76 Topic by TIGLJK

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Pretty much wrote this about my wife and I  smile


Love’s Odyssey By Jim Kenyon


Verse 1:




[G]Hearts untamed and [D]wild with fire,


[Em] Promises whispered [C]through the night,


[G]Dreams as endless as a [D] heart’s desire.


[Em]Coming to life into the [C]morning light




.




Verse 2


.






[G]We fought and mended, [D]laughed and cried


[Em]Time can bruise the [C] strongest hearts,


[G]Through every tear we’ve [D]had in our eyes,


[Em]We found the spark where [C] healing starts.


.


Chorus


.


[G]Love is like an odyssey, [D]not always smooth or kind,


[C]But my heart’s always been yours, [G] and yours mine.


[Em]I got you, and you got me,[D] together on this ride,


[C]The winds, they may change, but we stand[D] side by side.


[G] After all these years, it’s still just[D] you and me,


[C]Forever bound together… [G] on love’s odyssey


.


Verse 3


.


[G]It wasn’t always easy, but it [D] was always right


[Em]Through every doubt, we [C]never wondered why


[G] With hearts entwined beneath[D] the starry night



[Em]we know after all this time, it’s still[C] just you and I


.


Chorus


.


[G]Love is like an odyssey, [D]not always smooth or kind,


[C]But my heart’s always been yours, [G] and yours mine.


[Em]I got you, and you got me,[D] together on this ride,


[C]The winds, they may change, but we stand[D] side by side.


[G] After all these years, it’s still just[D] you and me,


[C]Forever bound together… [G] on love’s odyssey


.


Bridge


.


[Em]Through every storm, we’ve [C] found our way


[G] Together, stronger, [D] each and every day


[Em] Through darkest nights and [C] the brightest skies


[G]Our love remains forever, [D] it will never die


.


Final Chorus


.


[G]Love is like an odyssey, [D]not always smooth or kind,


[C]But my heart’s always been yours, [G] and yours mine.


[Em]I got you, and you got me,[D] together on this ride,


[C]The winds, they may change, but we stand[D] side by side.


[G] After all these years, it’s still just[D] you and me,


[C]Forever bound together… [G] on love’s odyssey


.


.


[C]Forever bound together… [G] on love’s odyssey.


[C]Forever bound together… [G] on love’s odyssey.



 

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77 Reply by TIGLJK

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OK - sorry I missed October but here is a song I wrote. 
This pretty much is about my wife and I  smile
I am going to post under songwriting as well - I hope its ok.

Love’s Odyssey By Jim Kenyon


Verse 1:




[G]Hearts untamed and [D]wild with fire,


[Em] Promises whispered [C]through the night,


[G]Dreams as endless as a [D] heart’s desire.


[Em]Coming to life into the [C]morning light




.




Verse 2


.






[G]We fought and mended, [D]laughed and cried


[Em]Time can bruise the [C] strongest hearts,


[G]Through every tear we’ve [D]had in our eyes,


[Em]We found the spark where [C] healing starts.


.


Chorus


.


[G]Love is like an odyssey, [D]not always smooth or kind,


[C]But my heart’s always been yours, [G] and yours mine.


[Em]I got you, and you got me,[D] together on this ride,


[C]The winds, they may change, but we stand[D] side by side.


[G] After all these years, it’s still just[D] you and me,


[C]Forever bound together… [G] on love’s odyssey


.


Verse 3


.


[G]It wasn’t always easy, but it [D] was always right


[Em]Through every doubt, we [C]never wondered why


[G] With hearts entwined beneath[D] the starry night



[Em]we know after all this time, it’s still[C] just you and I


.


Chorus


.


[G]Love is like an odyssey, [D]not always smooth or kind,


[C]But my heart’s always been yours, [G] and yours mine.


[Em]I got you, and you got me,[D] together on this ride,


[C]The winds, they may change, but we stand[D] side by side.


