Sounds like that first time at a poetry slam/ open mic. I loved being up there. Espically when I got leaughs where I wanted them to be and people actually paying attention me. Great poem.
102 2021-03-02 06:44:33
Re: Hold Each Other Tight (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
We must be on a semi similar wave lenght. As I talked about hugging your kids/loved ones cause you knever know when your gonna go
103 2021-03-02 06:42:32
Re: Sheet music (1 replies, posted in About Chordie)
primarily a guitar based site and search engine
104 2021-03-01 04:15:46
Topic: Momma Said (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Momma Said, Written 2/26/21
Chords:
D x57xxx & xx0232, Bm x2443x, G5 355xxx, A5 x022xx, A#5 (Bb5) x133xx,
Fmaj 133211, F# 244xxx G# 466xxx Dsus4 XX0233 Asus4 X0223X
Play verse open and chorus is barred.
(Make it yours how you feel most comfortable too 
)
V1
D Bm
Suck it up baby and don’t say a word
G A
It’s about that dollar, not what you’ve heard
D Bm
Be true to yourself you will do no wrong
G A
Be true to yourself and sing your own song
Ch:
D5 A#5
Momma used to tell me don’t you drink all night
D5 A#5
The only thing you will see is the morning light
F
Hangovers don’t pay the rent,
G#5 F#5
The only thing you will see is the bills they have sent.
(Break) D - Dsus4 – D – A – Asus4 (x2)
V2
D Bm
There will be friends who use you today,
G A
And friends you keep and take them to the grave
D Bm
So be true to yourself you will do no wrong
G A
Be true to yourself and sing your own song
Ch:
D5
Momma used to tell me don’t you drink all night
A#5
The only thing you will see is the morning light
F
Hangovers don’t pay the rent,
G#5 F#5
The only thing you will see is the bills they have sent.
(Break) D - Dsus4 – D – A – Asus4 (x2)
V3
D Bm
Family is family like it or not
G
They’re there when you need them
A
An that says a lot
G
There when you need them
A
An that says a lot
Ch:
D5
Momma used to tell me don’t you drink all night
A#5
The only thing you will see is the morning light
F
Hangovers don’t pay the rent,
G#5 F#5
The only thing you will see is the bills they have sent.
(Break) D - Dsus4 – D – A – Asus4 (x2)
V4.
D Bm
Life can end in the blink of an eye
G A
Blown to bits or hit by lightening in a cloudless sky
D Bm
Hug your daughter and hug your sons
G
Tell them that you love them and
A D
you are proud of who they have become
G
Tell them that you love them and
A D
you are proud of who they have become
105 2021-03-01 00:08:00
Re: Momma Said... (2 replies, posted in Poems)
Peatle Jville wrote:
Good one Beamer this song resonates with me as in the last three weeks or so, three people I know have died due to their excessive drinking. That first verse could have been a good opening paragraph when writing about their life's. The last verse could also be in their life story as their families all tried to help them stop drinking themselves to death.
Thank you. i just editied it to reverse the 1st verse into a chorus and vise versa.
106 2021-02-28 08:41:02
Topic: Momma Said... (2 replies, posted in Poems)
I have one or two progressions in mind but till then
V1
suck it up baby and don’t say a word
It’s about that dollar and not what you’ve heard
Be true to yourself you will do no wrong
Be true to yourself and sing your own song
Ch:
Momma used to tell me don’t you drink all night
The only thing you will see is the morning light
Hangovers don’t pay the rent,
The only thing you will see is the bills they have sent.
V2
There will be friends that that
use you and then toss you away
And friends you keep
and you take them to the grave
Ch:
Momma used to tell me don’t you drink all night
The only thing you will see is the morning light
Hangovers don’t pay the rent,
The only thing you will see is the bills they have sent.
V3
Family is family like it or not
They’re there when you need
An that says a lot
There when you need them
An that says a lot
Ch:
Momma used to tell me don’t you drink all night
The only thing you will see is the morning light
Hangovers don’t pay the rent,
The only thing you will see is the bills they have sent.
V4.
Life can end in the blink of an eye
Blown to bits or lightening from a blue sky.
