Thanks Ark and Phill
I seem to remember quite a bit of rain there myself...the pubs were kinder around Molesworth Village but lack the football.
1,152 2011-07-04 04:23:53
Re: t:title"on the banks of the missouri" (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Robert - You know I'm a sucker for cowboy songs. This is a nice one.
1,153 2011-07-03 13:36:16
Re: A Garden in Leeds (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Steel and Daddy -Robert -Leeds will have another year in the Championship after coming close to promotion this past year.
Steel - I've been trying to work on my songwriting. I'm also fond of storytelling and that comes out in my music sometimes.
1,154 2011-07-02 15:29:39
Re: Why Dont You Stay Tonight (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Phil - very nice. I thought I figured out some of it, but I went to your myspace page and found out I didn't have it quite right....very nice song.
1,155 2011-07-02 15:14:47
Topic: A Garden in Leeds (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks to Phill Williams for starting me off. I was going to try and write something folksy, but it ended up being more upbeat, almost rockabilly. Give it a try and see what you think. This is my first Leeds song. I’ve only been there once, and that was to Elland Road so I missed seeing most of the area. Leeds United had a 2-0 win over Spurs back in the late 90s. I hope to get back one day and see more.
A Garden in Leeds By Jeff Gilpin
July 2, 2011
Intro
E-A-D-Ax2
Verse 1
I was [E]out [A]in the [D]garden
[A]Sowing some [E]seeds [A] [D] [A]
A [E]garden [A] in [D]England
A [A]garden in [E]Leeds [A] [D] [A]
Verse 2
When I [E]came u[A]pon a [D]locket
Buried [A]in the [E]soil [A] [D] [A]
A [E]treasure [A]long since [D]buried
[A]Fruit of my [E]toil [A] [D] [A]
Chorus
[B]Planting in the garden
Sowing some [A]seeds
In a garden in [D]England [A]
A garden in [E]Leeds [A] [D] [A]
Verse 3
I [E]cleaned off the [A]locket
Of [D]intri[A]cate de[E]sign [A] [D] [A]
In[E]scribed u[A]pon the [D]back
For [A]Caro[E]line [A] [D] [A]
Chorus
[B]Planting in the garden
Sowing some [A]seeds
In a garden in [D]England [A]
A garden in [E]Leeds [A] [D] [A]
Verse 4
I [E]opened the [A]locket
The [D]picture [A]long since [E]gone [A] [D] [A]
[E]Stories my [A]mind a[D]rose
[A]What had gone [E]wrong [A] [D] [A]
Chorus
[B]Planting in the garden
Sowing some [A]seeds
In a garden in [D]England [A]
A garden in [E]Leeds [A] [D] [A]
Verse 5
A [E]love [A] gone [D]rotten
A [A]broken [E]chain [A] [D] [A]
A [E]wife who [A]passed a[D]way
A [A]widower re[E]mains [A] [D] [A]
Bridge
[D]I’ll never solve this myste[A]ry
[D]Just like what the future holds for [A]me
[D]Will someone find a locket
[A]Put it in their pocket
Or be [D]buried for e[A]terni[B]ty
Chorus
[B]Planting in the garden
Sowing some [A]seeds
In a garden in [D]England [A]
A garden in [E]Leeds [A] [D] [A]
Verse 6
[E]Back in[A]to the [D]garden
I [A]plant perenni[E]als [A] [D] [A]
An [E]ode to [A]Caro[D]line
Who [A]I’ll never [E]know [A] [D] [A]
Chorus
[B]Planting in the garden
Sowing some [A]seeds
In a garden in [D]England [A]
A garden in [E]Leeds [A] [D] [A] [B] [A] [D] [A] [E]
1,156 2011-06-25 18:52:02
Re: Weapons in Your Arsenal of Love (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Ark. Yep, that is Leeds in a nutshell but it is also a good music city too. Leeds is one of my vacation destinations for sometime in the future, and most assuredly during football season. I saw Leeds play Spurs at Elland Road back in the late 90s, and I've been a fan ever since.
1,157 2011-06-25 05:53:58
Re: Weapons in Your Arsenal of Love (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks you all....Phil...I will see what I can do with the start.
