Year 4 Week 1. Too Far Gone Now with mp3 link

Alright guys,

I have it up on Soundclick. I have mentioned this with a couple of other recordings but I will say it again. I don't have any real recording equipment. I record directly through the built in mic on my laptop so the sound quality is pretty crappy. But, this at least gives you an idea of how the lyrics go with music.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=283413

I was going to submit this last week with and explanation of my writing process on it but ran out of time. Hard to explain the inspiration for this one. Its's a story of a guy's denial of love and a girl's denial of a drug problem. Purely fictional but I'm sure guilty of the denial of feelings part. haha
I will also try and explain the chord progression. I don't have a lot of music smarts so I apologize in advance for any misnamed chords.

These are the chords I use for the verses.

E F#m Abm
e--0----0-----0---
b--0----0-----0---
g--1----2-----4---
d--2----4-----6---
a--2----x-----x---
e--0----x-----x---
The verses are sung over E sliding up to Abm for 3 measures and then on the 4th, do the same but then right near the end drop back to F#m

Too Far Gone
[E] [Abm] [E] [Abm]
I never said that I was lonely
[E] [Abm] [E] [Abm] [F#m]
I'm just alone all the time
[E] [Abm] [E] [Abm]
So why dont you mind your own business
[E] [Abm] [E] [Abm] [F#m]
And me I'll worry bout mine

[A]
When you come around it's just to see me fall down and lay the blame on me but babe I know your wrong
[E] [Abm] [E] [Abm] [F#m]
You sing the same old song
[A]
You say the problem with me was just so easy to see I never cared about the thing that used to turn you on
[E] [Abm] [E] [Abm] [F#m]
And now we're too far gone

No I never said that I was lonely
I'm just alone all the time
What made you think that you could own me
Well it was just a matter of time

Before I saw through you and all the things that you do oh babe you killing me you cant even admit when your wrong
You sing the same old song
You say this new thing you found it loves you up and down and now it holds the key to all the things that turn you on
now we're too far gone

[Change here]

[E] [G] [A] [E] x2 Again, appologies for the non musical description here but I pick the low E string then strum E chord. Then pick E - F - G on the low E string then strum G chord. Now pick B then A notes on A string then strum A chord then go back down picking A string, G note on low E string then Strum E. Clear as mud right? I will get this recorded tonight and up somewhere where you guys can hear it.

Here I just strum the chords without picking while I sing. I think if you could do the picking part while you sing it would sound really good but I'm not at that level yet.

[E]
Well ive been told that your running round
[G]
With a bad kind of crowd on the wrong side of town
[A]
But that aint news to me
[E]
Cause that's just what I used to be

We were close through our darker days
Now I see you through a misty haze
You're too far gone oh babe you're too far gone
And I think its time you were moving on

[E] [G] [A] [E] with the picking again just one time through

[Back to original slide from E up to Abm] Once through without lyrics then end with

I never said that I was lonely
I never said that I was lonely
No I never said that I was lonely
But then I never thought that I'd meet you

I will say it once more. I am really sorry about the unclear description of how to play this song. But I have been playing it fairly consistently for a couple of weeks now and it sounds better than the description. I just went through Hurrican Wilma so I have been unable to record due to power loss. I will get this recorded tonight and up tomorrow so you guys will have a better idea of how it sounds. Then the description may make a little more sense. haha

As always, all critisisms good and bad are welcomed.

TheJackal.