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Country Blues => Country Blues Lyrics => Topic started by: mr mando on September 18, 2008, 07:38:46 AM
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Hi,
I'm looking for help with the lyrics to a song by Charlie McCoy and Walter Vinson. They recorded it as the Mississippi Blacksnakes in Chicago on 17 January 1931 and the title is "Grind So Fine". I got it on a Document's RST Blues Document series CD called Mississippi String Bands & Associates (BDCD-6013).
https://youtu.be/PaL-Mz64U-0
Grind So Fine
Way down in Mississippi there?s a little town on the hill
Where the men all ?.. the women doin? the ?.. mill
Because I grind so fine, yes I grind so fine
Everybody?s bound to love it because I grind so fine
When I get to grinding the woman all holler
Cause my grinding running just as little as a dollar
Because I grind so fine, ooh I grind so fine
Everybody?s bound to love it because I grind so fine
Now all the once trained women won?t try that with you
?.. when you?re a ????????? two
Because I grind so fine, ooh I grind so fine
Everybody?s bound to love it because I grind so fine
Now listen here woman I?m gonna tell you the fact
You don?t like my grinding you can get your dollars all back
Because I grind so fine, ooh I grind so fine
Everybody?s bound to love it because I grind so fine
I got the ???????? just to help me out
????? so much grinding to wear my grinder out
Because I grind so fine, ooh I grind so fine
Everybody?s bound to love it because I grind so fine
Any help with the missing spots would be much appreciated!
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Now that's amazing: I posted this just before I finished work and turned the computer off. Just got home half an hour ago and already I got two e-mails from frankie, containing the following information:
I've been slowly working through the lyrics for the MS Sheiks splinter groups... can't quite get that third verse (I think he might be messing it up, himself), but here's what I have. Incidentally, I'm not sure what the personnel is listed as on the CD, but on this particular track, I'm nearly certain that it's Bo Carter singing and playing guitar, Charlie McCoy accompanying on mandolin. It also sounds like the playback is a little fast... could be a problem either with the original 78 or the transfer to digital, I guess. Key sounds like B-flat to me, but I haven't sat down and checked yet. Hope this helps...
Grind So Fine
Way down in Mississippi there's a little town on the hill
Where the men all send their women to the grist mill
Because I grind so fine, yes I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
When I get to grinding the woman all holler
Cause my grinding running just as level as a dollar
Because I grind so fine, ooh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
Now all I want [strange] women, [one try that with you]
I don't want your [] tearing a grinder in two
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
Spoken: Oh, play it Mr. Grinder. Miss Mary, Lord.
Now listen here woman I'm gonna tell you the fact
You don't like my grinding you can get your [toll] all back
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
I got to hire the helper just to help me out
Getting so much grinding goin' wear my grinder out
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
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frankie, thanks for the help so far! I checked the personnel on the BDCD-6013 CD again, McCoy and Vinson are given. I'm not good with identifying voices, but the guitar style sounds a lot like Walter Vinson and not so much like the Bo Carter tunes I know. I checked the recording's pitch too, it sounds at approximately C# (if my mandolin was in tune). I seem to recognize C shapes in McCoys mandolin playing. The lowest note he hits seems to be a C on the 5th fret of the G string, but if the tune was indeed in Bflat, this would be the 3rd fret. Is it likely that the recording plays back at 3 semitones too fast?? There's a triplet played on the mandolin before the word "everybody" which sounds like 0-3-0 on the A string and not like D string 5th fret-A string 1st fret-D string 5th fret, but it's hard to tell with the lacking sustain of the mando-banjo or maybe resonator banjo he seems to use. A further point for the key of C would be the guitar accompaniment which seems to use regular first position C shapes with an alternating bass on strings 5 and 6, 3rd fret.
After repeated listening, I think your transcription of the first and fifth verses as well as the spoken asides is correct. I'm not yet convinced with the words "level" in verse two and "toll" in verse four. Verse three would make sense with the transcription below, what do you think??
