SONG DATABASE


Where there are descrepencies between the chart and the MP3 use the chart.
The MP3/youtube file gives you the feel of the song.


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MP3 or youtube CHART (pdf) LYRICS notes

A

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A Girl Like You
Edwyn Collin's version
chart

lyrics C minor --- wacky guitar work
Africa
Meters version
chart
lyrics G --- groove tune
After Midnight
Eric Clapton version
chart
lyrics C
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Marvin Gayne/Tammi Terrell version


Michael McDonald version
chord chart

bass chart
chart in Am
lyrics D/Eb -- Motown duet
how do we determine that this song is in D (and Eb) when there are no tonic chords??
Ain't No Sunshine
Neville Brothers version
chart

chart in Em
lyrics A minor -- and long tricky accapella section
Ain't Nobody
Chaka Kahn version
chart lyrics D# minor -- heavy sequencer synthesized funk
Ain't Nothing But A Party
Dirty Dozen Brass Band version
chart same as
title
Bb minor
Ain't That Some Shame
Son Seal version
chart
lyrics? A -- funk lick
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Temptations version
chart
chart in A
chart in F
Sidekicks chart
lyrics C -- two grooves
Ain't Wasting Time No More
Allman Brothers version
chart
lyrics
Bb
All of Me
Midi realization
lead sheet
possible bass part
lyrics A -- the standard
All Right Now
Free version
chart

All Your Love
John Mayall and the Blues Breakers version

Otis Rush version
chart

chart in F# minor
lyrics A minor -- 12 bar -- switch from rhumba to
shuffle feel (and major key) and back again
All Shook Up
Ry Cooder version
chart lyrics D -- slide guitar in open D tuning
Angel From Montgomery
Bonnie Raitt version
chart
Aqua Fresh
Robert Walter's 20th Congress version
chart F funk jazz
As
Stevie Wonder version
chart lyrics B -- jazzy
As The Years Go Passing By
Albert King version
chart
chart in Em with an an ending
lyrics C minor
Ask Me No Questions
B. B. King version
chart lyrics
G -- Song form AABA
Chord Scale Ideas
At Last
--Etta James version
chart lyrics F -- song form -- fun bridge
Autumn Leaves chart standard

B

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Baby I Love You
Aretha Franklin version
chart
lyrics
G -- there is an added ending in this chart
Baby Love
The Supremes version
chart
lyrics
C -> Db -- Motown classic
Baby Please Don't Go
Muddy Waters version


Leslie West version


Boogie Monsters version


Boogie Monsters version in E
Muddy Waters chart

Leslie West chart
Boogie Monsters chart
Boogie Monsters chart in E
lyrics

Boogie Monsters' lyrics
Back To Memphis
Chuck Berry version
chart lyrics
F -- rock and roll
Back To Memphis
The Band version


Outtake Band version
chart
outtake chart
lyrics written by Chuck Berry -- 20 bar blues
Back Door Man
Howling Wolf version
||: E7 :|| lyrics
E -- one chord
Bad
Michael Jackson version
chart lyrics
Bb minor
Bad Case Of Love
B. B. King version
chart
chart in G
lyrics
Ab -- incredible live performance
Badge
Cream version
chart lyrics
what key is this? :)
Beautician Blues
B. B. King version
chart
chart in G
lyrics G -- two pops on the one and then a straight ahead swing shuffle
Because The Night
Patti Smith version
chart lyrics Bm -- biggest hit for Patti with lots of sections
Before You Accuse Me
Eric Clapton (unplugged) version
chart lyrics E shuffle - quick 4
Big Boss Man
Koko Taylor version


Elvis version
chart
lyrics
E -- chart is not a transcription of MP3
Big Ten Inch Record
Aerosmith version
chart
lyrics
A -- boogie on dirty boys!
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson version
chart
lyrics
F# minor
Black Cat Bone
"showdown" version


Nimmo Brothers version
"showdown" chart

Nimmo Brothers chart (C)
lyrics
G -- straight, breaks possible bass line in TAB
Black Magic Woman
Santana version
chart
lyrics
Dm -- Latin-ish
Black Velvet
Alannah Miles version
chart in Em
lyrics
Ebm ---thump thump
Bloodshot Eyes
Wynonnie Harris version
chart
lyrics
Bb -- old style R&B chestnut
Blue Mood
John Putnam and Used Blues version
chart
lyrics
G -- original arrangement of T-Bone Walker ballad
Blues Simple chart chart
see individual tunes various very simple charts for dead center blues tunes
Blue Stu
Charlie Musselwhite version
chart C minor -- quick swing instrumental
Blue Suede Shoes
Carl Perkins version
chart
chart in C
lyrics A -- beginning a bit tricky
Blues Is My Business
Etta James version
chart
chart in G
lyrics C -- cool bass line
Blues With A Feeling
Little Walter version
chart lyrics A -- with stops
Body And Soul
Rob Paparozzi version
chart Db/D "standard" AABA form
Boogie Chilin'-Boom Boom
Big Todd's version
chart
lyrics E -- pedal to the metal.
Note: first part is John Lee Hooker (sample)
lyrics transcribed by Robert Kadar
Boogie On Reggae Woman
Stevie Wonder's version
chart
"Cherry Red" chart
lyrics Ab -- synth-y
Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)
-- Little Walter version

Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)
-- Pat Travers version
chart (Little Walter)
chart (Travers)
lyrics E -- shuffle funny 6/4 meassure and stops
Born and Living With The Blues
-- Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee version
chart
lyrics F -- country blues
Born In Chicago
-- Paul Butterfield version
chart
lyrics A -- straight
Born Under A Bad Sign
Albert King 'hit' version
chart
treble clef chart
lyrics C#minor -- difficult chart to play flawlessly
Breaking Up Somebody's Home
Albert King version
chart
chart in Gm
lyrics Dminor -- non standard blues
Brick
Albert Collins version
chart lyrics C quick shuffle
Brick House
Commodores 'hit' version
chart
chart in D
lyrics A dorian -- subtle rhythmic issues
Bright Lights, Big City
-- Jimmy Reed version
chart
lyrics E -- "Jimmy Reed"
Bring It On Home To Me
--Sam Cooke version
chart
chart in D
lyrics C -- gospel-like hit
different chord progression ideas for the verse
Burning Down The House
-- Bonnie Raitt version
chart lyrics Ab -- rocker

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Cabbage Alley
-- Meter's version
chart lyrics F -- Meters
Chain Of Fools
-- Aretha Franklin version
chart with lyrics Cm -- one chord Soul hit
Caledonia
-- Muddy Water's version
chart lyrics G -- fast shuffle [ii-V 'turnaround']
California Blues
-- Dicky Betts version
chart lyrics southern blues rock with a tinge of country
Can I Change My Mind
-- Tyrone Davis' version
chart lyrics B -- soul classic
Can't Get No Grindin'
-- JW Gilmore version
chart lyrics C -- Swing
Can't Let Go
-- Koko Taylor version
chart lyrics (thanks to Steve, Robert and Julie) F#minor -- straight time R&B funk (upbeats)
Cause We've Ended As Lovers
Jeff Beck version
chart C minor -- spacey
Change It
-- Stevie Ray Vaughn version
chart in A minor lyrics Bb minor -- Texas Shuffle almost a song form
Cheever Street
John Putnam and Used Blues version
chart A instrumental -- original
Cherry Red
-- Joe Williams version
chart lyrics Bb -- Classic 8 bar
Chevrolet
-- Robben Ford's version
chart
"Cherry Red" chart
lyrics G -- asymetric 5 bar phrase
Chicken Shack chart G -- blues instrumental
(The) Chicken
Maceo Parker version
chart Bb instrumental -- Maceo Parker
Childish Gambino
-- Redbone version


-- Redbone (Childish Gambino cover) - The Brook & The Bluff version
chart
B&B chart
lyrics one of the more contrapuntal things on this page
Chitlins Con Carne
-- SRV version
chart Bm 12 bar (12 quick four)
Choo Choo Ch'boogie
-- Louie Jordan version
chart
Twilight chart
lyrics Classic Louie Jordan
Cissy Strut
-- Nawlins Funk Band version
chart C instrumental -- Meters classic
Close to You
-- Nawlins Funk Band version
chart lyrics E -- -- 16 bar verses 12 bar chorsus and solos -- ala Stevie Ray Vaughn
Cold Shot
-- SRV original version
chart lyrics Ab -- tricky rhythms
Cold Sweat
--James Brown version
chart
chart in A
chart in G
lyrics D -- funk hit from the 60s
Come Rain or Come Shine
-- B. B. King and Eric Clapton version
chart
twilight chart
lyrics F or Dm -- some serious cycle of fourths changes -- American songbook entry bluesified
Come When I Call
-- John Mayer version
G shuffle (quick 4) -- down from the 5 -- 3 stops (on I) before and after solo
chart
lyrics G
(The) Core
Eric Clapton version
chart
lyrics E -- rocker
Could You Be Loved
Bob Marley version
chart
lyrics not yet C minor -- reggae mon
Confessin' The Blues
B. B. King and Marty Stuart version
chart
lyrics G -- dead center blues shuffle (no turnaround)
Congo Square
Neville Brothers version
chart
lyrics C minor main guitar lick
Cover Me
Bruce Springsteen version
chart
lyrics Bm rocker
Crosscut Saw
-- John Putnam and Used Blues version
chart
lyrics G -- straight
Crossfire
Stevie Ray Vaughn version
chart
chart in C
lyrics recording in Eb chart in E (and C)
Crossroads
Cream version
chart
lyrics A
Crosstown Traffic
Jimi Hendrix version
chart
"Cherry Red" chart
lyrics C -- rocker
Cry Me A River chart standard

D

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Damn Your Eyes
--Etta James version
chart
chart in Am
"Cherry Red" chart
lyrics B minor -- Torch Song
Dance To The Music
--Sly and the Family Stone version
chart lyrics G -- Soul Anthem
Dead Flowers
--Rolling Stones version
chart lyrics D -- simple ditty
Dixie Chicken
Little Feat version
chart
chart in E
chart in G
lyrics A -- the swampy feel is everything
Don't Answer the Door
-- Nawlins Funk Band version
no chart lyrics G -- B.B. King's tune watch for breaks and long rap at end
Don't Give It Up
Larry Carlton Live version
chart starts in G
Don't It Make You Want To Dance
Jerry Jeff Walker version
chart in E
lyrics
a very cheerful country tune
Don't Keep Me Wondering
Allman Brothers version
chart
lyrics
G
Don't Play That Song For Me
--Aretha Franklin version
chart lyrics C -- 1 6 4 5
Don't Get Around Much Anymore chart iconic Fats Waller tune
Down Home Girl
Alvin Robinson version
chart
lyrics A minor
Driving Wheel
-- John Putnam and Used Blues version
chart lyrics E -- break of tempo in the middle -- watch for tricky restart
Drown In My Own Tears
-- Johnny Taylor version
chart
chart (Damn Right)
lyrics C --- ungodly slow!! -- songform
Dust My Broom
Elmore James version
chart lyrics E shuffle

