Hey Lena - Thanks, I will let you know. Most likely a good Sunday project I think, so maybe next weekend. It's fairly easy to sing and play. It'll be a good one for FoC.
1,702 2008-04-14 00:16:25
Re: "So What’s in Store?" (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Daddy and Lena - more of my world worries...lots of news concerning the Pope's visit here got me thinking.
1,703 2008-04-13 15:04:25
Topic: "So What’s in Store?" (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I see so many visits among the leaders of the world and the leaders of religions but I never see visits among the various leaders of religions with each other. That is where this idea comes from.
So What’s in Store By Jeff Gilpin
April 13th, 2008
Verse 1
[Em]I heard today
About a [G]visit from far away
[A]Religious leaders visiting [G]leaders of the [Em]world
Verse 2
[Em]I think about this news
[G]Fearful and confused
[A]So farther into the [G]frenzy we are [Em]hurled
Chorus
I [G]try and under[A]stand the world’s re[Em]ligions
Who [G]seem to be [A]constantly at [Em]war
[G]Preaching the [A]doctrine to their [Em]faithful
[G]While they seem to [A]ignore so what’s in [Em]store
Verse 3
[Em]With popes and presidents
[G]Trying to prevent
The [A]steady e[G]rosion of the [Em]flock
Verse 4
[Em]While far away
People [G]fighting for their day
And [A]we’re stuck between the [G]hard place and the [Em]rock
Chorus
I [G]try and under[A]stand the world’s re[Em]ligions
Who [G]seem to be [A]constantly at [Em]war
[G]Preaching the [A]doctrine to their [Em]faithful
[G]While they seem to [A]ignore so what’s in [Em]store
Verse 5
I [Em]think that pretty soon
Unless [G]we want a world ruins
We’ll [A]need a [G]global religion [Em]summit
Verse 6
Where they’re [Em]locked all in a room
And we [G]all can hope that soon
They [A]figure out how to [G]give us peace [Em]from it
Chorus
I [G]try and under[A]stand the world’s re[Em]ligions
Who [G]seem to be [A]constantly at [Em]war
[G]Preaching the [A]doctrine to their [Em]faithful
[G]While they seem to [A]ignore so what’s in [Em]store
1,705 2008-04-12 17:12:05
Re: "Stuck in the Middle" (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Alex and Toney - I didn't realize when I was thinking of it but you are right Toney. It is also easy to fix lots of vocal ranges.
1,706 2008-04-12 15:00:48
Re: When I Call You (Plus Video) (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Alex - Really good song - Very up-beat and lively. Great video, and well sung too
1,707 2008-04-12 12:35:48
Re: "Stuck in the Middle" (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Ken - Thanks. Sometimes I try to fit too much into a song but I think I got this one right.
Take care.
1,708 2008-04-12 02:39:28
Topic: "Stuck in the Middle" (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This song is a little tune about how now a days you have a long way to go in life after living for what may seem a life time already so I think it is best to savor every minute and not worry what if anything is coming.
Stuck in the Middle By Jeff Gilpin
April 11th, 2008
Verse 1
[D]My birth is so far be[G]hind me
[D]My death is far off a[A]head [G]
Re[D]minders a plenty that[G] I see
The [D]young the [A]old and the [D]dead [A]
Verse 2
[D]I don't let it af[G]fect me
Or [D]alter how I live my [A]life [G]
Be[D]cause life is too [G]fleeting
To [D]burden with [A]any more [D]strife [A]
Chorus
With [G]plenty of [A]life be[D]hind me
[G]There's plenty more 'til it's [A]done
With [D]life a big riddle I'm [G]stuck in the middle
[D]Wondering what [A]else is to [D]come [A]
Verse 3
[D]Youth was filled with sur[G]prises
Yet [D]I look back on it with [A]joy [G]
I [D]made it through all the steep [G]rises
[D]During my [A]time as a [D]boy [A]
Verse 4
A[D]dulthood came on a[G]bruptly
With [D]challenges new and [A]complex [G]
[D]Learning to be respon[G]sible
To be [D]ready for [A]what would come [D]next [A]
Chorus
With [G]plenty of [A]life be[D]hind me
[G]There's plenty more 'til it's [A]done
With [D]life a big riddle I'm [G]stuck in the middle
[D]Wondering what [A]else is to [D]come [A]
Verse 5
So [D]I've made it to the [G]middle
Though [D]older not too worse for [A]ware [G]
I [D]still haven't solved life's big [G]riddle
But at [D]this point I [A]really don't [D]care [A]
Verse 6
[D]I love my friends and my [G]family
[D]Live life without holding [A]back [G]
[D]Whatever's ahead I guess [G]I'll see
[D]If at my [A]age I can [D]hack [A]
Chorus
With [G]plenty of [A]life be[D]hind me
[G]There's plenty more 'til it's [A]done
With [D]life a big riddle I'm [G]stuck in the middle
[D]Wondering what [A]else is to [G]come [A] [D]
1,709 2008-04-10 23:50:23
Re: "Tomorrows So Far Away" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Daddy and Lena.
