Hope you can read my terrible handwriting... thanks... Emile

First of two new songs tonight... but an old one... but, new to me, when it popped up on my Facebook newsfeed yesterday... I think it was on a page, where music takes you back in time... in this case, back to 1964... pretty song... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening...

Breakfast with Santa, two years ago, 2017... my wife, Lynn, and our two Grandkids, Ben and Ella... we now have a third... Isabelle... absolute joy in our lives... this photo popped up today on Facebook, as my “most loved photo” of 2017”... thought I’d share it with my Fandalism Family... Emile

Sorry for the messy chord sheet...

Sorry... it’s really messy...

I played the chords that I wrote in with a black Sharpie,,, converted from “C” to “G”, went to capo 1, to fit my voice, and rather than converting “F” to “C”, I took it to Am7... a personal preference thing.... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... have a Blessed Week, my friends...

Hi John Corsaro!! I don’t really know how YouTube works, but I opened it a few minutes ago... simply clicked to open it... did nothing else... and this is what was on my screen... very cool, my friend... just thought you’d like to know.

I’m not playing the chords on this sheet... not sure of the Key, but I converted what I figure was the Key of C, to G... though I really prefer Am7 to C, wherever possible... so, where the chord sheet shows an F, I converted to Am7, rather than C. Don’t know if this is musically correct, but it fits my ear pretty well, and hope you enjoy my effort on this Classic song. Thanks for listening, and for your encouragement! Emile

I discovered this song a few days ago, and found a chord sheet online... changed the key, and tweaked it a bit... sorry for the messy chord sheet... I’ll repost it later, after I retype it...

I changed each “C” to Am7...

Sorry for the very messy chord sheet!! I’ll clean it up, and replace it. Thanks!

I apologize for the condition of this chord sheet... I will get it cleaned up and replaced... Thanks for listening, and I do appreciate any comments on my acoustic efforts.

Sorry for the mess... I’ll clean it up, and replace it.

Hi, one song today... this was a request from a friend... I wasn’t familiar with it... really don’t know Sting’s music... I know, I know... have I been living under a rock all these years?... I changed a few things from what I found online... mainly, at the end of each verse "...the fields of gold"... the chord I found at the end of the phrase was pretty low, for my voice... partly because I was going low on the chord right in front of it... I could hit it, but wasn’t pleased with it... So, I made a conscious effort to go up on the "D", and changed the "G" to an "Am7".... took it up just a little... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening....

La Vie en Rose

Through the Eyes of Love

So Far Away

I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song

There Is A Reason

Four Strong Winds

Alabama Rain

Wonderful Tonight

Time in a Bottle

My cleaned up chord sheet for “After the Storm”.

My cleaned up chord sheet for “River”...

My cleaned up chord sheet for “The World I Used to Know”...

Hi, Here is my cleaned up chord sheet, for “Goodbye Girl”. Please keep in mind that I’ve set it up, to match the way I covered it here on Fandalism. I pull chord sheets from the internet, and typically have to tweak it a little, to fit my guitar capabilities... I’m unable play barre chords, due to a bent left arm, so I capo a lot, for that reason, and to fit my voice. I also frequently pass on an intro, and will use single strums to get into the song, and my closing may be different. I really like Minor 7th chords, so almost always convert “C Major” and Am to Am7... almost always will convert Em to Em7... will sometimes string together a series of Em to Em7 to Em.... I try to stay close to the sound of the song I’m covering, but it depends upon the chords I’m able to play, the key that fits my voice, the “story or message”, and how I want to express it.... so, I hope you find it helpful, for songs that you like... I have a stack of chord sheets, about an inch thick, and am working my way through it, to clean them up... Within reason, since I’m not retired, I can email them to you.... ouch... did I just offer that?... yeah, I guess I did...

I apologize for the extra messiness of this chord sheet. I normally re-type the chord sheets that I find online, to change, increase, and bold the font size, so I can read it more easily, especially in the relatively weak light, where I record these songs. I haven’t typed this one yet, and made a lot of notes on it. I’ll get it done, and re-post a new photo. Thanks! Emile

Emile Champion - Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot- cover - 12/9/19

Emile Champion - I’d Be A Legend In My Time - Don Gibson/Orbison/Milsap/Cash - cover - 12/8/19 One song this afternoon... found it yesterday... didn’t have time to type it... hand-wrote the chord sheet, this morning, before playing at two Church Services... pretty song... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening...

