Author: Joel D Canfield

Take a Boat notes

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Gthinking (floating wetter)
boats fancy | socks
C G A D G D C G • C D G
take a quote thinking
thinking (health joints / coat)
coats wondrous chilly | buttons
chorus
thinking (loading / goat)
goats hungry | sofa | pot
chorus
slow boat coat goat C D G C

Fire and Dust

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guitar capo 3

A
a little frame at the edge of my desk
E
dust in every cranny and nook
A D
hard to see through the glare of the glass
A E A
but I see every time I look

D A
the eyes that fire my heart
D E
the smile that fills up my soul
D A
the face that lives in my dreams and my waking
E A
the one who makes me whole

we started in fire and dust
a burning and swirling star
though with time our orbits have settled
still smold’ring ’cause that’s who we are

chorus

E A E
death came to call and we shooed him away
E A
we lived on the road when we could
E A
we’re slower but wiser and still just as poor
D E
but we know that we’ve got it good

chorus

the one who makes me whole

Just ‘Cause They Can

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unfinished song

why are my eyes brown
and yours are blue?
you’re tall
and I’m five foot two
I live in a big house
and you don’t live anywhere at all
your father loved you
mine never did
but I was still pretty happy as a kid
I can see fine
you’re almost blind

you say every thing that happens
happens for a reason
good or bad it’s all part of some plan
but some things just happen
’cause that’s what they do
some things happen
just ’cause they can

I been pretty sick
and it ain’t no fun
wouldn’t wish this kinda thing on anyone
they say I should get better after a while
I’ll call the good stuff gifts from above
some folks hate but I’d rather love
maybe you’re making faces at me right now
but if you were here with me
I’d want to make you smile

you say every thing that happens
happens for a reason
good or bad it’s all part of some plan
but some things just happen
’cause that’s what they do
some things happen
just ’cause they can
some things happen
just ’cause they can

Tracker

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D F D
What you’ve lost Might not be found But for me
D F G
There’s a cost T’get it unwound Find the key
G
I’ll follow a track
A
To the ends of the earth and back
D
To set you free

What you need You might not find Without me
Any lead To unwind I can see

Down some rabbit hole
North or south to either pole
To set you free

A
Any person, any thing
G
Any problem that you bring
D
I’ll set you free

What you fear Might get in But not past me
The noise you hear Drop of a pin I guarantee

For what it’s worth
To the corners of the earth
To set you free

Any person, any thing
Any problem that you bring
Any time, any day
Just as long as you can pay
I’ll set you free

There’s a TV show. This is not that. Gave me the idea which then completely ran away.

Welcome to the World

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E A
bass
7th fret A string
7th fret E string

welcome to the world, kid
you look just like your folks
I know it’s way too early
to start in with the jokes
so I’ll save ’em for later
when it’s just you and me
talkin bout the time
when we’ll run away to sea

your parents are the ones
who’ll have to play it straight
teach you right and wrong
and not let you skate
when you try to take a shortcut
or get around the rules
or get to hanging out with
them troublemaking fools

but me, I get to do
all the old man stuff
you do with all your grandkids
when they’re big enough
we’ll prob’ly get in trouble
your folks will get real tired
of our shenanigans
but at least I can’t be fired

I’ll show you how to skip a rock
out across the water
and we’ll get a little boat
for when the weather’s hotter
and when the nights are cool
we’ll stay up all night long
and I’ll teach you how to make a fire
and how to write a song

and how to sing with all your heart
and how to play guitar
and how to use a compass
to find out where you are
we’ll build a treehouse hideout
for when we’re on the run
because Somebody’s folks caught us
having too much fun

but they’ll know you’re always safe
whenever you’re with me
they’ll know it’s just about
the safest place that you could be
and you’ll know even when I’m old
and grey as I can be
the monsters and the dragons
will know not to mess with me

so take it slow growing up
I’ll be here when it’s time
for one big long adventure
pretended life of crime
and if you ever have
a sister or a brother
the three of us will terrorize
your father and your mother

so welcome to my world, kid
welcome to the show
welcome to the kind of nonsense
every kid should know
welcome to the fun and games
and learning with no end
welcome from an old grey man
who’ll be your bestest friend