Topic: "Along Beside Chance"

It struck me that there are many delicious words that never get used in songs.  So I took it upon myself to use a few obscure-but-wonderful words in a song.  This song probably requires a beret-wearing bongo player plus an interpretive dancer or two to complete the performance . . . .

Hey, if Dylan or one of the beat poets had written this it would be considered profound - but it is truly just a bunch of silliness.  Even though the song-formatting voodoo is not working right now, I want to post this latest extrusion from my mind:

Along Beside ChanceJames McCormick, April 30, 2007


In 6/8 time, an absurd waltz through the alphabet




[C]Absolute [Em]axes af-[F]fectionate [C]ale


Ap-[Am]propriate apes a-[G]stound


[C]Busily [Em]boning [Dm]beautiful [G]babes


Be-[C]sotted be-[C7]neath be-[C]yond




Con-[F]niving contented completely con-[C]fused


Contu-[F]macious ca-[Em]pricious [Am]cruel


[C]Devious [Em]dashing de-[F]cidedly [C]dense


De-[G]ploying de-[C7]liberate [C]drool


. . . . . .


[G7]E-[C]voking ef-[Em]ficient e-[F]bullient [C]eft


En-[Am]tirely ever e-[G]nough


Fasci-[C]nation for-[Em]getful [Dm]finest fi-[G]nesse


Fulmi-[C]nating for-[C7]givable [C]fluff




Gar-[F]gantuan gargoyle grinning ga-[C]loot


[F]Gyrating [Em]garrulous [Am]groans


[C]Harboring [Em]hapless [F]harrowing [G]hole


[G]Honoring [C7]handsome hor-[C]mones


. . . . . .


[G7]In-[C]sidious in-[Em]sightful [F]icky i-[C]nure


Into-[Am]nation is incom-[G]plete


Ju-[C]dicious [Em]jocular [Dm]joyfully [G]jest


[C]Juggling [C7]jovial [C]jeep




[F]Kevlar kibbles kippers [C]kvetch


[F]Keening ker-[Em]fuffle ker-[Am]plop


Lo-[C]quacious [Em]loyal [F]leftover [C]lout


[G]Lazily [C7]licks lolli-[C]pops


. . . . . .


[G7]Mag-[C]nanimous [Em]murky [F]manifest [C]must


[Am]Musing mandible [G]mints



[C]Negligent [Em]nascent [Dm]nattering [G]nibs


[C]Nebulous [C7]nubile [C]nymphs




[F]Opulent outcast officially [C]oiled


[F]Ousted [Em]oafish ob-[Am]tuse


[C]Petulant [Em]perfect [F]pious pro-[C]trude


[G]Perfidy [C7]prudish pe-[C]ruse[G7]


. . . . . .


[C]Quickly [Em]querulous [F]quirkily [C]qualms


[Am]Questioning quixotic [G]quips


Reno-[C]vation re-[Em]plete re-[Dm]quiring re-[G]pose


[C]Roiled [C7]restively [C]ripped




[F]Slovenly slacker slippery [C]soiled


[F]Sylvan [Em]secular [Am]sprite


Tem-[C]pestuous [Em]twirls [F]toiling tra-[C]verse


[G]Terribly [C7]twice to-[C]night[G7]


. . . . . .


[C]Unctuous u-[Em]biquitous [F]usual [C]urn


[Am]Uvula up ulu-[G]late


Vi-[C]carious [Em]viscous [Dm]vividly [G]void


[C]Vacuous [C7]vim vacil-[C]late




[F]Wrangling westward woodenly [C]wrong


[F]Wholly [Em]wolfish who's [Am]who


[C]Xerox [Em]Xanax xeno-[F]cidal x-[C]ray


Xylo-[G]phones [C7]xenon Xana-[C]du[G7]


. . . . . .


[C]Yodeling [Em]yaks [F]yellowing [C]youth


[Am]Yippee yesterday [G]yelled


Zoo-[C]logical [Em]zippers [Dm]zestfully [G]Zen


[C]Zoysia [C7]zap zinfan-[C]del


[G]Zoysia [F]zap zinfan-[C]del



"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]

Re: "Along Beside Chance"

James, James, James...I can sum this song up by saying this was written with "ambitious zeal" and yet these words are curiously absent wink - Now this one I want to hear.

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

Re: "Along Beside Chance"

Thanks Jeff - I hope to record some tunes this weekend.  Since posting this odd little ditty, I have thought of dozens more delicious & rare words.

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]