1 (edited by jets60 2007-10-28 10:35:31)

Topic: Ten Years of Changing

Just a song relating to my visit to see all my family on my wife’s side that has taken actually a little longer than ten years since I last visited them. It is somewhat of a shock to see all that happens in that amount of time and takes quite a bit of catching up. I will try and make sure I keep my visits less infrequent. I hope you like the song.

Ten Years of Changing By Jeff Gilpin


October 28th, 2007




Intro


[A] [G] [D]




Verse 1


[D]Ten years of changing while I was away


A [A]sight for my [G]sore eyes to [D]see


[D]Ten years of changing while I try to catch up


With [A]all that [G]has come to [D]be [D7]




Chorus


[G]Ten years of growing-up while [D]I’ve grown old


[A]Ten years in the world learning [D]right from wrong [D7]


[G]Ten years of changing in [D]this crazy old world


I’d say [A]ten years was [G]ten years too [D]long




Verse 2


[D]Ten years of changing meant moves here and there


In [A]ten years things [G]changed quite a [D]bit


You've [D]moving from the country into the city


While for [A]ten years I’ve [G]not had a vis[D]it [D7]




Chorus


[G]Ten years of growing-up while [D]I’ve grown old


[A]Ten years in the world learning [D]right from wrong [D7]


[G]Ten years of changing in [D]this crazy old world


I’d say [A]ten years was [G]ten years too [D]long




Verse 3


[D]Now I meet new children I’d not known before


That are [A]no longer [G]babies at [D]all


Who I [D]remember as children are now all grown up



In [A]ten years they’ve [G]grown up quite [D]tall [D7]




Chorus


[G]Ten years of growing-up while [D]I’ve grown old


[A]Ten years in the world learning [D]right from wrong [D7]


[G]Ten years of changing in [D]this crazy old world


I’d say [A]ten years was [G]ten years too [D]long




Verse 4


[D]Now if ten years from now it happens again


That I [A]stay away from [G]family too [D]long


[D]I’ll have no one else to blame but myself


For [A]getting this [G]life lesson [D]wrong




Chorus


[G]Ten years of growing-up while [D]I’ve grown old


[A]Ten years in the world learning [D]right from wrong [D7]


[G]Ten years of changing in [D]this crazy old world


I’d say [A]ten years was [G]ten years too [D]long




Verse 5


I can’t [D]get the years back but I can make up the time


By [A]trying to keep [G]better in [D]touch


As my [D]next years go by I’ll try and repair


These [A]ten years I’ve [G]missed ya’ll so [D]much




Chorus


[G]Ten years of growing-up while [D]I’ve grown old


[A]Ten years in the world learning [D]right from wrong [D7]


[G]Ten years of changing in [D]this crazy old world


I’d say [A]ten years was [G]ten years too [A]long [G] [D]



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

Re: Ten Years of Changing

Now there's a deep truth!

bonedaddy

I'm the son of rage and love

Re: Ten Years of Changing

Hi Jeff,

A lot can change in ten years as I found out just before I came to Portugal and went to visit old friends to say good bye.  Your song just sums it up. Good lyrics and chord sequence.

Thank you,

Roger

"Do, or do not; there is no try"

Re: Ten Years of Changing

Hi Jeff,

Great tune mayn'! It takes me home when I read it. I like the fact that you don't use a typical 3 verse, 2 chorus, 1 bridge structure in your songs. Variation is always a positive in my opinion and you definitely have great variation from song to song. I enjoy your music, thanks for sharing.

Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L(Toney)

Give everything but up.

Re: Ten Years of Changing

hi jets you lose a lot moving or going away but nowadays they are only a phonecall away so you dont have to lose any more years...nice song...stay cool

love is life ,life is for love,keep a true heart and live life to the full....stay cool

Re: Ten Years of Changing

Thanks very much for your comments.
Daddy, I have trouble communicating with the Japanese/wifes side of the family over the phone without a lot of help from the wife and she gets tired of it after a while.
Thank you SouthPaw - I've never really planned it but sometimes the song just comes out like it does I guess. Glad you like them.

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

Re: Ten Years of Changing

Another lovely song jets.

dont know how you do it? but i so enjoy reading them.

Old Doll

Why Blend in with the Crowd ? When you were made to stand out !