1,176 Topic by jets60

(23 replies, posted in Songwriting)

This is just a song about my precocious little granddaughter Lyla and her little brother Brodie.

La Da Dum La Da Lyla By Jeff Gilpin


June 5th, 2011




Chorus

[C]La da dum la da Lyla


[G]La da dum la da [C]Lyla


[F]La da dum la da [C]lyla


[G]La da [C]dum




Verse 1


[F]Lyla wakes up in the [C]morning


[G]Wiping the sleep from here [C]eyes


[F]The day sure-ly wont be [C]boring


[D]Always full of sur[G]prise






Chorus

[C]La da dum la da Lyla


[G]La da dum la da [C]Lyla


[F]La da dum la da [C]lyla


[G]La da [C]dum


Verse 2


[F]Waking ups Brodie her [C]brother


[G]Wanting a little to [C]eat


[F]Drinking and eating and [C]smiling


To the [D]patter of Lylas [G]feet




Chorus

[C]La da dum la da Lyla


[G]La da dum la da [C]Lyla


[F]La da dum la da [C]lyla


[G]La da [C]dum




bridge

[D]Will she go out[G]side


[D]Will she go up [G]stairs


[D]Will she sing us a [G]song or two


[D]Whatever she [G7]dares, little [C]Lyla


Chorus

[C]La da dum la da Lyla


[G]La da dum la da [C]Lyla



[F]La da dum la da [C]lyla


[G]La da [C]dum


Verse 3


[F]Coming downstairs clean and [C]smiling


[G]After her trip to the [C]tub


[F]Smelling all clean eyes a [C]gleam


[D]Gives her grandpa a [G]hug




Chorus

[C]La da dum la da Lyla


[G]La da dum la da [C]Lyla


[F]La da dum la da [C]lyla


[G]La da [C]dum




Verse 4


[F]Brodies clean now and theyre [C]ready


[G]Heading to bed for the [C]night


[F]Getting a story from [C]mama


[D]Then off to bed to sleep [G]tight




Chorus

[C]La da dum la da Lyla


[G]La da dum la da [C]Lyla


[F]La da dum la da [C]lyla


[G]La da [C]dum




bridge

[D]She dreams about [G]playing


[D]She dreams about having [G]fun


[D]She dreams about [G]everything


[D]Everything under the [G7]sun, little [C]Lyla


Chorus


[C]La da dum la da Lyla


[G]La da dum la da [C]Lyla


[F]La da dum la da [C]lyla


[G]La da [C]dum [G] [C]



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1,177 Reply by jets60

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Thanks very much Ark. That was a very dificult time for both our countries and we owe so many so much.

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1,178 Reply by jets60

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Hey Ark - Good melancholy song - I also tried it with a Bm7 and that works too....easier chord transition for me.

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1,179 Reply by jets60

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Thanks very much Ed.

I'm looking forward to the Doah Jam too. It's going to be fun and I look forward to meeting you. I'd like to hear your Civil War song as well. I like dark songs.

Take care,

Jeff

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1,180 Reply by jets60

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Thanks Dino.

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1,181 Reply by jets60

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Thank you Robert. Yep, I think the world would look totally different. Who knows what the UK and US would have ended up looking like.

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1,182 Reply by jets60

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Thanks very much Joe.

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1,183 Reply by jets60

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Thanks Steelstrings,

This song is for them, but more than the Americans made the same sacrifice.

Jeff/Jets

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1,184 Topic by jets60

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A song to honor those we remember in the US on Memorial Day.

