| MP3 or youtube | CHART (pdf) | LYRICS | notes |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
C |
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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 |
F |
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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. |
I |
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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