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Here's another "Woke up with Keith Green Music in my Head" thread lol


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So this morning I was tossing and turning and couldn't get an old CCM song out of my head. I started thinking about how I might rework the words in a way that they could apply to a secular crowd, specifically the retired expats here on the lake south of Guadalajara, Mexico. Once I managed to actually work the name of the lake into the song I got so excited I had to get out of bed and start working on it. 

 

It was 3:45am :crazy:

 

Magically, once I changed the lyrics, removing the intense evangelical zealousness, I realized it kinda sounded like a bar song. The more I thought about it the more I wondered if it kinda sounded like something by Billy Joel. And, as it turns out, it was, in fact, using the same chord progression and meter (3/4) as Piano Man! Check it out.

https://www.e-chords.com/chords/keith-green/my-eyes-are-dry

 

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/billy-joel/piano-man-chords-1051336

 

You can find some minor differences (Dm vs F) but they share the same walking bass, from C down to D. And you can easily sing either one to the other's chords. Did Keith Green, consciously or *un*-consciously, 'steal' this from Billy? Piano Man was '73, My Eyes Are Dry was '78. 

 

Any way, maybe someday I'll sing it for a few friends and maybe they'll get a chuckle out of it...

 

On a related note, I've written an article about Keith and my relationship with him/his music - you might find it interesting...

https://glenn.thedixons.net/?page=an_atheist-s_love_for_keith_green

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I was just now thinking how he reminded me of early Billy Joel, then saw your post! 

 

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7 hours ago, Fuego said:

I was just now thinking how he reminded me of early Billy Joel, then saw your post! 

 

Great minds? haha

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