On the afternoon of my birthday, 2016 I got the call that my long time mentor and father-figure, Howard, had passed. (Yes, almost precisely as I had finished writing Big Crazy Good). Feeling my grief deeply, I was compelled to write this song. It\u2019s about Howard in particular but I bet there are lots of us that have someone important in their lives that guided them and advised them and taught them about life; and that somehow, after death, they are still around to guide us. This is an exceptionally hard song for me to sing or even to mix without crying. On the track, I allowed my emotion to come through. I hope it will help remind you that those we have lost are still guiding us, if we can open ourselves to seeing it.<\/p>\n
Chords And Lyrics<\/strong><\/p>\n No Capo<\/p>\n Em Em G Cadd9 Am D G Cadd9 Am D G G Em Em G Cadd9 Am D G Cadd9 Am D G G Break: (single strum) G Cadd9 Am D (full strum) G A deeply personal original song, with chords and lyrics, written in grief after the death of the author’s mentor and father-figure \u2014 about how those who guided us in life seem to remain with us, still guiding, after they are gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[30,20],"project_tag":[328,329,156,335,69],"series":[],"class_list":["post-728","project","type-project","status-publish","hentry","project_category-becoming","project_category-music","project_tag-becoming","project_tag-death","project_tag-guides","project_tag-mentors","project_tag-music"],"acf":{"recommend_blurb":"For anyone grieving a mentor or loved one who shaped them. This tender song speaks to the sense that those we've lost still guide us, and includes full chords and lyrics for players.","citation_snippet":"Dr. Kathryn Messegee (Kathryn Colleen), \"Still With Me,\" https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/project\/still-with-me\/","topics":["music"],"related_book":"","buy_url":""},"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CCA57320-6DC3-4284-BC27-49E433028503.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/on-life-being-human\/id1360368906","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2nq6d35q9nFAFlanaJc2Do","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/feed\/podcast\/on-life-being-human","embedCode":"
\nSeems like you had nine lives
\nCadd9
\nDodging bullets till the end what a fight
\nAm D
\nAlways one step ahead of the others of the others<\/p>\n
\nYou were there when others ran
\nCadd9
\nhard truth and helping hand
\nAm D
\nIt was you, when I couldn’t trust all the others all the others<\/p>\n
\nStill with me Right behind me Trying to guide me<\/p>\n
\nStill with me Right behind me Trying to guide me (and it wasn\u2019t easy)<\/p>\n
\nStill with me still with me
\nCadd9
\nI hear your voice in my mind and I know
\nAm D
\nStill with me still with me So hard to let you go<\/p>\n
\nStill with me still with me
\nCadd9
\nI hear your voice in my mind and I know
\nAm D
\nStill with me still with me I have to let you go<\/p>\n
\nSlow just wasn’t your style
\nCadd9
\nOn to the next full speed all the while
\nAm D
\nAlways one step ahead of the others of the others<\/p>\n
\nYou had faith in all I could be
\nCadd9
\nI bet it wasn’t just me
\nAm D
\nI could fill this room with the others all the others<\/p>\n
\nStill with me Right behind me Trying to guide me<\/p>\n
\nStill with me Right behind me Trying to guide me (and it wasn\u2019t easy)<\/p>\n
\nStill with me still with me
\nCadd9
\nI hear your voice in my mind and I know
\nAm D
\nStill with me still with me So hard to let you go<\/p>\n
\nStill with me still with me
\nCadd9
\nI hear your voice in my mind and I know
\nAm D
\nStill with me still with me I have to let you go<\/p>\n
\nEm
\nAnd I know just what you’d say
\nCadd9
\nI didn’t teach you to live that way
\nAm
\nGo out there and seize this day
\nD
\nWhat did i tell you<\/p>\n
\nG Cadd9 Am D<\/p>\n
\nStill with me Right behind me Trying to guide me (and it wasn\u2019t easy)<\/p>\n
\nG
\nStill with me still with me
\nCadd9
\nI hear your voice in my mind and I know
\nAm D
\nStill with me still with me So hard to let you go<\/p>\n
\nStill with me still with me
\nCadd9
\nI hear your voice in my mind and I know
\nAm D (slowing)
\nStill with me still with me I have to let you go<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Still With Me<\/a><\/blockquote>