Blind Blake Guitar Keys and Positions

compiled by Andrew Mullins, with additional notes from Chris Berry

These are the complete recordings in chronological order, as taken from the JSP box set, Blind Blake: All the Published Sides. The pitches are not yet dealt with, and there are one or two holes left to fill in.

Order	Title	Position	Pitch
1	Dying Blues	C
2	Ashley St Blues	C
3	Early Morning Blues	C
4	West Coast Blues	C
5	West Coast Blues	C
6	West Coast Blues	C
7	Early Morning Blues	C
8	Early Morning Blues	C
9	Too Tight	G
10	Blake's Worried Blues	C
11	Come on Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around	G
12	Come on Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around	G
13	Tampa Bound	G
14	Skeedle Loo Doo Blues	C
15	Skeedle Loo Doo Blues	C
16	Stonewall Street Blues	G
17	State Street Men Blues
18	Down the Country	Vestapol
19	Back Biting Bee Blues	Dropped D
20	Wilson Dam	G
21	Bucktown Blues	C
22	Black Dog Blues	C
23	One Time Blues	A
24	Bad Feelin' Blues	Dropped D
25	Dry Bone Shuffle	C
26	Dry Bone Shuffle	C
27	Dry Bone Shuffle	C
28	That Will Happen No More	G
29	Brownskin Mama Blues <Take 1>	C
30	Brownskin Mama Blues <Take 2>	C
31	Hard Road Blues	G
32	Hey Hey Daddy Blues	C
33	Sea Board Stomp	C
34	You Gonna Quit Me Blues	C
35	Steel Mill Blues	C
36	Southern Rag	C
37	He's in the Jailhouse Now	C
38	Wabash Rag	C
39	Doggin' Me Mama Blues	C
40	C C Pill Blues	C
41	Hot Potatoes	C
42	Southbound Rag	G	E flat
43	Pay Day Daddy Blues	C
44	Elzadie's Policy Blues	G	E flat?
45	Good-Bye Mama Moan	C
46	Tootie Blues	C
47	That Lovin' I Crave	G
48	That Lonesome Rave	C
49	Terrible Murder Blues	A
50	Leavin' Gal Blues	C
51	No Dough Blues	C
52	Lead Hearted Blues	G
53	Let Your Love Come Down	F
54	Rumblin' and Ramblin' Boa Constrictor Blues	C
55	Bootleg Rum Dum Blues	G
56	Detroit Bound Blues	C
57	Beulah Land	G
58	Panther Squall Blues	G
59	Elzadie's Policy Blues
60	Pay Day Daddy Blues	C
61	Walkin' Across the Country	C
62	Search Warrant Blues	F
63	Rambin' Mama Blues	C
64	New Style of Loving	C
65	Back Door Slam Blues	C
66	Notoriety Woman Blues	F
67	Cold Hearted Mama Blues	G
68	Low Down Loving Gal	G
69	Sweet Papa Low Down	C
70	Poker Woman Blues	C
71	Doing a Stretch	F
72	Fightin' the Jug	F
73	Hookworm Blues	C
74	Slippery Rag	C
75	Hastings St	G	LOW
76	Diddie Wah Diddie	C
77	Diddie Wah Diddie	C
78	Too Tight Blues, No. 2	G
79	Chump Man Blues	Dropped D
80	Ice Man Blues	C
81	Police Dog Blues	Vestapol
82	I Was Afraid of That, Pt. 2	C
83	Georgia Bound	C
84	Keep It Home	A
85	Keep It Home	A
86	Sweet Jivin' Mama	EADF#AD tuning, played in A
87	Lonesome Christmas Blues	C
88	Third Degree Blues	C
89	Guitar Chimes	C
90	Blind Arthur's Breakdown	C
91	Baby Lou Blues	C
92	Cold Love Blues	G
93	Papa Charlie & Blind Blake Talk About It, Pt. 1	C
94	Papa Charlie & Blind Blake Talk About It, Pt. 2	C
95	Stingaree Man Blues	G
96	Itching Heel	C
97	You've Got What I Want	G
98	Cherry Hill Blues	E
99	Diddie Wah Diddie, No. 2	C
100	Hard Pushin' Papa	G
101	What a Lowdown Place the Jailhouse Is	C
102	Ain't Gonna Do That No More	C
103	Playing Policy Blues	G
104	Righteous Blues	C
105	Fancy Tricks	G
106	Rope Stretchin' Blues, Pt. 2	Am/C
107	Rope Stretchin' Blues, Pt. 1	Am/C
108	Rope Stretchin' Blues, Pt. 1	Am/C
109	Champagne Charlie Is My Name	C
110	Depression's Gone from Me Blues	E

Order	With Ma Rainey:	Position	Pitch
1	Morning Hour Blues	G
2	Little Low Momma Blues	C
3	Grievin' Hearted Blues	G

Order	With Charlie Spand:	Position	Pitch
1	Soon This Morning Blues	G
2	Fetch Your Water	?

Order	With Gus Cannon (Banjo Joe):	Position	Pitch
1	Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home	F or G
2	Madison Street Rag	F or G
3	Jazz Gypsy Rag	C
4	Can You Blame the Colored Man	C
5	My Money Never Runs Out	C