- The only time I ever went antiquing was with family and it was fun but mostly due to who I was with...the right people can turn what you're doing from ordinary to extraordinary
1,710 2008-04-10 11:23:12
Re: "Tomorrows So Far Away" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thank you Russell - This whole idea is one I try and touch on from time to time in my music just to keep myself from forgetting what's important and so I keep focused; otherwise, I'll start to slide into old habits.
1,711 2008-04-10 03:43:14
Topic: "Tomorrows So Far Away" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This song is about how doing a bunch of stuff never is as important or meaningful as doing a bunch of stuff with the ones you love.
Tomorrows So Far Away By Jeff Gilpin
April 9th, 2007
Verse 1
[E]I had to go out on a [A]Saturday
I [E]had to be somewhere sometime later that [B7]day
[E]I cannot remember why I [A]had to
[E]It seemed im[B7]portant any[E]way
[E]For some reason I got up [A]early
[E]No reason why guess I couldn’t [B7]sleep
[E]So I started traveling in no [A]hurry
[E]I guess I had some [B7]promises to [E]keep
Chorus
[Asus]Time and all [A]time’s[Dsus] moments are so [D]fleeting
[Asus]Yet we [A]let so [Esus]much get in the [E]way
[Asus]We miss [A]out on what [Dsus]we’d much rather be [D]doing
[A]Put them [E]off for to[D]morrows so far a[A]way
Verse 2
[E]Traveling down the road I played the [A]radio
[E]Got too bored so I put a CD [B7]on
[E]For some reason music didn’t [A]suit me
So [E]I just turned it [B7]off before too [E]long
[E]Just about then traffic [A]slowed down
[E]Slowing further it finally came to a [B7]stop
[E]I suppose up ahead there was a [A]problem
[E]Sure glad that the [B7]day was not too [E]hot
Chorus
[Asus]Time and all [A]time’s[Dsus] moments are so [D]fleeting
[Asus]Yet we [A]let so [Esus]much get in the [E]way
[Asus]We miss [A]out on what [Dsus]we’d much rather be [D]doing
[A]Put them [E]off for to[D]morrows so far a[A]way
Verse 3
Waiting [E]looking around I saw an an[A]tique store
[E]Selling lots of junk and treasures [B7]hidden
I’ve [E]never been too keen on an[A]tiquing
[E]And that day I [B7]had another [E]bidding
[E]Further up the road was a house of [A]fortune
With a [E]sign saying palms read and fortunes [B7]told
I’ve [E]never had a desire to know my [A]future
[E]I just figured one [B7]day I’d wake up [E]old
Chorus
[Asus]Time and all [A]time’s[Dsus] moments are so [D]fleeting
[Asus]Yet we [A]let so [Esus]much get in the [E]way
[Asus]We miss [A]out on what [Dsus]we’d much rather be [D]doing
[A]Put them [E]off for to[D]morrows so far a[A]way
Verse 4
[E]Sitting in that traffic I got to [A]thinking
About [E]all the things too many out there to [B7]do
[E]I could make a list I bet never [A]ending
[E]Spend all of my [B7]days and not get [E]through
[E]So I topped offmy to-do list with a [A]new one
To [E]spend more time with my most loved [B7]ones
Because it’s [E]never what you do but who you are [A]with
That [E]makes things im[B7]portant to get [E]done
Chorus
[Asus]As the red [A]tail [Dsus]lights started [D]moving
[Asus]I looked for a [A]place I [Esus]could safely turn a[E]round
To [Asus]go back [A]home and [Dsus]start the day all [D]over
Where [A]everything im[E]portant could be [D]found [A]
1,712 2008-04-09 11:35:07
Re: Here's one that Iv'e agonized over.. help me with a good chord prog. (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
How about like this:
[D]Her last words fell without a care,
[A]Dancin' with her breath in the air,
And oh [Em]how my soul wept, As we shiver'd on the door step,
And my [G]hand fought back another tear
Well [D]that was an age ago it seems,
The [A]way it always happens in a dream,
With [Em]tears in our eyes, our time passed us by,
And [G]left us with nothing in between...
