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Topic: Strummerboy Bill - here it is!

Ok on soundcloud Bill gave me a compliment, and I took it as a challenge.
After I had basketball practice today with my team - I grabbed my guitar and wrote this.

Hope it works for you Bill - probably not what you had in mind ! smile
I couldn't make up my mind for a title - Bill - why don't you pick it out !

[song]
{t: Underneath Your Breath}
Or
{t: Me and my ‘ol dog}

[G]All those memories I've had with you at my side
All those [C]memories of you as my sweet, sweet  [G]bride
a [C] faded love story,  as our touches  turned so[G] cold
From the [D]moment   you cheated and [C]turned down that [G] road

[G]I'm sure that our friends will all want to know
they're [C]  sure to ask  why it is that you're  feeling [G]   low
and what's [C]  happened to the passion, who put out love's [G]flame
I'm sure they'll [D]  all want to know which [C]one of us to[G] blame

Chorus

[C]Well, you  mistook  paradise for a few moments  of [G] lust
And now you [C]ask me if I'm leaving, it seems that  I [G]must
and if [C]anybody ever wonders why I've gone  [G]missing
Just [D] tell' em  me and my ol' [C] dog have  gone   [G] fishing 

[G]I considered staying, but that was just foolish pride
It would [C]be so different, as a broken heart is hard to [G]hide
I'd  try to [C] put a smile on, and let nothing be re[G]vealed
But then I [D] look into your eyes and [C]see  guilt  con[G]cealed



[G]Well I hope that  you're happy now , since  I've gone away
There really [C]wasn't any reason that could make me want to [G]stay
If we [C]ever meet again  by chance ,  before I meet my [G]death
I hope to [D] hear  you say you're[C] sorry, underneath your [G]breath

Chorus

[C]Well, you  mistook  paradise for a few moments  of [G] lust
And now you [C]ask me if I'm leaving, it seems that  I [G]must
and if [C]anybody ever wonders why I've gone  [G]missing
Just [D] tell' em,  me and my ol' [C] dog have  gone   [G] fishing 
Just [D] tell' em,  me and my ol' [C] dog have  gone   [G] fishing 
Just [D] tell' em,  me and my ol' [C] dog have  gone   [G] fishing
[Song/]

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
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Re: Strummerboy Bill - here it is!

TIG that is a gift your talent to write like that.

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Re: Strummerboy Bill - here it is!

Holey moley, TIG ... that's amazing ... terrific contrast about the whole idea of loyalty. Well done!

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Re: Strummerboy Bill - here it is!

Peatle - Thank you for your kindness.

TF - AHHHHHHH  - the irony !! smile  Thanks for picking up on that and also Thank you so much for  your kind words !

Jim

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.

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Re: Strummerboy Bill - here it is!

I've read this through and as usual with your writing, you paint a story that one cant help but visualise. Unfortunately it's a little too close to home for me to read it or play it through again as a member of my family is experiencing this whole mess. I can say no more. But well done, great writing as always.

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Re: Strummerboy Bill - here it is!

I do not know how I missed a song by TIGLJK  because he is so talented.  It is an amazing song, and it makes you think too. It also makes me think how fortunate I have been after being married my high school love and having a great marriage that is still what a  marriage  should be. I am lucky and your song reminds me not every one is.

Music is what feelings sound like.
Music is life, that why our hearts have beats.

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Re: Strummerboy Bill - here it is!

Unbelievable!!!!

Did I see this ad in your hometown newspaper recently????

Songs Written On Demand   -----  Contact Tig @  ###-###-####!!!!!  smile

Yeah, it hits home for a lot of us, I guess, but what's so amazing, is your insight into the human psyche.

Strong work, Jim

Bill

PS: Someone wanted to know my birthday. It is on 12.31.2017 - tomorrow here in the States. Maybe already in NZ And AU? What's the future like, Mates???? smile

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Re: Strummerboy Bill - here it is!

Really nice, I can hear the song as I read it.