Emile Champion - Annie’s Song - John Denver - cover - 12/6/19 Caught part of a PBS Documentary last night, while watching over three awesome, sleeping Grandkids, about John Denver, and they talked about this song... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening...

Emile Champion - Evergreen - Roy Orbison - cover - 12/6/19 First of two new songs tonight... but an old one... but, new to me, when it popped up on my Facebook newsfeed yesterday... I think it was on a page, where music takes you back in time... in this case, back to 1964... pretty song... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening...

Emile Champion - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane - cover - 12/1/19 Hope you’re wrapping up a great weekend... hello, December, and we’re on our way towards Christmas... have a Blessed Week, my friends!..

Emile Champion - Mr Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker - cover - 12/1/19 hope you enjoy my rendition... thanks for listening...

Emile Champion - Georgia On My Mind - Carmichael/Gorrell/Willie Nelson - cover - 11/27/19

Emile Champion - I’d Have To Be Crazy - Steven Fromholz/Willie Nelson - cover - 11/24/19 Yesterday, I offered “Crazy”, written by Willie Nelson, and made famous by Patsy Cline. Today, I gave “I’d Have To Be Crazy”, written by Steven Fromholz, and made famous by Willie Nelson. Have a crazy, safe, and happy Thanksgiving, my friends!! Hope you enjoy today’s effort... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Crazy - Willie Nelson/Patsy Cline - cover - 11/23/19 Been a crazy week... Jury Duty on Monday, that was expected to last three days... we walked into the Jury Booth, and the Judge told us that the Prosecution and Defense had settled... Felony Assault case... then to Dallas for three days, on business... back in the “studio” early this morning.... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - All Of Me - Marks/Simons/Willie Nelson - cover - 11/17/19

Emile Champion - Mary, Did You Know? - Lowry/Greene/English - cover - 11/16/19 Hi! I know it’s a little early, but hope you enjoy this effort... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - I’ve Got A Name - Norman Gimble/Charles Fox/Jim Croce - cover - 11/8/19 Hi... Error Alert... in the beginning of the introductory comments about this song, I incorrectly stated the title, but stated it correctly at the end of the comments... it was late tonight, after a long, busy day at work. But, I think the recording of this cover is good enough, to not scrap it. Hope you agree, and enjoy it.... thanks for listening.... Emile

Emile Champion - Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg - cover - 11/8/19

Emile Champion - My Grownup Christmas List - Foster/Thompson-Jenner/Amy Grant - cover - 11/4/19 I wasn’t planning on doing this one, for a few more weeks, but I found a reason to come in a little early... hope you enjoy it.... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Time - Michael Merchant/Pozo Seco Singers - cover - 11/3/19

Emile Champion - I’ll Stand By You - Hynde/Kelly/Steinberg/Pretenders - cover - 11/3/19

Emile Champion - Take Heart, My Friend - Fernando Ortega - cover - 11/1/19 A friend requested this song, from Fernando Ortega... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Angels Among Us - Bob Goodman/Becky Hobbs/Alabama - cover - 11/1/19 Stumbled upon this song last night, while on YouTube... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Only The Heart May Know - Dan Fogelberg - cover - 10/26/19

Emile Champion - Smile - Charlie Chaplin/Turner/Parsons - cover - 10/26/19 Surprising history on this song... can’t even tell you want prompted me to look it up, a couple of days ago.... hadn’t heard it in years.... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening.... Emile

Emile Champion - It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way - Jim Croce - cover - 10/21/19

Emile Champion - Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright - Bob Dylan - cover - 10/21/19 I’m not a fingerstyle picker, so I played with the strum and tempo a bit. Hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Wherever I Go - Disney Hannah Montana - cover - 10/20/19.., Requested by a young friend, for one of his friends...

Emile Champion - Dream A Little Dream of Me - Schwandt/Andre/Kahn/Mamas & Papas - cover - 10/20/19 This is a do-over, of the song I uploaded a few days ago... I didn’t change any chords, though I eliminated one chord going into the first Chorus... however, I went higher vocally at the beginning of each Chorus, which I think offered a big improvement in the clarity of the lyrics... hope you agree, and enjoy this rendition... thanks for listening.... comments are appreciated... have a Blessed Week, my friends... Emile

Emile Champion - What We Believe In - Jim Brickman - cover - 10/19/19

Emile Champion - Danny Boy - Frederick Weatherly - cover - 10/18/19 My introductory comments about this song are a little long, but I thought you might find the history of it interesting... hope you enjoy my interpretation of it ... thanks for listening... have a Blessed Weekend, my friends... Emile