CH:And I [Bm]know thought that night would never End
And I [A]know I swore forever to be her friend
And I re[G]member how lovely she said it was back then,
But I just [Em]never could be her little twig to [A]bend.
or something like it...
1,713 2008-04-07 01:35:49
Re: "If I Had" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Saba and Lena - Thanks - Yeah, I had this idea and as I wrote it kept turning into something else until finally I figured I have it pretty good and don't really need to much of anything really other than time with my #1girl... 
1,714 2008-04-06 17:08:36
Re: "If I Had" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Daddy - Thanks - I thought about that but I wanted to relate the time, money, etc ...as a tangible substance that you have, or don't have and can run out of. Like a resource you have and have to figure out how you are going to utilize it. So, yes it would be "with you" but I would be spending time, the resource, on being with you...and to fit it into the verse I had to be word miserly and make a call which came out spend it all "on" in the end. Really I just went with my first instinct when I wrote and am too stubborn to change.
1,715 2008-04-03 03:33:14
Topic: "If I Had" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
No matter what you have it always seems like you could sure use a little more whether you need it or not, and that’s what this song’s about. It was longer but I trimmed it down some.
If I Had By Jeff Gilpin
April 2nd, 2008
Intro
[Am]x4[Em]
Verse 1
[Am]If I had the time
I’d [G]spend it all on [Am]you
[Am]We would go to anywhere
[G]That you wanted [Em]to
Yeah we’d [Am]while away the night time
And the [G]morning when we were [Am]through
If I [G]had the time
I’d spend it [Em]all on [Am]you [Em]
Verse 2
[Am]If I had the money
Honey, [G]wouldn’t that be [Am]grand
I’d [Am]take you on a shopping spree
[G]Fill up a moving [Em]van
I’d [Am]buy you so many diamond rings
That you [G]couldn’t see your [Am]hands
If I [G]had the money
Wouldn’t [Em]that be [Am]grand [Em]
Verse 3
[Am]If I had my health
Oh, the [G]work that I could [Am]do
I’d [Am]work all day earn twice the pay
And then [G]come home and work for [Em]you
I’d [Am]make a lot through working hard
And [G]save some working [Am]too
If I [G]had my health
Oh the [Em]work I’d [Am]do [Em]
Verse 4
But [Am]if I was much smarter
I [G]wouldn’t have to work so [Am]hard
I’d [Am]think the most ingenious thoughts
Like [G]shrubs that could mow your [Em]yard
I’d a[Am]stound the world with great ideas
Be [G]held in the highest re[Am]gard
If I [G]was much smarter
I wouldn’t [Em]work so [Am]hard [Em]
Verse 5
[Am]I know how about if I
[G]Were to improve my [Am]luck
I’d [Am]tear ‘em up in Vegas
It'd be like [G]water to a [Em]duck
Now I [Am]wouldn’t dare get greedy
Only make e[G]nough to fill my [Am]truck
[G]If I happened
To im[Em]prove my [Am]luck [Em]...but you know
Verse 6
[Am]Time is on my side
And my [G]money’s not all [Am]gone
I’m [Am]pretty healthy for a man my age
And [G]smart enough to write this [Em]song
As for [Am]luck today, I can just say
With [G]truth and hones[Am]ty
Since the [G]day I met you
There’s none more [Em]lucky than [G]me [Am]
1,716 2008-04-03 02:20:59
Re: "Hey Lisa" (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Daddy, Roger, Lena and Russell
Lena - I'll have to check out your song it's been awhile but I think I remember it
Russell - I like to songs that tell a story and even though I left some gaps I covered many of the important times we had I think - it is a little cats in the cradle like, another song I like. We, my sister and I, were talking the other night and shaking our head at where we both ended up. We had no clue back in the day that we would be where we are but wouldn't change it for the world.
