeping to the two metre rule, stood and chatted with neighbours! This pandemic has brought out the spirit that got us through the blitz and the cold war. Let us hope the plonkers that have their fingers poised over the nuclear buttons aren't stupid enough to push them! HOPE     

1,039

(11 replies, posted in Poems)

Hi Peatle.

you began by speaking of your defiance of the covid-19 virus then moved on to how your lands were invaded and your people slaughtered? I sincerely hope that my ancestors were not involved with that invasion?
A very moving and insightful piece of writing as I've come to expect from you. Hope will see us through this bad time.
Be safe my friend.     

1,040

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks Peatle. My friend had been battling cancer for some years and bearing up to the treatments. Then suddenly one day he suffered a major heart attack and he was gone. His wife was devistated as were we all. Her friends and family gathered round and we gave him a good send off. This happened just before the outbreak so there was a good crowd at the funeral to say farewell. Funny I want to remember the good times but all that's coming is the emptiness.

Stay safe and well.     

1,041

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

Jim, this post is from 2016 it was only revived so a spammer could post free advertising which is why i banned their butt (polite version)     

1,042

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

I like it. Tells it like it is.
As a home bird I quite enjoyed the first week or so, now I'm going a little stircrazy     

1,043

(3 replies, posted in Poems)

Hi Peatle. Once again an amazing observation, you have a way of transferring what you see around you into interesting and insightful verse.
Nice work, stay well.     

1,044

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

And to you my friend. I can't imagine writing an up beat song to such a down beat subject, I felt quite depressed myself when I was done, but Ann has this nack of bucking me up! No not a misspell! Lol

Returning to the original subject, I've lost several good friends in the last few years so I'm well aware of the emptiness one feels. I'm hoping not to lose anymore to this pandemic.

Stay safe my friend.     

1,045

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

At this terrible time I know all our thoughts go out to the people that survive those that have succumbed to Coronavirus. So this song came to me and made me think how I'd cope if anything happened to Ann.

Still AliveUndefined



V.1


[Dm] I will miss you now you've gone.


[F] I will cry for you at night.


[Gm] It's torn apart my beating [A7] heart.


How can [Bb] I forgive [Gm] myself for [Dm] that?




V.2


[Dm] Little pieces of my thoughts.


[F] Come to me in memories.


[Gm] There'll never be a girl like [A7] you.


[Bb] Who could put me back in [Gm] time.


[Bb] Show the world that [Gm] I'm...still [Dm] alive.


[G] Wo-wo-wo. [Bb] Wo-wo-wo. Still [Dm] alive.




V.3


[Dm] Did you pass me yesterday?


[F] In a place where people come and go.



[Gm] There beside me in the [A7] street.


You [Bb] disappeared [Gm] before my very [Dm] eyes.


[Bb] Are you [Gm] really still [Dm] alive?


[G] Wo-wo-wo. [Bb] Wo-wo-wo. Still [Dm] alive. (x2)




V.4


[Dm] I still miss you now you've gone.


[F] I cry myself to sleep each night.


[Gm] Taken from me – broke my [A7] heart.


[Bb] How can [Gm] I live on from [Dm] that?


[Bb] I cant forgive [Gm] myself for [Dm] that.


[G] Wo-wo-wo. [Bb] Wo-wo-wo. Still [Dm] alive.


Are you. [G] Wo-wo-wo. [Bb] Wo-wo-wo. Still [Dm] alive.






Words & Music by Phill Williams. 5th April.2020.





 

1,046

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

Also paintings, by kids, of unicorns. They're meant to thank and brighten up the lives of those that must work to keep us safe, or forced, isolationists alive. Big thank to our NHS, stay safe.

1,047

(2 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Very interesting Peatle, double tracking acapella!!! A great love song and Maree must be happy that you loudly declared your love for her so publicly to a world wide audience, if you hear anything whistling...duck! Our women love to hear us declare our love for them, but not before the world, it embarrasses them...lol
I'm afraid this self isolation thing maybe affecting Ann more than me, like you I'm happy to sit watching the TV or making music in my studio. Ann is more outgoing. She misses her/our social evenings, meeting friends or just shopping.
Stay safe, stay well.     

1,048

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

i came across this vid on youtube and i realised that is a fitting song not only for this world racked by coronavirus but also for all the chordie musicians that due to circumstances cant get together to share music. please give it a listen, the "weight" performed by musicians world wide



5:27 / 5:46
#MyCambria #iPlayForChange #SongAroundTheWorld 

unfortunately the link doesn't work, you may have to look for it...sorry

1,049

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

Jim...here am I sitting in my studio/study/writing room/music room/computer room/junk room laughing my socks off at the last line of your new verse for Pawnee Creek. Ann who was watching her programmes came in to see what amused me so.
I'd love to hear Russ perform it, with the mandolin of course...     

1,050

(5 replies, posted in My local band and me)

another cracker Grah. Just been on the doorstep, 8.00pm Thursday, organised applause for the NHS, they're doing a difficult and frightening job and they deserve all the help, gratitude and love we can give them.