Upon That Foreign Shore By Jeff Gilpin


May 28th, 2011


Capo II


Tab’ed intro:


E|----0h2----0------------------------------0h2------0-------------------------->


B|------------------3-----0------------------------------------3-----0------------>


G|------------------------------2-----2------------------------------------2------>


D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->


A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->


E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->




E|----0h2---0---------------------------------------------------------------------|


B|------------------3----0---------------------------------------------------------|


G|-----------------------------2----2------------0h2------0-------0------2------|


D|--------------------------------------------------------------2------------------|


A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




Verse 1


[Em]We forget our [D]memories


For[Em]get most precious [D]time


For[Em]get those who have [D]lived before


And [Am]go on with our [Am7]lives




Verse 2


[Em]Times we still re[D]member


[Em]People from the [D]past


With[Em]out whose selfless [D]sacrifice


Our [Am]lives would come to [Am7]past




[C]Names sometimes are [Em]passed on


Some [D]names we never [Em]knew


[C]Faceless names from [Em]long ago


[Am]We all owe so much [Am7]to




Verse 3



I [Em] think of how they [D]might have felt


Their [Em]world in such tur[D]moil


Un[Em]knowing of their [D]perils


[Am]As they went off [Am7]war




Verse 4


I [Em]wonder what they [D]might have been


Those [Em]battle shorten [D]lives


What [Em]great things that were [D]never seen


But [Am]for their sacri[Am7]fice




[C]Lives sometimes are [Em]sacrificed


[D]The lives they’ll never [Em]know


[C]Taken very [Em]early on


[Am]So many yearsa[Am7]go … so many years ago




Verse 4


[Em]Here we are alive right [D]now


[Em]In the world they [D]saved


[Em]Looking back re[D]membering


[Am]All the things they [Am7]gave




Verse 5


Some[Em]times I take for [D]granted


The [Em]life I get to [D]live


[Em]Never asked to [D]sacrifice


[Am]Never asked to [Am7]give




[C]Would I [Em]be as brave


[D]How could I do [Em]more


[C]Surpass their heavy [Em]sacrifice


[Am]Upon that foreign [Am7]shore [Em]



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1,185 Reply by jets60

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Zurf wrote:

Because of the curiosity that has come up in several posts on Chordie, I have asked Mekidsmom whether she'd be willing to do a nail care for guitarists seminar at the July Jam.  She has agreed, and I will be her guinea pig. 

- Zurf

I'm looking forward to that....my nails take a beating

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1,186 Reply by jets60

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Congratulations Robert - Wow! 400 songs....500 will be a breeze for you....but I'm looking for your 1000ths song.

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1,187 Reply by jets60

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Thanks Vespa - I understand. Translation now a days is fairly easy, what with all the online tools availible, but translating a song from one language into a song in another language is very difficult. Good luck and I look forward to your posting.

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1,188 Reply by jets60

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Thanks Robert and Dino - Yeah, It really comes back to me when i meet people again who I worked with in the past. It usually doesn't seem like it’s been that long but when you see how much they have changed you realize it has been a while. Makes you wonder how you look to them. I didn't mean the song to be sad, but I guess it is. I really meant it to get people to look up every now and then because work is just work. There is so much more going on that matter, more like family friends, and all the other things you like to do more.

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1,189 Reply by jets60

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Hey Vespa,

Fell free to post your original songs here in what ever language you write them in, but you might want to post an english translation (before someone asks). I actually enjoy songs in other languages, including french, but I also want to know the english translation as well (not so good at understanding french).

If you want to post a french artist's songs you will have find another web site because chrordie doesn't do that.

Thanks.

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1,190 Topic by jets60

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This song is about how we can get caught up in our work life, and how the time goes by like we're wearing blinders. We end up losing years before we look up, and realize how much time has passed by, and how so much has changed, especially us.