Hug your daughter and hug your sons
Tell them that you love them and
you are proud of who they have become
107 2021-02-17 18:32:27
Re: Chasing my dreams, hope I never get caught (16 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I LIKE IT! and the progression is basic! heck my song Standing over my grave is primarily E D and C built something close to this.
I defiantly am going to have a go at this! Not this weekend, I'm one tracking on my song,, but this is gonna be good!
maybe try it this way and see how ya like it? Its what Im gonna play with. (WE SHALL METALIZE IT)
I LIKE IT! and the progression is basic! heck my song Standing over my grave is primarily E D and C built something close to this.
I defiantly am going to have a go at this! Not this weekend, I'm one tracking on my song,, but this is gonna be good!
Play it in power chords and Root 5. Dial in some dirt
A5 x 0 2 x x x
E5 0 2 x x x x
B7 x 2 4 2 4 2
Maybe see if the b7M would give it a nice sound?
Bm7 x x x 4 3 5 or 7 5 7 7 x x
Or just play the root 5
x 2 4 x x x
This is heavy rock and roll palm muting and some chugging/chunking. (see you tube if you don’t know how to do this)
108 2021-02-17 16:27:35
Re: STANDING OVER MY GRAVE / edited for form (4 replies, posted in Poems)
Thanks guys! Isn't it great how being pissed off can contribute so much to your creativity?
Music is in work. Sonbeam and I were hashing it out last night. I think we will brake it down into structured parts going fwd. im thinking something like
V 1 / FILL / V 2 / RIFF-1 / C / V3 / BRIDGE / V4 / C / V5 / C / C > >> END
BTW be looking for a new member. Though not a guitarist, he wants to participate and start submitting songs and poetry. His user name .... Wait for it ... SONBEAM.
(Thanks to whoever it was that initially started calling him that ) I helped him get signed up last night. So hopefully he will put his greeting in the general chat box soon.
Here is a"scratch" section that has verse, fill and what should be the bridge. I sooo need a bass player!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMOWp-kY8UI
109 2021-02-16 16:31:36
Re: Infuential Songs (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This is a great topic.
Ken you and I have talked a little on this. I will start by saying your choices in the IF ALIVE section have all perfect choices. I would add: Chuck Berry, Jim Morrison and Harry Chapen. While with CB, its not Technically complicated, his lyrics had great hooks and good vibe and kept you on the floor and everyone still knows JBG, and Maybellene. Jim did not compose music (that was Ray Manzarek) but his poetry was amazing to me. Chapen and Denver were my bedtime story tellers.
I guess when It comes to my particular songwriting, I vary between Chapen and the darker side of the scale of Morrison and heavier rock composers. This would be a melting pot of many, however they seem to also go back to the Sabbath doom metal origins. (heavy fuzzed blues).
110 2021-02-16 06:00:17
Topic: STANDING OVER MY GRAVE / edited for form (4 replies, posted in Poems)
STANDING OVER MY GRAVE
Lyrics written 2-15-21
Tuning: Drop C# (Db)
C# G# C#F# A# D#
(Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Primarily in E if tuned to standard.
V1
From the time that I was 10,
I discovered how to be a friend.
To stand by you,
When no one wanted to come through
(FILL)
V2
We fought, as most friends do
But no one could touch us,
We were super glue >>>>
No matter what - we –went – through
(RIFF 1)
Chorus:
When you’re standing over my grave
(And you shed those tears)
And they say that prayer,
(Do not let them fall on me)
I am not the one who forgot about you
(I was always your friend)
And I was one who always cared
V3
There were some fair-weather friends,
No harm came from them,
The brothers and sisters I did find -
Became blood the same as mine!
(BRIDGE)
V4
So as you think on the past,
remember how it went so fast.
So as you think on the past,
Why did our friendship end?
Chorus:
When you’re standing over my grave
(And you shed those tears)
And they say that prayer,
(Do not let them fall on me)
I am not the one who forgot about you
(I was always your friend)
And I was one who always cared
V5
If you’re out there and you do not care,
I say I apologize. I apologize
My eyes are closed forever more
So now I cry, yes I’ll cry some more.