Emile Champion - The Wonder of You - Baker Knight/Elvis Presley - cover - 10/14/19 One more tonight... a little more in my wheelhouse, than the first one tonight... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... have a Blessed Day tomorrow... Emile

Emile Champion - Dream a Little Dream of Me - Schwandt/Andre/Kahn/Mamas & Papas - cover - 10/14/19 I recently watched an incredible performance of this song, on The Voice, by a 14-year old young man... commented about it on Facebook, and an old friend suggested that I give it a try... so I did, tonight... pretty rough, in trying to hit some of the notes, and in trying to get clarity on a couple of the chords... but hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Unchained Melody - Zaret/North/Righteous Bros. - cover - 10/13/19

Emile Champion - All My Life - America - cover - 10/6/19 America... great band from the ‘70s, and memories of college... though this was recorded a few years later... by the way, the band was formed, by three friends, living in England, while their Dads were stationed there, by the U.S. Military... hope you enjoy my acoustic rendition... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Everything I Own - David Gates/Bread - cover - 10/4/19

Emile Champion - Where’ve You Been - Jon Vezner/Don Henry/Kathy Mattea - cover - 10/4/19 Requested by a friend, with strong emotional ties to this song... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Unanswered Prayers - Garth Brooks/Pat Alger/Larry Bastian - cover - 10/2/19

Emile Champion - You Raise Me Up - Graham/Lovland/Groban - cover - 10/2/19 It was a late Acoustic Evening... I hope you this effort... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Wandering - James Taylor - cover - 10/1/19

Emile Champion - If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks/Kent Blazy - cover - 9/28/19 Hi, friends.... wrapping up a weekend of some old Country songs.... hope you enjoy this effort, on one of my favorites from Garth Brooks... thanks for listening... have a Blessed Week!!....

Emile Champion - Shower the People - James Taylor - cover - 9/28/19 Have a Blessed Weekend, my friends!!

Emile Champion - I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams - cover - 9/28/19 For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been watching a series of documentaries, about the history, traditions, legacy of Country Music... hope you enjoy my effort at this Classic, from Hank Williams... thanks for listening.... Emile

Emile Champion - Go Rest High On That Mountain - Vince Gill - cover - 9/27/19

Emile Champion - I Still Miss Someone - Johnny & Roy Cash - cover - 9/27/19 So happy that this special website is back up, and offering us all the opportunity to share our musical passion with each other... hope you enjoy my effort, on this beautiful old tune from Johnny Cash... thanks for listening.... Emile

Emile Champion - One Tin Solder - Lambert/Potter/Original Caste/Coven - cover - 9/23/19

Emile Champion - Those Were The Days - Raskin/Hopkins/Podrevsky/Fomin - cover - 9/22/19 I didn’t plan the sound effects of the pouring rain, at the end, but didn’t have time for a re-recording... and perhaps it fits the song’s story... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening.. Emile

Emile Champion - Rhythm of the Rain - Gummoe/Cascades/Fogelberg - cover - 9/14/19

Emile Champion - To Where You Are - Marx/Thompson/Groban - cover - 9/13/19 New song... actually found it this late this afternoon, typed it up, and wrote in the chords... believe it or not, I was searching under “songs by Josh Groban”... knew it would need to be scaled way back, from what he does, but his songs are very beautiful, so.... definitely acoustic and very subdued, compared to the recording I found from Josh Groban... but I think it came out pretty well... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening.... Emile

Emile Champion - The Prayer - Foster/Bayer Sager/Testa/Renis - cover - 3/8/19... This is one of the first songs I shared, and hope you don’t mind my re-sharing it... won’t do it again... but, it seems like this world can use all the prayers it can get... this is my little contribution to that effort... thanks.... Emile

Emile Champion - Have You Ever Seen The Rain - John Fogerty/CCR - cover - 9/9/19

Emile Champion - Can’t Help Falling In Love - Weiss/Perretti/Creatore/Presley- cover - 9/8/19

Emile Champion - California Dreamin’ - John/Michelle Phillips/Mamas & Papas -cover - 9/7/19

Emile Champion - Softly, As I Leave You - Tony de Vita/Hal Shaper - cover - 9/7/19

Emile Champion - In My Room - Brian Wilson/Beach Boys - cover - 9/7/19

Emile Champion - Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan - cover - 9/5/19