E

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Early In The Morning
--Eric Clapton version
chart lyrics Very slow blues (no quick 4)
Early One Morning
-- Big Mama Thornton version
chart lyrics Peppy Blues Shuffle (no quick 4)
Ease Back
Eurotrash version
chart E -- tricky end
Empty Arms
-- Stevie Ray Vaughn version
chart lyrics B -- distinctive rhythm guitar part
Everybody Crying Mercy
-- Bonnie Raitt with Junior Welles
chart lyrics C -- Song Form tune by Mose Allison
Everybody Gets The Blues
-- Kenny Wayne Shepard version
chart lyrics Bb -- Nawlins feel
Everyday I Have The Blues
B. B. King version
12 bar
no quick 4
lyrics F Great horn chart
Evil
-- Howlin' Wolf version
chart
lyrics G -- shuffle
Evil Ways
-- Santana version
chart
lyrics not yet Gm -- latin feel
Express Yourself
-- Charles Wright version
chart
lyrics Eb -- funk
Eyesight to the Blind
--Sonny Boy Williamson version
chart
lyrics Ab -- coming down for the 5 -- 12 bar -- no quick 4

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Feeling Good
--Sara Niemietz' version
chart lyrics G minor -- Nina Simone ballad
Feeling Good
Randy Crawford & Joe Sampleversion
chart in Am (MP3 in G#m) lyrics Am
Fever
--John Putnam's Blues Party version
chart lyrics F minor -- original arrangement
Fire Down Below
-- Bob Seger version

-- Bob Seger version in A
-- Bob Seger version in F

chart
chart in A
chart in F
lyrics C -- rock and roll
Fire On The Bayou
-- Nawlins Funk Band version
chart lyrics Dminor -- groove tune with signature licks
Five Long Years no chart lyrics Bb Slow Blues -- breaks and long rap at end
Flip Flop and Fly
Big Joe Turner version
chart
chart in F
lyrics Bb swing 12 bar no quick IV
Floating Bridge
-- Eric Clapton version
chart lyrics non standard form in D
Folsom Prison Blues
-- Johnny Cash version


-- Johnny Cash faster version in F


-- Jonathon Hoffman version
chart
chart in F
F chart with choice of intros and endings
"Cell Block B" chart
lyrics 11 Bar Blues in F#
For Your Love
--Yardbirds version
chart lyrics Dminor/major (modal interchange) -- is it blues?
Forever Man
Eric Clapton version
chart
lyrics G --- groove tune
Further On Up The Road
-- Clapton/Bonamassa version

-- Bobby Blue Bland version
12 bar shuffle -- in G -- no quick 4 -- stop (on I chord) on 12th bar
chart
lyrics G -- long intro -- music starts around 1:20

G

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Gangster Of Love
--Johnny "Guitar" Watson version
chart lyrics C -- kind of a song form shuffle
Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
Nat King Cole version


John Putnam arrangement
for solo guitar
chart
chart in G

chart for solo guitar
lyrics Eb -- borders on jazz
Georgia
--Ray Charles version
chart lyrics F --- song form ballad
Get Out Of My Life Woman
Paul Butterfield version


Will Lee version


Lee Dorsey version
chart

Will Lee chart (in D)


"Walking Blues" chart
lyrics C -- straight time
Get Ready
--Temptations version
chart
chart in Bb
lyrics D
Girl On Fire
Alicia Keys version
chart lyrics A -- enjoy the snare
Gimme Shelter
Rolling Stones version
chart lyrics huge Rolling Stones hit
Gimme Some
Nina Simone version
Chart lyrics G -- ribald early Nina
Gimme Some Lovin
Spencer Davis version
Chart
Chart in E
lyrics G -- high energy dance number
Give It Away Now
--Red Hot Chili Peppers' version
macro chart
TAB chart
lyrics A Major -- bang your head
Give Me Back My Wig
-- Luther Alison version
E – 12 bar – no quick 4 – straight time
'Jimmy Reed' comping –
V turnaround on '2 and' of measure 12
form: intro solo,
3 verses (all and only verses have 10th measure stops)
solo
verse
solo (3 choruses) and out.
lyrics E Major -- heavy duty slide work
God Bless the Child
--John Putnam and Used Blues version
chart lyrics Eb Major -- original arrangement
Give Me One Reason
--Tracy Chapman version
chart lyrics G -- 12 bar blues variant
Going Down
--John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers version

--Freddie King version

-- JM version pitch shifted to G
chart

chart in G
lyrics D Dorian!!
Going To A Go Go
--Rolling Stones' version
chart lyrics E -- endless
Good Enough
--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers version
chart lyrics Em -- dirge
Good Rocking Daddy
--Marcia Ball version
chart lyrics A -- Boogie Woogie
Grape Jelly
--Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown version
score and parts
simplified score
C -- Heavy Funk
Grenade
-- Bruno Mars version
chart lyrics Dm -- pop tune
Griggstown
-- The Grahams version
chart no lyrics yet Am (originally in Bm)
Guilty
-- Bonnie Raitt version