[G] After all these years, it’s still just[D] you and me,


[C]Forever bound together… [G] on love’s odyssey


.


Bridge


.


[Em]Through every storm, we’ve [C] found our way


[G] Together, stronger, [D] each and every day


[Em] Through darkest nights and [C] the brightest skies


[G]Our love remains forever, [D] it will never die


.


Final Chorus


.


[G]Love is like an odyssey, [D]not always smooth or kind,


[C]But my heart’s always been yours, [G] and yours mine.


[Em]I got you, and you got me,[D] together on this ride,


[C]The winds, they may change, but we stand[D] side by side.


[G] After all these years, it’s still just[D] you and me,


[C]Forever bound together… [G] on love’s odyssey


.


.


[C]Forever bound together… [G] on love’s odyssey.


[C]Forever bound together… [G] on love’s odyssey.



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78 Reply by TIGLJK

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Joey

BAHAHAHAHHAHAHA   Hotel California!     

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79 Reply by TIGLJK

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Bill

I remember you as the man who helped me so much as a new member on chordie. Always such fantastic stories and even more importantly - how you always spoke of your wife Dondra.

I happen to find this and saved the link. Hope t refreshes the other members of chordie as to who you were and are !

https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/ … XL2D9F85BB

I am so glad to see you back here ! We all have missed you and your insights.

Glad you have rejoined us, although its just strummerbill not strummerboy bill -0 but hey some of use do grow up smile
Jim     

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80 Reply by TIGLJK

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Thank you guys,   I think this so good bc it was so personal.

Debra and Frank are awesome.

I'm not sure about what you said Joe and Graham -there have been so many great songs posted here ( some by you both) that I think are awesome as well !
I wish we all could get together sometime in person - what a time that would be !
Thanks again

Jim     

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81 Topic by TIGLJK

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If anyone is interested, a I posted a video that I made using my latest song Throw Away The Lights.
https://youtu.be/RvdnqqzIgKw 

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82 Reply by TIGLJK

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JAN

OH NO !!!

Hope your arm recovers quickly and you are not in much pain.
Glad you will be still checking in, always enjoy your feedback !

Jim     

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83 Reply by TIGLJK

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Joe that is so good  - you are a brilliant song writer !     

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84 Reply by TIGLJK

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Joe
Can you post the ;lyrics to this ?
Jim     

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85 Topic by TIGLJK

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I have been accumulating thoughts over the past few dys and finally had time to put them together.  Resulted in this song.

Uncertain Seas By Jim Kenyon


Verse 1


[G] What is the truth we’re told day by day


[D/F#] while away from winds of change we stay


[Em] What is imagined or real in what we say


and[Cadd9] what decides [D/F#]who will light the [G]way?




.


Verse 2


.




[G] There’s a million people living on a string


[D/F#] Fearful of what the next day may bring


[Em] Silent prayers help them through suffering


their[Cadd9] faith gives them [D/F#]what life can't [G] bring


.




Chorus


.




[Cadd9] Like an old [G] sailor, drunk and [D] asleep in his [Em] boots


[Cadd9] Dreaming of [G] shores where his [D] heart laid down roots


[Cadd9] We drift through [G] life on un[D]certain [Em] seas


[Cadd9] Praying the [G] storms will end and [D/F#] bring us [G]peace




.


Verse 3


.




[G] The world keeps turning, the tides still flow


[D/F#] Where it leads us, nobody can really know


[Em] We find our way where, only the brave dare go



We [Cadd9] chase the light [D/F#] when the dark winds [G] blow


.




Bridge


.


[Em] The night may [Bm] fall, the [Cadd9] winds may [D] tear


[Em] But courage [Cadd9] grows from what we [D] bear


.




Final Chorus


.


[Cadd9] Like an old [G] sailor, drunk and [D] asleep in his [Em] boots


[Cadd9] Dreaming of [G] shores where his [D] heart laid down roots


[Cadd9] We drift through [G] life on un[D]certain [Em] seas


[Cadd9] Praying the [G]storms end and [D/F#]bring us [G]peace


.




Outgo  - play a little slower


.






[C]We all drift [G]through life [D]on uncertain [Em]seas


[Cadd9] Praying the [G]storms end and [D/F#]bring us [G]peace


.




Even slower


.




[Cadd9] Praying the [G]storms end and [D/F#]bring everlasting [G]peace



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86 Reply by TIGLJK

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Joe

That was really,really good. Every time here I hear you sing a song, I say "Damn, Wish I could do that ! "

keep them coming and please try to check in a bit more  - your talent ad wisdom are appreciated.

Jim     

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87 Reply by TIGLJK

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Thank you Pete!     

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88 Reply by TIGLJK

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Brian
too funny... but probably not so much for the reality
I agree with Pete - that would be a pretty cool band name.

Hope you find some good people behind the curtains.

Jim     

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89 Reply by TIGLJK

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Throw Away the Lights (Please Louise)  By Jim Kenyon


Verse 1



[G]Throw a[D]way the [Em]lights, [CADD9]the defi[G]nitions,



[G]And say [D]what you [Em]see [CADD9] in the [D]dark.




[G]No chains [D]of [Em] words,[CADD9]no false con[G]ditions,



[G] feel my [D] wild heart’s [Em] fire [CADD9] lit with just a [D] spark






Pre-Chorus



[Em] The world will [CADD9]try to name my [D] soul,



[Em]But I'm not a [CADD9] story that they con[D]trol.


.




  Whisper oh remember...




'






Chorus




[CADD9]I won’t be [D] caged by [CADD9] who they say I [G] am,



[CADD9] I’m more than the [D]lines that they [CADD9] draw in the [G] sand.



[CADD9] defiant and [D] different, [CADD9]I’ll make my [G] stands,




[CADD9]I’m just [D]the truth of my,[CADD9] my mind and [G] hands.


.




Verse 2


.




[G] Shadows [D]whisper [Em]names [CADD9]that they’ve [G]given,





[G]But none [D] of them [Em]can ever [CADD9]carry my [D]flame.


[G]I’ve fought [D]every [Em]day, the [CADD9] prison of their [G]chains



[G]And here [D]still I [Em]rise, [CADD9]proud and una[D]shamed.


.






Pre-Chorus


.





[Em] The world will [CADD9]try to name my [D] soul,



[Em]But I'm not a [CADD9] story that they con[D]trol.




.


  Whisper Just remember...


.






Chorus


.


[CADD9]I won’t be [D] caged by [CADD9] who they say I [G] am,



[CADD9] I’m more than the [D]lines that they [CADD9]draw in the [G] sand.



[CADD9] defiant and [D] different, [CADD9]I’ll make my [G] stands,




[CADD9]I’m just [D]the truth of my, [CADD9] my mind and [G] hands.




Outgo - Slow




[G]Throw a[D]way the [Em]lights, [CADD9]the definit[G]ions,




[G]And please Lou[D]ise, [CADD9]see me for who I [G]am


slower


Yeah, please Lou[D]ise, [CADD9] see me for who I [G]am.





     

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90 Reply by TIGLJK

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transcript ?    you mean lyrics ?

Thank you for those kind words Graham- song means a lot to me.     

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91 Topic by TIGLJK

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Here is the song I wrote in tribute to my friend Louise Fishman
Debra Gordon is the singer, Frank Michels is the musician.


https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … hts-please

enjoy 

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92 Reply by TIGLJK

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I don't have any song to post for , but I came across this fantastic video on the making of The Beatles Strawberry Fields forever.

However - if you are interested in bands using new instruments, collaborating,with band members, the giant role of new technology in music, the origins of lyrics in a song,just how good The Beatles were - then this is for you!
I just came across it by accident, but it is sooooo good!!