Grind So Fine
Way down in Mississippi there's a little town on the hill
Where the men all send their women to the grist mill
Because I grind so fine, oooh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
When I get to grinding the woman all holler
Cause my grinding running just as [little] as a dollar
Because I grind so fine, ooh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
Now all I want is strange women, won't try that with you
I don't want your grain to tear my grinder in two
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
Spoken: Oh, play it Mr. Grinder. Miss Mary, Lord.
Now listen here woman I'm gonna tell you the fact
You don't like my grinding you can get your [dollar] all back
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
I got to hire the helper just to help me out
Getting so much grinding goin' wear my grinder out
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
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I'm not good with identifying voices, but the guitar style sounds a lot like Walter Vinson and not so much like the Bo Carter tunes I know.
Compare it to songs like She?s Your Cook But She Burns My Bread Sometime, Times Is Tight, Baby How Can It Be... Walter, Bo and Sam could all pay backup in a remarkably similar way. Bo tends to make chord choices that are a little fancier than Walter or Sam, though, like the G flat after the E-flat chord, or the F7 as the V7 chord.
Is it likely that the recording plays back at 3 semitones too fast??
I agree that the pitch is a little high, but if they're tuned a little sharp (as Bo seems to be on occasion) it wouldn't take much of a speed change to move the pitch to C sharp. The singing sounds much more like Bo than Walter or Charlie.
There's a triplet played on the mandolin before the word "everybody" which sounds like 0-3-0 on the A string and not like D string 5th fret-A string 1st fret-D string 5th fret, but it's hard to tell with the lacking sustain of the mando-banjo or maybe resonator banjo he seems to use. A further point for the key of C would be the guitar accompaniment which seems to use regular first position C shapes with an alternating bass on strings 5 and 6, 3rd fret.
I haven't had an opportunity to play around with the mandolin, but for the I chord, the lowest guitar bass note is the tonic - I didn't hear a single instance where the fifth below the tonic was used for the bass over the I chord. The other bass notes he uses over the I are the fifth above tonic and the octave - consistent with the F shape at the 6th fret that Bo, Walter and Sam all used as the I chord in key of B flat. There's also a slide from the root of the V chord to the tonic of the I (on the sixth string) that's also very typical of their playing in B flat. The IV chord sounds like a C shape moved up three frets with the 3rd string ringing open - a typical giveaway for the key of B flat. The II chord is a 1st position C7 and the V7 is an F7, the use of which is kind of peculiar to Bo (when comparing the backup styles of Bo, Walter and Sam).
Verse three would make sense with the transcription below, what do you think??
It would make more sense, but I just don't hear it - if I had to sing something, it'd probably be something like that, though!
Regarding "level" and "toll" - that's what I hear... I'd prefer to hear "corn" instead of "toll," but there's definitely a long "O" sound in there that would make for a very strange pronunciation of "dollar."
Nice tune, though - the little tag turnaround between the verses is cute! If it had cheeks, I'd probably want to pinch one... :)
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I'd prefer to hear "corn" instead of "toll," but there's definitely a long "O" sound in there...
I think that's exactly what you do hear. Pronounced something like "gitcha cone awl back", with the c swallowed a bit.
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I think this is definitely Bo singing, and I think Frankie's right about the guitar part being characteristic of the positions Walter Vinson, Sam and Bo use fairly frequently out of Bb. I don't hear it as a C position part. It's got that odd closed position sound they get to me. Some comments about the lyrics.
In V 2.2 I am hearing "level as a dollar" too. "Little as a dollar" certainly makes sense if the image is Bo selling his grinding talents, but "level as a dollar" could simply mean, er, really fine grinding. :P
V 3.2 I am hearing something like "I don't want your [trailer] tear my grinder in two" or "I don't want your [tray] to tear my grinder in two". What does that mean? Damned if I know. Not hearing "grain" myself. Anyone familiar with 1920s corn grinding processes? :D
V 4.2 I am hearing "toll" like Frankie. Not hearing "corn" or "dollar". "Corn" would certainly make some sense though.
