Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Rhythm bone (J.J. Cale)

Why they did not include this in the Tulsa and Back album, I could never understand!

It's a simple progression, but I love the groove:
CCCC
FFCC
GGCC

Here's the video from the sessions in Tulsa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7rbsqfG2Tg

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Feels like rain (J.J. Cale)


Basically this one is E chord for the most of the time (plus I tend to pull of from 2nd string 3rd fret to 2nd string 2nd fret at the end of a bar, or something like that):
[E]It feels like rain fallin' on my pillow

Then a walk up G, A, B, D... back to E, for this bit:
It feels like [G]storm [A]cloud [B]over[D]my[E]he-ead

The intro walks up the Em pentatonic, from open low-E to high-D (2nd string 3rd fret) almost two octaves up) and back to low E:
E G A B D E G A B D
E

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Brown dirt (J.J. Cale)

[E]Brown dirt, [A]stickin' to my [G]fingers
[E]Brown dirt, [A]clingin' to my [G]feet
[E]Brown dirt, [A]Mississippi bottom [G]land
[B]Pickin' that [A]cotton for the [G]man down the [E]street

Friday, July 17, 2020

Unemployment (J.J. Cale)


[D][E][A][B][G][A]
[D][E][D][E]

[D][E] Beating down the pavement,[A][B][G][A] looking for a job
[D][E] I'll do anything except  [A][B][G][A]  steal and rob

[G][A]  Unemployment [G][A][G][A] is something I can't [D][E] use 

If you [B]can't use me, [A]can you tell me something [D][E] new 

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

She's in love (J.J. Cale)

This one just goes back and forth between F# and B, please check Telejazzman's fine cover on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTd9g9fwaFY

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Gypsy Man (Sonny Curtis)

D ...
D D (stab of E at the end)

I'm a [D]gypsy man, on a [C]one-night [D]stand
I'm fit to be [C]loved by [A]you
I'm with a [D]gypsy band, just [C]travelling the [D]land
They'll be leaving in the [C]morning, I'll be leaving [D]too
Things like [G]love don't tie me [F#m]down
I just [Em]spread my love [D]around
Like [G]small change on [F#m]girls I don't [C]know

Friday, July 3, 2020

King City (J.J. Cale)

This one's a bit like the unknown early out-take of Drifter's wife. (Don't say I didn't tell you so!)

He apparently played it capo 2nd fret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQtbXl42zmo

"King City"

[G]I am walking to [B7]King city
[Em]Not a friend who I [C]know
[B7]I can see the lights now
[D]I can feel the city [C]glow

Well I'm [Em]walking to King [A]city
got my [G]straight walking [A]shoes
I'm [G]walking to King [A]city
got them [Em]hitchhikers [A]blues

the intro is something like this: 
-----------3-0----------------------0----------3---------
-----0---0-----------0-------------0--------1----5p3p1---
-0-----0--------2------2--2----0--0-----0----------------
---0--0-----------1------1--H2--2---2------2-------------
----------------------------------------3----3-----------
-3--------------2------------0----0----------------------
-0---------------------------------0----------------------------
------0----0---0---------0-----1----1---------------------------
----------------2---0------0---------0-0---0-0----2-2-2-2----0-
---0----1----1---1----2------0---2-------0-----0--0---0--------
-------------------------------3--------------------------0----
-3----2----2--------0------------------3---------------------3-

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Long about sundown (J.J. Cale)

[F#]Long about sundown, I [B]think about you [F#]babe
[B]Long about sundown, I think about you [F#]babe
Well I [B]work in the factory and I [A]work real hard
I [Ab]do what they say and I [G]do my job
But [F#]long about sundown, I think about you babe

Friday, June 26, 2020

Katy kool lady (J.J. Cale)


[F]Katy kool lady kool lady kool lady
Katy kool lady kool lady kool lady [C]Walking down the [Bb]street
Can I meet [F]Katy kool lady kool lady kool lady
She is a mystery
[C]She will not talk to me
[F]Katy kool lady kool lady kool lady

In the intro, the lick is a bit like:
----------------
----------6-1---
--------------2-
--3-5-7-------3-
----------------
----------------

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Go downtown (J.J. Cale)

[Cm]
Go downtown, gonna find myself a woman
Bring her home with me, put her in my house
Go downtown, gonna find myself a woman
[Bb]One who wants to play cat and [Cm]mouse
Go downtown, gonna walk around 'til I find her
I need some loving in my place
Go downtown, gonna find myself a woman
[Bb]Just a small taste of silk and [Cm]lace
[Eb][Bb][F][Cm]
[Eb][Bb][F][F]...