Cheers

Jim     

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93 Reply by TIGLJK

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pure truth Pete!

Great message !     

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94 Reply by TIGLJK

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Frank Michels     

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95 Reply by TIGLJK

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Peatle

Once again you have delivered a masterpiece. Love the song, loved the performance.

She has a wonderful voice - reminds me of Joan Baez

Thank you for sharing

Cheers
Jim     

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96 Reply by TIGLJK

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That was an amazing video.  The young man an the girl singer were incredibly talented, and the man playing the piano was fantastic as well.
Classical music is an enigma -  either it is fantastic or blah -   seems there is no middle ground in my opinion.

It is wonderous that so many modern songs that are big hits in the music industry take their roots from classical songs. such as
This Night - Billy Joel (2nd Movement Sonata Pathetique - Ludwig van Beethoven)
Blackbird - The Beatles (Bourrée in e minor - JS Bach)
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (Bourrée in e minor - JSNBach)
Bourrée - Jethro Toll (Bourrée in e minor - JSNBach)
Friends - Led Zeppelin (Mars - Gustav Holst)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Mars - Gustav Holst)
The Last Battle - John Williams (Mars - Gustav Holst)
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (Symphony No.5 in Bflat major - Anton Bruckner)
Light My Fire - The Doors (Invention no. 8 - JS Bach)
Penny Lane - The Beatles (Brandenburg Concerto No.2 - JS Bach)
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach)
Plug in Baby - Muse (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach)
Jane Seymour - Rick Wakeman (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach)
Brainless - Eminem (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach)
The Real Thing - 2 Unlimited (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach)
Russians - Sting (Romance Theme - Sergei Prokofiev)
Party Like a Russian - Robbie Williams (Dance of the Knights - Sergei Prokofiev)
Somewhere - Leonard Bernstein (Piano Concerto No. 5 mvmt. 2 - Beethoven & Swan Theme - Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky)
Annie's Song - John Denver (5th Symphony in E minor, 2nd mvmt - Pytor Illych Tchaikovsky)
Because - The Beatles (Moonlight Sonata mvmt. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven)
Better Than Yourself - Lukas Graham (Moonlight Sonata mvmt. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven)
Neon Gravestones - 21 Pilots (Moonlight Sonata mvmt. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven)
Could it be Magic - Barry Manilow (Prelude in C minor - Frederic Chopin)
The Globalist - Muse (Nimrod Theme - Edward Elgar)
Tous Les Maux D'Amour - Norma Ray (Pavane in Fsharp minor - Gabriel Fauré)
Natural - S Club 7 (Pavane in Fsharp minor - Gabriel Fauré)
Little Me - Little Mix (Pavane in Fsharp minor - Gabriel Fauré)
A Groovy Kind of Love - Phil Collins (Sonatina No.5 - Musio Clementi)
I Need You to Turn to - Elton John (
The Greatest Discovery - Elton John (
Breathe Me - Cia (Metamorphosis no.1 - Philip Glass)     

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97 Reply by TIGLJK

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Thank you Jan - it actually is a pretty song - laid back with loads of emotion

appreciate the comment!

Happy Spring down under !  CHEERS  !     

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98 Topic by TIGLJK

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https://share.google/images/6t8Oz11MchDHzGzdP       (link to Louise Fishman)

A link to recent review of her work - and what inspired me to write this song.
https://www.artforum.com/events/louise- … 234734033/
I used the words from the poem she referred to as the opening lines of my song.
It was from a Wallace Stevens Poem called  “The Man with the Blue Guitar XXXII” (1937) ( it's Verse 32 !) that begins with the canto:

    Throw away the lights, the definitions,

    And say of what you see in the dark
here is a link to the whole poem  -  https://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis … uitar.html

She was such a fighter for women's rights, and a humanists in every sense.
She was also a dear friend of mine whom I miss !

