A quick and easy songwriting manual.... upbeat poppy number featuring Mick Ash on lead guitar.
pop
upbeat
guitar solo
songwriting
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Story behind the song
A quick and easy songwriting manual.... loosely based on how I actually write songs (well, first drafts at any rate...)
Lyrics
Verse1 D
You take a little bit here
A
You take a little bit there
Em GA
Then you mix it all together and before you know You’ve got a song
D A
You make them shed a tear Or chase away their cares
Em G D
If you add a little humour to the final mix You can’t go wrong
A
Now I’m not gonna say there’s no art to the craft
BmA
You know me I’d never be that daft
Verse2
You pick a 4/4 time Or maybe 8 to the bar
Don’t make it over complex or before you know You’ll lose the plot
You add a fancy rhyme But never stretch it too far
Then you settle back and take another look At what you’ve got
Now what you get is what you see
But I like to go at these things pragmatically
Chorus
GSitting here in the back of a car
AThinking that the world looks great
GDoesn’t really matter where you are
AGet inspiration for a middle 8
Instrumental verse – lead break
Verse3
You take a sudden thought You take the rhythm of the road
Then you mix it all together and before you know You’ve got a song
Or p’raps you’re brought up short By something you’ve been told
And the mental cogs start turning and the whole thing starts to roll along
And though I’m not quite sure how things work in my brain
All this stuff pours out of it again and again
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Verse 1
Then you mix it all together and before you know you’ve got a song
Then you mix it all together and before you know - You’ve got a song