Wrot  this  for  my  Ex  wife  It  is  to good  for  her 

IM MARIED TO ONE OF THE LIVING DEAD

I think this one can put a few peoples noses out of joint. I have decided to write songs that are social comment, as I don't think it's worth being a writer unless you can touch a nerve or two

You  Made Your Bed So You Can Lie In It

 just finished a song you might like it is just an experiment to try to find out how to upload the songs  I'm enjoying writing at the moment hope you like it

Living The Easy Life 2

I  am going to wright 6 what i call love  songs  This  was the  first    

              LOVE   Came OUT  OF  THE  BLUE
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      I  had a reputation  as a bit of a  flirt 
       Gm7              C7                 Fmaj7

    My  frineds said that  i didn’t mind  who ever   i    hurt 
            Gm7                 C7                                   Fmaj7
    People  thought i was having  fun  
            Am                        Dm

     But  i was looking  for  that special   one
           Bb                          Eb7

         the  one i could be fateful to 
                G                         
       At last i  found  that one is  Y O U
             C
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         You                                  are      the       one       i adore 
         Gm7    Am                      Bb                   C7               F
       
           you                   are the      one  i been waiting  for
    Gm7     Am                 Bb          C7                  A                Eb9 - A9
                
      Its  about  time  Now  i  find my such  at  an  end   
      Gm7              Bbm7                      Fmaj7
   
         i  was resided to my fate        past  my  sell-by  date                                             
             Dm7                           G7                  Dm7         G

           I  had   about  enough of  spouting  out  about  love                        
                          C                                Gaug
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       When i  met  you i could  not forget  you in  my  heart i knew 
            Gm7         Am           Bb                C7                F   
    
           I'm  a  one  girl  feller  who  would  never tell-yet were through                        
                        Cm        Dm            Ebm       F7     Bb
       
               That way   leads  me  to  deserter  
                 Fm                                    C7          
 
                 This  time  its  happy ever after
                      Ab7                       Db7               
     
                   For me   and  you  love came  from  out of the blue
                    Gm7     Am          Bbm7      C7       Fm
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LOVE CAME OUT OF THE BLUE

This is  the 2nd of my love  songs  hope you like it


     Im tired  of  renting a  room   in  the   town 
         G                 C           G                 E7
     I wish we could move to the country  and settle down 
          AM7               D7                 B7                    E7
             But  theres  no  money  in the  pot 
                    Am7                D7               G    EM
              the more i work the less we  got
                   A                A7               D   C   Cb  A
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      If  i  was   a  millionaire we could buy a house somewhere 
         G                    G+           C                     D          Gbm

          and  live a simple  life    together 
           Am7      Bmaj7         Am7   D7

      the world would not intrude  on our  secret   rondvew  
       G                       G+               C                  D   Gbm

         i  spend   my   days   just  loving  you 
          Am7              E7           Eb9   A9     G   

     its  just a dream i   like  to ponder  when  everything seems  sad and 
         Am7        D7                   Bmaj7            Em7    A7  
      hard 
        D   C   Cb    A

          the  years pass  by the door   we stay like we were before
              G                      G+                  C                        D       Gbm
 
                  its  just  a  dream  sometimes i  dream  
                       Am7          E7         Eb9    A9     G
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        Lets   runaway  and start  all  over  again
      G              C               G                 E7

          Lets  not    tell    face book  or  phone  any  friends 
         Am7                D7                             B7            E7

          Lets   tell  the  bank  to  just  get  lost
         Am7           D7                  G   Em

          Lets     stop  the  world  and just  get  off 
         A                    A7                 D 
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Sometimes  I Dreem

This out as a poem one evening and put a simple melody to it so I could sing  it

Me Singing

I  Remember  You

If the songs  sound  is   a  bit  funny   on some of my recordings it's because I'm trying to do it myself, instead of going to studio. This is  a song  I wrote and I've been meaning to get on sound cloud  Hope you like  it    

 A  song   can   capture  a  heart  in  its   rapture 
       G                 D7                G             C

