Thanks Phil and Russ...was trying to write a story song a while back and got the idea to write about stories...worked out well I think
1,327 2010-07-01 01:46:11
Re: I Wish This Sad Song Wasn't Mine (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Jody - Good/Sad song...I heard it in my head in a kind of Willie & Waylon style...I think the Whisky ref led me there.
1,328 2010-06-29 22:23:41
Topic: "Ghost of the Mountain Mist" (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I worked out some music that seems to fit the mood of the song. Thanks for the push to make this into music from all our Chordie Poets. Background for this is my father’s tales about all sorts of stuff including the ghost of the mountain mist. As was mentioned on the Poem forum this should be played a little bluegrassy if you can. I heard a banjo in my head, although I can't play one (wish I could) as I was writing this so if you banjo it let me know how it goes.
Ghost of the Mountain Mist By Jeff Gilpin
Finally finished June 29th, 2010
Intro
Strumming Dm for 4 beat
[Dm]Riding with my father
[F]Back when I was young
[C]Heading back up Old Fort Mountain
[G]The day was almost done
[Dm]Crawling down the mountain
A [F]solid bank of whiteness
[C]Dad said not just any fog bank
It’s the [G]ghost of the mountain mist
[C]Comes out in the evening
The [Dm]ghost of the mountain mist
[C]Seeing is believing
The [G]ghost [C] of the mountain [Dm]mist
See [Dm]way back long ago
[F]My dad explained
There [C]was a moonshining mountain man
Worked a [G]still up this way
[Dm]Had a reputation
Best corn [F]liquor to be had
[C]Made himself a fortune
[G]Until it all went bad
[Dm]The sheriff of the county
[F]Aimed to shut him down
[C]Went hunting for the still
In the [G]mountains just out of town
The [Dm]mountain man got wind
From [F]those who bought his liquor
[C]Didn’t want to loose
His [G]fortune making elixir
[Dm]So he built some other fires
To [F]try and hide his smoke
[C]Fanned it all around those hills
That’s [G]when the mist awoke
[Dm]Mist and smoke it hid him
[F]That moon shinning man
But [C]also hid a drop off
[G]On the way back to his camp
[C]Comes out in the evening
The [G]ghost of the mountain mist
[C]Seeing is believing
The [G]ghost [C] of the mountain [Dm]mist
bridge
[C]He didn’t [G]see it [Dm]coming
[C]Fell [G]long and far be[Dm]low
[C]Sheriff [G]heard that [Dm]eerie scream
[C]Long sorrowful and [A7]slow
[Dm]The sheriff found the still
[F]Chopped it up to bits
[C]Went back down the mountain
[G]Hoping to forget
That [Dm]scream he heard while searching
For the [F]still that misty night
From [C]then on he swore he always heard it
[G]On those misty nights
[C]Comes out in the evening
The [G]ghost of the mountain mist
[C]Seeing is believing
The [G]ghost [C] of the mountain [Dm]mist
[Dm]So dad had surely spooked me
With the [F]story that had told
Then he [C]rolled down his window
Even [G]though the night was cold
Said, [Dm]Son if you just listen close
[F]On this misty night
You [C]might just hear that scream too
And [G]give yourself a fright
[C]Comes out in the evening
The [Dm]ghost of the mountain mist
[C]Seeing is believing
The [G]ghost [C] of the mountain [G]mist [Dm]
1,329 2010-06-29 22:02:44
Re: Ghost of the Mountain Mist (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Put it to music...give it a check out in songwriting...thanks for the push. 
1,330 2010-06-29 01:52:18
Re: "Here's to the Story" (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Jody - I think so too.
1,331 2010-06-28 01:23:21
Topic: "Here's to the Story" (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I came across this song in my unfinished pile and I kind of liked it so I decided to finish it tonight. I can't really remember why I started it but I’m an avid reader and will be to the day I die so I imagine I read a good book that inspired me. I hope you all enjoy.
