What I Found (bluegrass?/Americana?) (off-site collab/demo in January - I hope)

[Donna D]

Anyone hear this as bluegrass? With guitar, banjo, fiddle, etc. Maybe mandolin?  

I'd love to work with collaborators on this. If anyone feels like laying down an initial bedtrack, please PM or email me first with your idea. We'll take it from there.  

Here's an Audacity file with a rough a cappella vocal guide. It can be improvised upon or ignored altogether. Main thing is that the song ends up with a catchy melody and some neat chord/key changeups between sections.    The tempo will likely need to be increased, I think.

UPDATE: Someone's now working on this with me.

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What I Found

1.
These old boards are creaking
Beneath my rocking chair
Yet the sound is comforting to me
As I reflect on where I've been
I like to sit and ponder
How the grass was always greener yonder

2.
It's the same old story
We're born and then we leave
[And] weave like drunks through moments in between
A lot of folks are born for joy
Many more for sorrow
[And] everyone knows time is just to borrow

Refrain
Long after these tired old bones
Have been laid
Deep in the cold, cold ground
Will anybody think about
What dreams I once had
Wonder what I lost [and] what I found

Instrumental break?

3.
I've known the scent of lilacs
The sound a heartbeat makes
Gazed into a baby's trusting eyes
At times I took a lover
Heard cruel or kind works spoken
Kept on breathing when my heart was broken

Refrain
Long after these tired old bones
Have been laid
Deep in the cold, cold ground
Will anybody think about
What dreams I once had
Wonder what I lost [and] what I found

Instrumental break?

Repeat refrain

Tag
Long after these tired old bones
Have been laid
Deep in the cold, cold ground

© 2010 Donna Devine

[bannybassman]

Wow, some great lyrics, I'll have a go...

[Donna D]

Thanks, banny.    Someone is working on this one, but if you'd like to have a go as well, that's fine. 
(Sorry, I forgot to update the thread earlier.)

Donna