Last week. Twelve grueling weeks were over just before Christmas. I learned a lot during this course and hope to build on it.

Week 12 saw us combine the verse/refrain form with a chorus. This form takes advantage of the strong points of both: the lyric focus and interesting music of verse/refrain, with the singalong, wider audience appeal of the verse chorus.

There are two types of combination song forms — the pop version and the country version. Mine is more of the former.

Title: “You didn’t want to stay”

Verse 1

D.................A......
I remember when I met you
Bmin....................G...
In your backyard by the tree
D.......................A......
You were smiling at the sunshine
Bmin.........................E...
But never once you smiled at me

G.............................D......
Could you tell me what you're thinking
A..................F#..
On such a summer's day
G......................Bmin.......
Was it that you had to leave girl
E..........................A....
And that you didn't want to stay

Verse 2

Stars shine through the cold wind
Backyard winds blow strong and fast
And I am standing in the moonshine
Trying hard to see our past

Clinging on to your memory
Cold night follows colder day
Was it that you had to hide girl
Or that you didn't want to stay

Bridge/Chorus

F#......................Bmin
After all I can't forget though
F#......................Bmin
that I never heard you say
E.........................D
that there was a cloud in your sky
E............................D....
and that you didn't want to (stay)
F..........
didn't want to, didn't want to
G.............................A
didn't want to, didn't want to stay

Verse 3

All the guests are all but gone now
Saying how they miss you so
And I am staring into nothing
I understand you had to go

I hope you find your peace now
Wishing I could hear you say
What I never understood girl
Why you didn't want to stay

Bridge/Chorus repeat