Summertime

Wrote and recorded this song over the course of a couple days this past week for my young nieces and nephews. Produced in Garageband '11. Breedlove D25 miked, Washburn through Peavey amp with Garageband effects, Blue Snowball USB mike.

Summertime

by Mark Sickmiller

Key: Db

To play in Db, the chords below should be played with a capo on 1.

 C.    F.    C.   F

706 time to rise and shine

Don't know how I fell so far out of line

The suns been up for an hour or so

Gotta be awake for summer before it goes

C.  F.  C.  F. 

Busy day ahead fueled by lucky charms

I'll hit the pool and you can watch the farm

Please keep the chickens out of the pool

They'd just flap around like a bunch of fools

Am  g.  F.  C. 

Because there ain't no time like summertime

Baseball games and clothes on the line

Some folks just stay inside and whine

But I say ... gimme the heat cuz this is my time

Playing putt putt and ignoring the rules

I came across a new way to stay cool

Just chase your ball into the creek

Oops I tripped think I'll lay here all week

Thin green hands always waving hello

Living it up because they heard about snow

Thinkin about it won't change a thing

You're gonna get from life whatever you bring

..chorus..

...solo...

 ...chorus...

Sunday Best (Augustana Cover)

Transcribed and recorded with this setup:

Korg SP-250 using MIDI out to Garage Band. Blue Snowball USB mic. Breedlove D25 miked with Snowball.

Sick of Myself (Matthew Sweet cover)

I used the music here but tuned down a semitone. That equated to capo 3 playing G, C, D and Em chord formations.

Blue Snowball mike, Korg SP250, Breedlove D25. Recorded in 7 tracks in GarageBand, exported to Audacity for compression, exported to 320kbps mp3.

Start Again (Teenage Fanclub cover)

I played this with a capo on 2. The original version has a capo on 5.

Start Again

Capo 2

G               D       C    G
I don't know if you can hear me
G                    D           C    G
I'm feeling down and can't think clearly
C
Even though it's complicated
Am                D
We've got time to start again
G               D       C    G
I don't know if you can hear me

G                          D        C  G
Some things I'd change but it's too late
G                     D       C      G
I'd take the past and make it straight
C
Even though it's complicated
Am                D
We've got time to start again
G               D       C    G
I don't know if you can hear me

G                 D           C  G
I'm sorry for the things I've said
G                            D        C  G
But some thoughts just won't leave my head
C
Even though it's complicated
Am                D
We've got time to start again
G               D       C    G
I don't know if you can hear me

G   D    C   G
G   D    C   G

C
Even though it's complicated
Am                D
We've got time to start again
G               D       C    G
I don't know if you can hear me

Sweet and Low (Augustana Cover)

Great song, I gave it my best shot with my Breedlove D25. one track, some reverb, a little compression through garage band. Blue Snowball mic. tough song to sing, big range, falsetto.


Playing from this chord sheet: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/a/augustana/sweet_and_low_ver3_crd.htm

Rescue Blues (Ryan Adams cover)

I played this with a capo on 5. Below are the chords I got from Ultimate Guitar
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Capo first fret

(C) (F) (C) (F)

(C) Everybody wants you to be special (F)
(C) Everybody wants you to be high (F)
(F) They throw down a (G) rope when you?re in (Am) trouble (G) baby
(Am) Screaming (G) save me
(F) Then they charge you with the rescue blues

(C) (F) (C) (F)

(C) Everybody wants to see you suffer (F)
(C) They know that you need the pain so much (F)
(F) They throw you up a (G) rope when you?re too high to (Am) cruise (G) baby
(Am) Lord you lose (G) lady
(F) Then they charge you with the rescue blues

(C) (F) (C) (F)

(G) Everybody (F) wants to see you fall (C)
(G) That?s why they always (F) love to get you high (C)
(G) Everybody knows (F) you need the (Am) pain so much lady (G)
(Am) Keep in touch (G) baby
(F) Just don?t charge me with your rescue blues

(C) (F) (C) (F)

Red Visitor

Wrote this song in December 2011. Recorded with a Blue Snowball on one track with a Breedlove D25. Effects: reverb, normalization, compression.

cap 3

G

G
red visitor
C                            G
can't you read the signs
G
factories and barracks
C                                G
and all the railway cars

       Am                          Am/B
they wanted you here
     C                     G
to see you through the smoke
          Am
holding out her hand
                           G
in a lithographic post

G
androgyny
C                           G
it's written on the walls
G
but this ain't industry
C                                  G
just a holiday of gray

they wanted you here
to see you through the smoke
they may laugh all day
but this is not a joke

G
you may be the same
C                           G
through telegraphs and bars
G
bold and colored wings
C                                G
fly north into the scars


they wanted you here
to see you through the smoke
a blue jean mystery
and hang on to the cold