Kenny...I'm waiting to get my house back to get recording again. I believe that will be this fall and I will start trying to catch up then.
BTW Kenny: TAB's are easy, at least mine are. I'm sure there are some better tab folk on chordie than me out there but here is what I'm trying to say: My intro tab is the notes for the verses I sing...since I'm not recording much I'm trying to help out on how the song sounds.
1,158 2011-06-24 04:10:08
Topic: Weapons in Your Arsenal of Love (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This is just a bluesy love song I was goofing around with tonight. Wish I could find a way to write a love song with Leeds in it. 
Weapons in Your Arsenal of Love By Jeff Gilpin
June 23, 2011
Tabb’ed intro
E--2-5---2-5---2-7----------2-0---2-0--2-5---2-5---2-7----------2-0------5-----|
B---------------------0-3-3-------3--------------------------0-3-3------3-3--------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[D]Why don’t [A]you just keep [Bm]still
[G]You just gotta dis[A]tract my [D]mind
[D]Like all the [A]times you [Bm]will
[G]Go off [A]leave me be[D]hind [A]
[D]You got [A]all your ad[Bm]mirers
[G]I’m just [A]one of the [D]throng
[D]But I can’t [A]still my de[Bm]sires
[G]Even when you [A]treat me [D]wrong [D7]
[G]You know I can’t keep my [D]eyes off you
[F#]Weapons in your arsenal of [Bm]love
[G]Strategic strikes the [D]ones I likes
[G]And can’t stop [A]thinking [D]of [A]
[D]You know I’m [A]yours for the [Bm]taking
I’ll [G]always be a [A]fool for [D]you
[D]But what I’d [A]rather be [Bm]making
[G]To you is just a[A]nother [D]tool [A]
[D]Baby I’ll [A]love to be your [Bm]hammer
[G]I’d love to be your [A]socket [D]set
But [D]when you come [A]close I [Bm]stammer
So you [G]haven’t [A]picked me [D]yet [D7]
[G]You know I can’t keep my [D]eyes off you
[F#]Weapons in your arsenal of [Bm]love
[G]Strategic strikes the [D]ones I likes
[G]And can’t stop [A]thinking [D]of [D7]
Bridge
[Bm]Put me out of my [F#]misery
[G] My misery of [D]love
[Bm]Shoot me hit me [F#]just forget me
[G]If you won’t give me what I’ve been [A]dreaming [A7]of
[D]You can see [A]that I [Bm]love you
[G]See it written [A]on my [D]face
[D]Wish I could [A]just get you [Bm]out of my mind
[G]But my mind I [A]can’t [D]erase [A]
[D]I figure if I [A]give you [Bm]time enough
[G]You’ll see I’m [A]just right for [D]you
[D]Look in my [A]eyes and I’ll [Bm]quit being so tough
[G]You know [A]just what to [D]do [D7]
[G]You know I can’t keep my [D]eyes off you
[F#]Weapons in your arsenal of [Bm]love
[G]Strategic strikes the [D]ones I likes
[G]And can’t stop [A]thinking [Bm]of [A]
[G]And can’t stop [A]thinking [D]of
1,159 2011-06-23 02:11:03
Re: t:title"i wish" 408 (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Great sentiment Robert, and a great song too. I gave it a go and it sounds and sings great. Well done my friend.
1,160 2011-06-22 01:08:34
Re: Ready to Go (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Dino. It's not really Beatles the way I play it, but I guess it could be played that way. I think the cool thing about seeing the song without the hearing the music is you have a clean slate to give it a try. I know many times I've found songs here and played them just like I later heard them recorded, but other times the way I tried it was totally different, but still good. I play it more acoustic/folk/rock-ish if that makes sense.
1,161 2011-06-22 00:14:54
Re: Ready to Go (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks you all - I'll playing them all at the July Jam for those who can make it. Played this for the wife and grand kid a few minutes ago...and they liked it.
1,162 2011-06-21 03:47:31
Topic: Ready to Go (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I had a good day at work today. Some days it’s like nothing can go wrong from the time you wake up until your head hits the pillow. I sure wish there were some way to bottle days like this.