1,717 2008-04-01 11:31:03
Re: "Hey Lisa" (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Phill and Brad - Yep she is one of a kind. I was fortunate she was only a couple years older than me.
1,718 2008-04-01 03:02:35
Topic: "Hey Lisa" (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I’ve been very lucky to have and extremely cool big sister who has always been there for me even when I got on her nerves so this song is dedicated to her: my big sister, Lisa Tan.
Hey Lisa By Jeff Gilpin
March 31st, 2008
Intro
[E]x4[A] [Em/D]
Verse 1
[E]Hey Lisa would you help me please
[E]You got the only set of car keys
Could you [A]give me a ride to the other side of [E]town
I’ve [B7]got to go out and [A]see what’s going [E]down [A] [Em/D]
[E]Lisa, if you’re going out could I come too
[E]Just staying home I got nothing to do
I [A]promise I won’t get in your [E]way
So [B7]let me go with you [A]come on now what do you [E]say [A] [Em/D]
Chorus
[A]I’m just your little brother
But I’m [A]also you friend
I’ll [E]always be there too [E7]
You [A]let me hang around
With you [A]all over town
[B7]Hey Lisa here’s to you [A] [Em/D]
Verse 2
[E]Hey Lisa now you’re off at school
[E]Could I come over, I won’t act a fool
[A]Let me meet your friends and see this college [E]life
[B7]Show me your struggles and [A]show me all of your [E]strife [A] [Em/D]
[E]Hey Lisa seems a lot of fun
[E]Campus life is crazy always on the run
[A]But I’m not sure it’s the life for [E]me
[B7]I think I’ll go off and [A]join the milita[E]ry [A] [Em/D]
Chorus
[A]I’m just your little brother
But I’m [A]also you friend
I’ll [E]always be there too [E7]
You [A]let me hang around
With you [A]all over town
[B7]Hey Lisa here’s to you [A] [Em/D]
Verse 3
Hey [E]Lisa I see you’re now overseas
I guess [E]military life runs in our family
[A]You’re a ground pounder while I took to the [E]air
[B7]Doesn’t really matter because [A]we’re both over [E]there [A] [Em/D]
[E]Hey Lisa, what’s that you say
You’re [E]hanging up your boots at the end of the day
You’re [A]going to go back try your hand at civilian [E]life
[B7]Spend a little time as a [A]mom and as a [E]wife [A] [Em/D]
Chorus
[A]I’m just your little brother
But I’m [A]also you friend
I’ll [E]always be there too [E7]
You [A]let me hang around
With you [A]all over town
[B7]Hey Lisa here’s to you [A] [Em/D]
Verse 4
[E]Hey Lisa you’re a Grandma now
[E]All I can say is, Holy Cow
I [A]never would have guessed it way back in the [E]day
But [B7]there you are now and [A]there you’re going to [E]stay [A] [Em/D]
Well [E]all in all I guess it worked out
[E]Looking way back when you drove me about
[A]You were my pal then and you’re still my pal [E]now
[B7]I’m a pretty lucky [A]brother brother and [E]how [A] [Em/D]
Chorus
[A]I’m just your little brother
But I’m [A]also you friend
I’ll [E]always be there too [E7]
You [A]let me hang around
With you [A]all over town
[B7]Hey Lisa here’s to you [A] [Em/D] [E] [E7]
1,719 2008-04-01 01:08:57
Re: "In the Groove" (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Roger - Thanks - I fixed it. I messed it up way back when the forum first started but it looks better now. I can at least get to my page now.
1,720 2008-03-31 11:16:42
Re: "In the Groove" (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Phill and Russell
Phill - I will try
Russell - I hope the retired life is treating you well
1,721 2008-03-30 23:58:35
Re: "In the Groove" (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Miranda and Lena.
