[hapa_angel]

Looks like I've finally succumbed... I have a blog. But I am not completely sold out- it is not a Xanga. (HA, take THAT all my friends with your Xangas and your Xanga webrings and the like!)
Strangely enough, it is here, on CGR. One would perhaps think I would put it on my very own website, but nooo... I couldn't do that. I do all the coding from scratch and I'm allergic to tables. Haven't figured them out quite yet. And I don't anticipate doing so anytime soon.
If anyone wishes to leave me well wishes as s/he wishes, feel free to do so.

-Rachel

[Erika]

Haha, another one has succumbed to the evils of CGR blogging. Welcome
How's your day going?

[hapa_angel]

Not too shabbily today, actually.
Got some work done on a song I've been writing... practiced a little guitar... 'bout it.
No finals 'till Friday, thank goodness. I finally have time to rest. *relieved*

Show me some love pleeez ppl! I have trouble journaling and posting in here!
*thanx*

[hapa_angel]

My Priceless Piece Of Work: my latest "finished" song (because we all know a song is

never finished, it is simply put on a shelf and one quits toying with the lyrics

and messing around with chords.)



*pardon my notation*

Chords Used - my own interpretations

Am7= x02010

Bm7=x20202

C=032010

C2=032030

D=x00232

Dtriad=045030 (slide C up two frets)

D/F#=200232

D2/F#=200230

Em=022030

EmM7=021030

G=320033

G6=x20030





The One That Got Away (capo 3 or 4, however I feel)

(kinda fast, about 110)

*verse 1*

Am7          C                     G                     D2/F#

Do you remember  all those days you left me alone

Am7                    C                G                      D2/F#

In the heat of the summer  you left me out in the cold



*pre-ch 1*

       Em                      EmM7       G6                     C2

And now, we're standing here  reminiscing childhood fears

      D/F# Em               EmM7    G6                          C2

And when all is said and done  I hope you've had your fun

            Cm

Look at what you've become... (and)





*chorus*

           Em     Dtriad   C2

There's nothing left to say

          Dtriad            Em   Bm7     C2

You've searched the world only to find

Dtriad     Em       Dtriad   C2

That the one that got away

      Dtriad    Em    Am7-h-Am    Dtriad  Em

Was right in front of you          all this time



*verse 2*

Am7                  C                    G                    D2/F#

Did you get the message  that I sent you years before

Am7            C                   G                    D2/F#

Said how I want you  but I had to close the door



*pre-ch 2*

             Em                EmM7       G6              C2

Did you know that in my pain  I let fall so many tears

  D/F# Em               EmM7      G6                      C2

Long ago, I would've done  anything to have you near

             Cm

And now you're standing here... (but)



*instrumental br*

Em       D/F#      C2       G - D/F#

Em       D/F#      C2       G - D/F#

Em D/F# C2  (pause... back to chorus 2x, start fingerpicking then build 2nd time)



*end*

D/F#    Em       Dtriad   C2

Oh, the one that got away

     D       G           C2              C2 (hammer-on w/ index finger)

Is still in love with you     to this day (leave it hanging!)







My masterpiece.    

[hapa_angel]

AAAHHHH all those spaces and they DIDN'T SHOW UP in the post?? ARGH! That's the LAST time I post another masterpiece here if the spaces are edited out!!! grrr....
*upset*
*cries*


Obviously it's ok now.

[bigpirate]

No, keep posting them, that was awesome! In fact, you are like now officially on my cool list

[hapa_angel]

Originally Posted by bigpirate

No, keep posting them, that was awesome! In fact, you are like now officially on my cool list

Yay, mucho thanx... Does this mean I can get a few rep points?

Well, today was kinda fun overall... I volunteer at an elementary school with a class of fourth-graders, and today they just about hugged me to death for the zillionth time. Nine-year-olds are stronger than one might think.
I also "finished" another song... in record time too. Unfortunately I don't have the time to post it now...

Until next time,
-Rachel

[HeavenOnAStick]

Originally Posted by hapa_angel

AAAHHHH all those spaces and they DIDN'T SHOW UP in the post?? ARGH! That's the LAST time I post another masterpiece here if the spaces are edited out!!! grrr....
*upset*
*cries*

Try typing in the {pre} tags before and after (replace { and } with < and >).

Example:

{pre}

Am      Em            C           D

Wow, dogs really taste like candy

Am     Em             C        D

I wish I could eat dogs forever!

{/pre}

 

[bigpirate]

Wow, dogs really taste like candy

that is totally disturbing ...

My baby sister is 9 years old... she is pretty strong, but I can still whoop her ...

Well, unless she does what I taught her to do against boys if they threaten her...

see, that is why I don't fight girls.