Ready to Go By Jeff Gilpin
June 20th, 2011
capo II
Intro: Strumming D
Verse 1
[D]Wake up the sun is shining
[A]Alarm clock has me me oh my’ing uh [Em]oh [A]
Getting ready to [D]go [A]
[D]Forgot to get the coffee prep’ed
[A]Too late then as I get set to [Em]go [A]
Getting ready to [D]go [D7]
Chorus 1
[G]Go and [A]start the [D]day …got a great day dawning and
The [G]world and [A]I’m o[D]kay…the sun is shining and
I [G]Wonder [A]what I’ll [Bm]find this [G]time …who [D]knows [A]
But I’m ready to [D]go [A]
Verse 2
[D]Get to work right on time
[A]Gonna make the day mine oh mine it’s [Em]so [A]
I’m ready to [D]go [A]
[D]Working while time is flying by
[A]Look away with a lunch time sigh you [Em]know [A]
Then back I [D]go [D7]
Chorus 2
[G]Half way [A]through the [D]day…and the time’s just flying with
[G]Nothing [A]in my [D]way…and I’m hardly trying as
I [G]Wonder [A]what I’ll [Bm]find this [G]time …who [D]knows [A]
Back ready to [D]go [A]
Verse 3
[D]My day is through and I’m all done
[A]Hard to call it work when it’s so much fun al[Em]though [A]
I’m ready to [D]go [A]
[D]Go back home where my life is waiting
[A]Can’t wait I’m anticipating the [Em]show [A]
So it’s home I [D]go [D7]
Chorus 3
[G]Heading back [A]home to[D]day…to my hopes and dream my
[G]Work’s all [A]put a [D]way…without a care it seems I
[G]Wonder what [A]tomorrow [Bm]brings to [G]me …who [D]knows [A]
I’ll be ready to [G]go [D]
1,163 2011-06-21 01:50:56
Re: It's a Cowboy's Life for Me (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Joe and steel - I owe my cowboy songs to my pop. He grew up living that life way back in the Big Bend area of Texas. He use to tell me when he was a kid the first thing he did after waking up in the morning was to shake the scorpions out of his boots before he put them on. I always wished I would get to chance to experience what he did but other than camping out some I never did.
1,164 2011-06-19 21:49:43
Re: It's a Cowboy's Life for Me (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Tyson7 wrote:
Jets, Another good song. I write these types of cowboy songs and you've hit the subject and detail right. Very enjoyable. I spend my summers playing music and cowboying so I really enjoyed,I'd like to see any other cowboy tunes you have.
Joe
Hey Joe,
Here is the link to another one I wrote here on chordie a while back called Cowboy Dreams. I hope you like it.
http://chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=12138
1,165 2011-06-19 21:46:26
Re: It's a Cowboy's Life for Me (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks you all. My dad kind of steered me towards cowboys. He grew up in Texas and would always be wearing his cowboy boots and an old stetson hat.
1,166 2011-06-18 17:32:09
Topic: It's a Cowboy's Life for Me (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Here's a cowboy song...I like cowboy songs. I blame my father who was from Texas.
