The Works of Simeon Sheef

Verse 1:
E/A        E
One time      I had
E/A        E
A friend that    Made me so sad
E/A        E
She Didn’t        Want to decide
E/A                  E     E/A  Bm              E/A        E    E/A    Bm
But she knew    Of the God who died     For her

Chorus:
E/A        Bm
I’ll wait     ‘Till you show me a sign
E/A        E
I’ll wait     ‘Till I have to decide
E/A        Bm                     Cm
I’ll wait    ‘Cause there’s always more time

Bridge 1:
      E/A     E                   E/A         Cm – Bm             E/A   E    E/A   Bm
But real faith is knowing that what you can’t see         Is right

E/A    A       E/A       Bm

Verse 2:
E/A        E
She kept     Thinking it religion
E/A        E
She kept    Putting of decision
E/A        E
Putting        It off ‘till the end
E/A               E              E/A  Bm              E/A       E    E/A    Bm
But that won’t    Last long my friend    Come on

Chorus

Bridge 2:
              E/A          E          Cm – Bm             E/A      E      E/A      Bm
‘Cause if you have to decide right now     You’ll die

E/A    A       E/A       Bm

Verse 3:
E/A        E
I’m tired     Of seeing you sad
E/A        E
It’s not doing    It’s accepting him back
E/A        E
Why can’t    You make up your mind
E/A                 E                 E/A  Bm              E/A       E    E/A    Bm
Why can’t      You let him reside     In you

Chorus

Bridge 3:
    E/A                E                 E/A  Cm – Bm          E/A    E    E/A    Bm
So whatever you do, you do, you fo-ollow     The light

E/A    E       E/A       Bm

Extro:
E/A    E
I     Watch you
E    E/A
I     Watch you
E/A    E        E/A  E            (2nd time: Cm    Bm)
I     Watch you     Fade away   

Extro

Coda:
        A/E
You fade away
E    E/A    Bm
E/A   E        E/A             E
He’s calling     Out to you today   


May 6, 2008

Dear Dad,
E/A    E     E/A       E     E/A      E      D     E/A   E

E/A            E
Sixteen years ago you found yourself stuck with me
E/A            E
A baby screaming, all I could do was need
E/A            E
So small and tiny but large in your eyes
E/A            E
You saw a future, wide open and bright

E/A            E
And now I’m this, an image of you
E/A            E
Taller and smarter like you imagined me to
E/A            E
But I couldn’t have gotten this far on my own
E/A            E
You showed me God; I’m never alone.
(E/A    E     E/A       E     E/A      E      D     E/A   E)

    D            EA
You’re more than lineage or a name at the end
    D            EA
You’re more than a sir; you’re a dad and a friend
    D            EA
You’re a model that’s taught me the reason for life
    D            EA                  E
You’ve shown me love, in loving your children; and wife.

E/A            E
I will become just like you
E/A            E
Doing things I never thought I would do
E/A            E
But it’s better; cause I’m learning from your mistakes
E/A            E
The wrong things will be right with the choices I make

E/A            E
I know that I’ve changed from a boy to a man
E/A            E
But not in your eyes, I don’t think that I can
E/A            E
Eventually I will become just like you
E/A            E
Married then and making life anew
(E/A    E     E/A       E     E/A      E      D     E/A   E)

    D            EA
You’re more than lineage or a name at the end
    D            EA
You’re more than a sir; you’re a dad and a friend
    D            EA
You’re a model that’s taught me the reason for life
    D            EA                  E
You’ve shown me love, in loving your children; and wife.  
 
E/A            E
I can only hope to be a mentor to them
E/A            E
In the way that you were and will be to the end
E/A            E
I know you’re still learning, in that way I am to
E/A            E
I’ve seen what you’ve done, so I know what to do

E/A             E
I’m glad I had a dad
E/A                 E
So many others I see
E/A             E
Divorce and insicurity
D              E/A            E
Who they are and what it means to be
E/A                       E
Problems they can’t face alone
E/A                       E
Things a dad would have shown
D                    EA       E
Like what it means to have    a dad

    D            EA
You’re more than lineage or a name at the end
    D            EA
You’re more than a sir; you’re a dad and a friend
    D            EA
You’re a model that’s taught me the reason for life
    D            EA                  E
You’ve shown me love, in loving your children; and wife.

