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SD-11 maybe tomorrow
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A finger-picked folk song with a nice little guitar riff and call and response vocal... with a few additions
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
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Peak #374
Peak in subgenre #23
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
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April 19, 2013
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MP3 4.6 MB • 160 kbps • 4:02
Story behind the song
This started with another guitar riff but developed a tune and lyrics that demanded a call and response so I called in Steve Franks to add the second vocal line. It's another wistful lyric and Steve wanted the chorus to end on a minor key, but my natural optimism won through so it usually ends on an upbeat roll into the riff. (But I put in one minor fall to appease him...)
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Chorus Em G But( capot on 5 so actually in Am ) I tell you that I’m lost Em G Am C Am C You tell me that I’m free F C G7 C G D7 But you don’t count the cost, count the sorrow G twiddly bit Maybe tomorrow Verse so now G Am G Am C Dm C Dm F G Bb C Bb C Eb F G Am G Am C Dm C Dm F G F G Bb C Bb C Take it from me when something’s gained something is lost Nothing is free nothing’s gained without a cost Why can’t you see Why can’t you see Take it from me I know the score what you’re saying makes no sense I’ve been this way before move the past to present tense Helpless and raw Helpless and raw I know the score Left on the side another day another slide No room on the ride never known an easy ride Withered and dried Withered and dried Left on the side Full on disgrace silver linings hard to find No changing the place another day another grind laugh in my face laugh in my face Full on disgrace ?
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