This is the song

Throw Away the Lights (Please Louise)  By Jim Kenyon


Verse 1



[G]Throw a[D]way the [Em]lights, [C]the defi[G]nitions,



[G]And say [D]what you [Em]see [C] in the [D]dark.




[G]No chains [D]of words,[Em] no [C]false con[G]ditions,



[G] feel my [D] wild heart’s [Em] fire [C] lit with just a [D] spark






Pre-Chorus



[Em] The world will [C]try to name my [D] soul,



[Em]But I'm not a [C] story that they con[D]trol.


.




  Whisper oh remember...




'






Chorus




[C]I won’t be [D] caged by [C] who they say I [G] am,



[C] I’m more than the [D]lines that they [C] draw in the [G] sand.



[C] defiant and [D] different, [C]I’ll make my [G] stands,




[C]I’m just [D]the truth of my [C] mind and [G] hands.


.




Verse 2


.




[G] Shadows [D]whisper [Em]names [C]that they’ve [G]given,





[G]But none [D] of them [Em]can ever [C]carry my [D]flame.


[G]I’ve fought [D]every [Em]day, the [C] prison of their [G]chains



[G]And here [D]still I [Em]rise, [C]proud and una[D]shamed.


.






Pre-Chorus


.





[Em] The world will [C]try to name my [D] soul,



[Em]But I'm not a [C] story that they con[D]trol.




.


  Whisper Just remember...


.






Chorus


.


[C]I won’t be [D] caged by [C] who they say I [G] am,



[C] I’m more than the [D]lines that they [C]draw in the [G] sand.



[C] defiant and [D] different, [C]I’ll make my [G] stands,




[C]I’m just [D]the truth of my [C] mind and [G] hands.




Outgo - Slow




[G]Throw a[D]way the [Em]lights, [C]the definit[G]ions,




[G]And please Lou[D]ise, [C]see me for who I [G]am


slower


Yeah, please Lou[D]ise, [C] see me for who I [G]am.





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99 Reply by TIGLJK

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Love Shack  B-52's     

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100 Topic by TIGLJK

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Well I was on vacation for 10 days - never touched my computer.   When I got back I was thinking - boy there's gonna be a lot of posts in the forum.   NOT !!!!!   so sad !

Anyways....  while on vacation at the beach - in between chasing grandkids ( like herding cats}  - I started this song and finished it tonight.   I know it its not perfect - still working it out - but I figured at least its something for chordie forum to look at ! smile

You Never Do By Jim Kenyon


Verse  1




[G]I haven’t seen you in quite a while


But you [C]ain’t never left my mind


[D] seems you’ve been living rent free


Inside my [C]head all, all, this[G] time


.




Verse  2


.




[G]I wonder if you ever think of me


When the [C]night gets quiet and still


[D]Do echoes of what we used to be


Come [C]rushing back, against your [G]will


.




Chorus


.




Well my [C] jeans always fade, [G] but you never do


[D]Every road I take still [C]leads me back to [G]you


and I [C] keep chasing dreams, I [G] knowcan’t come true


but [D] loving you is the only thing that I [C]ever wanna [G] do


.




Verse  3


.





[G] one day our paths might cross again


and you’ll ]C]remember how it was back when


but ’til [D]then , I’ll just have to carry on


With [C]a heart believing we’re not [G] done


.




Bridge




[Em]Time moves on, but hearts don’t [C]lie


[G]Yours is the reason I can’t [D]say goodbye


.




Chorus


.




Well my [C] jeans always fade, [G] but you never do


[D]Every road I take still [C]leads me back to [G]you


and I [C] keep chasing dreams, I [G] knowcan’t come true


but [D] loving you is the only thing that I [C]ever wanna [G] do




.




[G]And now I’ll whisper one last truth


Through every [C]memory, I still choose you


and as my [D]jeans fade away,


[C] you never [G]do…


as my [D]jeans fade away,


[C] you never [G]do…



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