V 5.1 "I got to hire ME A helper just to help me out"
Fun tune.
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I'll have to listen to this more closely when I get home from work and can crank it up a bit, but it definitely sounds like Bo (sped up some) to me.
Also, I'm pretty sure it is in B-flat, because some of the turnarounds at the end of the verse are the same as "Jackson Stomp"/"Lonesome Train," which are both in that key.
Chris
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I agree with Uncle Bud on the "level" and "toll". In my previous post, to clarify, I meant the turnarounds on the mandolin, not the guitar.
When you slow the tune down a little bit, it's definitely Bo Carter singing.
Also, the third verse starts:
Now all I want, strange women, one try there with you,
I'll win your trade or tear my grinder in two,
Chris
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Now all I want, strange women, one try there with you,
I'll win your trade or tear my grinder in two,
Nice!
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Thanks for all your help! Here's the consensus distilled from the posts above plus one change in 1.2 from grist mill to GRIT mill, as I don't hear the S anymore:
Grind So Fine
Way down in Mississippi there's a little town on the hill
Where the men all send their women to the grit mill
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
When I get to grinding the woman all holler
Cause my grinding running just as level as a dollar
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
Now all I want, strange women, one try there with you
I?ll win your trade or tear my grinder in two
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
Spoken: Oh, play it Mr. Grinder. Miss Mary, Lord.
Now listen here woman I'm gonna tell you the fact
You don't like my grinding you can get your toll all back
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
I got to hire me a helper just to help me out
Getting so much grinding goin' wear my grinder out
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody's bound to love it because I grind so fine
As for the guitar/mandolin positions, I'm not convinced that this is in Bb. I was hearing it in C and now that I have listened to it slowed down, I'm even more certain. Not that I'm completely sure , but here are the three main points that make me think it's in C:
1. In bar 5 of the guitar accompaniment behind the mandolin solo, I'm hearing a muffled low tonic of the IV chord as bass note on beat 1 and a movement from high minor third to high major third as bass notes on beat 3. The low tonic of the IV chord would be an Eb and below the 6th string, hence not available. To me, this is the sound of a "wrap-around" F chord with thumb on the 6th string and a partial barre of the three high strings. The -3/+3 movement on beat three would be possible with an Eb chord in C position, but is certainly way more common with an F chord in F position.
2. In bar 3 of the mandolin solo, I hear a double stop on beat 3 right after the tremoloed note, that to my ear consits of tonic and major third. If this was in Bb, the fingering would have to be 8th fret on the D string and 5th fret on the A string. Of course not impossible, but the melody right before that tremolo suggests a fingering (in Bb) leading down on the 1st string from the 6th to 5th to 4th to 3rd to 1st fret then on the 2nd string 4th & 3rd frets, then 5th fret on 3rd string and 1st fret on 2nd string for the tremoloed note. Landing an the 8th fret 3rd string for the tremoloed note would need a different and very uncommon fingering. In C, the double stop would be 3rd fet/2nd string and open 1st string and would the natural consequence of the tremoloed note and the melody that precedes it.
3. I was trying to identify the highest notes in the strummed chords on beats 2 and 4 of the guitar accompaniment. For the I chord I hear a high fifth ringing, suggesting the following voicing in C: x-3-2-0-1-3. The bass would alternate between strings 5 and 3. For the IV and V chords, I hear a high tonic, so I'm lead to think that Bo Carter played simple F position F and G chords.
I would be very interested if anybody is hearing something different, especially in the guitar accompaniment behind the mandolin solo.