(RIFF)
Chorus: x2
111 2021-02-03 19:19:56
Re: Friend w/ Benefits (4 replies, posted in Poems)
TIGLJK wrote:
some dark and deep messages in your lyrics
Thanks for sharing
Jim
Well it is me we are talking about .
Glad you like them.
112 2021-02-03 19:06:41
Re: Friend w/ Benefits (4 replies, posted in Poems)
Dirty Ed wrote:
That could be the anthem of teenage angst. Well done Beamer!
Thanks. Now if I could really play it would be like Van Halen or chickenfoot.
It’s hard to find a friend with benefits who won’t try and push it into more than it is.
113 2021-02-03 07:24:25
Topic: Friend w/ Benefits (4 replies, posted in Poems)
F W B
2/2/2021
Stepping into something,
You might not understand
Stepping into something,
Where there is no upper hand
I’ll show you fantasy,
Some things you have never done
I’ll show you extasy
But dont try to touch the sun
OH. I. Can’t Give you my heart.
OH. I. Can’t.
(Give you my – heart.)
Don’t go that direction
It will push me away!
OH. I. Can’t Give you my heart.
OH. I. Can’t.
(Give you my – heart.)
Take what is offered,
Lets get high.
Ill take you flying
and I’ll let you cry
We both lost a lover
But not the same kind,
I cant fill them shoes
Dont make me try
OH. I. Can’t Give you my heart.
OH. I. Can’t.
(Give you my – heart.)
Don’t go that direction
It will push me away!
OH. I. Can’t Give you my heart.
OH. I. Can’t.
(Give you my – heart.)
114 2021-01-08 05:28:37
Re: Poem: Wretched Lives - maybe a song somehow ? (6 replies, posted in Poems)
First off, thank for the shout-out on this one guys. you know me! Jim I like all this and yes I think i can Metalize and punk it up quite well! I have a friday night project now
I will give it a definate go! right up my ally! Im reading this in Bm or Am . Im hearing a possible DropC# and very heavy hints of Iron Maiden style vocals.
weith your chorus relating to nightmare, there is a song NIGHTMARE by Avenged 7 Fold, I think you might like it. Its not super heavy and its got a great groove. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zci2ilhf4UE I did the lyrics version for ya.
115 2020-12-24 06:12:58
Topic: repetitive burnout (1 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Ok here it is.
My son has agreed (FINALLY) to be my drummer in Dissonant Chaos. It took another musician to say the right thing that triggered him.
I have a virtural friend that I will hopefully meet over brake is a bass player in a hard core punk band. He saw a vid I posted on FB of Cory and I doing SEAGULL on YouTube. He complimented the way my son and I gelled.
asked why he wasnt my regular drummer. I explained that prior to being 18 he felt that the age dispairit y was too weird.
so i will script the way it went.
Rafa: "Sounds good man, Kid should be your drummer"
me: "he thinks its weird, if he is the youngest"
Rafa "You guys overthink too much, our band is 47,43,40,and 32. Whats age other than a number and life experiences? ITS ROCK AND ROLL MAN. You guys sound good together so you should stick together. Music is about chemistry as well"
show this to Cory,,,,,,
Cory replys:" Tell him I apriciate it!! And that I agree with what he said too"
Upon hearing that, Dad is like "REALLY? Does this mean you will finally be my drummer?"
He said yes, but had some concerns and I told him "You do YOU. Keep playing with your friends, Just remember I will be open to ideas, but I cant play the way you want me to play like your new bands. So it goes both ways, accept my style and limitations, and just give me your best, and ill be open to your ideas if I can make them work"
So im pretty happy. Still need to tell Toni she has been replaced, but i think she wont mind (she has not even made an effort to jam isnce feb! - but she will drive almost 2 hours to jam with her old band? (an they suck smh) I need to still find a bass player and a singer.
The Lessons have helped some, but some stuff requires real talent on a voice.
With all this said, I worked 2.5 hours on one of my hardest songs to play. Not only that, im fighting mussel memory, I repositioned a part and it keeps throwing me.
So I stopped to watch LAUGH IN season 1!
SOCK IT TO ME, SOCK IT TO ME, SOCK IT TO ME!