[Erika]

Hey angelic,

ANother thing you can do is type your piece up in notepad and attach it, then peopel can save the document and try it That way it does what you want it to without any editing/etc etc.

How's today? is the sky blue? do you have a job? what year are you at school? how do you feel towards christmas? are you doing anything special this year? did you ever try writing a christmas song? have you ever had papernoten?

Questions! questions! Answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying. (whoops, sorry, tennyson )

[hapa_angel]

Thanx everyone for the suggestions. I think I'll try the "pre" tags idea tho... simply b/c I spent all that time typing and don't want it to go to waste.

HeavenOnAStick- Thanx for the tag info... I didn't know about that tag... *goes to show you just how much one really learns from "online tutorials"*
But um... about those poor dogs... And I'm 1/2 Chinese... so um... if that's a little disturbing to me, then well... you get my point.

bigpirate- Yes, that's rather disturbing. *shudders*

Erika.... Wow, so many good Q's! ok... one at a time.
1.How's today?
It's been ok... I got some sleep, which means I went to bed really late and crawled out of bed sometime around 2pm-ish. hehe.
2.Is the sky blue?
Umm... *didn't get out today to check, sorry*
3.do you have a job?
No... *poor starving college student alert* I do volunteer with a class of 4th-graders for AmeriCorps, tho.
4.what year are you at school?
I'm in my second-year at City College of SF... aka City. *blech* I don't like it here. I want to go to Bethany College. But I need to have money to do that... so I'm here at home for the moment.
5.how do you feel towards christmas?
Are you kidding me? HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!! I love birthdays! hah!
6.are you doing anything special this year?
Other than pressuring my 'rents to go see LOTR-ROTK with me, no.
7.did you ever try writing a christmas song?
No, but I did a 10-minute Thanksgiving day song as a gag once.
8.have you ever had papernoten?
Than kinda depends on what that is..... *scratches head in confusion*

aaaannnnd *post*!
-Rachel

[HeavenOnAStick]

Originally Posted by bigpirate

that is totally disturbing ...

It was a uhh... candy dog... yeah.

[bigpirate]

you can have your candy dog buddy... that is still disturbing!

[hapa_angel]

I'm starting to get in the groove of this thing. Well, we'll see how long this lasts.
So today, I click bigpirate's blog link and find out that he's c/o '02 as well?!?! YEAH!!! Let's hear it for the members of the Last Year Of Teenagerdom Club! Woohoo! But I'm only going to be in it for another month. Oh well... 20, here I come. It's all good...
I am HAPPY! I am getting 2 A's and a B in my classes! And I have jury duty this next week, but I don't have to go in Monday. YES! SLEEP! Oh and I am now "just really nice" according to my rep bar.

So anyway, here's that second song I promised.
*And no, I don't have recording equipment... so you can't hear my precious songs coupled with my lousy guitar-playing and my beautiful vocals... sorry...*

chords used:
Am=x02210
Am7=x02010
B9=x01202 (or 021202)
C2=032030
D=x00232
D2/F#=200230
Em=022030
EmM7=021030
G=320033
G6=x20030



Alone- Capo 2 

*VERSE 1*

          C2                              G6
So many conversations    so many words exchanged

          D/F#              Em                      C2                      D
And never once did you tell me    that you felt the same way

              C2                                               G6
But I thought it didn't matter    thought one day you'd come around

           C2          D          B9       Em                  Am                       D
So I wait and hope with all my might    and my head stuck in the ground



*CHORUS*

            Em    D    C2    D/F#     Em     C2       D    G   D/F#
But I'm better off alone    I can make it on my own

 Em      D      B9       Em         Am      D (pause) Em
Deep down inside, I know   I'm better off -    alone



*VERSE 2*

          C2                                    G6
You'd think I like this torture    just waiting for a sign

       D/F#                   Em                    C2                   D
Who knew that it would be this hard    to get you off my mind

            Am          Em                C2                    D    G  D/F#
So I hold on in disillusion    and refuse to face the truth

   C2           D           B9           Em            Am              D
I still don't know after all these years    why I'm not over you



*CHORUS 2*

             Em     D    C2    D/F#    Em     C2       D    G   D/F#
'Cuz I'm better off alone    I can make it on my own

 Em      D      B9       Em         Am             D


Deep down inside, I know   I'm better off alone



*BRIDGE*

      Em       EmM7            C2                       G
Oh, why    am I    keeping you trapped in my heart

D/F# Em                EmM7        C2                  D
   I have    to let you go    and let the healing start



(CHORUS 2x)

 
 

Not as good as the other one, IMO. But still, "finished."   

[HeavenOnAStick]

Do you have a computer mic? Or I heard someone say that the looped it through their guitar tuner (they had no mic). I'm not sure if that could pic up your voice too.