https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:22:06 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-242132 Sat, 12 May 2007 02:10:41 +0000
Very vivid imagery - should work great as a slow blues.

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-242132 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-241981 Fri, 11 May 2007 01:57:31 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group Kevin72790 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-241981 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-241961 Thu, 10 May 2007 23:54:09 +0000
Hope you'll post it once it's recorded.

Margaret]]> Sunday Songwriters Group margaret https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-241961 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-241950 Thu, 10 May 2007 19:59:57 +0000
the lines
I got a cross on a chain and rifle in my hands
And I'm headed down to where the ocean meets the land straight away gave me the image of the sharpshooter from the introduction to Saving Private Ryan (the guy always pulls out his St.Christopher and kisses it before he shoots someone with his rifle)

and the lines
There's a ghost that comes callin when I lay down to sleep
And that boy I killed looked a lot like me again brought me back to the film, the scene where one soldier crys after killing one of the Youth soldiers 'cos they all are men in the end.

Good imagery in my head results from good writing on your end.

So well done!

Pete]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Embrace_the_Darkness https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-241950 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-241943 Thu, 10 May 2007 19:00:19 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group Joe https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-241943 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-241792 Wed, 09 May 2007 13:54:17 +0000
nice piece of writing. On the first read I got the image of the lonely soldier, then on the second read I got a more macbre image of an angry jilted lover, then on the third read it was the soldier again with his moral doubts. Not a bad emotional result from one song I wouldnt have thought, well done.

cheers
Paul]]> Sunday Songwriters Group pbee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-241792 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-25555 Wed, 09 May 2007 10:47:51 +0000

"Cross On A Chain"

I got a cross on a chain and rifle in my hands
And I'm headed down to where the ocean meets the land
And if I die today let me die like a man
With a cross on a chain and a rifle in my hands

I got a cross on a chain and your picture in my mind
Just the way you looked on the night we said goodbye
With those tears streamin out of your pretty blue eyes
I got a cross on a chain and your picture in my mind

I got a cross on a chain and it just wont let me be
There's a ghost that comes callin when I lay down to sleep
And that boy I killed looked a lot like me
I got a cross on a chain and it just wont let me be

I got a cross on a chain and a chill down in my bones
I know Jesus wont forgive me for all the things i've done
So if I can't see heaven let me please see home
I got a cross on a chain and chill down in my bones



-marv]]> Sunday Songwriters Group MarvelousOptimist https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-27-cross-on-a-chain/#post-25555