My version of this statement, set to ukulele of course! The purpose is to protest Russia's anti-gay laws. More details here.
Also on Twitter here.
E
Gdjye ya magoo
Am
koopitsh rrradoozhnee flag?
E7
Gdjye ya magoo
Am
koopitsh rrradoozhnee flag?
Dm
Gdjye ya magoo
C
koopitsh rrradoozhnee flag?
B7 E
Gdjye ya magoo koopitch
Am
rrradoozhnee flag?
E
Gdjye
Am
ya magoo
E7
koopitsh
Am
rrradoozhnee flag?
Dm
Gdjye
C
ya magoo
B7
koopitsh
E
rradoozhnee flag?
Monday, February 10, 2014
Friday, February 7, 2014
Swim!
Just a little "buck up, cheer up!" kinda song. Written by me, just now, though it is in a 1920's style...
C
Now the sea of life,
2323
has some storms and gales
Dm
as a sailor would say,
G7 G7+
you have to trim your sails
C
when you go right over
2323
and you're cold and wet,
Dm
this is what you gotta to do,
G7 G7+
don't give up yet...
CHORUS
C
You gotta swim, don't sink
2323
You gotta wave, don't drown,
Dm
You gotta turn that frowny-face,
G7 G7+
Upside down
C
You gotta smile, don't sigh
2323
You gotta laugh, don't cry,
Dm
You gotta keep on goin,
G7 G7+
You gotta try, try, try
C
Because the storm won't last,
C7
The sea will calm,
F7
And you soon be
Fm
Nice and warm
C Dm G7 C
Just keep trying, and you'll be dry and home soon
G7
do-pa-de-do.
C 2323 Dm G7 G7+
C 2323 Dm G7 G7+
C C7 F7 Fm
C Dm G7 C G7+
C
Now when you're in the drink,
2323
And you're feeling wet,
Dm
There's some advice,
G7 +
you're gonna to get,
C
Will only drag you down,
2323
into the blue,
Dm
don't let it all,
G7+
get to you
C
Cos there's some other folks,
C7
They buoy you up,
F7 Fm
make you feel like you'll not give up,
C Dm G7 C
So stick with the swimmers not the ones who drag you down
G7+
blub-iddy blub.
CHORUS
C
Now the sea of life,
2323
has some storms and gales
Dm
as a sailor would say,
G7 G7+
you have to trim your sails
C
when you go right over
2323
and you're cold and wet,
Dm
this is what you gotta to do,
G7 G7+
don't give up yet...
CHORUS
C
You gotta swim, don't sink
2323
You gotta wave, don't drown,
Dm
You gotta turn that frowny-face,
G7 G7+
Upside down
C
You gotta smile, don't sigh
2323
You gotta laugh, don't cry,
Dm
You gotta keep on goin,
G7 G7+
You gotta try, try, try
C
Because the storm won't last,
C7
The sea will calm,
F7
And you soon be
Fm
Nice and warm
C Dm G7 C
Just keep trying, and you'll be dry and home soon
G7
do-pa-de-do.
C 2323 Dm G7 G7+
C 2323 Dm G7 G7+
C C7 F7 Fm
C Dm G7 C G7+
C
Now when you're in the drink,
2323
And you're feeling wet,
Dm
There's some advice,
G7 +
you're gonna to get,
C
Will only drag you down,
2323
into the blue,
Dm
don't let it all,
G7+
get to you
C
Cos there's some other folks,
C7
They buoy you up,
F7 Fm
make you feel like you'll not give up,
C Dm G7 C
So stick with the swimmers not the ones who drag you down
G7+
blub-iddy blub.
CHORUS
Thursday, February 6, 2014
On Raglan Road
This was a poem written in the 1940s but based on a song from the 19th century. The road is there in Dublin still. It would be an expensive area to own a house, but there are a lot of cheap flats too.
Here's a nice version (in C) from Cristin Milioti.
Waltz time.
D G
On Raglan Road on an autumn day,
D G D
I met her first and knew
G D
That her dark hair would weave a snare,
Bm A
that I might one day rue
G D
I saw the danger yet I walked,
Bm A
along the enchanted way,
D G
and I said: 'Let grief, be a fallen leaf
D G D
at the dawning of the day'
D G
On Grafton Street in November,
D G D
we tripped lightly along the ledge
G D
Of the deep ravine, where can be seen,
Bm A
the worth of passion's pledge
G D
The Queen of Hearts, still making tarts,
Bm A
and I not making hay
D
Oh, I loved too much and by such,
G D G D
by such, is happiness thrown away
D G
I gave her gifts of the mind,
D G D
I gave her the secret sign
G D
That's known to the artists who have known,
Bm A
the true gods of sound and stone
G D
and word and tint. I did not stint,
Bm A
for I gave her poems to say
D G
With her own name there, and her own dark hair,
D G D
like clouds over fields of May
D G
On a quiet street, where old ghosts meet,
D G D
I see her walking now
G D
Away from me so hurriedly,
Bm A
my reason must allow
G D
That I had wooed, not as I should,
Bm A
a creature made of clay
D
When the angel woos the clay,
G D G D
he'd lose his wings at the dawn of day.
Here's a nice version (in C) from Cristin Milioti.
Waltz time.
D G
On Raglan Road on an autumn day,
D G D
I met her first and knew
G D
That her dark hair would weave a snare,
Bm A
that I might one day rue
G D
I saw the danger yet I walked,
Bm A
along the enchanted way,
D G
and I said: 'Let grief, be a fallen leaf
D G D
at the dawning of the day'
D G
On Grafton Street in November,
D G D
we tripped lightly along the ledge
G D
Of the deep ravine, where can be seen,
Bm A
the worth of passion's pledge
G D
The Queen of Hearts, still making tarts,
Bm A
and I not making hay
D
Oh, I loved too much and by such,
G D G D
by such, is happiness thrown away
D G
I gave her gifts of the mind,
D G D
I gave her the secret sign
G D
That's known to the artists who have known,
Bm A
the true gods of sound and stone
G D
and word and tint. I did not stint,
Bm A
for I gave her poems to say
D G
With her own name there, and her own dark hair,
D G D
like clouds over fields of May
D G
On a quiet street, where old ghosts meet,
D G D
I see her walking now
G D
Away from me so hurriedly,
Bm A
my reason must allow
G D
That I had wooed, not as I should,
Bm A
a creature made of clay
D
When the angel woos the clay,
G D G D
he'd lose his wings at the dawn of day.
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