1 2026-06-05 17:10:21
Topic: beer cans in the floor board original as requested (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
2 2026-06-05 16:55:23
Re: Too Arrogant, I Guess (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
probably one of the more humble i have had the pleasure of knowing
3 2026-06-05 16:55:20
Re: Too Arrogant, I Guess (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
probably one of the more humble i have had the pleasure of knowing
4 2026-05-18 22:58:53
Re: Drifting Away (1 replies, posted in Songwriting)
you just keep cranking out great songs
5 2026-05-09 19:24:03
Topic: beer cans in the floor boards (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
maybe completed i have a couple more verses working it turned into a different story went the second verse started coming together most likely changes coming any way for whats worth here is what i have so far
one edit and redo on the recording
https://on.soundcloud.com/CfZsERO2CiRSSUD111
i am going to call it done now to lazy to type the new verse
G
there's a pistol in the glove box
Em
shot gun on the rack
C
empty bottle of whiskey between us
D
but there ie cold beer in the back
old 68 ford with a step side
and three on the tree
not a care in the world between us
my brother and me
got a half tank of gas and a Qbeam
and lots of dirt roads
old sawed off mossberg 12 gauge
full of double aught loads
G C G
just another beer can tossed off in the floorboard
just one more mile down some old country road
D
that's where my troubles go
Em
that's just how i roll
D C G
beer cans in the floorboard down some old country road
the oil companies came with the fracking
and hunting clubs to
up went gates and fences
what's a poor boy to do
now the dirt roads are all paved with gravel
for the saltwater trucks
and you don't need a spotlight
oil rigs light the night up
the timber was turned into paper
and pine trees grow in straight rows
they call it a pine desert
where no wild life goes
G C G
just another beer can tossed off in the floorboard
just one more mile down some old country road
D
that's where my troubles go
Em
that's just how i roll
D C G
beer cans in the floorboard down some old country road
gone are the days up on hollow rock
and mount baldy to
where rode dirt bikes
and fished bear bayou
there's three generations of double wide's
and jim walter homes
chicken houses took over
where cattle once roamed
now everything is so different
you didnt see it change
you were gone before it happened
now it all seems so strange
chorus
there no more beer cans to toss off in the floorboard
there no more country roads to go down
where did they all go
there's no where left to roll
beer cans in the floorboard down some old country road
beer cans in the floorboard down soe old country road
6 2026-03-26 22:05:05
Re: haven't decided on a name yet give me your suggestions f you like it (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
thanks appreciate the input very much i guess i have pretty much settled on thousand yard stare
man this one really got me. the line about the bullet crease on his ear - knowing thats a real thing that happened just hits different. and the whole thing about last call not coming till the bottles empty, thats such a perfect way to end it.
for a title i keep coming back to something around that thousand yard stare line. maybe just "Thousand Yard Stare" or "The Thousand Yard Stare" - its the emotional center of the whole song imo. or even "No Better Than Any Other Man" from what Phill said, thats got a real humble weight to it.
really solid songwriting mojo. the way you weave in all those different vets into one character feels honest without being preachy. not easy to pull off.
7 2026-03-25 23:35:42
Re: SUGGESTIONS FOR MARCH 2026 - Marching, Military, related (16 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
8 2026-03-25 23:29:39
Re: Original chord sequences (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
that seems to be the hardest part of writing a song these days for me is coming up with an original chord progression.
9 2026-03-02 21:37:37
Re: spam is killing the place (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
did not know there was a face book page
10 2026-03-02 14:48:49
Re: thanks to Jim Kenyon for doing this (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
That's an amazing song Joe
thank you
11 2026-03-01 21:00:45
Topic: thanks to Jim Kenyon for doing this (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/thousand- … al_sharing
i have always wondered what a song i wrote would sound like done like this, cant thank you enough Jim
12 2026-03-01 04:02:30
Re: spam is killing the place (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Mojo, do you get these "pop-ups" on any other sites? And if anyone else gets them could you also let me know. The reason I ask is that I don't get any ads which would mean that unfortunately your equipment is infected and you need to get a good adblock prog. Maybe Per or Roger could give you better advice hopefully they'll see this post and get in touch.
I know how annoying ads can be have you been on YouTube lately?
no this is the only place i am seeing this i wish i knew to post a screen shot of what i am getting there is literally an add in the middle your post
13 2026-02-28 13:59:11
Re: spam is killing the place (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
i agree i love the place but this thread is proving my point i counted five adds it between the post
14 2026-02-27 01:51:37
Re: spam is killing the place (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
what are the pdf down load things that pop up every where even in the middle of post ?