Blinders By Jeff Gilpin


May 14, 2011




Verse 1


Busy every [Bm]day [F#]people [G]working


Working every[Bm]day [F#]prosperi[A]ty


[Bm]Never look a[F#]way [G]from what we’re [D]doing


[Bm]Never get to [F#]look around and [Bm]see




Verse 2


Going here and [Bm]there [F#]our daily [G]business


Getting it all [Bm]done [F#]whatever it may [A]be


[Bm]Look at the [F#]time [G]already be[D]hind


The [Bm]days run on [F#]infinite[Bm]ly




Chorus

One [A]day perchance we get dis[D]tracted


[G]Look up from whatever our work may [F#]be


[Bm]We take a look a[F#]round sur[G]prised at what we've [D]found


[Bm]We could never [F#]guess what we [Bm]see




Verse 3


Most of us start [Bm]working [F#] before we're [G]twenty


On the [Bm]job [F#]seems like endless[A]ly


[Bm]Always on the [F#]run [G] not always [D]fun



[Bm]Like its going to [F#]go on endless[Bm]ly




Verse 4


Going here and [Bm]there [F#]our daily [G]business


Getting it all [Bm]done [F#]whatever it may [A]be


[Bm]Look at the [F#]time [G]already be[D]hind


The [Bm]days run on [F#]infinite[Bm]ly




Chorus



Verse 5


People come and [Bm]go [F#] [G]and come back again


Sometimes their [Bm]names [F#]leave our memo[A]ry


[Bm]How long’s it [F#]been[G]we remember [D]when


[Bm]Years forgotten [F#]coming back we [Bm]see




Verse 6


We still feel [Bm]like [F#] we did [G]back them


We feel we're the [Bm]same [F#]that we used to [A]be


[Bm]But there in the [F#]mirror [G]every single [D]morning


[Bm]We get a [F#]different view to [Bm]see




Chorus


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1,191 Reply by jets60

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Couldn't find it...sorry

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1,192 Reply by jets60

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Hey Robert,

Nothing like babies to get a family closer. I saw the 3rd verse had some format issues but wasn't sure how you wanted it handled so I'll leave it to you.

(will there be a chordie party when you reach 400?...there should be)

Jeff

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1,193 Reply by jets60

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Hey Wayne - I hear you. I go through spells of posting then not, but I have found all the chordie folk are pretty forgiving. I'm sure you will perform well at the funeral.

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1,194 Reply by jets60

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wlbaye wrote:

"My Old Man"  Steve Goodman, a wonderful song !


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7xR7WkyTU

One of my favorite songs and easy to play.
Chords for the verses are:
1st line G
2nd line G
3rd line C
4th line CG
5th line DG
6th line GC
7th line CG
8th line DG


Chordes & lyrics are not out there but here is a lyrics site:

http://www.lyricstime.com/steve-goodman … yrics.html

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1,195 Reply by jets60

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Hey Amy - How about Daddy's Tune by Jackson Browne?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGz8L4of3po
http://chordie.com/chord.pere/www.guita … 90728.html

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1,196 Reply by jets60

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Hey Amy,

How about "Daddy, what if?" by Bobby Bare?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmkNBYiUXg8

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1,197 Reply by jets60

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Thanks for clarifying Roger - You keeping safe in Portugal?

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1,198 Reply by jets60

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jets60 wrote:
dino48 wrote:

Dropkick me jesus through the goal posts of life.  (bobby bare)

...End over end neither left nor to the right

One of my favorite songs.

My old highschool football coach sang it all the time...many, many years ago...that one and "does the chewing gum loose its flavor on the bedpost over night?" not sure where that line is from though.

guess I'll go looking for it.

Found it and the title is: Does Your Chewing Gun Loose its Flavor

http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/l/lonni … ur_crd.htm

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1,199 Reply by jets60

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dino48 wrote:

Dropkick me jesus through the goal posts of life.  (bobby bare)

...End over end neither left nor to the right

One of my favorite songs.

My old highschool football coach sang it all the time...many, many years ago...that one and "does the chewing gum loose it's flavor on the bedpost over night?" not sure where that line is from though.

guess I'll go looking for it.

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1,200 Reply by jets60

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Last Monday night I saw a fight between Wednesday and Thursday over Saturday night
Tuesday asked me what was going on I said, "Sunday's in the meadow and Friday's in the corn."
- John Prine

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