      Or  the sadness  of  being  alone
       G           Am7              D7      G

         To  the  heart that  is  in broken  with    angry   words spoken
       Em                        B7                  E7         Adim

         singing   brings  comfort  i know 
                      Em               A7             D

        Somebody  you have never  met  
         Am7           D7                   G

       Will wright a song  you   can’t  forget 
           B7                   Adim       C      A7

        Ancient or  modern  it   can’t   be for fgotene 
                G                       D7             G                C
                  and  will  smolder     with love and  regret
                     G        Am7    D    G       B7
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                         In   a    kiss   there   is  always    a    story  
                    Em                         A                 Em

                      In  the moon  there  is  always   a   dream  
                        Em                A                      Em

                         In  the  stars  there  always  the   wonder 
                              G                               B7
                          In  the  heavens    there  always  the  hope  
                             Em                       B7

                The  earth  beneath  our  feet  when  they  sleep 
                       Em           B7                  Em               A  

    Theres  aways  the    rhyme  of the   universe,  as it heart beets,
                    C                                              B
   
                          And  rocks  you  to  sleep
                          
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                                the  song  will   remember   the    feelings 
                                Em               A                          Em  
   
              And  it   takes  on a life of  its  own  when ever  its  playd 
                                    Em                                         C
 
                       and  when  you  think  everything  is  forgotten 
                                                                               D 
                         And  you   think  that  your  losing  your way
                                                G                      C             

                          Its   the  songs    that   will    always    remember
                                       G                F                  E

                          When   we    sing  it   we  love  all over   again 
                                               Eb         D      G


Heling through song

I have been messing about with this for an hour or so as I am trying to do the recordings myself so if they sound a little bit horrible it's because I'm not very good at               

              THE  MONEY  TREE
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    If  you ever  need     money  you can  call on me  
         Fmaj7                         D7      Gm7                 C7

     co’s  in my garden i have got a lovely   money tree 
        F              Fdim                      Am7     Gm7  Db7   C7
              
    you  don’t  need to pay me  back  
        Fmaj7                 D7

    co’s it  don’t  matter  much  to  me 
          Gm7                                    C7

      just  snap   a  branch  or  twig  because  its  growing   for   free
         F                 Fdim                      Am7            Gm7   Db7  C7
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      my  friend  was  on the  breadline 
        Fm                                    C7

          and  he  phoned  me  to  see  
               Fm                             C7

               if  he  could   pick  some   money  off  my  money   tree
              Fm                                               Bb                      Db7     C7

    I  said  thats  not  a problem   hack  it  all  you  want  
           Fm                         C7            Fm                 C7

       co;  i  can  easy  get   some  money in  summer it  when  its  hot
                   Fm                          Bb                      Db7         C7
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     The  lady  from next  door said  her  car  broke down  and she’s 
                 Fm                          C7                 Fm            C7

       Got    to get  some  money   she  could  pay you back  with ease                                        
              Fm                    Bb                    Db7             C7

       It  cash flow  thats  the  problam  her finances are squeezed
                       Fm                         C7            Fm       C7

                    Theres    a  cheque she   go’s   thats in the post    
                        Fm                              Bb  
 
                                  Its  all  been     Guaranteed 
                                   Db7               C7       Fm
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  One spring i looked through the window  and my tree had  died  
             Bbmaj7                               Bbm7                     F         F7

    there  was no more fruit or  money  growing  on the tree  outside 
        Bbmaj7                                Bbm7              Db7               C7
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   The  moral  of this  story  is as old as time its self
               Fm                  C7            Fm                C7

   Next  time  i  get  some  money  I’m  gonna  keep  it  to  myself
       Fm                                 Bb                          Db7              C7
          
           The  fruit  of all   my  labour  has  withers  on the vine
          Fm                         C7             Fm            C7

      between  being helpful  and stupid   there is a thin dividing  line             
         Fm                              Bb                    Db       C7       Fm
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        Look  after  yourself   you  better  think  twice
             Fm                                            Eb

     If  you  ant  got  no  money all  you can give is  advice
                   Db7                            C7                     Fm     
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Money Tree