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The guitar part sounds to me like it's in Bb. It's essentially the same accompaniment as Bo plays in "My Pencil Won't Write No More," complete with the change to the Gb from the Eb chord. On the I chord you can hear him sliding up on the 6th string into the F-shaped Bb. He's playing the Eb in C position -- 6-6-5-0-4-6, rocking from the 4th to 5th fret on the fourth string during the break. You can also hear the low fifth of the Eb chord during the break, which wouldn't be possible with an F-shaped chord.
I'm also hearing that (very brief) double stop as tonic and fifth, not major third, which would be a bar of the Bb-F at the first fret of the 1st and 2nd string on the mando.
Chris
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I totally agree with Chris's analysis of the guitar part, but thought you guys might appreciate my take on this particular mandolin moment:
2. In bar 3 of the mandolin solo, I hear a double stop on beat 3 right after the tremoloed note, that to my ear consits of tonic and major third. If this was in Bb, the fingering would have to be 8th fret on the D string and 5th fret on the A string.
I'm also hearing that (very brief) double stop as tonic and fifth, not major third, which would be a bar of the Bb-F at the first fret of the 1st and 2nd string on the mando.
Mr. Mando - you're correct in that the pitches involved in that double-stop include the major 3rd above the tonic. It also includes the major 3rd below the tonic as well. If you listen to the little turnaround lick, it's pretty clear that McCoy is using octave strings on the bass courses of the mandolin (3rd and 4th courses), so McCoy plays that mystery double stop by fingering the 1st fret on the 2nd course and playing the 3rd course open, getting the 3rd to sound in the key of B-flat both above and below the tonic, thanks to the octave string.
Thanks for all your help! Here's the consensus distilled from the posts above plus one change in 1.2 from grist mill to GRIT mill, as I don't hear the S anymore
I have to ask - what then is a grit mill?
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The -3/+3 movement on beat three would be possible with an Eb chord in C position, but is certainly way more common with an F chord in F position.
I have to point this out - the Mississippi Sheiks recorded 7 songs in the key of C and 5 in the key of F. They recorded 21 songs in the key of B flat, probably more once you figure in the sides recorded with Texas Alexander and other singers. They recorded more songs in the key of E flat than they did in the key of D. I'd say an E flat chord was pretty common to them.
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Mr. Mando - you're correct in that the pitches involved in that double-stop include the major 3rd above the tonic. It also includes the major 3rd below the tonic as well. If you listen to the little turnaround lick, it's pretty clear that McCoy is using octave strings on the bass courses of the mandolin (3rd and 4th courses), so McCoy plays that mystery double stop by fingering the 1st fret on the 2nd course and playing the 3rd course open, getting the 3rd to sound in the key of B-flat both above and below the tonic, thanks to the octave string.
Ah, that makes sense, and maybe I was listening to the wrong double stop.
Chris
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6 years later....
How about Verse 3:
Now all I want, strange women, one trial at you
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Hey there! I'm not sure where to post this. I hope this is the right spot.
Can anybody help out with these lyrics? I'm missing a bunch and as you can see some I'm also unsure of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fnTNAkF4bs
I was with a gang of boys, having a good time
Bur women these days like a worn out car
There?s always jumping time
They ain?t no good, oooh it ain?t no good
Well a man met a girl and he winked his eye
And now he?s in the horse ?till about to die
Because she was no good, oooh she was no good
Well it ain?t no way to make it fit my size
Well it ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
Well he met another girl thought he could ship gal
And now he?s up the river doing fifteen years
Because it was no good, ooooh it was no good
Well it ain?t no way to make it fit my size
well it ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
don?t jump every girl you see in the street
there?s other kind of folk besides pig meat
They ain?t no good, oooh it ain?t no good
Well it ain?t always make it fit my size
I went to samantha?s house, on her door I knocked
Women is so bad these days, they laugh when a whole house flop
They ain?t no good, oooh it ain?t no good
Well a chap met a girl and he made her a date
He?s sorry now too doggone late
She was no good, she was no good
Well it ain?t no way to make it fit my size
Well it ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
Well a plod ado lip ain?t hot or cold
And everything glitter ain?t always gold
well it ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
Well it ain?t no way to make it fit my size
well it ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
well take this tip, knock on the wood
?cuz hot spring water won?t do no good
well it ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
Well it ain?t no way to make it fit my size
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I think I've got most of it -- I'm sure I didn't catch all the "ohs" vs. "wells" and "whole house flop" sounds right but I'm not 100% sure. You had the majority of it, SGM.