lyrics E -- song form ballad

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Had To Cry Today
Blind Faith version
chart
lyrics G -- they be jammin' man
Hallelujah I Just Love Her So Ray Charles Version chart
chart (Push It)
lyrics Bb -- big band swing
Hard To Handle
Otis Redding Version
Black Crowes Version
Otis Redding chart
Black Crowes chart
lyrics Bb R&B/soul
B major rocker
Help Me chart
lyrics E minor -- 'Canned Heat' groove
Here Come's That Rainy Day chart
lyrics C major Standard
Hey Bartender chart lyrics G -- 16 bar / 12 bar
Hey Pocky Way Meters version chart
chart in A
lyrics D the greasy version
High Heeled Sneakers
Tommy Tucker version
chart
chart in G
lyrics E -- straight time rocker!
TAB of some of the licks
Higher Ground
Stevie Wonder's version
chart
Cell Block B Chart (Em)
lyrics Eb minor -- funky
Hit The Road Jack
Ray Charles' version
chart lyrics MP3 in G#m minor -- swing (Chart is in Am)
Hold On I'm Coming
Sam and Dave version
chart Ab Soul classic
Honey Dripper
Charles Brown's version
chart
chart (edited)
lyrics E -- swinging
Honey Hush
Albert Collin's version
Albert Collin's youtube
chart lyrics C funky -- check out the youtube
Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Water's version
John Putnam's Blues Party version
chart lyrics A -- 16 bar blues
Honky Tonk Women Rolling Stones's version chart lyrics G
Hound Dog
Big Mama Thorton version
chart Eb
Hummingbird
B. B. King's version
chart lyrics Dm -- perhaps the most sophisticated harmonic
structure in a song sung by B. B.

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I Ain't Drunk Albert Collins version chart lyrics A -- humorous shuffle
I Ain't Got You Jimmy Reed version chart lyrics E -- classic Jimmy Reed
I Can't Lose
Lester Williams version
chart lyrics
(thank you Donna)
A -- Swing Shuffle (with a sexy chord dip)
I Don't Need No Doctor
Joan Osbourne version
chart
chart in F minor
lyrics
D minor -- Straight time R&B (tricky figures)
I Don't Need No Doctor
John Scofield/John Mayer version
chart lyrics
E -- Funky time (tricky voicings)
I Drink Alone
George Thorogood youtube
chart lyrics E shuffle
I Got A Woman
Ray Charles version
chart lyrics Am -- Verses and bridge with breaks
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye version
chart lyrics Dm -- motown hit
I Just Want To Make Love To You
Willie Dixon version
chart lyrics C -- another hit from Willie
I Never Loved A Man
Aretha Franklin version
chart
chart in D
lyrics F -- Waltz Time
I Saw Her Standing There
--Beatles version
chart lyrics E
I Shot The Sheriff
Eric Clapton version
chart
lyrics G minor -- Reggae like product
I Think You Made Your Move Too Soon
--Nawlins Funk Band version
chart lyrics F -- straight time -- 20 bar blues
I Want To Be Loved
--Muddy Waters version
chart lyrics C -- vampy verses, 12 bar solos, bridge, verse
I Want You Back
--Michael Jackson version
chart lyrics Ab
I Wish
--Stevie Wonder version
chart lyrics Bb -- tough rhythms
If I
--Nawlins Funk Band version
chart lyrics Db -- watch accents in guitar solo
If I Ain't Got You
--Alicia Keys version
chart lyrics G -- 6/8 ballad
If You Got To Make A Fool Of Somebody
-- Bonnie Raitt version
chart lyrics C -- 6/8 ballad
Iko Iko
Nawlins Funk Band version
chart lyrics C -- lick in Bb
TAB of the Bb licks
I'd Rather Go Blind
Etta James version
chart
lyrics A -- torch tune
I'll Survive
B. B. King version
chart
Bb chart
lyrics G -- Slow Blues -- Song form
I'll Take You There
--Staple Singers version
chart lyrics C -- harmonically repetitive -- almost a trance piece
I'm A King Bee
--Slim Harpo version
chart lyrics F -- 13 1/2 bar Blues --- what!!!
I'm Not Ready To Make Nice
--Dixie Chicks version
chart lyrics F# -- pop country
I'm The Only One
Melissa Etheridge version
chart lyrics G -- Rocker
I've Been To Memphis
Lyle Lovett version
chart lyrics
I've Really Got To Use My Imagination
Gladys Knight and the Pips version
chart Am -- Rocker
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Louie Jordan version
chart
TAB bass chart
edited chart
lyrics Ab song form
It Ain't Right
Little Walter version
chart lyrics B -- Two Step
It All Went Down The Drain
Boz Scaggs version
chart lyrics D -- 28 bar blues
It Hurts Me Too
Elmore James version
chart in D
chart in F
lyrics classic blues (mp3 in Db)
It Hurts So Bad
Susan Tedeschi version
chart lyrics torch tune
It Makes No Difference
--The Band version
chart lyrics Bb --- ballad
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Bob Dylan version
chart lyrics Ab --- funny little 6/4 measure
It's All Over Now
Rolling Stones version
chart lyrics G -- R&B hit remake
It's My House
Diana Ross version
chart lyrics peppy
It's The Same Old Song
Four Tops version
chart lyrics C -- R&B hit
It's Too Late Brother
Little Walter version
chart lyrics F --- harmonically similar to My Babe
I'll Play The Blues For You
-- Albert King version
chart
chart variation
lyrics G minor almost a 12 bar --- with many different endings
I'm Ready
-- Muddy Waters version
chart lyrics G -- 12 bar shuffle -- breaks on the verse
In Full Swing
Ronny Jordan version
chart
G -- light jazz swings at end

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Jambalaya
-- Nawlins Funk Band
chart lyrics A Nawlins feel
Jive Mofo
John Putnam and Used Blues version
chart lyrics A -- original -- shuffle with Bridge -- enunciate the holes please
Jump Sister Bessie
Lloyd Jones version
chart
chart in C
lyrics E -- swing shuffle chart with TAB
Jumpin Tonight (Midnight Rocking)
Big Joe Williams version
chart C -- swing shuffle
Just to Be with You
--John Putnam and Used Blues version
chart
lyrics A -- 12/8 feel -- distinctive bass line
Just The Two Of Us
--Bill Withers version
chart
lyrics Fm soft funky jazz
Just Your Fool
--Little Walter version
chart
chart (SOB)
lyrics A -- 8 bar 12 bar with Bridge

