Hard song to get right…you did that in Spades.  You really should sing more...

this is sooo good - great guitar and real appealing hoarse voice :)

Lovely KT style and that nice, deep, rich sound. Woah! Singing! And perfect for this too - you almost sound like Bert, that comfy, friendly feel.

Every single one of your songs has incredible guitar picking patterns. Your style is fantastic.

EXCELLENT guitaring sir!! and a warm,rich vocal.

Fantastic melodies woven in your playing sir.Beautifully sad...Peace:))

If in a plane, a third line crosses two others...

Written and produced by Chris Sharp.

(c) 2013 Chris Sharp
(p) 2013 Chris Sharp

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The Sum of the Angles

I heard Wizz Jones playing this on a TV documentary about Bert Jansch and fell in love with it. So I tried to do it. Eek.

The track is from his last album, Black Swan, released in 2006. Bert died in 2011 aged just 67.

Image courtesy of Joe Mabel.

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I'm sorry if I failed you, for that I take the blame
And I'm sorry if I snubbed you, I hang my head in shame
But those people you call friends did you much more harm than good
I should've tried much harder to reach out when i could

When the children come to visit you, you break into a smile
They fill your heart with sunshine, just for a little while
You made a model airplane to teach them how to fly
But when it crashed on the runway, you didn't ask the pilot why

I got the lady from Baltimore stuck on my mind
Bringing back those high days, when we would hang around
You played your guitar, but you never ever finished the song
Didn't matter then, I guess it doesn't matter now

I got the lady from Baltimore stuck on my mind
Bringing back those high days, when we would hang around
You played your guitar, but you never ever finished the song
Didn't matter then, and I guess it doesn't matter now

And I guess it doesn't matter now

I guess it doesn't matter now

High Days - Bert Jansch (cover)

Crescent

Awakened

Written in Solitude

Illuminate

Sober

This is a stripped back version of the last track 'Story' on my album (The album is available on Bandcamp cholly.bandcamp.com)

Story (Stripped Back)

Saudade

Heard you were in Central Park
under that one bridge not so far from my work
Thinking back now I was having my lunch
from the deli I could see to the park

oh my god
I can't believe I missed you again

Twice now, when you came for your show
on those same days I had places to go
And I promise I will make it this time
I'll be singing at the front of the line

oh my god
I really can't believe I missed you again

I'm not gonna be eighty years old
talking about my life and that one time
that I almost met you
Till the day we meet but until then
see you in my dreams in the meantime
I should make a time machine

I should make a time machine

I'm gonna make a time machine...

time machine

Chilled rock for a smooth Saturday night
For a more laid back experience try the acoustic version http://soundcloud.com/solarcloud/there-at-last

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I'm a guitarist & songwriter. All tracks here are originals apart from a handful of covers, arrangements and collabs. All recorded & produced by myself in my front room. Hope you enjoy listening!

High Days - Bert Jansch (cover)

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