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Sean sez: This was alot of fun. On Sunday afternoon I was monkeying with some song ideas and I had a chorus sketched out. I was trying
Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies and my prompt was, "Is it Finished". Then Mark G. popped up on my Effbook Messenger to chat. He told be that this would have been FAWMStock weekend and was lamenting getting together with the gang. I invited him to collab on what I was working on and we got to writing verses on the same google doc.
Afterwards I added a basic BIAB bass and drums track, some electric guitar, and my vocals. Then through the magic of the Interwebs, Mark added vocals and lead guitar. This is a collab in all parts of the production: We both wrote lyrics, we both sang lead, we both played on the track. I really like the garage-jam vibe of this even though his garage is 900km from me and my garage is 550 miles from him. Thanks, Mark.

Mark sez: Sean is very generous is sharing credit. I wrote and sang a verse, did some background vocals and noodled on guitar. He wrote and performed all the rest and did all the production work. I'm very happy how it came out. Thanks for the fun I had working with you on this, Sean.

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Is it Finished? © Aug 2-6, S. McGaughey and M. Greenberg

Intro
Fx2, Gx2, Fx2, Dx2

V1
Em
Woke up this morning,
A7
Not knowing what’s to come
Em
Like my dreams have merged with day to day
A7
And plans have come undone
Em
Is it a worry?
A7
Or maybe a solution?
G
If tomorrow’s unknown
A
And today is still in play. (Is this..)

Chorus
D
Is this the beginning of the end,
C
Or the end of the beginning?
D
Seems like forever--
C
Was it just yesterday?
D
Call it the new normal
C
but it’s anything but.
F
Have we even begun?
G
Or is it finished?
F
Have we even begun?
D
Or is it finished?

V2
Em
You turn vague feelings
A7
Into opinions
Em
Opinions always
A7
Trump the facts.
Em
You make an enemy
A7
Out of science
G
You think disease
A
Is just an act (Is this..)

Instrumental
[Emx2, A7 x2] repeat 3

Bridgelike 2 lines to final chorusx2.
Gx2
Can I still believe in hope
Ax2
..at all… (Is this..)

credits

from Year With No Spring (2020 Yearbook), released January 4, 2021
Sean McGaughey: Lyrics, Guitars, Vocals BIAB programming
Mark Greenberg: Lyrics, Guitars, Vocals

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Sean McGaughey Ontario

I am a folk singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and children's entertainer in Simcoe County Ontario. By day, I am a mild-mannered Elementary School teacher-librarian.

Since 2013, I have been participating the the February Album Writing Month Challenge at fawm.org to write 14 songs in February.

This year I challenged myself to up my musicianship and production values. This is the result. ... more

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