Here’s the chord sheet... it was on the bathroom counter, behind me...

Here’s the chord sheet, though I didn’t use it in recording the song... my memory is improving... :)... thanks! Be safe out there!! Emile

I didn’t use it during the recording, but here’s the chord sheet...

Didn’t play or sing from the chord sheet... in fact, I had changed the key...

Here’s the chord sheet, but it wasn’t anywhere near me, while recording this... trying to do songs from memory... perhaps can keep this 66-year old brain a little lively, a little longer...

Sorry for the messy chord sheet...

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...

Emile Champion - Tammy - Jay Livingston/Ray Evans/Debbie Reynolds - cover - 4/7/20 A huge thanks to our friend, Johnny May, for recommending the acoustic benefits of a bathroom!! Hope you enjoy my rendition of this beautiful old song... thanks for watching... Emile

Emile Champion - I Will - Paul McCartney/The Beatles - cover - 3/22/20 One song this afternoon... I completed this recording, from memory... won’t bother telling you how many starts and stops to complete it... in my defense, I hadn’t played it in almost a year, and didn’t try memorizing it, until this afternoon, at the music stand and phone... knew the ending was different than the original... so, tried it again, and felt really good about it, coming to the end... but received a phone call... actually a FaceTime... from Paul, with our Grandson Ben... who was at our house, looking for me... The phone call cut off my recording, with less than 30 seconds to go... literally, one more chord strum, ending 3-word lyrical phrase, and my closing comments about the song... But, it was Ben! Closed up shop and rushed home... definitely worth it, in seeing his face, and hearing his voice, on FaceTime, and when I walked into the house! So, the ending here is a little different, but I don’t think Paul McCartney will mind... if he does... well, he ranks far behind Ben... I could try it again tomorrow... what do you think? hope you enjoy it... thanks for watching... comments are always appreciated... Be safe out there...

Emile Champion - Isaiah 41:10 - original - 3/18/20 ... this is a little song I wrote, about five or six years ago... seems like the message is pretty appropriate at this moment in time... hope you enjoy it... thanks for watching... comments are always appreciated... Emile

Emile Champion - Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton/Will Jennings - cover - 3/15/20 I’ve been challenged by a friend, to try and memorize the songs I offer... for what it’s worth, this is the eighth one over the past couple of weeks... working this old brain overtime... hope you enjoy this one... thanks for watching... Emile

Emile Champion - Sealed With A Kiss - Peter Udell - Gary Geld - cover - 3/13/20.... finished this about 12:30 AM...

Emile Champion - Goodnight, My Love - George Motola/John Marascalco/Jesse Belvin - cover - 3/13/20

Emile Champion - Today - Randy Sparks/New Christy Minstrels - cover - 3/9/20 Trying to play and sing from memory... hope you enjoy it... thanks for watching... Emile

Emile Champion - Where Have All The Flowers Gone? - Pete Seeger/Joe Hickerson - cover - 3/9/20

Emile Champion - Didn’t We - Jimmy Webb - cover - 3/2/20 Hi Robin Howard Hill, and friends... this was a bit more challenging... because of my bent left arm, I’m physically unable to play barre chords, which limits what I am able to play... and I thought I hit a wall with this song... I typed up the lyrics a couple of days ago, and stood at a counter in the church tonight, with the lyrics, a pencil, and my guitar.... I think I came up with chords that are close, and pretty... it helped that I’m familiar enough with the melody to sound it out... I think I only glanced at the chord sheet a couple of times, and really tried to not only perform it from memory, but to feel the song and share it... hope you enjoy it... thanks for your encouragement and any comments... Emile

Emile Champion - California Dreamin’ - Mamas & Papas - cover - 3/2/20

Emile Champion - Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard/Peggy Lee/Frank Sinatra - cover - 2/28/20 A friend recently suggested that my acoustic efforts would be more impactful if I could memorize the song, and sing more directly into the camera... I hope you can tell the difference in tonight’s effort... I’d appreciate all comments... As a side note... I took a vacation day, and left Spring at 8:00 this morning, for the four drive, to pick up my new computer from my company, in Dallas... and was able to spend the afternoon with our daughter, Kelsey... I left Dallas at 4:45, hit rush hour traffic on Central Expressway, and dead-headed to my “recording studio”... our church in Spring... arriving at 9:53 (I texted Kelsey, to let her know I was back “home”)... It too three “takes” to memorize this song, well enough, to be comfortable sharing it... I completed this one at 12:01 AM... it’s now 12:39... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... any comments would be appreciated... Will I ever be able to do another song from memory?.... don’t put any money on it... I’m outta here...

Emile Champion - Here Comes That Rainbow Again - Kris Kristofferson - cover - 2/26/20 One more song tonight... did I ever mention that Kris Kristofferson and I were born in the same town?... Brownsville, Texas... he’s a bit older, and we never knew each other... don’t know when he left South Texas... we should meet over coffee, though, in a little diner... like the one in this song... I could tell him how much I like his songs... anyway... hope you enjoy this one... thanks for listening... comments are always appreciated...

Emile Champion - Baby Blue - Aaron Barker/George Strait - cover - 2/26/20 Lynn Champion is in Galveston, with friends, for a few days... when the cat’s away, this guy heads to our church to try some new songs... I stumbled upon this one, this weekend, while reading a long magazine article about George Strait... pretty song... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening...

