tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47201486969551118542011-07-28T20:15:12.577-07:00Howling Mimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252944357956386480noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720148696955111854.post-88420092631843627222008-01-12T16:56:00.000-08:002008-01-12T16:59:23.586-08:00<pre>starlight<br />s.d.hilderbrand<br />january 2008<br />(moderate)<br />drop D tuning<br /><br />the 5th chords in the verses are hammered on rhymically in a way that's<br />hard to convey in tablature...<br /><br />Verse:<br />D5/G E5/A G5/C <br /> starlight streams in <br />through the window<br />D5/G E5/A G5/C <br />on a cold winter night<br /><br />D5/G E5/A<br /> and we lose track<br /> G5/C <br />of where we've been<br />D5/G E5/A G5/C <br /> and then we lose sight<br /><br />Chorus:<br />E5 D5<br /> and all those words we've said<br /> C5 D5<br />fall through our heads<br />E5 D5<br /> and all those words we've said<br /> C5 E5 F5 F#5<br />fall right through our heads<br /><br />Verse:<br />D5/G E5/A G5/C <br /> starlight streams in <br />through the window<br />D5/G E5/A G5/C <br />on a cold winter night<br /><br />D5/G E5/A<br /> and we lose track<br /> G5/C <br />of where we've going<br />D5/G E5/A G5/C <br /> and then we start to fight<br /><br />Chorus<br /><br />Fiddle around and then outro.</pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4720148696955111854-8842009263184362722?l=circleoffists.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Howling Mimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252944357956386480noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720148696955111854.post-60263798173053622172007-01-15T02:57:00.000-08:002007-01-15T03:14:00.545-08:00<span style="font-family:courier new;"><pre>nightshift<br />s.d.hilderbrand<br />may 2006<br />(folk)<br />capo 2<br /><br />Am G<br />I watch the ships sail in<br />F E7<br />watch the moon go out<br />Am G<br />keep the fires lit<br />F E7<br />so they don't go out<br />Am G<br />I'm the nightshift<br />F E7<br />after you go so sleep<br />Am G<br />set my mind adrift<br />F E7<br />so it don't go out<br /><br />Am Dm<br />Alone, in my home<br />Am E7<br />No one to bury my bone<br /><br />[1st verse again]<br /><br />Am Dm<br />Adrift in my dreams<br />Am E7<br />Seeing things nobody sees<br /><br />Dm F<br />Muddy bellows of the foghorn<br /> C<br />greets the morning<br /> G<br />greets the morning<br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Dm F<br />Lonely pullin' of the tugboat<br /> C<br />greets the morning<br /> G<br />greets the morning<br /><br />Am G<br />I watch the ships sail out<br />F E7<br />watch the sun come up<br />Am G<br />put the fires out<br />F E7<br />so you won't give up<br /><br />Am<br />on me...<br /><br />[fade to Am picking]<br /></span></pre><br />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.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4720148696955111854-6026379817305362217?l=circleoffists.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Howling Mimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252944357956386480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720148696955111854.post-23287090959619739112007-01-13T11:44:00.000-08:002007-01-15T02:42:32.920-08:00<span style="font-family:courier new;"><pre>neighbors in C<br />s.d. hilderbrand<br />jan 2006<br />(slow folk)<br /><br />Cs6 x32013<br />Cs5 x32030<br />Fs6 xx3213<br /><br />(first time thru, only play the chords,<br />then repeat with lyrics)<br /><br />Cs6 C<br />when life is too hectic<br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> Cs5 C<br />grown a little too dialectic</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> Cs6</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> C<br />and your soul is atrophied</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> Cs5 C<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">and your heart is at your feet</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> F Fs6 F<br />sit down, take a load off<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> F Fs6 F</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">we'll help you take note of<br />C Cs6 C<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">the people around you now<br />C Cs6 C<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">the ones who will show you how</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> G7 G G7<br />you doin' my neighbor<br />G G7 G<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">we'll help you with your la-bors</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> C C<br />of love, and life<br />C Cs5 C<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">for all of your life<br /></span><span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><pre>[short rest]<br /><br />Cs6 C<br />when life is too sore<br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> Cs5 C<br />and it's now a big bore</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> Cs6</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> C<br />and your mind is troubled</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> Cs5 C<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">and your debt has doubled</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> F Fs6 F<br />sit down, take a loan out<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> F Fs6 F</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">we'll help you bank note of<br />C Cs6 C<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">the people around you now<br />C Cs6 C<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">the ones who will show you how</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> G7 G G7<br />you doin' my neighbor<br />G G7 G<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">we'll help you with our favors</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> C C<br />of love, and life<br />C Cs5 C<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">for all of your life</span></pre></span></span><br /></pre></span><br />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!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4720148696955111854-2328709095961973911?l=circleoffists.