116 2020-12-14 18:32:47
Topic: RAGE (4 replies, posted in Poems)
This is not finished.
Exploring the Jekyll & Hyde side of personalities. inspired by:divorice, BLM, Stupidity, and the songs by FFDP, and Kiss (2 sides of the coin). Its still in work. but this came out in 10 min.
Standing At the gate,
Should I participate?
A crowd full of hate
Wound up in lies, yet no one tries!
Which way do I go?
I am troubled so.
You see the anger and distrust,
The ceiling is about to bust.
Im standing at the gate,
I feel the anger and the heat.
Staying calm on the outside,
My fire burns, and yet I hide.
Dare me to stand in the path!
Hear me now as I spew my wrath!
You never know it to meet me,
Its that side you are lucky to never see!
I love my kids and I love life,
Yet the monster lurks inside
You never know he is there
I look like I just don’t care.
Next thing you know,
The button is pushed,
Someone got the cut in
The ambush begins.
Dare me to stand in the path!
Hear me now as I spew my wrath!
You never know it to meet me,
Its that side you are lucky to never see!
117 2020-12-11 17:43:54
Topic: MoPOP founders awards. (0 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I plan on donating some money after I pay my bills. This 2 hour fundraiser is on Youtube.
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice In Chains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zTIF6CM1tI
Amazing performances by great bands and collectives of musicians jaming AIC tunes. Not all of its heavy.
Shooter Jennings (Waylons son) and Duff McKeggan (from Guns & Roses if you dont know)amazing version of Down in a Hole.
Then you get Cory Taylor(is there any song he cant knowck out of the part?) Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney (Guitar and Bass from Janes Addiction) and Drums by Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters)
Thats only two I mention, This is so worth your 2 hours!
(taken from aninternnet site)
Performances during the award tribute included: Alice In Chains performing “Your Decision”; Ann Wilson performing AIC’s “Rooster”; Dave Navarro, Taylor Hawkins, Corey Taylor, and Chris Chaney performing AIC’s “Man in the Box”; Duff McKagan and Shooter Jennings performing AIC’s “Down in a Hole”; Korn performing AIC’s “Would?”; Nancy Wilson, Mark Lanegan, Curtis Mayfield, and Liv Warfield performing AIC’s “Brother”; Fishbone performing AIC’s “Them Bones”; Dallas Green performing AIC’s “Rain When I Die”. Liv Warfield and others performing AIC’s “Put You Down”; Kim Thayil, with Shaina Shepherd and others, performing AIC’s “It Ain’t Like That”.
Mastodon performing AIC’s “Against”; Krist Novoselic and Kim Thayil, with others, performing AIC’s “Drone”; Lily Cornell Silver making a performance debut with AIC’s “Black Gives Way To Blue”; Mark Lanegan and Maggie Bjorklund performing AIC’s “Nutshell” in memory of Layne Staley and Mark Starr; Ayron Jones with Jeff Fielder and others performing AIC’s “Heaven Beside You”; Members of Soundgarden performing AIC’s “Angry Chair”; Billy Corgan performing AIC’s “Check by Brain”; Metallica performing AIC’s “Would?”; Alice in Chains performing “No Excuses”; Eric & Encarnation performing an instrumental flamenco version of AIC’s “Black Gives Way To Blue”.
118 2020-12-01 06:42:06
Re: Saints and Sinners - by TIGLJK (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
They definitely deserve the hall of fame. 30 years of great punk
119 2020-11-30 21:40:58
Topic: Breath (0 replies, posted in Poems)
BREATH
Scott “Beamer” Sailer
11/30/2020
(1)
All you know just changed.
When did it happen?
Where did we become estranged?
How was I to know?
(Chorus)
In and out of this world
In and out of this life
Makes ya want to curl up
Make ya want to yell
WHAT IS THIS, HELL?!
(2)
Trying to find that new lover
Are there any left to discover?
Not so easy when not so young
Are you a creep or are you fun?
(Chorus)
In and out of this world
In and out of this life
Makes ya want to curl up
Make ya want to yell
WHAT IS THIS, HELL?!
(Bridge)
Breath baby breath
It’s just another day
Breath baby breath
It’s going to be ok
Repeat all.