It’s a Cowboy’s Life for Me By Jeff Gilpin
June 18th, 2011
Intro
Strumming D
Verse 1
There [D]once were two old cowboys
Who got [G]tired of their life on the [D]range
Takes a [G]long hard day to [D]earn your pay
And gets [A]harder as you [A7]age
It’s [D]not a life of comfort
It’s [G]dirty and dusty and [D]cold
[G]Coughing and wheezes and [D]old injury-zes
A [A]terrible life when you’re [D]old [D7]
Chorus 1
But [G]that’s life of a [D]cowboy
The [A]young, the old, and the [D]able
You’re [G]up with the sun un[D]til the jobs done
With [Em]some of your meals from a [A]table [A7]
So [G]choose your poison [D]partner
What [A]you want your life to [Bm]be
Whether it’s [G]good, bad, or [D]just a bit sad
It’s a [A]cowboy’s life for [D]me [A]
Verse 2
Said [D]one cowpoke to the other
I’m [G]thinking of quitting this [D]life
[G]Clear off some land where I’ll [D]do what I can
[A]Might even take on a [A7]wife
I [D]don’t even care if she’s ugly
I [G]just want one who can [D]cook
And [G]one who can clean and [D]isn’t so mean
If I can [A]find one not already [D]took [D7]
Chorus 2
[G]Give up my life as a [D]cowboy
[A]Give up this younger man’s [D]game
[G]Go off live in the [D]country
[Em]Forget my home on the [A]range [A7]
[G]Forget those long days on [D]horseback
That [A]fragrant smell of the [Bm]cattle
Those [G]aches and those pains and those [D]sores without names
That you [A]get from all day in the [D]saddle [A]
Verse 3
[D]But as they thought about it
[G]Giving up the life that they [D]live
[G]Give up their ways and [D]live out their days
Was [A]a lot of give up to [A7]give
So they [D]got back in their saddles
[G]Rode off back off to the [D]herd
[G]Back to their lives and [D]forgot about wives
[A]Dreams were just so many [D]words [A]
Chorus 3
[G]Back to their life as a [D]cowboy
For the [A]young, the old, and the [D]able
[G]Up with the sun un[D]til the job’s done
With [Em]some of your meals from a [A]table [A7]
‘Cause you [G]choose your poison [D]partner
What [A]you want your life to [Bm]be
Whether it’s [G]good, bad, or [D]just a bit sad
It’s a [A]cowboy’s life for [G]me [D]
1,167 2011-06-14 02:00:14
Re: JETS AND D/C HAVING A BASH – Part 2 (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Dino...it was fun writing with daddy cool
1,168 2011-06-14 01:16:39
Topic: JETS AND D/C HAVING A BASH – Part 2 (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Daddy and I wrote two and here is the second part. It was great fun!
JETS AND D/C HAVING A BASH – Part 2 by Robert (Daddy Cool) Bonsall and Jeff (Jets60) Gilpin
June 12th, 2011
Intro
[D7]
verse 1
[G]we're writing a [D]song a[C]cross the [G]ocean,
for [G]friends on [C]chordie it will [G]be a [D]blast,
[Em]jets and [D]d/c have [Em]got a [G]notion,
[G]making a [D]friendship,that will [G]last. [D]
chorus
the [C]writing is the [D]story
the [Em]story is the [C]song
the [C]moral [D]is we’re [Em]hopping [G]that
[G]everyone [D]sings a[G]long [D]
Verse 2
[G]two differe'nt [D]worlds [C]joined to[G]gether,
[G]making their [C]sound to [G]be as [D]one,
[Em]joining [D]hands a[Em]cross the [G]atlantic,
[G]creating music [D]we all [G]love. [D]
Chorus x2
[C]worlds afar in [D]distance
[Em]connected with guitar [C]strings
[C]tied to[D]gether in [Em]brother[G]hood
the [G]band be[D]gins to [G]sing [D]
... end on the G and let it ring1,169 2011-06-14 01:11:12
Re: t:title"jets and d/c having a bash" by jets60 and daddycool (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This is just the half of it...one more coming!
1,170 2011-06-12 22:48:43
Re: La Da Dum La Da Lyla (23 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Not right now...crowded house...I'm hoping they are out by the end of summer or so.
1,171 2011-06-11 03:31:24
Re: La Da Dum La Da Lyla (23 replies, posted in Songwriting)
The "this weekend" is about getting with daddycool to write a song together. My recdording room was taken over by my daughter and her family who are staying with us for a while. I have a big long list of songs I need to record but I was holding out for when my daughter moves out....I'm hoping sometime this year but not sure exactly when.
1,172 2011-06-10 02:37:14
Re: La Da Dum La Da Lyla (23 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks ark - I will see if he's up for it this weekend.
1,173 2011-06-05 21:14:08
Re: La Da Dum La Da Lyla (23 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Dino. I'm up for it if daddycool is.
1,174 2011-06-05 15:50:52
Re: La Da Dum La Da Lyla (23 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Daddy,
Thanks for the feedback. I figure I will have the time to do more recording on my own once I retire. For now, I will enjoy writing for me.
1,175 2011-06-05 12:49:51
Re: La Da Dum La Da Lyla (23 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Steel,
Thanks - I have thought about it, but you have to get a recognized name before you people start doing wanting to record your songs. Maybe I will be able to when my day job and school doesn't take the majority of my time.