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Topic: Finally Home -Blues Version Changed title to Never Saw It Coming

Well I deleted the other version and changed it to a 12 bar blues style song  Made a bunch of lyric changes as well- I'm pretty happy with it now.

Never Saw it Coming By Jim Kenyon


Verse 1


[E]just two kids from a back road town


[E]always together [E7] hanging around


We [A]played it cool, tried to keep it real


but we [E]never guessed what fate would deal


yeah, [B7]we played it cool, tried to keep it real


we never[A] knew what [B7] the devil could [E]steal


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[E]Football dreams and fast car nights


[E]drive-in movies 'til the [E7]morning light


best [A] friends forever, through thick and thin


and then [E]Nam happened, that was a sin


yeah [B7]friends forever, through thick and thin


then [A]Nam happened, and I [B7]never saw him [E]again


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Chorus 1


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[A]I never saw that coming, took me by surprise


oh I [E] never saw it coming, really opened my eyes


I[A] never saw it coming —the heartbreak and truth


But I’d [B7]live it all again my [A]friend, just for [E]you


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Verse 2


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[E]My dreams laid in pieces on the floor


[E]I packed my bags, headed [E7]out the door


To [A]find something that could ease my pain


an' [E]chase down the sun , outrun the rain


had to [B7]find somebody to break my chains


an' chase [A] down the sun and [B7] outrun the [E]rain


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[E]I met her in a bar on a Tuesday night


[E]something about her that [E7]felt so right


She [A] didn’t ask much, not her style


yet [E]slowly, somehow she made me smile


[B7] She didn’t ask much, but we talked awhile



and then [A] slowly, somehow she [B7]got me to [E] smile


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Chorus 2


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[A]I never saw that coming, caught me off guard


Oh I [E] never saw it coming, when she stole my heart


I[A] never saw it coming —got to me somehow


If i [B7] did it over again, I’d [A] still be hers [E]now




Verse 3


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[E]We still talk about the roads I’ve been down


[E]The scars I carry, my [E7]friend not around


She [A] holds my hand when the memories weigh


And [E] stands beside me when I lose my way


Yeah[B7] she holds my hand when I try to pray


And she [A] loves the man [B7] that I am[E] today


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[E]She’s my calm, my savior, puts out my fires


[E] everything I need, my[E7] hopes n' desires


She [A] picks me up when I'm all alone


yeah [E]she’s my forever — she brought me home


oh [B7] what I lost and found aren't carved in stone


but I [A]know she’s forever, and [B7] I’m finally [E]home




Chorus 3


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[A]I never saw that coming, she sets me free


Oh I [E] never saw it coming, she's my destiny


I[A] never saw it coming — she is all I need


She's my [B7] my love, my baby the [A] reason I be[E]lieve


   


Outgo  real slow




oh I [B7]Never saw her coming… but [A]man, I sure ain’t letting her [E] go


No I [B7] never saw her coming, but [A]I sure ain't letting her [E]go



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Re: Finally Home -Blues Version Changed title to Never Saw It Coming

I know it's a bit long - but it plays easy  it's around 4 minutes when I play it through.

any of you blues players out there have any comment or suggestions ?

I really don't want to shorten it bc it was based on a true story told tome a few years ago by a Viet Nam Veteran     

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Re: Finally Home -Blues Version Changed title to Never Saw It Coming

Peatle,

Thanks for your email comments and suggestions - good to hear your voice !
I made some of the changes you suggested - thanks !! ( you can see I edited the above.)
I guess you are entering the throws of winter while we are baking in the sun here in upstate NY.

Stay healthy and keep in touch.  Thanks again


Cheers !!

Jim     

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Re: Finally Home -Blues Version Changed title to Never Saw It Coming

Cheers Jim, Keep up the good work. It is winter here some regions of our country have been hit hard by storms and flooding but fortunately in my area it's been not to bad.
Wishing all the Chordians who read this all the best.
Pete     

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Re: Finally Home -Blues Version Changed title to Never Saw It Coming

That is so good Jim, lots of really good lines in there, all the better if based off a true story.  I can`t give you any advice as I am not much of a song writer or blues player but love what you have done with this song.     

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Re: Finally Home -Blues Version Changed title to Never Saw It Coming

Thanks Jan
Yes it was - Vet I met a few years back. Haven't seen him since then !:(     

The price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it.   - H.D. Thoreau
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke