1 Topic by selso (edited by selso 2009-03-22 18:20:08)

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Topic: Caged

I posted this one a while ago. Finally got around to recording it.
I tried the chord pro format, but I dont know what I'm doing wrong.
let me know what ya think. Honesty is the best policy!
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CagedCountry


Capo on 3rd Fret, All Chords Realtive To Capo


Well they put me in a[G] cage, boys


And they[C] told me to [G]stay


Got pissed and they beat me


When I tried to[D] escape


Something so[G] unnatural


And[C] something so [G]real


Took away my freedom


[D]Couldnt pay no [G]bail


[C]I cant see the [D]sunshine anymore[G]


How many ways?



To sit and count the days


How many books


Do you think it took?


And you think I'd know better


And you think I would have tried


Now I am lost boys


Cuz they took away my pride


[C]I cant see the rain[G]


[C]I cant see the [D]sunshine anymore[G]



Everything is bad including me
But being bad is good policy
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2 Reply by Russell_Harding (edited by Russell_Harding 2009-03-22 02:54:14)

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Re: Caged

Selso good lyrics there it looks like you forgot to add the brakets to switch on the chopro thats done like this [ song ] at the beginning but with out the extra space [s--g] and at the end its [/song] this turns it off if I did it now it would turn the chopro on smile

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I guess going back and doing it didnt help. I'll Figure it out one day!thank you for the help

Russell_Harding wrote:

Selso good lyrics there it looks like you forgot to add the brakets to switch on the chopro thats done like this [ song ] at the beginning but with out the extra space [s--g] and at the end its [/song] this turns it off if I did it now it would turn the chopro on smile

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4 Reply by alansheeran (edited by alansheeran 2009-03-22 06:16:13)

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Re: Caged

Great song, Selso. Really liked the guitar, it has a vintage country feel about it - and kind of edgy - like Johnny Cash. Well done.

They need to be straight brackets on the "song" part of the chopro, not curley ones - same key.

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So does going back and editing those brackets back in not fix the problem or would I have to retype the whole thing?

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Re: Caged

Hi Selso
Nice acoustic song good recording
Well done.
All thats wrong with your chopro is you are missing the / in [song] at the end of piece. Can't put it in here as it would do strange things to the formatting. Tried it out and with / and it formatted ok.
Ark

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Hey it worked. awesome!

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Re: Caged

Looking good selso its kind of a kick to see it when it finely works so now that you know we can expect some more right? smile

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Definatly! Working on one right now

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Re: Caged

hi selso just love your country and western sound ,could possibly be a bit longer,another couple of verses but otherwise a great piece,well done....stay cool

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Re: Caged

hi selso,

nice one pardner, you never said what you did to get inside, nothing nasty i hope?

phill

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Re: Caged

Hi selso.

Nice writing on this piece. smile Lots of heart and soul makes it easy to visualize a tough predicament.
Good job on the vocals and recording.
Gotta like the Chopro format Eh!
Looking forwards to your next song.
Kenny

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13 Reply by selso (edited by selso 2009-03-24 01:24:04)

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daddycool wrote:

hi selso just love your country and western sound ,could possibly be a bit longer,another couple of verses but otherwise a great piece,well done....stay cool

Thanks daddycool. I dont mean to write country songs but thats just the way they come out. I agree that it could be longer, but I struggled with it for so long when it finally came I couldnt force any more, know what I mean?

and thanks every to everyone else, Kap, Phil, Ark. Its a hard song to sing because of the lyrical content. I was a bad boy when I was younger ( atleast until my wife set me straight)
Selso

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