K

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Keep Me Hanging On
--Vanilla Fudge version
chart lyrics Em -- torch tune
Keep On Lovin' Me Baby
--Otis Rush version
chart
chart in Am
lyrics Dm -- not a 12 bar
Key To The Highway
--Eric Clapton version

-- Little Walter version
bar  1   2   3   4   5   6   7    8
|:   I   V   IV  IV  I   V   I IV I V :|

example in the key of A
     A   E   D   D   A   E   A D  A E 
	 
chart
lyrics A Major
Killing Floor
--Howlin' Wolf version
chart lyrics A Major
Kiss
--Prince version
chart lyrics A Major
Kissing My Love
-- Bill Withers version
chart lyrics Eb -- heavy funk -- how is the tune a variant of a standard 12 bar blues?

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Lady Marmalade
--Patti LaBelle version
chart
lyrics Gm -- main riff Dorian
Lay Down Sally
--Vince Gill version
chart
lyrics A -- country
Layla
--Eric Clapton unplugged version
chart
chart in Fm
lyrics two distantly related keys!!
Let the Good Times Roll
Ray Charles version
no chart lyrics F -- shuffle --- lots of stops -- break in tempo in the middle
Let's Dance
-- David Bowie version
chart lyrics Bb minor -- Dance Anthem
Let's Give Them Something To Talk About
--Bonnie Raitt version
chart lyrics Ab -- Bonnie Raitt hit -- modulation
Let's Stay Together
-- Al Greene version
chart lyrics F -- soul ballad
The Letter
-- Joe Cocker Leon Russell version
chart
chart in Am
chart in Dm
lyrics Bb minor
Little Girl
-- John Mayall and the Blues Breakers version
chart lyrics G -- classic "double four" (orchestrated solo)
Lie To Me
Johnny Lang version
chart (Bb minor) lyrics dead center rocker -- Bb minor
Long Train Running
--Doobie Brothers version
chart lyrics Gm
Look Before You Leap
-- Marcia Ball version
chart lyrics F -- shuffle; intricate form
Look Ma, I'm Crying
-- Freddie King version
chart
chart in D
lyrics G -- quick little Ballad 12/8 feel
Look-ka Py Py
Meters version
chart
chart variation
G -- funky instrumental with grunting
Love Her with a Feeling
-- John Putnam's Blues Party version
chart lyrics A -- 12/8 feel -- stops from the start
Love Me Like A Man
Bonnie Raitt version
chart lyrics E -- straight old 12 bar with no 'quick four'
-- delta feel -- double four solo
Low Rider
-- War version
chart lyrics G -- War -- almost camp feel
Lungs
Lyle Lovett version
chart lyrics

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Mama Knows
-- Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds version

chart lyrics
Marry You
-- B. B. King/Eric Clapton version

chart lyrics Em -- synthesized blues
Maydell
-- Allman Brothers version

-- version in F
chart

chart in F
lyrics A -- F quirky form -- watch mixed meters
TAB of main lick
a 'picture' of the form of Maydell
Mardi Gras In New Orleans
-- Professor Longhair version
chart lyrics Bb -- original arrangement
Me Planto La Princesita Azul
-- Joaquin Sabina version
chart lyrics E -- Spanish Blues
Mean Old World
-- Nawlins Funk Band version

-- Little Walter version
chart lyrics Bb -- 'double 4' 12 bar -- funk tune
Mean Woman Blues
-- Elvis Presley version

chart
chart in E
lyrics C -- shuffle with stops
Memphis In The Meantime
John Hiatt version
chart lyrics
Mercy Mercy Mercy
Cannonball version
chart Bb -- jazz instrumental
Message In A Bottle
Police version
chart lyrics not yet lots of 'double fifths'
Messing With The Kid
Junior Welles version
chart lyrics 12 bar with distinctive line
Midnight Blue
Kenny Burrell version
chart Fminor -- jazz instrumental
Midnight Train
Buddy Guy/Johnny Lang version
chart lyrics F -- funky
Midnight Train To Georgia
Gladys Knight and the Pips version
chart Db ballad
Miss You
Rolling Stones version
chart lyrics not yet Am -- dirge-y
Miss You
Eric Clapton version
chart
lyrics Em -- pop
Mojo
Nawlins Funk Band version
chart lyrics E -- 2 step
Moondance
Van Morrison version
chart lyrics Am -- light swingy
Muddy Water
-- Aretha Franklin version
chart lyrics G -- Is It Jazz or Is It Blues?
Mustang Sally
-- Commitments version
chart
Mojo Hand chart in A
lyrics C -- remake of the Wilson Picket classic
My Babe
--Little Walter
chart lyrics F
Mystery Train
--Elvis Presley 14 bar version


--Paul Butterfield 12 bar version
chart
chart as 12 bar
lyrics The Presley version is a 14 bar blues
(with a double 4)-- very tricky
TAB of some of the licks

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Natural Ball
--John Putnam's Blues Party version


--Collins, Cray, Copeland version
chart lyrics G -- two heads on the front and back
Need You Now
--Lady Antebellum version
chart lyrics E -- pop country
New York State Of Mind
Billy Joel version
chart lyrics C -- a real song
Nobody Knows You
Bessie Smith version
chart in G lyrics G --- tin pan alley composer
Nothing But A Woman
Robert Cray version
chart lyrics C -- 16 bar with angular guitar line