Here’s to the Story By Jeff Gilpin
June 27th, 2010
[Em] [G] [A] [Em]
It could happen [G]anywhere [A]
It could happen any time [Em]
It doesn’t have to [G]last too long [A]
It doesn’t have to rhyme [Em]
It has a [G]beginning [A]
A middle and an end [Em]
And just might [G]teach a lesson [A]
From somewhere within [D]
Here’s to the [G]story [A]
That was handed down [D]
And to the [G]story [A]
Passed from town to town [D]
Here’s to the [G]story [A]
That just came to an end [D]
And to the [G]story [A]
About to begin [Em]
They come in [G]many sizes [A]
Packaged differently [Em]
They come in [G]any style [A]
More than the eye can see [Em]
Some leave you [G]happy [A]
Some will make you think [Em]
Some leave you [G]sad and blue [A]
Some drive you to drink [D]
Here’s to the [G]story [A]
That was handed down [D]
And to the [G]story [A]
Passed from town to town [D]
Here’s to the [G]story [A]
That just came to an end [D]
And to the [G]story [A]
About to begin [Em]
Once u[G]pon a time [A]
On a dark and gloomy night [Em]
The first [G]story was told [A]
They must have got it right [Em]
Because we’ve been [G]telling stories [A]
Since the dawn of time [Em]
And we’ll keep [G]listening [A]
To all that we can find [D]
Here’s to the [G]story [A]
That was handed down [D]
And to the [G]story [A]
Passed from town to town [D]
Here’s to the [G]story [A]
That just came to an end [D]
And to the [G]story [A]
About to begin [Em]
I’ve read a [G]lot of books [A]
Everything under the sun [Em]
I’ll keep on [G]reading [A]
Until my day’s are done [Em]
For those sur[G]prises [A]
Out there for me to find [Em]
And keep me [G]learning[A]
Until the end of time [D]
Here’s to the [G]story [A]
That was handed down [D]
And to the [G]story [A]
Passed from town to town [D]
Here’s to the [G]story [A]
That just came to an end [D]
And to the [G]story [A]
About to begin [Em]
1,332 2010-05-18 01:57:23
Topic: Ghost of the Mountain Mist (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Still haven't found music for this but it takes me back to when my dad told me the story.
Ghost of the Mountain Mist
By Jeff Gilpin
Riding with my father
Back when I was young
Heading back Old Fort Mountain
The day was almost done
Crawling down the mountain
A solid bank of whiteness
Dad said not just any fog bank
It’s the ghost of the mountain mist
Comes out in the evening
The ghost of the mountain mist
Seeing is believing
The ghost of the mountain mist
See way back long ago
My dad explained
There was a moonshining mountain man
Worked a still up this way
Had a reputation
Best corn liquor to be had
Made himself a fortune
Until it all went bad
The sheriff of the county
Aimed to shut him down
Went hunting for the still
In the mountains just out of town
The mountain man got wind
From those who bought his liquor
Didn’t want to loose
His fortune making elixir
So he built other fires
To try and hide his smoke
Fanned it all around
Was when the mist awoke
Comes out in the evening
The ghost of the mountain mist
Seeing is believing
The ghost of the mountain mist
Mist and smoke it hid him
That moon shinning man
But also hid a drop off
On the way back to his camp
He didn’t see it coming
Fell long and far below
Sheriff heard the scream
Come sorrowful and slow
The sheriff found the still
Chopped it up to bits
Went back down the mountain
Hoping to forget
That scream he heard while searching
For that still that misty night
He swore he always heard it
When err that mist came into sight
Comes out in the evening
The ghost of the mountain mist
Seeing is believing
The ghost of the mountain mist
So dad had surely spooked me
With the story that had told
He then rolled down his window
Even though the night was cold
Said, Son if you just listen close
On this misty night
You might hear that scream too
And give yourself a fright
Comes out in the evening
The ghost of the mountain mist
Seeing is believing
The ghost of the mountain mist
1,333 2010-05-16 16:40:54
Re: "So, Can't Sleep Tonight" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Kenny...work is keeping me busy but I will try and get a song of two up from time to time.
1,334 2010-05-16 16:39:41
Re: Drive a Different Road (23 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Kenny - I think I got the feel for it but will have to hear to be sure. Great song though and a picture clear statement about the world we live in.
1,335 2010-05-16 16:33:20
Topic: Sharon Vaughn (0 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
I was watching Bluehighway today and got a little tast of Sharon's music. I never heard of her before but I have always loved one of her songs she wrote, My Hero's Have Always Been Cowboys. So being the curous type of guy I am, I went looking for more about Sharon Vaughn and I found out she is making more pop'ish sounding music in Sweden and not doing too bad there either. Kind of makes you wonder what her life has been like to end up to where she is today. Anyway some of her new music is on her myspace page if anyone wants to have a listen...be fair warned though. Her new music is totally very different from Heros.