Emile Champion - If - David Gates/Bread - cover - 9/5/19

Emile Champion - To The Morning - Dan Fogelberg - cover - 9/1/19 I believe Dan Fogelberg played piano or keyboards on this song, with a beautiful intro and instrumentals.... I hope you enjoy my rendition on guitar, and thanks for listening.., Emile

Emile Champion - I Cross My Heart - Dorff/Kaz/Strait - cover - 8/30/19

Emile Champion - I Can’t Find The Words To Say Goodbye - David Gates - cover - 8/30/19 — a long-time friend commented that she really likes the music of the band “Bread”.. I’ve covered a few of their songs, and plan to try some more, but I discovered this song a couple of days ago...it’s from a solo album by David Gates, and I thought it’s a pretty song...hope you enjoy my rendition... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Never Let Her Go - David Gates & Bread - cover - 8/27/19

Emile Champion - Angels in the Snow - Kenny Loggins - cover - 8/27/19

Emile Champion - One Small Voice - Jack Hartmann/Sesame Street - cover - 8/25/19 One final song tonight... hesitant to post it, as I think I could have done a better job, especially in the key change to the ending.... I was in a hurry, to pick up dinner, and to head to my daughter’s house... (Grandkids’ house)....didn’t have time for a do-over... I’ll probably re-record it tomorrow night, but would appreciate your honest comments on this rendition.... part of me thinks that, perhaps the imperfections sorta illustrate the message of the song... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening...

Emile Champion - You Are Not Alone - Glenn Frey/Eagles - cover - 8/25/19

Emile Champion - I Saw God Today - Clawson/Criswell/Kirby/Strait - cover - 8/25/19

Emile Champion - Town Without Pity - Gene Pitney - cover - 8/24/19

Emile Champion - The Sand and The Foam - Dan Fogelberg - cover - 8/19/19

Hi, this is also from tonight... same song, but I removed the capo... hope you enjoy it... thanks for watching, and I always appreciate any comments... have a great, music-filled week, my friends...,

Emile Champion - Gentle On My Mind - John Hartford/Glen Campbell - cover - 8/18/19

Emile Champion - Never Alone - Burr/Burton/Shaw/Brickman/Evans - cover - 8/12/19

Emile Champion - Love, Me - Ewing/Barnes/Raye - cover - 8/11/19 This song hit me, pretty emotionally... bit of a blubbering mess... but hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... have a Blessed Week, my friends!!

Emile Champion - Will of the Wind - Jim Photoglo - cover - 8/11/19

Emile Champion - Keep Me In Your Heart - Warren Zevon - cover - 8/6/19

Emile Champion - Danny’s Song - Kenny Loggins - cover - 8/4/19

Emile Champion - Little Green Apples - Bobby Russell/O.C. Smith - cover - 8/3/19

Emile Champion - I Will Be Here - Steven Curtis Chapman - cover - 8/2/19 Final tonight... error alert... in my introduction, I stated that it was recorded and released in 1969... I zoned out, and meant to say 1989.... but, I decided the performance itself was worth keeping, and it was already about 10:30....

Emile Champion - You’ll Be In My Heart - Phil Collins - cover - 8/2/19

Emile Champion - It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond/Hazelwood - cover - 8/2/19

Emile Champion - I’ve Been This Way Before - Neil Diamond - cover - 7/30/19

Hope Karen Carpenter isn’t rolling over in her grave over this effort... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening....

Emile Champion - Fields of Gold - Sting - cover - 7/27/19

Emile Champion - The Shadow of Your Smile - Mandel/Webster - cover - 7/26/19

Emile Champion - Goodnight, My Love - Jesse Belvin/Motola/Marascalco - cover- 7/26/19

Emile Champion - Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton/Will Jennings - cover - 7/21/19

Emile Champion - An Irish Blessing - original - 7/20/19

Emile Champion - February Song - Josh Groban/DeVries/Ondrasik - cover - 7/20/19

Emile Champion - Goodbye Girl - David Gates - cover - 7/6/19

Emile Champion - River - Josh Groban - cover - 7/4/19

Emile Champion - Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton - cover - 7/4/19

Emile Champion - Granted - Josh Groban - cover - 7/1/19

Emile Champion - The World I Used To Know - Rod McKuen - cover - 6/30/19

Emile Champion - After the Storm - Crosby, Stills & Nash - cover - 6/29/19

Emile Champion - Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce - cover - 6/28/19

Emile Champion - Now & Forever - Richard Marx - cover - 6/28/19