My first recorded song available Oct02 '05

I’m happy to say I’ve recorded a version of Goals, by John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) into GarageBand, and it’s available here for download.

The arrangement is acoustic guitar, and vocals.

The equipment I used is not expensive stuff, so the vocals sound a bit "scratchy." My microphone is decent, but not great.

I’m not a musician or anything - I just like to "fart around" with my guitar and keyboard, and GarageBand has allowed me to share things I record. I recorded this song in under two hours, so I’m really pleased at how smooth the technology works.

I’ve made the download available as an AAC file, straight from iTunes. So, if you use iTunes, or an iPod, you’ll be able to listen/transfer the song easily.

I’ve included an Introduction, which is just me briefly explaining the recording.

To download the song, you can use this link: Goals, John Frusciante - Matt Thommes. The song is 3.7 MB (3 minutes, 8 seconds).

Here’s the lyrics, and chords:

C            F
Sucking on a rhyme
C                           Am
You know I don’t feel right
C                              F
These dreams they steal all my time
C                    Am
They take it from my eyes


F                                 G
I don’t try as much to feel
               C    Em   Am
anything these days
F                              G
I will try and reach the field
                C   Em   Am 
and there I will stay

F                G
No time comes to me now
              C                 Em      Am
There’s nothing I’m for or opposed to
              F                 C          Dm        G   G7
There’s nothing I’m really supposed to do

Goals discrupt the past


[bridge - see below]


C                 F
One thing about a life
C                              Am
It’s an endless straight line
C                 F
The dreams I once had
C                           Am
They’ve taken me for a ride


F                             G
Just show me they way to live
                   C  Em  Am
That’s all I need
F                                 G
Where I don’t notice anything
                          C  Em  Am
That’s where I will be

F                          G
Life doesn’t come to me now
    C                Em      Am
And I wouldn’t want it to
F                     C                 Dm  G  G7
There’s nothing I’d like to do

Goals discrupt the past


[bridge - see below]


Refrain:

C                       F     C
There’s nothing I realize
F                    C       G
There’s no one I despise
C          F       C
Nothing to hide behind
     G    G7
This time



Bridge:

e --0------------ --0------------ ---------------
B -------1------- -------1------- --1------------
G ------------0-- ------------2-- -------0------- 
D --------------- --------------- ------------2--
A --------------- --------------- ---------------
E --------------- --------------- ---------------

e --------------- --------------- ---------------
B --1------------ --1------------ --1------------
G -------2------- -------0------- -------2-------
D ------------3-- ------------2-- ------------3--
A --------------- --------------- ---------------
E --------------- --------------- ---------------


Chords:

  C      F     Am      G     G7     Dm     Em

--1--  --1--  --0--  --3--  --1--  --1--  --0--
--1--  --1--  --1--  --0--  --0--  --3--  --0--
--0--  --2--  --2--  --0--  --0--  --2--  --0--
--2--  --3--  --2--  --0--  --0--  --0--  --2--
--3--  --3--  --0--  --2--  --2--  --X--  --2--
--X--  --1--  --X--  --3--  --3--  --X--  --0--

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