Chris
I WENT with a gang of boys, having a good time
BUT THE women these days like a WORE out car
They?s always jumping time
OH. they ain?t no good, OH it ain?t no good
Well a man met a girl and he winked his eye
And now he?s in the HORSE PILLS 'BOUT to die
Because she was no good, OH she was no good
Well it ain?t no way to make it fit my size
OH it ain?t no good, OH it ain?t no good
Well he met another girl thought he could SHIFT GEARS
And now he?s up the river doing fifteen years
Because it was no good, ooooh it was no good
Well it ain?t no way to make it fit my size
well it ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
don?t JIVE every girl you see in the street
there?s other kind of folk besides pig meat
They ain?t no good, oooh it ain?t no good
Well it ain?t NO WAY make it fit my size
I went to A FLAPPER?S house, on her door I knocked
Women is so bad these days, they laugh when a whole house flop
OH they ain?t no good, oooh they ain?t no good
Well a JASPER met a girl and he made her a date
He?s sorry now too doggone late
She was no good, OH she was no good
Well it ain?t no way to make it fit my size
OH it ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
Well a FLY'LL LAND ON ANYTHING, hot or cold
BUT everything glitter ain?t always gold
It ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
Well it ain?t no way to make it fit my size
OH it ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
well take this tip, knock on the wood
?CAUSE hot spring water won?t do no good
well it ain?t no good, ooh it ain?t no good
Well it ain?t no way to make it fit my size
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:) :) :) :) :)
AMAZING!! Thanks!!
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Might the one line be:
Women is so bad these days they laugh when a whorehouse flops
It sounds like it and it makes more sense, though it would be a bit surprising to use "whorehouse" in a lyric
All best,
Johnm
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Might the one line be:
Women is so bad these days they laugh when a whorehouse flops
It sounds like it and it makes more sense, though it would be a bit surprising to use "whorehouse" in a lyric
I had that thought, too, John, but "whorehouse" making it onto a record made me skeptical. I think you're probably right. A&R guy wasn't listening too closely that day!
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Dirty Dirty song! >:D
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It sounds a bit like "horse pill", but it's "hospital", pronounced "horsp'til". I also suspect it's "there's other kinds of pork besides pig meat", but I'm not going to the wall on that one.
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Nice Catch AlYoung!
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It sounds a bit like "horse pill", but it's "hospital", pronounced "horsp'til". I also suspect it's "there's other kinds of pork besides pig meat", but I'm not going to the wall on that one.
Great catches, Al -- definitely "pork," too. Thanks!