Blonde-headed Woman (J.J. Cale)

Blonde-headed Woman (J.J. Cale)

[Gm]Blonde-headed woman
hauntin me 
In my [C] sleep
Sweet mise[Gm]ry
Blonde-headed [C]woman
Can you give me the [Gm]night
I'll be [Bb]up and [F]gone [C]over daylight

Friday, June 19, 2020

Hang ups (J.J. Cale)

This funky groove goes just C#m to E... ad nauseam. :)
except:

Now I'm [F#]blind, crippled and crazy
And I'm [G#]hung up over you

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Maria (J.J. Cale)

Oh [Eb]Maria please call me and tell me you want me to[Bb]night
[Eb]Keep one candle burning in your bedroom, [Bb]for light
Then [F]I'll make love to you Maria, [Ab]this [Eb]very [Bb]night

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Too much for me (J.J. Cale)

[A5]Somebody touched me late last night
...
[C5]Last night was [D5]brother was too much for me [C5][A5]...[C5][D5][A5][E5]





 

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

New lover (J.J. Cale)

This one is basically Abm - Db all along. 
The instrumental bridge bit at the end I think is Abm Eb

Friday, June 5, 2020

Midnight in Memphis (J.J. Cale)

This is a straight blues, but love his classic JJ style soloing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x-FkLAdl5g

12-bar blues in G (GGGG CCGG DCGG) with this kind of a trad blues riff:
--------------
----55-33-----
-----------55-
-33-----------
(raise a string for C and then another two frets up for D)
Solo (G minor pentatonic) at 0.25 kicks off like this:
E:-----------------------6b-8---6-8---6-------6------6------------
B:-6-8---------------(6)-----8------8-----6-8---8-6-8-------6-----
G:-----7~---5-7-5--(7)----------------------------------5-7---7P5-


Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Girl of mine (J.J. Cale)

G C G Bb A G
Well she's been [G]gone, many days now
She's been [C]gone, quite some [G]time
It ain't the same, it never [D]will be
Since I [C]lost that girl of [G]mine

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Tell Daddy (J.J. Cale)

Main part is:
Am Amaj C F#7b5
Fmaj E7 Am E7

...where the chords are like this:
Am: xx755x
Amaj7: xx655x
C: xx555x
F#7b5: xx455x
Fmaj7: x879xx
E7: x767xx

then this for the "Don't try to make it by yourself" part:
C F C F
C F C G

and this for the instrumental bridge at the end:
F C F C
F C G

Check telejazzman's take on this song, to see and hear it for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o59AMBME2hE

Monday, May 25, 2020

My baby blues (JJ Cale)

This is a simple throw away 12-bar blues:
Dm Dm Dm Dm
G G Dm Dm
A G Dm Dm

Bassline with the chords is like root-fifth-octave, like this for the chord of Dm (where at 'x' I strum a muted chord or a note):
-------
-------
----7--
---7-x-
5x-----
-------

The solos are Dm pentatonic.


Saturday, May 23, 2020

Oh my my (J.J. Cale)

This may be off a bit, but let me know if it is, so I will fix it!

Oh My My (J.J. Cale)

Capo 2nd fret

R#1[C]She got [G]legs, R#2[C]oh my [F#m6]my
R#3[C]She got a [G]body,R#4[Fm6] caught my [Em]eye
…etc

riff #1
——————————
——————————
——————————
————2—5–2-2
—2—5——————-
—————————— C G 

riff #2
——————————
——————————
——————————
——————————
————2—5–2-2
—3—5——————- G F#m6

riff #3
——————————
——————————
——————————
——————————
————2—5–2-2 
—3—5——————- G F#m6

riff #4
——————————
——————————
——————————
——————————
————2—5–——
—3—5————0—0— Fm6 E

[C]Talk to [G]me, [F#m6]pretty [Em]lady
…etc
[C]Pretty [G]woman you're [F#m6]hot

Fm6 = 2x12xx