1,336 2010-05-15 16:58:10
Re: "So, Can't Sleep Tonight" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Robert and Jody - I usually don't have trouble but sometimes I do...worth it if I get a song out of it.
1,337 2010-05-15 14:17:32
Topic: "So, Can't Sleep Tonight" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
As the song says I couldn't sleep last night but it made for a good song to write I think. Hope you like it. The Intro and outro played like "lullaby and good night..." at least that's how I do it.
So, Can’t Sleep Tonight By Jeff Gilpin
May 15th, 2010
Intro
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A] …
Verse 1
[A]So, can’t sleep tonight
I’d rather be tucked in [A7]tight
But I’m not [D]sleeping
[D7] Got up out of [A]bed
Some things you [E]said
Woke up my [A]head
Verse 2
So, I grab a book
Trying to [A7]look
For something to [D]tire me
[D7] I can’t focus [A]there
I just [E]stare
The word don’t [A]care
Chorus 1
[D]Whirlwind in my mind
Not the kind of thoughts that [A]help you
Fall into that nightly [E]slumber
That I want [A]too
Verse 3
Nothing on TV
Turned down [A7]low
I can barely [D]hear it
[D7] What they’re trying to [A]tell
Or mostly [E]sell
To sleepy people like [A]me
Verse 4
Wish that I could
Find what [A7]would
Rest my [D]thinking
[D7] Or at least ease my [A]mind
I try to [E]think
The peaceful [A]kind
Chorus 2
[D]Whirlwind settling down
I think I found my [A]answer
Peaceful thoughts to [E]drive
My mind to peaceful [A]sleep
Verse 5
Fatigue has finally come
To all I’ve [A7]done
I set the day be[D]hind me
[D7] I go back to [A]bed
Lay down my [E]head
And finally fall to [A]sleep
Verse 6
Ah, I get to dream
But my thoughts [A7]seem
To imitate my [D]waking
[D7] I dream that I can’t [A]sleep
Thinking [E]thoughts I
Thought I left [A]behind
Chorus 3
[D]Dreams, I toss and turn
Make me yearn or my [A]waking
And when that [E]comes
I find my night is [A]done
Outro
[A] [D] [A] [E] [D] …
1,338 2010-04-28 00:45:50
Re: Here I Am - Patty Loveless (3 replies, posted in Song requests)
NELA wrote:
Ain't Patty Loveless great. I play several of her songs,
Lovin' all night
Timber I'm falling in love
Chains
She drew a broken heart
Halfway downGonna have to try "Here I am" (have you tried capoing 1st fret and playing in "E"?)
nela
Haven't tried in E but I'll give it a go...thanks
1,339 2010-04-27 14:08:18
Topic: Here I Am - Patty Loveless (3 replies, posted in Song requests)
So this is one of my favorite's by Patty and I figured it out.
At least how she does it. Capo 1 in D and it goes:
intro - DAGDBm (don't need this but it sounds nice)
Verses - DGDAGDBmGD
Chorus - GDGDAGD
Bridge - DGBmGx2
That's it
I like it in G which is like this:
intro - GDCGEm
Verses - GCGDCGEmCG
Chorus - CGCGDCG
Bridge - GCEmCx2
Lryics are out there some where so give it a try.
1,340 2010-04-06 01:46:17
Re: The Coming of Spring (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Robert, Lena and Kenny - Thanks. In the northern Virginia/DC area the best seasons are spring and fall. Summer is too hot and too muggy and winter is ...well this past one set records for snow fall in the area... and I really liked snow before this past winter. But spring is here now and it is just flat out perfect weather... while I spend most of it working.
1,341 2010-04-04 15:53:41
Topic: The Coming of Spring (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
We had a pretty rough winter in the DC area and right now I'm loving the perfect spring Easter.