End with the bridge or last chorus depending on mood.
120 2020-11-30 21:38:05
Re: Euphoria (2 replies, posted in Poems)
PRINEFAN wrote:
Relatable, likable and kinda cliche-ish
When life becomes a cliche, it is what it is.
How many times has Romeo and Juliet been re-written? Now there is a cliche
121 2020-11-26 22:04:46
Topic: Screams of Silence (0 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Screams of Silence
11/16/2020
Scott Sailer
DROP D TUNING
(can be played in standard)
F E
I can’t let you go, you became a part of me.
D F C
I can’t let you go and you won’t acknowledge me
F E
Trapped in this lonely world, I long to stand in front of you
D F C
Will you turn away or hold out your hand?
D E
I let you down, You set me free,
D E
I couldn’t tell what I was meant to see
F G
now its the sound of silence
F G
It screams in viloence
F G F G
My heart bleeds but to no avail
D F G
I must break out of this prison
D A G A
Do I find my hello or will you just say goodbye?
D E D E
I let you down, You set me free,
D E D E
I couldn’t tell what I was meant to see
F G
now its the sound of silence
F G
It screams in viloence
(Bridge- all open first positin, softer)
D/Am C
Your eyes are hard, no longer soft
D/Am C
I hurt you, though I have killed myself
F E
I call out as you hold the cards.
F E
Will your heart be forever scarred?
F E
I can’t let you go, you became a part of me.
D F C
I can’t let you go and you won’t acknowledge me
F E
Trapped in this lonely world, I long to stand in front of you
D F C
Will you turn away or hold out your hand?
D E D E
I let you down, You set me free,
D E D E
I couldn’t tell what I was meant to see
F G
now its the sound of silence
F G
It screams in viloence
122 2020-11-26 21:01:08
Re: Saints and Sinners - by TIGLJK (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
TIGLJK wrote:
Nope. Never heard of them
Did you listen to the link?
they were called punk but nowdays i feel they are more good old americana rock and roll. Why they still are not in the R/R HOF I cant figure out.
Check the next few out.
Dear Lover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQhh2lfkImM
Machine Gun Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otZ1SfwbE64
Califorina hustle and flow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksTUQ7ciHXU
123 2020-11-25 18:41:56
Topic: Euphoria (2 replies, posted in Poems)
EUPHORIA
Scott“Beamer”Sailer
11/25/2020
Feel the music, and the musk in the air
her soft complexion and long black hair
red leather boots over skin tight jeans
starts a feaver, with no vaccine
Dancing in darkness, we feel desire
so euphoric, it take us higher
shes a good girl as far as it goes
Where this will take her she dont know
Tempratures rising, theres no comproming
minds goes empty , we’re loosing control
Working our bodies, it must be done,
we try to fight it but the passion has wone
Lust unfolds in the heat of the night
Can we be wrong? does this end tonight?
Biting her lip as nails dig home
Closing our eyes we let fantasy roam
Tempratures rising, theres no comproming
minds goes empty , we’re loosing control
Working our bodies, it must be done,
we try to fight it but the passion has wone
She’s a good girl, as far as it goes
Where this will take her? She dont know
Biting her lip, the nails dig home
She closes her eyes and lets fantasy roam
124 2020-11-25 17:02:07
Re: Saints and Sinners - by TIGLJK (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
TIGLJK wrote:
Beamer
Didn’t get anything in email
Jim
I sent through forum mail.
I didnt want to detract from your post. What I sent was asking you if you had ever heard Winners and Loosers from Social Distortion as this is reminisant of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlezvXrIkqM
Winners and losers, turn the pages of my life
W're beggers and choosers, with all the struggles and the strife
I got no reason to turn my head and look the other way
we're good and we're evil, which one will I be today?
There's saints and sinners
Life's a gamble and you might lose
There's cowards and heroes
Both have been known now to break the rules
there's lovers and haters
The strong and the weak will have their day
We're devils and angels
Which one will I be today?
125 2020-11-25 16:45:58
Re: Digital Interface (16 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
You should be able to most anything with it. BGD loves his and my son has one that he likes a lot also.