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Topic: Pick Out a Little Tune

I wrote this one last year but finally got around to recording. It's a simple fingerpick song.
https://soundcloud.com/jets60/pick-out-a-little-tune

Pick Out a Little Tune by Jeff Gilpin


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The [G]rooms a mess


[D] But I’m not in a


[C]Cleaning up kind of mood


I’m [F]sure I’ll feel


More moti[C]vated


If I [D]kick that can down the [D7]road


[G]Motivated to…


[D] I don’t know


To do [C]something


[F]Something


[C]Anything


Or no[G]thing


~


I [Em]pick up the guitar


[Am]Pick out a little tune


[F]See where she [D]takes me


~


Solo on verse chords



~


So I [G]pick a little


[D]Decide that I’ll


[C]Get her in tune


[F]Why does it seem


Some [C]strings like to


[D]Stray a little [D7]out


[G]Kind of like me


[D]I can fall


[C]Into a bit of a funk


[F]And I sulk


For a [C]little


Then look a[G]round and I


~


I [Em]pick up the guitar


[Am]Pick out a little tune


[F]See where she takes me [D] [Em] [Am] [F] [C] [G]



 

J  E  T  S
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Re: Pick Out a Little Tune

Jeff I like these words in your song very clever.

Why does it seem

Some strings like to

Stray a little out

Kind of like me     

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Re: Pick Out a Little Tune

Thanks Pete!     

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Re: Pick Out a Little Tune

Jeff  Picking up the guitar is always stress relieving for me - even if I m not very good at it.  It's like your lyric says - it often takes yourself somewhere.  Thanks for sharing ! Nice work .   Jim     

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Re: Pick Out a Little Tune

Thanks, Jim - Yes - I consider playing my workout of choice nowadays.     

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Re: Pick Out a Little Tune

Your song begs the question...this was my day, tell me about yours? Looks good, I'll give it a listen later tonight.     

Ask not what Chordie can do for you, but what you can do for Chordie.

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Re: Pick Out a Little Tune

Thanks, Phill - Hope you like it     

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Re: Pick Out a Little Tune

you sure can write the laid back songs. I can imagine you reclining in your hammock on a sunny day picking away and singing back at the yard birds     

Ask not what Chordie can do for you, but what you can do for Chordie.

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Re: Pick Out a Little Tune

Thanks, Phill - For now, I'm just reclining in my comfy chair in my cozy warm house, on a cool January day. I was singing to snowflakes that day if memory serves. Thanks for the warm image to look forward to, not so far off in the future.     

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