The Coming of Spring By Jeff Gilpin
April 4th, 2010
[E]Waking up from [D]winters nap
[A]Budding open [E]eyes
Back to life as [D]days get warm
A [A]beautiful sur[E]prise
Springtime a[D]wakening
[A]What seemed to be [E]dead
Was only laying [D]dormant
[A]Biding time in[E]stead
[D]All hale the [E]coming
The [A]coming of [E]spring
[D]Life lives on [E]eternal
[A]Earth’s awake[E]ning
[E]Grass is growing [D]greener
[A]From the winter [E]brown
Trees blooming [D]flowers
[A]Flowers from the [E]ground
Bulbs sprouting [D]color
What [A]had been plain be[E]fore
Sprouts the hidden [D]mysteries
With [A]promises of [E]more
[D]All hale the [E]coming
The [A]coming of [E]spring
[D]Life lives on [E]eternal
[A]Earth’s awake[E]ning
Wind has lost its [D]bitter edge
[A]Sun still lacks it’s [E]sting
We all stare and [D]wonder
As [A]nature starts to [E]sing
Birds have arrived back [D]home
[A]Home from where they’ve [E]been
Building nests they do their [D]best
As [A]leaves on trees [E]open
[D]All hale the [E]coming
The [A]coming of [E]spring
[D]Life lives on [E]eternal
[A]Earth’s awake[E]ning
1,342 2010-03-29 01:38:58
Re: Cobwebs, Dust & Veils (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Very good song Phill....
1,343 2010-03-27 20:58:28
Re: Lookin for good karma (21 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Hey Cam - I hear some of my highschool alum play for Duke. From a little school in Arden, NC called Christ School.
1,344 2010-03-26 21:50:59
Re: I Still Don't Feel Old (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Toots - What really got me to write this was looking at a picture of me last weekend that after working my butt off and not sleeping enough...I looked older than I ever have but what I was thinking was "I don't feel that old", but I did feel that tired. I have my 50th coming up this year and I remember growing up thinking 50 was almost in the grave. I'm thinking different now a days and I still remember my teenage years and not so long ago.
1,345 2010-03-24 01:38:38
Re: I Still Don't Feel Old (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thank you Lena and thank you deadstring. Angels Share... sounds like it could be the name of a really good song. Happy birthday deadstring - I hope give it a try. When I wrote it I felt that just reading the song you could come up with many different ways to play and sing it. I think that's great...I sing it kind of like I remember folks singing around where I grew up in western NC.
1,346 2010-03-22 02:56:54
Topic: I Still Don't Feel Old (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Like many people, sometimes remember my youth and all that happened to me growing up. Sometime it makes me sad; sometimes, like tonight, it makes me happy. So I wrote this song about it, and yes I don't feel old, not one bit.
I Still Don’t Feel Old By Jeff Gilpin
March 21st, 2010
The [D]end of the[A] day
A [G]meditative [A]night
[D]Everything’s o[A]kay
Yeah [G]everything’s al[A]right
[D]Where does my mind [A]wander
Where [G]does my old mind [A]go
[D]Back to the [A]days
Where [G]time moved much more [A]slow
[G]Back where [D]time moved [A]slow
[G]Where my [D]mind wants to [A]go
[D]Seems not so [A]long ago
[G]I was just a [A]boy
[D]Life lay out a[A]head of me
The [G]world was my [A]toy
[D]Filled up all my [A]days
[G]Adventures ga[A]lore
[D]Plenty of time to [A]tarry
[G]Always time for [A]more
[G]Never knew [D]what was in [A]store
[G]Didn’t care I [D]just wanted [A]more
[D]Snatched back from my [A]memories
[G]Back from reve[A]rie
[D]Wow look what [A]time it is
[G]It was enough for [A]me
[D]Those days that [A]led me here
[G]A long and winding [A]stroll
Now I’m [D]older somewhat [A]wiser
[G]Guess I paid the[A] toll
[G]A long [D]way have I [A]rolled
[G]I still [D]don’t feel [A]old
1,347 2010-03-19 00:51:48
Re: anouncing.. (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I'm looking forward to what you two come up with. Can't wait.
1,348 2010-03-07 22:59:34
Re: Been a while but I am Back! (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Mike - I saw you on MySpace too. Glad you are still playing and very glad you are back on Chordie.
1,349 2010-03-07 22:58:07
Re: "Pete" (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Jody - another good one. My dad's name was Pete so I had him in mind when I read it. Made me grin that's for sure.
1,350 2010-03-07 22:55:21
Re: Can't Compare (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Lena - I just finished a great weekend spending a whole bunch of time with her, my daughter and my grandaughter. It sureis nice to have such wonderful people in my life.