I believe this is called TAB or tablature. I don't/cant use it myself so I hoped one of our more savvy members would have helped, but we don't get many views at weekends as a rule. I hope this helps?     

You're so right Grah. Some time back I was carrying my gear into hotel while this guy was nailing Pink Floyds "wish you were here" to a small crowd . When I started playing the same old same old, to a full house I had to ask why weren't they outside enjoying this brilliant guitarist? All I got were blank looks and shoulder shrugs. No accounting for taste.     

Glad to hear it. Stay safe     

Hi Jim. Oh yes and some of us have difficulty not yielding to temptation! That situation is going backwards, things may look good in retrospect, we tend to remember the good times but it's because of the bad times we split up. And that's what I tell myself in those situations. Told myself, those days are long gone.lol     

Hi Peatle, thanks. It is a made up story, to an extent! Both party's want to and don't want to, it's how my mind works.ha ha! The new boyfriend outside in the car adds to the tension and was just that, a kinda afterthought.
Thanks for the listen and the comment.     

great recording Jim, and as usual a great song.     

i hope you'll let us know how you get on?
a little wisdom from an old rocker; there are all size venues, big to small and medium. the bigger the equipment you get the better really. you can always turn down a 100 watt Pa for a small gig, but you cant turn up a 10 watt pa for a larger room.     

WOW, between you and Jim we are blessed with some phenomenal writers. I don't mean to leave out our antipodean friends, or my countrymen in that statement, I feel humbled at your talents.     

yes my dear friend, i fully understand that. but the rule is; no politics and no religion, you might get away with it but i may get into trouble!

i have views on my government which i must keep to myself as Graham does very well, he just puts his thoughts on youtube, or soundcloud or somesuch. i wasn't being snippy as i said your punk/poetry is a fine piece of work and a great opening discussion on those in power in general. but i must keep out of that unless you want to email me and we'll run our respective governments down to our hearts content.     

Thanks Graham and Peatle. Oh yeah, you give in to it and you wind up pushing up daisies, then who'd collect my granddaughter from school?

It's a real annoyance when you work all your life and you have to give out most of the pension you've worked for. Then you see girls with four kids that have never worked in their lives get a house and benefits and they still don't know what soap is for. Sorry, another sermon!     

My son has just bought a dog, so that explains the first verse.
The rest of the song is more or less a retrospective of my life and how I feel at this time.
The hill is of course the hill we will all get over one day, and it's downhill from there, and I feel like I've crested that hill.
It feels like everything I do I've done before, my voice can't reach the notes as easily, and my knees are giving me jip!
I have a problem with my heart and blood pressure, I spend more time having tests up the hospital than I do at home.
I have to pay full Council tax even at 68, and it seems everyone from the government to the cold callers want to take the little money I have left. and I can't do things I used to do a few years ago. I actually thought I'd stopped writing songs till this popped into my head.
That's my moan for today, I'm sure you are all glued to your screen....maybe not. LOL