Topic: My Fingers Bleed

Here's one I just wrote. Fits this current mood I'm in, and of the world too I guess. Kind of a bluegrassy finger pickin the chords sort of thing.

My Fingers Bleed- by Jeff Gilpin - 5-9-2020


Intro A// D// A// G// – G// A// D// G/ A/


[A]Can’t go to work


And I [D]Work from home


[A]Can’t wake up


When I’m [G]all alone


~~~


Chorus

[G]Don’t want to write


Don’t [A]want to read


[D]Eyes so tired


My [G]fingers [A]bleed


~~~


Walk outside


Go back in


Day just started


Begin again


~~~


Chorus


~~~


Don’t want a cat


Don’t want a dog


Don’t want to lay



Like a bump on a log


~~~


Chorus


~~~


Play Intro Again


~~~


Bridge

[D]Tell you what I’m gonna do


[G]Get myself on [A]out of this mood


[A]Put on some music


[D]Hum along


[G]Don’t even matter


Don’t [E]know the song [E7]


~~~


Made it through


Another day


Sure enough another


Heading my way


~~~


Chorus  - end on A and let it linger



 

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: My Fingers Bleed

Here it is if you want to know how it sounds - https://soundcloud.com/jets60/my-fingers-bleed     

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: My Fingers Bleed

Nice one Jeff - kind of bluegrass - Renaissance feel to it - I like it a lot !!

Thanks for sharing.

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.

"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke

Re: My Fingers Bleed

I love the simplicity of that bluegrass sound, and the lyrics just about sum up the mood of the moment     

Thick as two short planks

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Thanks you two     

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: My Fingers Bleed

Definitely have had days, weeks, months like this     

“Find your own sound.  Dont be a second rateYngwie Malmsteen be a first rate you”

– George Lynch 2013 (Dokken, Lynchmob, KXM, Tooth & Nail etc....)

Re: My Fingers Bleed

Don't want to lay like a bump on a log...what a fabulous line! That's saying something in a song full of great lines. If I have one small criticism it might be a tad too fast. But a great performance none the less     

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

Re: My Fingers Bleed

Thanks Phill - As for speed, I was playing it more at a quick more bluegrassy speed, which usually gives time for more music. It would be a good campfire song giving people a chance to show off their playing skills.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: My Fingers Bleed

yes i can imagine it with a banjo     

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