Emile Champion - God’s Problem Child - Jamey Johnson/Tony Joe White/Willie/Leon - cover - 2/21/20 Don’t have Willie Nelson’s iconic voice, style, or guitar, by hope you will my rendition... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields/Sinatra - cover - 2/18/20 My decidedly Acoustic rendition, of this typically jazzy Classic... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening...

Emile Champion - Old Timer - Willie Nelson - cover - 2/17/20 One song tonight... for an Old Timer, I feel pretty good about this... I spotted the song last night, found a chord sheet, typed the lyrics, changed the key here at the church, came up with the arrangement... and one "take"... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... have a Blessed Week, my Friends!

Emile Champion - Me & Bobbi McGee - Kris Kristofferson/Janis Joplin - cover - 2/15/20 Bobbi McGee’s name is not misspelled... please see my introductory comments, regarding the song’s history... I forgot to note that, because of his friendship with Fred Foster, and the fact that Fred provided the idea and title for the song, Kristofferson shared songwriting credit with him. Hope you enjoy my rendition... thanks for listening....

Emile Champion - That’s What Friends Are For - Bacharach/Bayer-Sager/Dionne/Friends - cover- 2/15/20 I seem to have left part of my voice in Dallas on Monday and Tuesday... 73 degrees in Spring on Monday morning... mid-40s, windy, and rainy in Dallas... just stumbled upon this song a couple of days ago...

Emile Champion - The Dance - Tony Arata/Garth Brooks - cover - 2/9/20

Emile Champion - Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson/Johnny Cash - cover - 2/4/20 Interesting backstory... hope you enjoy it... thanks for watching...

Emile Champion - Forever’s As Far As I’ll Go” - Mike Reid/Alabama - cover - 2/1/20

Emile Champion - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Ewan MacColl - cover - 1/31/20 Never liked this song, but it was requested by a friend, who challenged me to do it, in my own way... I’ve provided some explanation, along with some of the song’s history... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening...

Emile Champion - Funny How Time Slips Away - Willie Nelson/Glen Campbell - cover - 1/24/20

Emile Champion - Time After Time, Lucky to be Loving You - Sammy Chan/Jule Styne/Rod Stewart - cover - 1/24/20 This was requested by a friend. The chord sheet I found online did not include the first few lines of the recording, that I found by Rod Stewart. So, I came up with something that I thought was a good fit, tweaked a few chords, and came up with my ending.... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening, and for any comments. Emile

Emile Champion - Nobody Knows You, When You’re Down & Out - Jimmy Cox - cover - 1/11/20

Emile Champion - She’s No Lady - Lyle Lovett - cover - 1/5/20 Bit different for me... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening!!.... Emile

Emile Champion - Bosque County Romance - Lyle Lovett - cover - 1/3/20 First effort for 2020... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... comments are always appreciated... wishing everyone on Fandalism, a happy and musical 2020 !! Emile

Emile Champion - Simple Song - Lyle Lovett - cover - 12/31/19 Final song for 2019... have a safe, happy, and musical 2020 !!... Emile

Emile Champion - Amarillo by Mornin’ - Terry Stafford/Paul Fraser/George Strait - cover - 12/31/19 Wishing all on Fandalism a Blessed, happy, and musical 2020 !! Emile

Emile Champion - Awake - Josh Groban/Thomas Salter/Eric Mouquet - cover - 12/29/19 One song today... my decidedly acoustic rendition, of a typically strong and powerful ballad, from Josh Groban... hope you enjoy it... thanks for listening... Emile

Emile Champion - Daybreak - Lyle Lovett - cover - 12/28/19

Emile Champion - A Tender Tennessee Christmas - Alabama - cover - 12/24/19 One final Christmas song, for 2019.... I offered “Christmas in Dixie” a few days ago, and then found this song, on the same album... hope you enjoy it.... thanks for listening... Found these translations online... For “Merry Christmas”... French: Joyeux Noël. German: Frohe Weinachten. Spanish: Feliz Navidad. Italian: Buon Natale. Portuguese: Feliz Natal And from Texas (and Tennessee).... Merry Christmas, ya’ll !!!

Emile Champion - Christmas in Dixie - Cook/Gentry/Herndon/Owen/Alabama - cover - 12/21/19 Merry Christmas, my friends!! Have a Blessed holiday, and a safe, happy, and prosperous 2020!! And, a huge “Thank you!!” for your comments, props, and encouragement for my acoustic efforts, and for sharing your talents, on this incredibly positive venue!! Emile

Emile Champion - Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg - cover - 12/15/19

Emile Champion - The Christmas Shoes - Daniel/Carswell/Ahlstrom/Newsong - cover - 12/12/19 The Christmas Shoes.. a challenge, on a few levels... changed the opening key... my Bridge is different... took two full "takes"... I think this is the better of the two, but just slightly... I was rushing, because the 8:45 Sunday Choir was starting to come into the church, and I kept expecting the big organ to be turned on... would have liked one more shot, but the choir voices started warming up... and they practice close to my “recording studio”... and they definitely have first dibs... I think it's pretty good... but please let me know your thoughts... thanks for listening...

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