How is one sounds alright I'm normally write three or four songs and  then put them on so hope this okay
                  HEART  IN  A  BOX

 I  kept  my  heart  inside   a  box  on the  shelf 
    G                 Am7                 Cm7              F7

  And  there  it  staid  day after  day 
           G              Am7              Cm7      F7

     it never crossed  my  mind  to change  i  felt
        Dm7          G7                      Cmaj7          F7

        My  life  would  carry on this    way
           Bbm7             E7                 Ab        C7
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       And then one day without   a   warning 
         Fm              Bbm     Fm             Bbm 
      
        I  heard  somebody   call  my  name 
            Fm          Bbm         Gm7          C7

         I  turned  to  look  on,   a   lovely   someone
         Fm                             Bbm                              
         
            i realised  my  life  had  changed
            Db7          C7                          Fm
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           My  life  has  been through  many  changes  
                 Dm7            G7                        Cmaj7

                some  good some  bad i don’t keep scores 
                   Cm7                       F7                     Bbmaj7

          Sometimes when  your  life  rearranges 
               Bbm7                 E7             Ab7       F7

         It never  goes  back the way it  was   [  before ]
                Bbm7     Db                  C7                Fm
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         I    got   that   box  out  of  the   closet  
         Fm             Bbm                     Fm

          I   know  now    what  i   have  to     do
            Fm                   Bbm           Gm7  C7

              i  stand  here  with  it,   and  now  i  give   it 
             Fm                                Bbm        

              	With  all  my  love    to  you
                    Db7             C7            Fm


Heart in a box

Right this is one about the other day am I always feel as if I'm coming to the end of the things I can write about and then after a couple of pints of beer photos to write about is just an amusing way to pass the time I hope you like it anyway I'm trying to get my listening to up to 3000 anyway I hope you like it hope everybody is my stuff like stuff I'm doing and thanks a lot for listening

What  you  doing

Hope you like the song there was a little bit depressing I feel as if I'm getting a little bit real anyway carry on listening Hope you're alright because everybody

They FOund Her In The Gutter

07 Ballard  Of John Handley 1947---

9 I Consentrat On You

This is a poim that i have put to music    

01 My Own Cuntrey

This  was  my  most  sucsessful   the poim  was by an Amercan  worman  Ella  Wilcox

    the  story  go,s she  met a girl  crying in a carrage when  going  to a party    wich  destroyed  her night  and  when  she  got  home  she  wrout  this poim   down  
  if  thing,s only  went  that easy   

04 Solitude

I  am 66  years  old  and  been  playing  music  off  and  on  all  my  life ,
 Starting  out  in  folk  clubs. In  the  60s   going to Les Cousins  in  Waldor St  and  a club called  Bunnjis, 
When  my  friend  found  a mouth-organ on  the  beach  i  learned  to play it   and  we  formed  a Blues  Band   
 MY  ideal  was  Sonny Boy  Willemson,  Browny  Mcgee
  and Sonny Terry.
That  led  to  joining rock bands  and  singing  round  pubs .  Bands  kept  splitting so i  decided to
    Sing some  Opera,  and  Art songs   [poetry  set  to  music with  just a piano]   I  turned  out  not  to  be  a bad  1st  Tenor  giving song  recitals.  I  have sang        G & S  with  a  orchestra  as a solo  artist  and  in  the  corals.   I  spent 3 years  singing  in  old time  
    Music halls [wanted to try barber-shop]  Left  that  and went into a punk  band.  After  the  punk  band  I  was  in a Duo  singing  and playing Cole Porter Songs   and  popular songs from the 20s to 60s  on  the   guitar  with a friend,  Loved  it
 Now  i am writing  and  playing my  own songs I  am  on Soundcloud   I  am  Dyslexic
But  good  with  music  I  worked  as  a  builder  for  30  years Am  now  going to take music a bit  more  sere-as   and  will play  the  folk  festivals  touring  in  a camper van.  Music  should  be  explored like a country  that  is  how  i  enjoy  it   


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