The Lisle Family – Page 17 – Living a blessed life!

July 16, 2008

Motorcycle trip from Austin, TX to Monterrey, CA.

Saturday, July 12. Austin, TX to Santa Rosa, NM

Met up at the HEB in Leander, TX. at 5:30. Various delays caused us to delay leaving
for almost an hour.

Had breakfast in ?

Tommy had made reservations in both Santa Rosa, NM and Santa Fe, NM.
We’re were hoping to make it all the way to Santa Fe which was about 680 miles.
When we finally made Santa Rosa at about 8:00 pm, Jim “had a vision” that we should
stop there. We all felt pretty good about that.

Sunday, July 13. Santa Rosa, NM to Ridgway, CO

Drove in from Santa Rosa to Tommy’s cabin in Ridgway, CO.
We stopped for dinner at the True Grit restaurant there, then headed
up the gravel road to the cabin. It was dark, and the dust was pretty bad
coming off the road from Jim and Tommy’s motorcycles in front of us.
We were both pretty nervous about that, but made it safely to the cabin.

Monday, July 14. Ridgway, CO to Ely, NV

Woke up to a beautiful view and the sound of Jim and Tommy drinking
coffee and talking out on the deck. We had kidded about there not being any
coffee at the cabin, or if there was it would be years old. We don’t know why,
but the guys had made a pot of “years old” coffee, and I think it was the best
I’ve ever had. Maybe it was just the view.

Drove down the mountain from Ridgway to Ely, NV.

Tuesday, July 14. Ely, NV to Carson City, NV

Drove in from Ely, NV to Carson City, NV.

Wednesday, July 16. Carson City, NV to Yosemite National Park

Woke up in Carson City, NV a little before 6 am.
Walked down to get coffee, but they don’t make the coffee until 7.

Today we’ll be driving into Yosemite and spending the night there at
Curry Village.

Thursday, July 17. Yosemite to Seaside, CA (Monterey)

Yosemite was beautiful. We got up and had breakfast, then took the tram over
to the Mirror Lake trail. It was a nice 1 mile hike up to the lake. We were up
before most other folks, so had the trail all to ourselves. The lake was indeed
a mirror, with only an occassional bug causing ripples on it. With the sun barely above
the valley walls, the lighting was perfect for showing off the mirror images
on the water. We took lots of pictures!

The drive into Monterey was uneventful. We had made plans with Tommy
to split up once we got close, since he was staying in a different town.
Our GPS misguided us though as we got to the 101, so we split off from Tommy
about an hour sooner than we needed to. Tommy was ahead of us and went straight
through a 4 way intersection, and our GPS told us to go right. So we waved farewell
to Tommy, made the right turn, and then was told by the GPS that we were “off route”.

As we got closer to the coast the temperature suddenly dropped into the low 60’s.
We had to stop and take off our evaporative cooling vests and put on our outer jacket
liners.

We got checked into the Embassy Suites in Seaside, CA. They put us on the top floor (12)
with a nice view. Diner at Chili’s ended another perfect day.

Seaside, CA

We’re planning on taking it easy for the next few days, wash some clothes,
maybe a few short trips around the beach towns nearby.

June 21, 2008

Updated ChordsAndLyrics Plugin

I’ve been using the plugin now for a couple months on our church band website with pretty good success. I’m working now on posting it publicly.

I’ve created a folder for it at http://lisles.net/ChordsAndLyrics.

I’ve also created a new category for specifically discussing it on this blog, and will use that category in links back to this blog regarding it.

The latest version 1.2 contains a Site Admin panel in Settings that can be used to select whether to display both Chords and Lyrics or Lyrics only. It also resolves the problem of lyrics wrapping around under a single Chord symbol when the lyrics length is long.

June 18, 2008December 2, 2010

Should’ve Gone to Nineveh

1st piano take

Intro

(Play just a couple bars from Gilligan’s Island to hint at it, but not give it away?)
G F G F or Eb F G Eb F G
(then) G G/F C/E D/F# G G/F C/E D/F# G G/F C/E Ab/Eb C7 C7/C# D

Verse 1

God spoke to

G/F

Jonah and He

C/E

asked him to

D/F#

off to

G/F

Nine

C/E

veh for

D/F#

Him.

