Topic: Virgil Childers Lyrics

[Gumbo]

Hi all,
Virgil Childers accompanied himself out of C position in standard tuning on "Somebody Stole My Jane", a song more often done as "Somebody Stole My Gal".  The song has a raggy progression and provided an excellent opportunity for Childers to show off his chordal knowledge.  He opens the song with an intro, keeping a syncopated feel going underneath the first four descending chords:

   |    C    |    C    |   Bflat  |   Bflat   |
   |    A    |    A    |   Aflat  |   Aflat   |
   |    C    |    C    |    C     |     A7    |
   |   D7   |   G7   |    C     |     A7    |
   |   D7   |   G7   |    C     |      C     |

Virgil Childers then goes into his verse accompaniment:

   |    C    |    C    | G9 F#9 |    G9    |
   |   G9   |   G9   |  C6 B6   |   C6     |
   |   A7   |   A7    |   D7     |    D7     |
   |   D7   |   D7    |    G7    |    G7     |
   |   C     |    C    |  G9 F#9 |    G9    |
   |   G9   |   G9    |    E7    |     E7    |
   |    C    |    C    |    C7     |    C7     |
   |    F    |    F     |   Aflat7  |  Aflat7  |
   |    C    |   C     |    A7      |    A7    |
   |   D7    |   G7   |    C       |    A7    |
   |   D7    |   G7   |  C   G7   |   C      |

For his solos, Childers substituted the intro progression for bars 21 through 40 of the verse accompaniment.  The voicings Childers used for the G9:  X-X-5-4-6-5 and the C6:  X-X-5-5-5-5 sound really spiffy in this context.
Virgil Childers' singing of the words combines two different versions of the lyrics, making for some befuddling moments, especially in the first vocal pass, but the whole thing is a lot of fun.

This is wonderful John - thank you. And i'm sure it will be great fun once i get that G9 to feel natural
EDIT: I never even imagined wanting to learn a song with 14 chords before

[Johnm]

That's great, Gumbo!  I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with it.
All best,
Johnm

[Johnm]

Hi all,
I'm currently hearing that line in "Red River Blues" as:
   Red, Little/River Red, why'd you wander where you go?
Any other interpretations?
All best,
Johnm

[Oscar Wolf]

I Always thought he said "South side, holy gee"



   SOLO

   Stand aside, holy gee, that's my gal comin' back to me
   Who's that knockin' at my door?
   Stand aside, goodness sakes, give me one more break
   Who's that knockin' at my door?
   Can't be the butcher, can't be the baker, they been here today
   Can't be the iceman, can't be the coalman, they don't knock that way
   Stand aside, holy gee, that's my gal comin' back to me
   Who's that knockin' at my door?

   SOLO

   Stand aside, holy gee, that's my gal comin' back to me
   Who's that knockin' at my door?
   Stand aside, goodness sakes, give me one more break
   Who's that knockin' at my door?
   It can't be the butcher, can't be the baker, they been here today
   Can't be the iceman, can't be the coalman, they don't knock that way
   (Guitar finishes verse)

All best,
Johnm

  

[Johnm]

I don't think so, coco.  You can clearly hear the "t" sound following the "s" that begins the word, and the second time he sings it, it's clearly "stand aside".
All best,
Johnm