Another bluesy tune: Lou-Easy-Ann

Lou-Easy-Ann

Another variation on blues. Great boogie tune, and 5 is one of my first faves among his albums (at first in around 1991, I had the Special edition, but then Grasshopper and 5 were my early faves. "10" was the first one I bought right when it came out, and I hated it!).

And this one comes to the third topic of JJ songs: traveling. It isn't the only song he's written about N'Awlins, and he's pretty much covered all other great cities of USA along the way. And has a another song about Lousiana, that mentions girl named Lou-Easy-Ann: Louisiana women.

I'd like to visit all towns he mentions, haven't really visited many. Although I did shout loud, along with the others at the Aladdin in Portland in April, when JJ sang "from Portland, Oregon, to the mexican line"... :)

Anyway, back to Lou-Easy-Ann...

The chord progression:
C///C///G///G///
C///C///G///G///
D///C///G///G///

So it's in the key of G, but starts off on the IV-chord instead of the I chord. Again it ends on the I chord (=G), not the V chord (D).

All E-shaped barres (8th fret, 3th fret, ... 10th fret). That's how he plays the chords on the "In session" DVD.


------10-8~-------------------------------10-9-8~-----------
-8H11----------8-10-8-10-8-10-10-8~--8-11----------11-10-8--
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---------------------------------------6-----------------------
-10-8------------------------6-3---------8-6-8-----------------
-------7-5-3H4----3-5s7-6s3------5-(3)-----------5-5-3-5-3-----
----------------5------------------------------------------5~--
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So if I'm hearing correctly, he plays the G blues scale (G minor pentatonic + C# note).

In the "In Session" DVD he seems to be moving between the 8-11th fret and the 3rd-fifth fret for the intro solo, so I tabbed in that way. It's not 100% like in the DVD, as I tabbed the song off the record instead (it's too much of a hassle winding the video back and forth).