Saturday, February 6, 2016

Memphis to Nashville

Funny- I've written two songs that count mileage. Guess it comes from doing a lot of driving. Mike is singing this one and doing a wonderful job with it, as usual.


Memphis to Nashville                                                                Datta 6/25/2015

Intro: A EM A D A Em D (D Am D G D Am G)

A (D) Em (Am)

1.Is anything out there- from Memphis to Nashville?

A (D) G (C)

When it’s a hurry to leave and a hurry to stay.

D (G)

Counting the miles/ counting the hours

A (D)

Staring at trees-------not seeing the flowers_____( A(D) Em (Am) D (G))

2) Is anything out there- from Memphis to Nashville?

When you have to leave, and it all looks the same.

God isn’t here, he stayed behind

For a tour of Graceland.— -------/and he’s the first in line.­_Hold on A (D)

Em (Am) D (G) A(D)

Chorus: and It’s two hundred twelve miles from Memphis to Nashville

Em (Am) D (G) A(D)

it's Sixty two miles from Memphis to space

G(C) D (G) A(D)

If there’s a hurry to leave and a hurry to get there

Em(Am) D (G) A(D)

Where we're going – another place.



3) So I’m on my own, on the way to Nashville

I have to leave and I have to stay.

Counting the miles counting the hours

Staring at trees / not seeing the flowers.

4) It’s all the same from Nashville to Memphis

Heading back the way I already came

God isn’t here- Don't waste his time

He wants to tour Graceland -----/– He’s the first in line.



Chorus

Solo: A EM A D A Em D

5) Is anyone out there- I’m in Memphis or Nashville

Or Jackson-- depends on the time

Counting telephone poles -watching the wires

Like the Wichita lineman, I’m still on the line.



Chorus- Up on PLACE end on A

Side view Mirror

This song started out with Mike saying "It all looks clearer in the rear view mirror."  It sounded like a great starting place for a song. Turns out that Pearl Jam already has a song "Rear View Mirror." Well, that didn't stop me. The idea is still good and I just switched mirrors :)  Here are the lyrics:

Side View Mirror                                                   Datta 1/18/2016

C (A)
  1. In 1974 I thought it would be smart
    F (D) C (A)
    to forget about college-- and be a country music star
    It made my folks real mad so I told them I didn't need them
    F (D) C (A)
    and now I spend my days repairing--- parking meters.     Gm (Em) F (D) C (A)
  2. On my way to stardom I met a well spoken biker
    Gm (Em) F (D) C (A)
    He was easy on the eyes-better looking than that hitchhiker
    C (A)
    Now he's my big mistake and wonders how he got here.
    F (D) C (A)
    But I'm five miles down the road
    Gm (Em) C (A)
    Moving 90 miles an hour
    F (D) C (A) Gm (Em) F (D)
    and it's all looking better and better to me right here   
C (A)
in the side view mirror

SOLO OVER C/F/C C/F/C CHORDS

  1. Then I discovered meth and thought I might be a drug dealer
    You make more per hour than fixing parking meters
    But when you're cuffed and stuffed then killing time in jail
    Everything looks clearer when you're trying to make bail
  2. Now five years later I'm out hanging with my friends
    The biker up and left but he's the gift that never ends
    No more selling meth - now he's running guns

Chorus; I'm 5 miles down the road

Moving 90 miles an hour

    and it's all looking better and better to me right here
    in the side view mirror
    (repeat/ solo(s) over chorus chords/ repeat chorus)