           E  EA   D
You’re my D-Da-Dad
 D        D      E
That spells Dad
   E              EA
You’re my Dad
D                  E
The greatest one I’ve ever had (repeat)

May 6, 2008

My Bad

D4-3            G5-4
It’s hard to describe the things I felt
D4-3            G5-4
when I don’t feel now, when now I doubt
D4-3            G5-4
The reality of that whole night
D4-3            G5-4
Did it happen, was it right
A5-4            G5-4
Was it a dream, how do I know
 D4-3            G5-4
No proof and nothing more to show
D4-3            G5-4
That I did what I did with just one kiss
D4-3            G5-4
Turned my world upside-down and now I miss
D4-3            G5-4
The life I had, the life I knew
D4-3            G5-4
I was somewhere else, who must I return to

A5-4        G5-4        D4-3
Apologizing for a dream with no emotion.
A5-4        G5-4        D4-3
Apologizing for a dream with no emotion.
D4-3            G5-4
Is this what the pit of depression is like
D4-3            G5-4
A state of bliss locked away from our purpose
A5-4
To feel, to be sorry
G5-4        D4-3
This is who we are!

D23            G
In wonderland, down the rabit whole
D23            G
Not in Kansaas anymore Todo
D23            G
For days I found myself driven by one thing
D23            G
A longing for a taste, to do it again
Em            G
It drives you insane and won’t let you go
D23            G
Until you decide if you really want more
D23            G
Or if you will stop, stop wanting more
D23            G
Days go by like the nothing they are
D23            G
I knew the horizon, fulfill or destroy
D23            G
The longing inside, two nights had gone by

A              G             D23
Apologizing for a dream with no emotion.
A              G             D23
Apologizing for a dream with no emotion.
A                 G           
Is this what the pit of depression is like
A                 G 
A state of bliss locked away from our purpose
A
To feel, to be sorry
G             D23
This is who we are!

The road seems so long when the end’s moving too
Cheating they call it, a lie, a bad move
A ring that once again could not mean less
A stone representing the dirt that it once was
I explain I’m sorry and want to come back
But it’s a lie because I’m afraid to feel
What I hold inside is more dangerous to us
Than anything that I could have done
I am not yet sorry but I’m gonna stop
For her, for me, for insanity’s . (insanity)

Em        G        D23
Apologizing for a dream with no emotion.
Em        G        D23
Apologizing for a dream with no emotion.
D23            G
Is this what the pit of depression is like
D23            G
A state of bliss locked away from our purpose
Em
To feel, to be sorry
G        A/E
This is who we are!

I don’t know how to back out safely
Without hurting people more than the act
I know what I did was a mistake, it’s wrong
But I can’t admit my feelings at once
I’ve hurt my friends, my special girl
Myself, my future and my world
Nothing ever will be the same
I know that now, I knew it then
I made the choice, clear was the outcome
I didn’t care, apathy, let hell come!

G            Em
With no emotion, what can hurt!?
G                 E/A
What can anyone do to me!?
Em        G
I’m stuck, I’m dead
G
inside myself
Em        G
I’m locked away
E/A
to go on with sanity
Em            G
A circle that keeps chasing its tail
E/A
Fulfill the logic, now!!!

Apologizing for a dream with no emotion.
Apologizing for a dream with no emotion.
Is this what the pit of depression is like
A state of bliss locked away from our purpose
To feel, to be sorry
This is who we are!

“When the fire’s alight
And it burns bright
It burns so hot it comforts

Emotions aside
The body abides
And the world is never the same

All that’s left are the foundation and ashes”    (me)
Repeat
…to rebuild and clean up again.

