starlight

starlight
s.d.hilderbrand
january 2008
(moderate)
drop D tuning

the 5th chords in the verses are hammered on rhymically in a way that's
hard to convey in tablature...

Verse:
D5/G  E5/A          G5/C        
  starlight streams in 
through the window
D5/G E5/A        G5/C        
on a cold winter night

D5/G  E5/A
  and we lose track
   G5/C        
of where we've been
D5/G  E5/A         G5/C        
  and then we lose sight

Chorus:
E5              D5
  and all those words we've said
     C5                 D5
fall through our heads
E5              D5
  and all those words we've said
           C5                E5 F5 F#5
fall right through our heads

Verse:
D5/G  E5/A          G5/C        
  starlight streams in 
through the window
D5/G E5/A        G5/C        
on a cold winter night

D5/G  E5/A
  and we lose track
   G5/C        
of where we've going
D5/G  E5/A             G5/C        
  and then we start to fight

Chorus

Fiddle around and then outro.

nightshift

nightshift
s.d.hilderbrand
may 2006
(folk)
capo 2

Am          G
I watch the ships sail in
F         E7
watch the moon go out
Am       G
keep the fires lit
F       E7
so they don't go out
Am      G
I'm the nightshift
F         E7
after you go so sleep
Am     G
set my mind adrift
F     E7
so it don't go out

Am             Dm
Alone,               in my home
Am             E7
No one               to bury my bone

[1st verse again]

Am             Dm
Adrift               in my dreams
Am             E7
Seeing things        nobody sees

Dm                   F
Muddy bellows of the foghorn
          C
greets the morning
          G
greets the morning
Dm                    F
Lonely pullin' of the tugboat
          C
greets the morning
          G
greets the morning

Am          G
I watch the ships sail out
F         E7
watch the sun come up
Am      G
put the fires out
F      E7
so you won't give up

Am
on me...

[fade to Am picking]

Written in a lonely fit one evening when it seemed most hope was lost -- my insomnia and relationship clashed hard-core. Their feud still hasn't been resolved.

neighbors in C

neighbors in C
s.d. hilderbrand
jan 2006
(slow folk)

Cs6 x32013
Cs5 x32030
Fs6 xx3213

(first time thru, only play the chords,
then repeat with lyrics)

Cs6         C
when life is too hectic
        Cs5           C
grown a little too dialectic
         Cs6     C
and your soul is atrophied
         Cs5      C
and your heart is at your feet
    F            Fs6  F
sit down, take a load off
      F             Fs6  F
we'll help you take note of
C       Cs6       C
the people around you now
C             Cs6      C
the ones who will show you how
    G7       G    G7
you doin' my neighbor
G                     G7 G
we'll help you with your la-bors
   C         C
of love, and life
C  Cs5         C
for all of your life
[short rest]

Cs6         C
when life is too sore
        Cs5        C
and it's now a big bore
         Cs6     C
and your mind is troubled
         Cs5      C
and your debt has doubled
    F            Fs6  F
sit down, take a loan out
      F             Fs6  F
we'll help you bank note of
C       Cs6       C
the people around you now
C             Cs6      C
the ones who will show you how
    G7       G    G7
you doin' my neighbor
G                     G7 G
we'll help you with our favors
   C         C
of love, and life
C  Cs5         C
for all of your life

Like many of the lyrics to my little ditties, I came up with this in the shower in the morning before hopping the bus to campus. While on the bus, I wrote down what I'd been singing and scribbled down a second verse. Not yet perfect, but it works for me!

sail away

sail away
s.d. hilderbrand
aug 2006
(slow-to-moderate folk)

Am7                           D
In a little town called Gal-i-lee
Am7                            D
there lived a man like you and me
Am7                               
He drank himself to sleep at night 
D
 couldn't get one thing right
Am7                Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Sat staring at the sea

F                                 C
dreamed of somewhere over the hor-i-zon
F                          C
where he watched the sun a-risin'

Fm                 Dm
Gonna have his own ship one day
G7                   C
Then he's gonna sail away

In a larger town called Cardiff
there lived a man who worked on skiffs
He worked himself to death all day 
 couldn't ever get away
Never even set adrift

dreamed of somewhere over the horizon
where he watched the sun a-risin'
Gonna have his own ship one day
Then he's gonna sail away

In a larger town called Baltimore
there lived a girl who was raised poor
She sold herself to bed at night
 slept under a bright red light
always wanting something more

dreamed of somewhere over the horizon
where she watched the sun a-risin'
Gonna have her own ship one day
Then she's gonna sail away

F
away
C
away
F
away
C
away

[fade]

old enough

old enough
s.d. hilderbrand
august 2006
(folk)

play it like donovan would...

(chords to come)

soon i will be old enough,
then i will be old.
soon i will be old enough,
then i will be mold.

when the kids are listening
to me in the morning,
when the kids are listening
to me in the evening,

then i will be old enough,
then i will be told.
then i will be old enough,
then i will be gold.

when the kids are old enough,
when the kids are told.
when the kids are old enough,
when the kids are gold.

soon they will be old enough,
then they will be old.
soon they will be old enough,
then i will be mold.

la la la la la la-la,
la la-la la la,
la la la la la la-la,
la la-la la la!

[fade out with laughter and the final guitar chord ringing]

region inbetween

(slow folk)
Am                      F            G
All the meaning that is lost between us
       Am        F     G
in our screaming circumscribed
       Am          F          G
by our dreaming of some other place
Am         F     G          F    G
between us circumference in conference
       Am     F          G
in the hedges fencing us in
     Am   F     G
like oxen boxed in and
Am     F     G    F        G
beaten retreatin' never meetin'
F          G      Am          F   G
   in that region inbetween

Am                      F            G
All the meaning that is lost between us
       Am        F       G
in our screaming in that region
F       G          Am
in that region inbetween

[faded into drum section w/electronica and repeat lyrics near the end]

init()

so, i've decided to create a space to keep some of my new songs and other sonic creations. it beats maintaining all the back-end code myself. i simply don't have the time...

music has been a great release for me, especially playing drums in the garage after a long day (sorry, neighbors!). it has also been extremely frustrating, especially when i see someone else play so well... oh well... it's not like i ever wanted to be a rock star anyway (which i think makes me a freak)... this frustration explains the "fists" above...

so stay tuned, in tune, iTunes, or something like that. reach me and teach me if'n you want to use any of this material or suggest improvements...