We’re not really

G/F

sure what made

C/E

Jonah

fuse

and

sail off on a

C7/Db

long, sea

cruise.

Sunning on the

G/F

lido deck,

C/E

munching

buf

D/F#

fet,

He was fleeing

G/F#

God, thought he’d

C/E

gotten

D/F#

way.

But

God rocked the

G/F#

boat, made the

C/E

seas get

rough

and said

Jonah

“E

G7/Db

nough is e

nough!”.

Chorus 1

The

sea he was

C/E

C/F

came a

raging

G/B

storm

G/D

He’d heard God

C/E

calling

C/F

but he

didn’t

con

G/B

form.

(Oh-

G/D

no)

We don’t know

C/E

why he

C/F

went the

other

G/B

way, but

G/D

I’ll

bet if you could

C7/Db

ask him he’d

say

“Should’ve gone to

Nineveh”.

G/F

C/E

D/F#

Should’ve gone to

Nineveh.

G/F

C/E

D/F#

Should’ve gone to

Nineveh

G/F

C/E

Jonah,

C/Db

what were you

thinking?

(pause here, finger to cheek, head tilted, “Hmm”)

(If the song is running too long, this verse can be dropped)

Verse 2

Well the

crew wished to

G/F

live so Jonah

C/E

walked the

D/F#

plank

and

left him to

G/F

drown in that

C/E

big fish

D/F#

tank

but

God sent a

G/F

fish to gulp him

C/E

into his

D/F#

belly

How gross is

C7/Db

that? And

smelly?

Chorus 2

He was

caught at

C/E

sea in

C/F

wild

G/B

phoon

G/D

God had

C/E

spoken but

C/F

he said

”No” that

G/B

after

G/D

noon.

I don’t know

C/E

why he

C/F

acted

like a buf

G/B

foon but

G/D

I’ll

bet he’s singing

C7/Db

a brand new

tune:

(pause here: spoken “And it goes like this”)

“Should’ve gone to

Nineveh”.

G/F

C/E

D/F#

Should’ve gone to

Nineveh.

G/F

C/E

D/F#

Should’ve gone to

Nineveh

G/F

C/E

Jonah,

C/Db

had you been

drinking?

(pause, someone tilt the imaginary bottle up to their lips?)

Verse 3

When

God talks to

G/F

us do we

C/E

always

D/F#

hear?

are we too

G/F

busy to

C/E

lend Him our

D/F#

ear? Will we

end up like

G/F

Jonah on a

C/E

boat that’s

D/F#

leaking,

wishing we had

C7/Db

heard God’s

speaking?

Chorus 3

When the

seas of

C/E

life

C/F

come a

raging

G/B

tempest

G/D

We ig

nore Gods

C/E

nudging

C/F

other things

G/B

tempt us.

G/D

We just want

C/E

to be

C/F

left

lone to have

G/B

fun, but

G/D

might just wish be

C7/Db

fore things are

done

(pause here: spoken “How’s it go?”)

“Should’ve gone to

Nineveh”.

G/F

C/E

D/F#

Should’ve gone to

Nineveh.

G/F

C/E

D/F#

Should’ve gone to

Nineveh

G/F

C/E

God, can you send

C/Db

me a fish,

too?

Next time I’ll go to

Nineveh.

June 8, 2008

Conversing With Goats

Verse 1

Beyond the fence that runs across my back yard

lies a pasture full of llamas and goats.

Sometimes I’ll lean on the fence after work just

relaxing, watching them chewing on oats.

Well one of those goats looks up and asks me

“Have you noticed the high price of gas?”

June 7, 2008

Looking for the Similar Tune for "I Saw You at the Funeral"

The tune/chords from I Saw You at the Funeral” has been haunting me, and worrying me that I might have taken some existing TV theme, so I searched on iTunes for TV Themes, and I think it is the theme from Hill Street Blues that I’m remembering. Luckily it is quite different, although has a very similar feel. So I’m going to stop worrying now.

I think I’m close to finishing the basic chords and melody, and just need to finalize the lyrics now.