Chris
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Blue Sky Blues - Mississippi Blacksnakes
Actual pitch: D-flat
Main guitar position: B-flat
Fiddle position: n/a
Mandolin position: B-flat
Second guitar position: n/a
https://youtu.be/AMdTAbZw_Js
Lyrics:
I woke up this morning, just as blue as the sky above, sweet babe
I woke up this morning, just as blue as the sky above
I was only thinking about someone's baby, honey babe I once have loved
Honey, that I once have loved
I work the whole week long, I give you my spending change, sweet babe
I work the whole week long, I give you my spending change
And then [add my every cent] baby, you will love your other man
Baby, love your other man
Don't you never get tired of, baby, treating me this-a-way, sweet babe
Don't you never get tired of, baby, treating me this-a-way
You ain't goin' be in good luck, baby, honey babe, it's all your day
Honey babe it's all your day
spoken: Oh, step on it
I'm going away baby, but I'm all upset in mind, sweet babe
I'm going away baby, but I'm all upset in mind
I wants to leave you baby, but I hate to leave your lovin' behind
Baby, leave your lovin' behind
I'm going up the country, little girl, don't you want to go, sweet babe
I'm going up the country, little girl, don't you want to go
And there ain't nothing around here, sweet baby, a sweet girl like you can do
Honey like you can do
All I want baby, train fare away from here
All I want baby, train fare away from here
And then a rack of dollars, baby, hon, will carry us anywhere
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Grind So Fine - Mississippi Blacksnakes
Actual pitch: D-flat
Main guitar position: B-flat
Fiddle position: n/a
Mandolin position: B-flat
Second guitar position: n/a
https://youtu.be/PaL-Mz64U-0
Lyrics:
Way down in Mississippi there?s a little town on the hill
Where the men all send their women to the grist mill
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody?s bound to love it because I grind so fine
When I get to grinding the women all holler
Cause my grinder's running just as level as a dollar
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody?s bound to love it because I grind so fine
Now all I want, strange women, one try there with you
I'll win your trade or tear my grinder in two
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody?s bound to love it because I grind so fine
Spoken: Oh, play it Mr. Grinder. Miss Mary, Lord.
Now listen here woman I?m gonna tell you the fact
You don?t like my grinding you can get your toll all back
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody?s bound to love it because I grind so fine
I got to hire me a helper just to help me out
Getting so much grinding goin' wear my grinder out
Because I grind so fine, oh I grind so fine
Everybody?s bound to love it because I grind so fine
Thanks to Chris Berry for the third verse!
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It's All Over Now - Mississippi Blacksnakes
Actual pitch: F (s)
Main guitar position: E
Fiddle position: n/a
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: E
https://youtu.be/KUZXvxLBwaQ
Lyrics:
I beg you, baby, both night and day
Trying to get you, baby, to stop your lowdown ways
You think you know what?s best
I want you to suit yourself
I?m sorry to say, baby, it?s all over now
I beg you, baby, [track] you like a hound
Trying to get you, baby, stop your running around
You think you know what?s best
I want you to suit yourself
I?m sorry, baby, it?s all over now
You quit me, baby, it won?t be bad
Can?t have no more troubles than I once have had
I?ve had an awful time
I?m about to lose my mind
I?m sorry to say, baby, it?s all over now
If you go, baby, take this [moss]
You get in tough, baby, go see the Red Cross
Because if I keep this mind
I?ll never give you another dime
I?m sorry to say, baby, it?s all over now
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It's So Nice And Warm - Mississippi Blacksnakes
Actual pitch: A-flat
Main guitar position: A-flat
Fiddle position: n/a
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: G
https://youtu.be/zMFnyfL1zfY
Lyrics:
I have the blues about you baby 'cause your bed's so nice and warm
I have the blues about you baby 'cause your bed's so nice and warm
Every time I go in a strange land
Think about that cover with some other man
Then I have the blues about you baby 'cause your bed's so nice and warm
I have the blues about you baby 'cause your bed's so nice and warm
I have the blues about you baby 'cause your bed's so nice and warm
Get under the cover once, want to get under there twice
The reason of that, it feels so nice
I have the blues about you baby because it's so nice and warm
I have the blues about you baby because it's so nice and warm
I have the blues about you baby because it's so nice and warm
When I go away, weather gets cold
Then I think of you and your sweet jelly roll
Then I have the blues about you baby because it's so nice and warm
I have the blues about you baby 'cause your bed's so nice and warm
I have the blues about you baby 'cause your bed's so nice and warm
I do alright in the summertime
When winter come I nearly lose my mind
I take the blues about you baby because it's so nice and I mean mama
It's so nice and warm
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Family Disturbance (Family Troubles) - Mississippi Blacksnakes
Actual pitch: D-flat
Main guitar position: C
Fiddle position: n/a
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: C
https://youtu.be/0UbxGc0Kalk
Lyrics:
Hey, lord, lord, lord, lord, sweet baby, it's lord, lord, lord
Hey, lord, lord, lord, lord, sweet baby, it's lord, lord, lord
I ain't goin' take your mistreating baby, now, [then] be your low-down dog
Lord, a woman that's 'ceitful, she really have treated you wrong
There's a woman that's 'ceitful, man, she really have treated you wrong
It makes her have a good notion, now, just leaving her happy home
Lord, I sure ain't gonna be, now, your choppin' block no more
Lord, I sure ain't gonna be, baby, your choppin' block no more
'cause you caused me to be here, now you're fixing to go
spoken: Step on it. Miss Mary, lord.