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Howling Mimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252944357956386480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720148696955111854.post-42458989034390879922007-01-12T11:50:00.000-08:002007-01-15T03:16:34.140-08:00<span style="font-family:courier new;"><pre>sail away<br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">s.d. hilderbrand<br />aug 2006<br />(slow-to-moderate folk)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Am7 D</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">In a little town called Gal-i-lee</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Am7 D</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">there lived a man like you and me</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Am7 </span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">He drank himself to sleep at night <br />D<br /> couldn't get one thing right</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Sat staring at the sea</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">F C</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">dreamed of somewhere over the hor-i-zon</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">F C</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">where he watched the sun a-risin'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Fm Dm</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Gonna have his own ship one day</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">G7 C</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Then he's gonna sail away</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">In a larger town called Cardiff</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">there lived a man who worked on skiffs</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">He worked himself to death all day <br /> couldn't ever get away</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Never even set adrift</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">dreamed of somewhere over the horizon</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">where he watched the sun a-risin'</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Gonna have his own ship one day</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Then he's gonna sail away</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">In a larger town called Baltimore</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">there lived a girl who was raised poor</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">She sold herself to bed at night<br /> slept under a bright red light</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">always wanting something more</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">dreamed of somewhere over the horizon</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">where she watched the sun a-risin'</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Gonna have her own ship one day</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Then she's gonna sail away</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">F</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">away</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">C</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">away</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">F</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">away</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">C</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">away</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">[fade]<br /></span></pre></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4720148696955111854-4245898903439087992?l=circleoffists.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Howling Mimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252944357956386480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720148696955111854.post-32120282157065796112006-08-26T18:35:00.000-07:002008-01-12T18:37:51.780-08:00<pre>old enough<br />s.d. hilderbrand<br />august 2006<br />(folk)<br /><br />play it like donovan would...<br /><br />(chords to come)<br /><br />soon i will be old enough,<br />then i will be old.<br />soon i will be old enough,<br />then i will be mold.<br /><br />when the kids are listening<br />to me in the morning,<br />when the kids are listening<br />to me in the evening,<br /><br />then i will be old enough,<br />then i will be told.<br />then i will be old enough,<br />then i will be gold.<br /><br />when the kids are old enough,<br />when the kids are told.<br />when the kids are old enough,<br />when the kids are gold.<br /><br />soon they will be old enough,<br />then they will be old.<br />soon they will be old enough,<br />then i will be mold.<br /><br />la la la la la la-la,<br />la la-la la la,<br />la la la la la la-la,<br />la la-la la la!<br /><br />[fade out with laughter and the final guitar chord ringing]</pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4720148696955111854-3212028215706579611?l=circleoffists.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Howling Mimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252944357956386480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720148696955111854.post-64199241214698078692006-08-25T16:27:00.000-07:002007-07-04T16:39:51.197-07:00<pre><br />(slow folk)<br />Am F G<br />All the meaning that is lost between us<br /> Am F G<br />in our screaming circumscribed<br /> Am F G<br />by our dreaming of some other place<br />Am F G F G<br />between us circumference in conference<br /> Am F G<br />in the hedges fencing us in<br /> Am F G<br />like oxen boxed in and<br />Am F G F G<br />beaten retreatin' never meetin'<br />F G Am F G<br /> in that region inbetween<br /><br />Am F G<br />All the meaning that is lost between us<br /> Am F G<br />in our screaming in that region<br />F G Am<br />in that region inbetween<br /><br />[faded into drum section w/electronica and repeat lyrics near the end]<br /></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4720148696955111854-6419924121469807869?l=circleoffists.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Howling Mimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252944357956386480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720148696955111854.post-79505355137739951082006-01-12T10:28:00.000-08:002007-07-04T16:40:13.931-07:00so, 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...<br /><br />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...<br /><br />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...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4720148696955111854-7950535513773995108?l=circleoffists.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Howling Mimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252944357956386480noreply@blogger.com0