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Old Habits
John Hyatt version
chart
chart for Damn
lyrics
D -- swampy slow
On Your Way Down
Little Feat version
chart
lyrics
B -- super swampy
One Kiss
John Hiatt version
chart lyrics mixed meter
One Way Out
Allman Brothers version
chart
lyrics
A -- tricky lick
Ophelia
--The Band version
chart lyrics C -- jug band tune
Outside Woman Blues
Cream version
chart
lyrics
E -- vintage

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Pack It Up
--Freddy King version
chart lyrics Fm -- blues funk tune -- complex arrangement
Palace of the King
--Freddy King version
chart lyrics Em -- peculiar blues tinged tune
Paris Ooh La La
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals version
chart
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
-- James Brown Classic
chart
chart in A
lyrics E
Papa Was A Rolling Stone
-- Temptations
chart lyrics Bb -- single riff tune
Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
-- B.B. King Classic
chart
chart in G
lyrics Bb
Phone Booth
--Robert Cray version
chart lyrics Em -- interesting measures 9 and 10
Pick Up the Pieces
Average White Band
chart
TAB chart
Trumpet (Bb) chart
F -- instrumental -- tricky form/td>
Piece Of My Heart
Janis Joplin
chart lyrics E -- signature guitar line
Play That Funky Music
Wild Cherry version
chart lyrics not yet E -- signature guitar line -- minor third rise ups
Pretty Woman
Albert King live
chart lyrics G
Pride and Joy
Bonnie Raitt live
lyrics
(female version)
straight 12 bar
Proud Mary
Ike and Tina Turner version
chart lyrics D -- R&B classic
Put It Where You Want It
Crusaders version
chart C jazzy funk

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Rattlesnake Shake
--Fleetwood Mac version
chart
lyrics A -- early Fleetwood Mac (with Peter Greene)
Rehab
-- Amy Winehouse version
chart lyrics C -- sad (in hindsight) Amy Winehouse hit
Respect
--Aretha Franklin version
chart
chart (G)
lyrics C -- super hit
Riding In The Moonlight
--Ronnie Earl/Kim Wilson version
chart lyrics E -- 12 bar shuffle
Riding With The King
John Hiatt version
chart lyrics B -- mixed meter
Right Place Wrong Time
--Dr. John version
chart
chart in Bb minor
lyrics Eb minor -- swampy feel

--question about Ab chord substitution


--transcription of the beginning of the guitar solo
River's Invitation
--Aretha version
chart lyrics F
Roadhouse Blues
-- Doors version
chart lyrics E
Rock and Roll Music
-- Etta James and Chuck Berry version
chart lyrics G -- is it blues?
Rock Me Baby
-- Albert Cummings version
chart lyrics Mp3 is in Eb -- chart in E -- Rocking Blues
Rock The Casbah
-- The Clash version
chart lyrics D Dorian -- 90's Rock Anthem
Rock Steady
Aretha Franklin version
chart
chart in G
lyrics A -- Soul Anthem
Roll It Over
-- Joe Louis Walker tune
chart lyrics E -- watch the mixed meter
Route 66
-- Nat King Cole version
chart lyrics G -- classic swing
Rude
-- Magic! version
chart lyrics not yet Db -- reggae like hit
Running Out
--Mable John version
chart ?? lame hit from 50's -- Annoyingly cross correlated

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Saint James Infirmary
--Louie Armstrong version


--Nawlins Funk Band version

chart lyrics D minor -- dirge feel
Send Me Someone to Love
--John Putnam's Blues Party version
chart lyrics G -- song form AABA ballad -- original arrangement
Seventh Son
--Willie Dixon version
chart lyrics Eb -- shuffle -- hybrid
Sex Machine
--James Brown version
chart lyrics Eb -- just a verse and a bridge and some hits -- but not easy
Shake Your Moneymaker
--Fleetwood Mac version
chart lyrics in E -- With Peter Greene
The Shape I'm In
--The Band version
chart lyrics G
She Caught The Katy
-- Albert King version
chart
chart in C
lyrics Ab -- slight varient of song form
She Makes Me Feel So Good
Lyle Lovett version
chart lyrics
She's A Burglar
--Freddie King version
chart lyrics D minor -- tricky real arrangement
She's Into Something
Robert Cray singing off the 'Showdown' album
Muddy Water's version
chart lyrics G -- 16 12 bar two grooves
added order of solos
Signed Sealed Delivered
--Stevie Wonder version
chart
Check out this bass line transcription
lyrics F -- early Stevie R&B hit
Silver Train
--Rolling Stones version
chart
lyrics G -- peculiar phrasing
Sing It
--Nawlins Funk Band version
chart lyrics G - New Orleans feel... watch for the acapella chorus
Sir Duke
--Stevie Wonder version
chart
guitar Tab licks
bass TAB licks
Bb Trumpet lick
lyrics B -- very tricky lick -- over two octaves
-- major pentatonic except for chromatic passing tone
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
--Otis Redding version
chart
chart in Bb
lyrics G -- lots of non diatonic chords
Sixteen Tons
--Lipbone Redding version

||: Dm C7 Bb A7 :|| lyrics D Minor -- 'Hit the Road Jack' changes
Slippin' Into Darkness
-- War version
chart lyrics Bm -- groove tune
Smokestack Lightning
Howling Wolf version
lyrics one chord wonder
So Many Roads
-- John Mayall version
chart lyrics Fm -- a V minor tune --- and a dirge to boot
Somebody Fix Me
Grace Potter version
chart
chart in E
chart (Push It)
lyrics F -- lots of great blues cliches
Somebody To Love
Etta James version
chart
chart (Push It)
lyrics rocker
Someday After A While
Eric Clapton version
chart
lyrics D -- From the Cradle, slow blues (Song form)
Smokin Gun
--Robert Cray version