There's a blues jumped me last night, now, didn't turn me loose 'til day
I said the blues jumped me last night, man, didn't turn me loose 'til day
And when he turned me loose this morning, that's the time my good girl walked away
Mmm, how can I stay here and all I got is gone?
spoken: You hear me talkin'.
Mmm, how can I stay here and all I got is gone?
Doesn't my house look lonesome, now, when my biscuit roller's gone?
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Five Pound Axe - Mississippi Blacksnakes
Actual pitch: E-flat
Main guitar position: Dropped-D
Fiddle position: n/a
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: D
https://youtu.be/uFSS-9WA4Oo
Lyrics:
I'm a old five pound axe, baby, I just dropped in your town
I'm a old five pound axe, baby, I just dropped in your town
I mean I got weight enough behind, lord, to drive this old cuttin' axe on down
When I first stopped here baby, didn't know what to do
Standin' on the corner, wasn't nobody, baby, I knew
I walked down the street, looked over your town
[Ain't] much, baby, looked over all your browns
'cause I'm a old five pound axe, baby, I just dropped in your town
I'm a old five pound axe, baby, I just dropped in your town
I mean I got weight enough behind, lord, to drive this old cuttin' axe on down
I was standin' on the corner, didn't know what to do
A woman, she called me, says "I wanna use you."
Use a old axe, just dropped in town
Weight enough behind it to drive this old axe on down
'cause I'm a old five pound axe, baby, I just dropped in your town
I'm a old five pound axe, baby, I just dropped in your town
I got weight enough behind it to drive this old axe on down
Now, when I get to cuttin', I cuts in a different way
I cut for the women both night and day
When I get to cuttin', I cut just like I should
Women all crying "Your axe cut so good!"
'cause you's a old five pound axe, baby, I just dropped in your town
I'm a old five pound axe, baby, I just dropped in your town
I got weight enough behind it, baby lord, to drive this old cuttin' axe on down
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Farewell Baby Blues - Mississippi Blacksnakes
Actual pitch: A-flat
Main guitar position: G
Fiddle position: n/a
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: G
https://youtu.be/kqOPRzKSwzM
Lyrics:
I taken you, baby, just to be my own
I taken you, baby, when you really didn't have no home
But now it's fare you well baby, honey goodbye for good
I really love you baby, but you don't mean me no good
Some of these days now, baby, I swear it won't be long
You gonna want for me, baby, honey and I'll be gone
It'll be fare you well baby, honey goodbye for good
I really love you baby, but you don't mean me no good
It could be tomorrow, baby, or the next day
You gonna miss me, baby, from being your working slave
Goin' be fare you well baby, honey goodbye for good
I really love you baby, oh but you don't mean me no good
spoken: Step on it. I mean it's goin' be fare you well.
