https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:27:12 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282708 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:06:12 +0000 Guitar Noise Songwriting Club showstopper508 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282708 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282644 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:16:34 +0000 Guitar Noise Songwriting Club crkt246 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282644 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282641 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:00:39 +0000
but i like the downunder wonder! :lol:

did you try singing to it crkt? i couldnt really get the lyrics to flow without taking some words out in places :?]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club coleclark https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282641 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282596 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:27:59 +0000 Sounds like a shootout at the OK Corral
between the DownUnder Wunder and the USA Kid.
So, post yer MP3's and let the forumites make the draw.]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club lwj001 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282596 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282595 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:16:11 +0000 Guitar Noise Songwriting Club coleclark https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282595 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282553 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:00:11 +0000 Played with a alternateing bass pattern

great fun workin with you!

The Saddest Song I Ever Wrote (Larry W. Jones 02/22/2008) (song#5305)


G
Now, the warmest warmth I've ever known
C
Was the sweetest lips I kissed that day
Em
And the storm that came with no warning
D
Was when your ship sailed so far away
G
Now, the greatest loss with greatest cost
C
Was watching the love between us fade
Em
And the saddest song I ever wrote
G D G
Is the one the jukebox never played


Now, the coldest cold, so I've been told
Is the earth down at the southern pole
And the northern lights aren't very bright
When the warming sun ain't on patrol
Now, the lowest low that's so remote
Is six feet down in a cold dark grave
And the saddest song I ever wrote
Is the one the jukebox never played

G
They say time stands still for no one
C
But a memory can remain
Em
Your mem'ry fills my loneliness
D
And sands of time can't kill the pain

- instrumental -

G
Now, the greatest loss with greatest cost
C
Was watching the love between us fade
Em
And the saddest song I ever wrote
G D G
Is the one the jukebox never played
G
Now, the rain falls mainly on the plain
C
Over in Spain where the sun does shine
Em
But the rain that's falling in my heart
D
Is now drowning this whole world of mine
G
Now, the day you left and rocked the boat
C
Dreams disappeared on the winds of trade
Em
And the saddest song I ever wrote
G D G
Is the one the jukebox never played]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club crkt246 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282553 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282490 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:04:11 +0000 You may play it, market it, make money off it or just have fun with it.
If my BMI account picks up on it, I'll make my 2 cents as the writer.]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club lwj001 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282490 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282480 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:24:03 +0000 Would you be alright if I played your song in front people?]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club crkt246 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282480 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282470 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:16:52 +0000 "Now, the day you left and rocked the boat
Dreams disappeared on the winds of trade
And the saddest song I ever wrote
Is the one the jukebox never played"

That's because when his dreams disappeared on the winds of trade,
it was too depressing to hear about, so he gave up after writing it and
never submitted it. It's somewhere in a shoebox under the bed.

But if you find the shoebox, go ahead. He'll get over it in time.]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club lwj001 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282470 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282466 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:36:11 +0000
one question... "And the saddest song I ever wrote
Is the one the jukebox never played"

i understand...but..it doesnt quite work for me. it implies your famous and have other songs playing on jukeboxes etc
for me the mental image and feeling i had is when you write songs that people hear but you always have one or two that are so close to your heart you never play them to other people OR to the person theyre about. could the line be changed to imply that feeling a bit more? im not sure how. i just found that it built the emotion up during the verse but that line drew away from it by adding some confusion :(

but it YOUR song so you do what you want :D

i may print the words though and see if i can get some chords going to it. may not work though. see what happens]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club coleclark https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/the-saddest-song-i-ever-wrote/#post-282466