We all need “to whisper love so loudly, so every heart will understand, that love and only love can join the tribes of man”. It got me thinking of the world today and all the bombing and destruction that is going on in Ukraine. There were the girls and then Eyasu with his adolescent changing beautiful deep sound. I stopped and played it a few times, remembering that night we were together singing it and how the grandkids' voices blended together. It is the old Judd’s song, “Love Can Build A Bridge”. All done in the classic off key, rowdy guitar, ukulele, banjo grandkids’ style.īut I came across this song we did in a quiet moment when it was just a couple of the older kids singing and playing instruments. This past week I wrote one for Ben E King's classic 'Stand by Me. And there are the old rock classics like, Sloop John B and Brown Eyed Girl. Updated: As part of teaching guitar lessons here in Vancouver I occasionally get the opportunity to write solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements by request from my students.
Some like Rocky Top, Mountain Dew, and the classic gospel ones like Amazing Grass and Nothing But the Blood of Jesus. There were lots of rowdy songs and old bluegrass songs they have been taught. Coconut Harry Nilsson (C7) The Beat Goes On Sonny and Cher (F) Run Through The Jungle Creedence Clearwater Revival (D) Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles (C) Chain Of Fools Aretha Franklin (C7) If anyone has any to add to that list, let me know in the comments and I’ll get it updated.
But it was a day when that wasn’t an option, so I dug into some of the past songs we have done together and recorded just for the fun of it. And that usually can be found playing music with the grandkids. After watching the news and seeing all the sadness going on in Ukraine, I just needed a little happy time. Pre-Chorus : C F G There's a blaze of light in every word Am F It doesn't matter which you heard G Em Am The holy or the broken Hallelujah Chorus : F Am Hallelujah, Hallelujah F C - G - C - C Hallelujah, Hallelujah Verse 4 : C Am I did my best, it wasn't much C Am I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch F G C G I've told the truth, I didn't come. The other day I was going through some of the music that the grandkids and I have done the past year.