--pitch shifted to A minor
chart

chart in Am
lyrics E Minor -- simple straight time tune
Sometimes I Just Forget To Smile
Michael Franks version
chart lyrics mellow light rock
Somebody Watching Over Me
--Maria Muldaur version

chart lyrics G -- two step
Something Like Olivia
John Mayer version
chart
chart in C
lyrics G -- mellow light rock
Sometimes I Just Forget To Smile
Michael Franks version
chart lyrics mellow light rock
Somewhere Beyond The Sea
Frank Sinatra version
chart lyrics big band feel
John's analysis
John's chart analysis
Son Of A Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield version
chart lyrics E (A) -- soul classic
Soul Man
Same And Dave version
chart lyrics G -- soul classic
Spann's Boogie
--Otis Spann's version
John's transcription John's transcribed version full speed
John's transcribed version half speed
Spooky
--Dusty Springfield version
chart lyrics Am -- Boo!
Standing on Shaky Ground
--Delbert Mclinton version

--Phoebe Snow version

--Etta James version
Delbert McClinton chart
Phoebe Snow chart
Etta James chart
lyrics E -- funky -- watch ending and solo section
Statesboro Blues
Allman Brothers version
chart
lyrics
D
Steal Away
-- Etta James version
chart
chart (in C)
lyrics D Major -- AABA form
Steamroller Blues
-- James Taylor version
chart lyrics G Major --- lots of great cliches
Stormy Monday
--B.B. King version

-- Allman Brothers version
chart
Allman Brothers chart
lyrics G Major
The Stumble
Gary Moore Version version
Ronnie Earl Version version
chart E -- fun Freddy King instrumental
Sugar Sweet
Freddie King version

Jeff Healey version
chart
chart JH version in A
lyrics C -- straight time
Jeff Healey version transposed to A (from G)
Sugaree
Johnny Winter version
chart lyrics E
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch
Four Tops version
chart lyrics C -- Soul Hit from the 60s
Sultans Of Swing
--Dire Straights version
chart
TAB of lead guitar
lyrics D minor -- tasty guitar
Summertime chart lyrics C Minor -- original arrangement
Summertime Blues
-- The Who version
chart
chart in F
lyrics A/B -- a little chaotic-- chart is a sketch -- drumming is frenetic
Sunshine Of Your Love
--Cream version
chart lyrics D -- Rock Royalty
Super Bad
--James Brown version
chart lyrics D -- "all instruments are drums"
Super Duper Love
--Joss Stone version
chart lyrics G -- British motown
Superstition
--Stevie Wonder version
chart
chart in E
lyrics Eb -- Groove tune
Suspicious Minds
--Dwight Yokum version
chart lyrics F -- big change in feel
Sweet Home Chicago chart lyrics E -- shuffle -- breaks --
everybody does this tune
Sympathy For The Devil
--Rolling Stones version
chart lyrics E -- Rock and Roll Anthem

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Take Me To The River
--Al Greene version
chart lyrics interesting bridge and be careful of the 2/4 measure
Take Out Some Insurance On Me Baby
--John Putnam and Used Blues version

--BJ Allen version
chart


chart in C (BJ Allen version)
lyrics E -- Jimmy Reed chestnut -- AABA song form
C -- BJ Allen
Tell It Like It Is
-- Aaron Neville version
chart
Generic chart
lyrics F -- ballad
Tell Mama
-- Etta James version
chart lyrics F -- Midnight hour bass line
Tell Me Something Good
-- Rufus version
chart lyrics Ab -- upbeat hell!
Tell The Truth
-- Derek and the Domonoes version
chart lyrics E -- with Eric Clapton
Temptation
-- Diana Krall version
chart lyrics Cm -- hynotizing gypsy-like jazz
Texas Flood
-- SRV version
chart lyrics Chart in G
Them Changes
-- Buddy Miles version
chart lyrics not yet E -- Rocker
This Old Heart Of Mine
-- Isley Brothers version
chart
chart in G
lyrics C -- R&B 60's classic
Tightrope
-- Stevie Ray Vaughn version
chart
chart in B
lyrics Eb -- SRV cranking
The Spider And The Fly
-- Rolling Stone Version version
chart lyrics E -- tricky intro -- then a straight blues
The Things I Used To Do
-- Stevie Ray Vaughn version
chart
chart in C
lyrics F# -- classic blues remake
The Wind Cries Mary
-- Jamie Cullum version
chart
chart in Bb
lyrics F -- jazzy swingy
This Masquerade
-- George Benson version

-- Leon Russell version starts around 1:20
chart
chart in Am
Leon Russell chart
lyrics Fm -- Benson's biggest hit!
Leon Russell version in Cm
Three O'Clock Blues
--B.B. King version
opening solo lyrics slow blues -- in D -- down from the V -- quick IV
John does it in A
Tin Pan Alley
--Stevie Ray Vaughn version
chart lyrics B minor -- slow -- all minor -- no quick 4 -- dirge tempo
Tina Nina Nu
--Slim Harpo version
chart lyrics E -- straight time
Thrill Is Gone
-- B.B. King version
chart lyrics G minor -- B.B. King's 'biggest' hit
Too Far Gone
-- ?? version
chart
chart in Gm
A minor -- some nice guitar parts
Tore Down
-- Freddy King version
chart
chart in E
lyrics transposed to G (and E)
Trouble In Mind
-- Janis Joplin version
chart
lyrics D -- classic 8 bar
Try A Little Tenderness
-- Commitments version