June 6, 2008

Conversing with Goats

Last Sunday we had a visiting pastor at our church, Brad Brittain. He gave a wonderful sermon and used an illustration about a conversation with a couple goats and a fox that sounded like a great idea for a song. I asked him where he got the idea for the story, and he told me that it “just came to him”. So I asked if he’d mind if I made it into a song, and he likes the idea. So now I’m waiting on the Lord to give me the song 😉

May 24, 2008April 17, 2018

Across 2000 Years

This song woke me at about 3:00 am. It was like someone or something was calling me. I think it was God, but maybe I’m just crazy :-).

This song is like 3 songs put together. The opening intro is very soft and somewhat sad. Then the energy builds with what I’m calling a bridge. A strange thing is that I want to use an Eb in the melody, but I want the chord to be C major and not C minor. I wonder what this is called?

Then it shifts again into a very different rhythm and jazz feel in what I’m calling the Verse. This is fairly busy, compared to the previous 2 being somewhat sparse.

Somewhere later on, I’m not sure if this is an instrumental or what, all 3 become somewhat combined. The left hand plays the part from the chorus combined with the different rhythm right hand and chords from the verse. I’m amazed that it works.

Finally the closing goes back to the intro, very soft and gentle, ending on C major.

This is just a recording that I made to try to remember the ideas.
Across 2000 Years (initial ideas)

Across 2000 Years

Written by Ron Lisle

Intro

It was a gentle sound

calling out my name.

Like a gentle breeze

playing across my lawn.

I could almost hear it.

There, but then gone.

Lost in the steady din of a

life to busy to stop.

Chorus

Can you hear it? It’s calling.

Can you hear him? He’s

calling

Bb/D

out your

name.

Yes He’s calling you. A

Eb/C

cross two

Bb/C

thousand

Fmaj7

years. (straight into verse…)

Verse 1

Fmaj7

Can you hear that voice that …

Gm7

…

May 14, 2008

I Saw You at the Funeral

This song reminds me of Todd Rundgren. I hope I haven’t stolen any of his tunes or words.

This is another song that I woke up in the middle of the night hearing in my head. It was following a funeral that I attended. While at the funeral I ran into an old friend that I hadn’t seen for a long time. There had been rift in the church awhile back, and a bunch of dear friends left in what can only be described as a most bizarre set of circumstances. It was so good to see this friend, but it felt like the chasm was just too scary to approach. So I guess we both acted like nothing had happened.

This is a very rough, piano-only 1st take.
I Saw You at the Funeral

I saw you at the

G/C

Funer

al.

We smiled and

G/A

said

hel

C/A

lo.

Pretending things were

G/F

still the

C/F

same.

We were still

G/C

friends

…

I can

see that you were

C/A

hurt

G/A

C/A

me.

That was

never my

C/A

intent.

Maybe

some things just

C/A

can’t

G/A

C/A

fixed.

I wish

when (immediately back to…)Ã‚Â

I saw you at the

G/C

Funer

al.

We smiled and

G/C

said

hel

lo.

That things were

G/C

still the

same.

We were still

G/C

friends

May 10, 2008

Water

This is a rough, piano-only 1st take.
Water

The beginning is pretty much 2 bars from the beginning of the Beach Boys song “California”: “Water, water.”

[Then we shift gears into more modern jazzy chords. This is whereÃ‚Â
we’ll redo the lyrics each week to fit the sermon, etc]

Water

Written by Ron Lisle

(except the 2 bars from “California”)

”Jesus walked on it,

Abmaj7

Moses parted it.

Water,

water.

Abmaj7

Noah had quite enough of it, some might say too much 🙂

Water,

water.

…

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May 7, 2008

I Don't Want To Sound Preachy

Piano-only rough recording.
preachy

I Don’t Want To Sound Preachy

Key:C

Tempo:85

Intro

Maybe Dm7 Em7 F6 Gmaj7

Verse 1

I don’t want to sound

preachy.

Don’t want to

C/A

tell you what to do.

Just want to sing God’s

praises

without sounding like I

F6/G

think I’m better than you. Ã‚Â ‘Cause

Chorus

Dm7

My life was a mess and I

Em7

didn’t know what to do.

Dm7

Jesus You found me and

Em7

You pulled me through.

Dm7

Now I just want to

Em7

sing my songs for

You.

Verse 2

I hope I don’t sound too

crazy

singing of

C/A

something we can’t see.

But I tell you its not

hidden

the changes

F6/G

you’re making in me.

Chorus

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