I [was] nice to you baby, when time was tough
[] got with another man, tryin' to strut your stuff
So now it's fare you well baby, honey goodbye for good
I really love you baby, but you don't mean me no good
I was nice to you, baby, honey, it's all the time
When I got my workin' money, I'd give you the last dime
Fare you well baby, honey goodbye for good
I really love you baby, but you don't mean me no good
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It Still Ain't No Good (New It Ain't No Good) - Mississippi Blacksnakes
Actual pitch: E-flat
Main guitar position: E-flat
Fiddle position: n/a
Mandolin position: E-flat
Second guitar position: n/a
https://youtu.be/c3_Nr39xkCQ
Lyrics:
I was with a gang of boys, having a good time
But women these days like a whorehouse clock, they's always jumping time
Oh, they ain't no good, oh, it ain't no good
Walter met a little girl and he winked his eye
And now he's in the hospital, about to die
Because she was no good, oh, she was no good
Well, it ain't no way to make it fit my size
Oh, it ain't no good, oh, it ain't no good
Well, he met another girl, thought he could shift gears
And now he's up the river doin' fifteen years
Because it was no good, oh, it was no good
Well, it ain't no way to make it fit my size
Oh, it ain't no good, oh, it ain't no good
Don't jive every girl you see in the street
There's other kind of pork besides pig-meat
They ain't no good, oh, they ain't no good
Well, it ain't no way to make it fit my size
I went to a flapper's house, on her door I knocked
Women is so bad these days, they's like in a [whorehouse block]
Oh, they ain't no good, oh, they ain't no good
Walter just met a girl and he made a date
He's sorry now, too doggone late
She was no good, oh, she was no good
Well, it ain't no way to make it fit my size
Oh, it ain't no good, oh, it ain't no good
Walter fly light on everything, hot or cold
But everything glitter ain't always gold
It ain't no good, oh, it ain't no good
Well, it ain't no way to make it fit my size
Oh, it ain't no good, oh, it ain't no good
Well, take this tip, knock on the wood
'cause hot spring water won't do no good
It ain't no good, oh, it ain't no good
Well, it ain't no way to make it fit my size
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Easy Going Woman Blues - Mississippi Blacksnakes
Actual pitch: E
Main guitar position: F
Fiddle position: n/a
Mandolin position: F
Second guitar position: n/a
https://youtu.be/8WcG_Qi4DEc
Lyrics:
Now, tell me, people, what in this world is we going to do?
Oh, now tell me, people, what in this world we going to do?
We haven't got no money and we can't find no work to do
Now I had a little woman, boy, she sure was kind to me
Now I had a little woman, she sure was kind to me
She went away and left me because times ain't like it used to be
She used to hug, she used to kiss me, she was the sugar all in my tea
She used to hug, she used to kiss me, she was the sugar all in my tea
But she went away and left me because times ain't like it used to be
I used to have plenty money to get on my drunken spree
I used to have plenty money to get on my drunken spree
But now all my money gone, times ain't like it used to be
I'm sittin' here, ragged and dirty, so hungry I can't hardly see
I'm sittin' here, ragged and I'm dirty, so hungry I can't hardly see
So now I ain't got no money and times ain't like it used to be
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Bye Bye Baby Blues - Mississippi Blacksnakes
Actual pitch: E
Main guitar position: E
Fiddle position: n/a
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: E
https://youtu.be/EP8O9TCW03Y
Lyrics:
Baby, I'm going to Chicago, goin' catch that Santa Fe
Baby, I say I'm going to Chicago, goin' catch that Santa Fe
'cause it seems like everybody here have turned they back on me
Well, I am going to Lake Michigan, goin' fold my arms and moan
I say I am going to Lake Michigan, goin' fold my arms and moan
Because the girl that I'm lovin' caused me to lose my happy home
Won't you tell me, baby, how come you do me like you do?
Won't you tell me, baby, how come you do me like you do?
Well, I did everything, pretty mama, just to get along with you
Baby, you know that I love you, that's why you do me like you do
Baby, you know that I love you, that's why you do me like you do
But what you do to me pretty mama, [say] it's coming back home to you
Well, it's bye bye baby, I will be back again
Well, it's bye bye baby, I will be back again
If I never see you no more, pretty mama, you know that I've been your friend
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The line: Women is so bad these days, they laugh when a whole house flop
I was just listening to this song, and I hear: "Women is so bad these days, they like an old wore-out clock"
Just a thought...