I'm pretty happy with the progress I'm making. My mom copied a few songs for me out of her book that she uses for piano. And I can get chords for some songs that I love online. I've been thinking I should record some more videos so I can see my progress later. So I got brave tonight and recorded an attempt at the Wailin' Jennys - "A Beautiful Dawn." I just found this song online tonight and had only played it through a couple of times. Of course as soon as I hit "record" I felt nervous and it probably wasn't as good as the time before but I don't care! I'm not recording again - no re-dos!
The next thing is to work on getting my chord changes faster. I'm already faster than I used to be, but you can see that it is slow going. :-)
I dedicate this song and video to my two good friends DeAnna and Cheryl and also my mom and dad.
Without further ado - my youtube guitar/singing debut:
G C D G
Take me to the breaking of a beautiful dawn
Take me to place where we came from
Take to me to the end so I can see the start
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart
G C D G
Take me to the place where I can feel so small
Take me where I don’t have to stand so tall
Take me to the end so I can fall apart
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart
C G D G
Take me where love is not for sale
Take me where are hearts are not so frail
G C D G
Take me where the fire still owns its spark
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart
C G D G
Teach me how to see when I close my eyes
Teach to forgive and to apologize
G C D G
Show me how to love in the darkest dark
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart
G C D G
Take me where the angels are close on hand
Take me where the ocean meets the sky and land
Show me the very first evening star
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart
C G D G
Take me to the place where I feel no shame
Take me where courage doesn’t need a name
G C D G
Learning how to cry is the hardest part
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart