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Have you tried a standard I-vi-IV-V sequence Ken? I don't think it needs anything complicated because the words are good enough to carry it.

Best,


A :-)]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club Alan Green https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/his-own-way/#post-65277 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/his-own-way/#post-65264 Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:04:44 +0000
growing up in Reno, NV, I've heard my fair share of country, you wouldn't believe how many people still dress as cowboys here :D
This is definetely a good song, nice and simple, while still being entertaining throughout, by using details

one thing that is a key element of this stlye is a very peculiar imagery, if it's about a woman, there's always a mention of her eyes, hair, expressions. Lots of metaphors, i.e. her hair, those tumblin' waves

there's nothing else I have to say, great rhythm!
8)]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club Snoogans775 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/his-own-way/#post-65264 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/his-own-way/#post-3138 Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:07:39 +0000 Copyright Date
24 May 2004
Content
©2004 Writer Ken Lillie

v1
I was packing my bags in the morning.
He came walking up the stairs.
Said son where you think your going.
I said daddy I just dont care.
Maybe I'll join the Army,
It's time to head out on my own
He just stood the smiling.
Said theres one thing that I know.
chorus
A mans gotta find his own way
No matter what the cost,
Knowing where your going,
Means sometime getting lost.
Just when you think you got it.
You'll lose it once again.
Then the day you find yourself,
You'll wonder where you've been.
v2
So i made my own path,
So sure where i'd go,
Too many times the hi-way,
Turned into a dirt road,
And love turned into heartache
Too many times it seems,
The drugs and the booze didnt kill me.
But it brought me to my knee's.
v3
I know i sat there smiling
On my way back home.
Thinking about what daddy said,
So many years ago
chorus
A mans gotta find his own way.
No matter what the cost.
Knowing where your going
Means sometime's getting lost.
Just when you think you got it,
You'll lose it once again,
Then the day you find yourself,
You'll wonder where you've been.
v4
Now im standing on my own stairs,
Watching my boy pack,
Heading out to find himself,
Says he aint coming back.
bridge
I just stood there smiling,
Like my daddy did.
Repeating what my daddy said,
When i was just a kid.

A mans gotta find his own way
No matter what the cost,
Knowing where your going,
Means sometime getting lost.
Just when you think you got it.
You'll lose it once again.
Then the day you find yourself,
You'll wonder where you've been.]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club nitetrapper https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/his-own-way/#post-3138