June 19, 2008

I want to write a song to you.
So, that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
No more trying, no more nos
I'm gonnna do it, here we go.

Six months ago, such a very long time
Seems like forever, for you to be somewhat mine
a girl, a friend, and now look who you are
Ok, we can’t decide, So close but so far

Three months ago, we became best friends
Never will the world see something like that again
There was this thing, there was this tie
You were and are my twin, the Gem to my Ini

Chorus:
G        D    
There's something about this thing we have
Em        D
The last forever, crazy for, friendship that we all adore (abhor)
G        D
You love me through everything, you've been girl so you've seen
Em            C
How crazy I can be, how crazy I can be
G        D
But before that even came I had someone definitely not the same
Em                        D
We had problems along with love but Gorgeous you gave it all up
G    D        Em        C
To be my Best, my best, Friend
G    D        Em        C
my Best, my best, my best Friend


Three weeks ago, I made a huge mistake I know
I made out with the friend, the friend from out of town
My girlfriend and I decided that we'd let love by
Then after screaming, you took the chance to have your guy

You took me up and drew me in
the way you kiss it's close to sin
It's familiar the way we love each other
My monkey other half, catching me, falling in love

Two weeks ago, I did it again before Mexico
And then I learned I have so much more to loose
I can't live without my best friend
But yet I could break her heart again

Chorus

never sorry, never the same
I've been torn apart to totally different names
Doing missions for my God
Having been forgiven and talking on

she's the one I want, I miss, I love
With nothing left...I try once more
How can she handle me With her heart blown to smithereens
I can only accept it now, But with nothing left I don't know how

G        Bm
She fell in love with the bipolar guy
Em         C
With a heart for God, I don't know why
I love her back the, The same crazy way
We don't play games, analyzing everything

Chorus

G     Bm        Em         C
My Heartsake, I promise we will fly away to neverland,
All you have to do kiss my lips and hold my hand
Cause I know, Two strikes and one to go
Back at zero, with a little on the toes

G    D        Em        C
my Best, my best, my best Friend
G    D        Em        C
my Best, my best, my best Friend

July 16, 2008

all 0s 2-3-6
    2-3-5
D, G
D, G

Up and down
Up and down
Up and down
And then out

I feel like the bipolar freak that I am
Pieces that will never be together again

To be normal, it feels like it’s been like years
No longer crying, no more need for my tears

Chorus:
so many instruments, but only a few so loud
And if I don’t play anything, then one becomes a crowd

My emotions are riding on the open road
How swift the move, how swiftly they go

See I really don’t know who I am any more
I feel like I’m changing, standing up on the floor

Chorus

I found myself, searching for who I am
I found the answer in a one man band

Bipolar freak, oh bipolar freak
I found I am a lot like me

Up and down
Up and down
Up and down
And then out

Verse 1:

I never missed a color before I saw your eyes.
The bright-green saying something and then I realize
The time that I’ve spent with you can never be enough
‘Cause we might make time for love but it don’t make time for us. Yeah.

You’re the one I see in my dreams.

Black mascara, making green eyes sparkle like they do.
Pretty little black dress and white, black speckled shoes. Like the
Black half of peace I wear, so I can never loose
The memory of what I’ve done, that’s been done to you. Yeah.

Chorus:

There’s something in this world that says
There’s a balance and this what you get.

Sing for me,
Black Beauty.
Oh, I’ll make you sing.
Oh, I’ll make you sing.

Can’t you see?
It’s you and me.
Oh, I’ll make you see.
Oh, I’ll make you see.

Verse 2:

I love you so much and want nothing more
Than for you to love me and give me your heart.
You ask why I love you, but how can I say
All the things I feel let alone what they mean? Yeah.
 
You’re the one I see in my dreams.

We fell in love so fast, so hard. It’d kill to hit the ground,
But the green-eyed angel next to me, shows me heaven all around.
I can’t pretend I’m in control. Fate changes, so will I.
So, give it to the one Who Is. True love can’t be denied. Yeah.

Repeat Chorus