Members Delmont Posted August 6, 2018 Members Share Posted August 6, 2018 "Dodger's Blues" copyright Leon Fullerton (To hear my basement recording, scroll to the bottom of this page: https://www.thefullertons.net/guitar-highway.html) Em G Am C / G D C C / (over and over) Cool Hand Luke never made a plan.I made just one: Go west, young man.When you're dodging the draft and fleeing the breeze,to fit your life in a duffle, that's a might tight squeeze. Turned up my collar to the early snows.My first ride took me clear across the Poconos.The tenth ride took me through the Cumberland Gapwith a song in my heart and a Baptist on my lap. A woody full of hippies swung me north across the Ohio.It makes no sense to hurry, no one cares where you thought you oughta go.When you've made it past Ohio and Indiana, too,you know that any place in the world but Fort Wayne will do. Corn stalk stubble stretched far as I could see.The wind chilled Missouri, and it surely chilled me.Spent my last dollar in a diner down 66 South.I can't speak very highly of living hand-to-mouth. I saw an old western once, and I swore someday I'd join a wild west show,got me teeth reconfigured outside a rodeo.It'll take my whole life to forget the Alamo.If Texas is heaven, Christ, I just won't go. Midnight transit 'cross the Great Dividewith a speedfreak in a Fairlane with a jug of Gallo snuggled by his side.Crossed a flight of Angels when I reached the Pacific Palisades.They opened with clubs and I paid in spades. The radios were dreamin' Californ-eye-yayand never had to wake up to the dark of day.Things never pan out the way that you plannedthe day you started on the road to the Promised Land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted August 12, 2018 Members Share Posted August 12, 2018 Cool man, I would have dropped a few words here a there. I took out my guitar and messed around with it, gave it some breathing room, picked up the pace a bit.You need to get a bridge in there before the chorus where ever that many. You can do what you want to it, take my advice or leave. I cool either way. You remind me a bit of Robbie Robertson. I'm spicin it and giving it a little Levon Helm and Ryan Adams attitude Between me and my buddy we have written 1000's of songs, rarely do we work together. I'm never made a dime on a song. My buddy got 9.99 last month for some tune that got played some were in Europe. Took him 40 years. I just mess around and have a few songs going at a time. I don't care if I make a dime.Try it or don't, I'm good either way. Verse1.Em /G /Am /C /G /D /C /GEm /G /Am /C /G /D /C /C to DDDDDDDDCool Hand Luke never made a plan.I made just one: Go west, young man.Dodging the draft and fleeing like the breeze,your life in a duffle bag, that's a might tight squeeze. I used this as a Bridge wkith different a chord structureAm C G D Am C G G Then Am C G D Am Am DD then I held on to the D for a bit as I worked into what I call the chorus. BridgeTurned up my collar to the early snows.Took me a ride to the Poconos.The tenth ride through the Cumberland Gapwith a song in my heart, Baptist on my lap. Hold that D chorus and let the tension build I would use this as the chorus if it works for yaI went back to the Em Em G Am C I just keep driving the sing untilA woody full of hippies to the north across the O hio. I actually streesed this word O-Hi-OAin’t no hurry, where you thought you oughta go. Same hereWhen you've made it past OhioHere Am DDDDDDDD and Indiana, too,Am C DDDDDDDDDDDDany place in the world but Fort Wayne will do. Stress vocal tension Second Verse same chords as the first Corn stalks stretched far as I could see.The wind chilled , Cut through me.Spent my last dollar in 66 South.I can't speak very highly of living hand-to-mouth. I stopped editing right here, but you get the idea I thought about you as singer and how you might sing it. Brilliant minds working together.At a job interview, they say you have about 3 minutes to make a good impression. In song writting, you have about 30 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted August 15, 2018 Members Share Posted August 15, 2018 did you get time to work on any revisions, or is the song done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbengs1 Posted August 15, 2018 Members Share Posted August 15, 2018 I know there's someone looking at my shit out there. better watch your butt.. .png.197c47f720636f02390cc2b0a33804da.png' alt='smiley-veryhappy'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted August 18, 2018 Members Share Posted August 18, 2018 I know there's someone looking at my **************** out there. better watch your butt.. .png.197c47f720636f02390cc2b0a33804da.png' alt='smiley-veryhappy'> I gave you some songwriting tips for your next tune. So I keeping my eye on you too. Remember to think in parts. Don't blow your load in one some, breathing room and changes in rhythm. I don't want to feel like I'm at the guitar center on some Saturday more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Delmont Posted September 25, 2018 Author Members Share Posted September 25, 2018 It's done. Glad you like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Delmont Posted September 25, 2018 Author Members Share Posted September 25, 2018 did you get time to work on any revisions' date=' or is the song done?[/quote'] It's done. Glad you like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarville Posted October 24, 2018 Members Share Posted October 24, 2018 The vocals are a bit murky, but the music is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Delmont Posted November 12, 2018 Author Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 Thanks! Yeah, my singing sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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