15 2026-02-26 14:20:47
Topic: spam is killing the place (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
wow been checking in trying to read post but the spam cancer it awful here
16 2026-02-22 17:04:26
Topic: haven't decided on a name yet give me your suggestions f you like it (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
https://youtu.be/imlL70bvau0
got around to recording it le t me know what you think
wrote this other day after chatting with an old Viet Nam vet i know. he was the mold but there are several different vets i know rolled up in this song , The one line that got this song started was my friend told me that he wasn't any better than another than anyone else i replied to him he was as good or better than any i knew. well i wrote that down and few days later this it what it turned into
as a side note the line about the bullet to the ear really happen in the jungles of southeast Asia i didn't want that confused with something that you may have seen on tv a couple of years ago
G C G
let me tell you a story about an old man was a friend of mine
he was humble but proud and a soldier back in his prime
he said he was no better than any other man
G D C G
i said that may be so but you are as good as any i know
and why are you still working the family all want you back home
shaking his head he said this is the life that i own
i could retire and go back to them Georgia hills
but i work and i slave it's what keeps me out of the grave
chorus
Am C G
he, would say play me your song about going back home
that's my kind of music when I'm drinking alone
Em C
i pick up my guitar and i start to play
he get this look some off far away
C D C G
ive never been there but i know that's the thousand yard stare
verse 2
so he stays on the road and keeps working cuz that's all that he knows
maybe down in the swamps of the south or up north in the snow
but he never complains about the aches and the pains in his bones
because they don't compare to the ones he left back at home
now he sits with a bottle in a motel room ate at night
and waits for a call from the one who is the light of his life
some nights he drifts off to sleep with that drink in his hand
its nights like this when he goes back to Viet Nam
chorus
verse 3
from different times and we travelled different roads
but we are more alike than most that i know
he claimed poor marksmanship was the reason he was still here
and points to crease that a bullet left in his ear
he would pour me a drink in return i would play him a song
we would tell stories and lies up until dawn
i said its getting late this should probably be my last one
but last call don't come till the bottle is empty and done
chorus
17 2026-02-18 01:25:07
Re: an opinion needed (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
When your heroes become human, do you look the other way and ignore their sins
just what popped up in my head
18 2026-02-15 16:15:48
Re: Empty Seats In The Grand Theatre Of Life (5 replies, posted in Poems)
great writing Peat i always enjoy your post. I started writing a song months ago on a very similar subject. unfortunately, i only got one verse and part of a chorus, here is to you my friend for being able to finish your work.
19 2026-01-09 20:22:04
Re: When Someone Breaks your Heart (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
that is really good
20 2025-12-06 17:05:58
Re: I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PLAY (9 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I just play. Not great. Just for my own enjoyment. If it ever becomes a chore, I won`t get any enjoyment from it. I also just make the best of my abilities.
Anyone here that knows me know how my tastes vary. Especially if they look through my binders of printed music.
When I get bored with what I have printed. I find new songs to play. How do I do it?? Public radio. ROKU and YouTube. Regular commercial radio does nothing. My settings are 92,5 and lower in my car and company truck. So I get to hear music I won`t hear on regular commercial radio. ROKU has an E Tuner. I can stream those same stations. All I need is the call letters. I can add them to my favourites. YouTube. I will play one song. Keep it playing and it automatically goes to the next song. I do this when I`m driving or working around the house. Just for background music. That`s when I hear something new or forgotten. Write it down. Find it online on here or one of the many guitar sites online. Print it. Try to learn it.
If I can`t find it with the chords. I can copy and paste lyrics. Figure out the chords and write them in. I am a chronic cheater. Crossing out and substituting. Moving them over . If I can`t handle a chord. I try different one`s until it sounds good enough. Cross out the nasty chord. Write in the one I`ll use. Nothing is etched in concrete.
There are plenty of songs and artists you`ve never heard or forgot about.
Also. Just because I print it doesn`t mean I can play it,. I hold onto them. I may figure it out months or years later.
The music is out there. You have to find it. It`s not going to come to you if you don`t look for it.
words of wisdom right there
21 2025-12-02 19:44:22
Re: Saltaire CND festival Grah1 both sets (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
sounded great thanks for playing it
22 2025-11-27 15:58:50
Re: New mic day (5 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
i paid $60 for a peavy PVI 100 a fer weeks back at the local music store i am liking it so far
23 2025-11-24 16:34:02
Topic: pop ups (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
am i the only one getting all the pop ups here? pdf and active account things?
24 2025-11-24 16:31:46
Re: Christmas song (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
great writing waiting to hear it
25 2025-11-19 18:02:40
Re: up until now (17 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Next week I am playing a festival for the CND I hope it will be ok to cover this song as it says so much about the horrors of war
that would great i do want hear it though lol