Lena, you always give me an education. Thanks
1,722 2008-03-30 19:24:08
Re: "It's All Good" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Toney - for me it comes out like "sawl good". I wish I could have recorded how the checkout girl said it when I got the song idea. Kind of tired and resolved at the same time.
1,723 2008-03-30 15:24:24
Re: "It's All Good" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Daddy -Thanks a lot. You too
1,724 2008-03-30 15:09:27
Topic: "In the Groove" (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This is just a song about when you are "in the zone" at work or in life and how to generate it when you get in a rut.
In The Groove By Jeff Gilpin
March 30th, 2008
Verse 1
[E]With the pace of the world’s moving much too fast
[A]Sometimes I just want to sit on my ass
[D]Other times the world just [A]can’t move fast e[E]nough
[E]That’s when the world needs to keep up with me
[A]It’s kind of like I'm traveling at super speed
[D]While the world is [A]moving in slow [E]motion
Chorus
[D]That’s the time I [A]get up and get [E]going
[D]Reservoirs of [A]energy over[E]flowing
[D]Can’t describe the feeling
[A]That seems to get me reeling
[D]That’s the time [A]I’m in the [B7]groove
Verse 2
[E]That’s the days when work’s all fun
[A]Seems to infect everyone
[D]Those days work gets [A]done much too [E]soon
[E]Work gets done with time to spare
We’re [A]running around like we’re everywhere
[D]Feet don’t fail us [A]now when we’re in that [E]groove
Chorus
[D]That’s the time we [A]get up and get [E]going
[D]Reservoirs of [A]energy over[E]flowing
[D]Can’t describe the feeling
[A]That seems to get us reeling
[D]That’s the time [A]we’re in the [B7]groove
Bridge
[E]Looking back I see
[A]Nothing differently
[D]It’s all [A]just a state of [E]mind
[E]No different than
[A]How it could have been
[D]On those days [A]we fall [B7]behind
Verse 3
[E]So I’m wondering how to bridge
[A]The days I can’t get up the ridge
[D]With those days of [A]endless ener[E]gy
[E]I know it’s just a mental state
And if I [A]take a minute and contemplate
The [D]answer will be [A]plain for all to [E]see
Chorus
I [D]find out how to [A]get up and get [E]going
With [D]reservoirs of [A]energy over[E]flowing
[D]Want to catch that feeling
[A]That’ll get me reeling
I [D]want to get back [A] in the [B7]groove [E] [E7]
1,725 2008-03-27 23:53:26
Topic: "It's All Good" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey everyone. I’ve been busy doing other things besides writing lately but I’m back. This song kind of comes from a few ideas I’ve cupped together around the central idea that no matter how bad it gets the human spirit prevails so the It’s All Good refers to how people will find a way to get by no matter how difficult it is.
It’s All Good By Jeff Gilpin
March 27th, 2007
Verse 1
[Em]I spent a lot of time and a lot of money
On [G]what some may think is funny
[D]But I don’t see it that [A]way
See I [Em]try to spin music from my memories
Be[G]fore they fade away from me
Or [D]get lost in my aged fogy [A]haze
Chorus
But it’s [C]all good [D]
Yeah it’s all [Em]good
Verse 2
Like this [Em]young cashier at a grocery store
Having [G]ring ‘em up problem now she’s having some more
But she [D]takes it with a smile all the [A]same
You [Em]know she’d rather be somewhere else
But [G]where that is you couldn’t guess
So you make [D]small talk and with a tired she [A]says
Chorus
It’s [C]all good [D]
Yeah it’s all [Em]good
Bridge
[D]I guess every [A]soul has a [Em]story
A[D]bout how they [A]got to where they [Em]are
[D]Looking up [A]some they’re bound for [Em]glory
[D]Others don’t want to go that [A]far
Chorus
But it’s [C]all good [D]
Yeah it’s all [Em]good
Verse 3
[Em]Early today at a construction site
[G]Work was stopped because of flashing lights
[D]Cops were checking for illegal a[A]liens
I [Em]guess it’s not okay that they built our homes
Or [G]clean them and then just leave us alone
We [D]had to lock ’em up to send them back where they’re [A]from
Chorus
Is it [C]all good [D]
Is it [C]all good [D]
Is it [C]all good [D]
I guess it’s all [Em]good