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From: heckelman@gmx.net (Tilman Heckel)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 20:44:01 +0100
The original Poster was Wolfgang Krietsch. I have his e-mail address
(although I don't know whether it's still valid). If someone feels like
completing his work, please mail it to me, I will try to forward it to
him.
Til
Wolfgang's original mail follows:
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Hi!
I got something for the brave ones: Robben Ford's "Ain't Got Nothing But
The Blues" (From: Talk To Your Daughter)
The Chords are rather difficult, but I don't have the time to write all
the fingerings down.
Well, as you can see, there are a lot of question marks - since english
is a foreign language to me, I need some help with those lyrics...
please listen to this record for me once agein and send me the lyrics...
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{t: Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues}
{st: Robben Ford}
[Bb7]Ain't got the [F7/+5/+9]change of a [Bb7]nickle [Am11] [D7/+9]
[Gm7]Ain't got no [Gm11]bounds (?) in [C13/-5]my shoes
[Gm11]Ain't got [Gdim7]no fancy to [Cm7]tickle (???) [Dm7/+5] [Ebmaj7]
[Edim7]
[Eb/F]I ain't got [F7/+5/+9]nothing but the [Bb7]blues. [Bb/D] [Eb9]
[Edim7]
[Bb] [F7/+5/+9]
[Bb7]Ain't got no [F7/+5/+9]coffee that's [Bb7]cooking (???)
Ain't got no [Am11]feelings [Ab7/-5]to [Gm9]groove [C9/-5]
[Gm7]Ain't got a [Gdim7]dream that's [Cm7]working [Dm7/+5] [Ebmaj7]
[Edim7]
[Eb/F]I ain't got [F7/+5/+9]nothing but the [Bb7]blues. [Bb7] [Eb9]
[Edim7]
[Bb7] [Eb13] [Eb9]
{soc}
[D9]The band is [Em7]swingin'
[Fdim]The folks are [D/F#]singin'
[G7]And I just can't seem to get off the ground
Believe me, [Gm7]Bridget [C13/-5]
I can't get [Gm7]with it [C13/-5]
[Cm7]Since my [Dm7/+5]little [Ebmaj7]baby [Edim7]left town [Eb/F]
{eoc}
Ain't got no [F7/+5/+9]rest in my [Bb9]slumber [F7/+5]
[Bb9]Ain't got no [Am11]winners [D7]to [Gm7]loose [C13/-5]
[Gm11]Lost all my [Dbdim7]telep[Bbdim7]hone [Cm7]numbers [Dm7/+5] [Eb]
[Edim7]
[Eb/F]I ain't got [F7/+5/+9]nothing but the [Bb7]blues.
{c: Solo}
{soc}
The band is rockin' (?)
The folks are stompin'
And I just can't seem to get with it
Ain't nothing to it
I just can't do it
Since my little baby left town
{eoc}
Ain't got no house in West-Chester
Ain't got no ? craft or cruise
So long my molly in Chester (?)
I ain't got nothing but the blues
COMMENTS:
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This may be the greatest jazz-blues song I've ever heard. I got to see him play it live and your chord names are correct but he uses many different chord voicings up and down the neck. English is my language so I can sure fill in some lyrics for you.
no "bounce" in my shoes.
no coffee that's "perking".
no feelings to "bruise".
no winners to "lose". only 1 o
no "Chris-Craft" to cruise.
"Sold all my money in Chester"
I'm not certain about that last line, that's just the way I hear it but I don't even know what it means. When I get to Heaven I'll ask Duke.
I'm guessing that "chester" is short for Westchester, an affluent suburb just north of NYC.
After writing the above corrections I listened to this song again with headphones and I think the last line is correct.
"So long my Molly in Chester".
At least it makes sense.
John
I think the line is
"sold my house in Westchester"
I hear :
"They leave me frigid, I can't get with it"
The last line might be :
"Sold all my Muddy and Chester"
meaning records by Muddy Waters and Chester somebody or other.
For what it's worth - this song was originally written by Duke Ellington and recorded by Rosemary Clooney. Robben Ford has added a lot of lyrics, but the beginning and basic outline is the same.
"Muddy" refers to Muddy Waters. "Chester" refers to Chester "Chet" Atkins.
I reposted this song with the chord charts. Man what a great song but what was Robben doing to his rythem section when he wrote this song. UGhhhh......
Does anyone know what the chords for the coda are?
hey folks, the version he is doing here is from Mose Allison - Jazz-Blues from the sixties.
The line, "Sold all my Muddy and Chester," makes sense as both men were popular at about the same time, but Chester refers to Chester Burnette a.k.a Howlin' Wolf a big time blueman.
Hey folks, Merry Christmas. Check out the "Blues & Beyond" video it's all there for this tune.
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