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]