-- Otis Redding version
"Commitments" chart
lyrics Otis Redding R&B classic -- remade by Commitments in E
Thunder And Lightning
Chi Coltrane version
chart
Tune 88
-- Jeff Lorber version
chart G -- watch the quick 3/8 figures
Turn Me On
-- Nina Simone version
chart lyrics AABA song form
Twenty Nine Ways chart
lyrics D -- shuffle --- call and response
Twist And Shout
--Beatles
chart
lyrics E-- call and response

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Unchain My Heart
--Nawlins Funk Band version
chart
chart in C minor
lyrics G minor -- AABA song form -- second chord Eb
Until You Come Back To Me
--Aretha Franklin version
chart
chart in F
lyrics D major -- AABA song form -- double tag
Use Me
--Nawlins Funk Band version
chart
chart in Cm
"Cherry Red" chart
lyrics Em minor -- riff tune
Used To Rule The World
--Bonnie Raitt version
chart
chart in Bbm
chart in Bm
lyrics C# minor -- Rhythmically complex

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Valerie
--Amy Winehouse version
chart
lyrics Eb -- pop tune
Ventilator Blues
Rolling Stones's version
chart
chart (Swing 16ths)
chart (double time)
"Cell Block B" chart
lyrics G -- delta style

So what's with the first three different charts? They all express the same thing. The first one is how a person unfamiliar with swing eighths might want to see the chart. It accurately reflects the weighted notes using triplet notation. So why not just use standard jazz notation and swing the eighths? Because what's being 'swung' are not the eighth notes but the sixteenth notes!! The second chart looks simpler because it asks the performer to 'swing' the sixteenth notes. And all the triplet notation disappears. The last chart actually decides to double time the beat. This makes what was a sixteenth note into an eighth note. Now the chart appears more like what jazz musicians understand. But now the beat feels arbitrarily fast and not in sync with how a drummer 'feels' the tune. So this last one is pretty academic.

Volcanic Acne
Robert Walter's version
chart C# minor finky
Voodoo
--Nawlins Funk Band version
chart
lyrics A minor -- N'awlins feel
Voodoo Child
--Jim Hendrix version
chart lyrics E

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Walk The Backstreets And Cry
-- Otis Rush version


-- Little Milton version
chart (OR)
lyrics (OR)
lyrics (LM)
Bbm -- a different kind of 16 bar
are the Otis Rush and Little Milton songs the same song?
Walking Blues
-- Paul Butterfield version
chart
lyrics A --- straight time
Walking By Myself
--Jimmy Rogers version
chart lyrics A -- 8 bar song (12 bar solos)
Walking The Dog
--Lady Dottie and the Diamonds version
chart lyrics C
Watermelon Man
--Herbie Hancock version
chart F -- jazz head
The Weight
--The Band version
chart lyrics A
What Is And What Should Never Be
Led Zeppelin version
chart A
What Is Hip
Tower of Power live version
chart E
What'd I Say
John Scofield version
chart lyrics E very difficult latin feel
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye version
chart
chart with ending
chart in G with ending
chart in A
chart in Eb
lyrics
E -- Soul Protest
When The Lights Go Out
-- Willie Dixon version
chart and lyrics Willie Dixon -- song form
When Rita Leaves
-- Delbert Mclinton version
chart lyrics E -- Tex Mex ballad
Who Do You Love
George Thorogood version
chart :) lyrics E -- one chord wonder (well almost)
the chart is almost silly. This is an excellent example of why standard notation is not particularly suited for improvised blues. Laugh here!
Whipping Post
Allman Brothers version
chart
lyrics
A minor -- 11/8 measures!!
Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
Derek and the Dominos version
chart
lyrics Am/A -- frenetic
Why I Sing The Blues
B. B. King version
chart
lyrics
C -- straight time
Wild Women Don't Have The Blues
Ida Cox version
chart
lyrics
Eb --- depression era classic
Woman Across The River
-- Freddie King version
chart
chart in F
lyrics C -- radical groove change
(straight to shuffle and back again)
Women Be Wise
-- Sippie Wallace version
chart lyrics G -- tin pan alley (cycle of fifths)
chord scale analysis
Work Song
--Wes Montgomery version
chart F minor -- jazz head

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Yardrock Stomp
John Putnam and Used Blues version
chart D -- John Putnam original -- funky -- MP3 too fast
You Can Have My Husband
Irma Thomas live version
Irma Thomas original version
chart lyrics straight 12 bar (no quick 4)
You Can't Hurry Love
-- Supreme's version
chart lyrics Bb -- crazy bass anticipations
You Don't Love Me Baby
-- Junior Well's version
chart lyrics A -- 15 bar double four
You Got Me Running
Jimmy Reed version
no chart lyrics G -- Jimmy Reed groove -- 12 bar (with a "no quick 4")
You Really Got Me
--Kinks version
chart lyrics G -- 60's Rock
You Upset Me
--B. B. King version
chart
chart in D
chart for "Wail On"
lyrics G -- focus on the beginning and ending
Your Mind Is On Vacation
Mose Allison version
chart and lyrics Eb -- Mose's jazzy version of this blues classic
You're No Good
Linda Ronstadt version
chart lyrics big hit for Linda
You've Been So Good Up To Now
Lyle Lovett version
chart lyrics
You've Changed
--John Putnam's Blues Party version
chart lyrics C -- ballad AABA song -- watch ending
You've Got The Love
--Chaka Khan and Rufus' version
chart lyrics G -- heavy funk
main riff TAB
guitar double bass chart

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