My Baby Left Me

Tuning: standard 'My Baby Left Me' comprises three chords: . Conventional wisdom would dictate that this is a V-IV-I progression in the key of which instead indicates that this is the true key signature of the song. Thus we have A I-bVII-IV progression in . For the solos (not detailed here), Alvin eschews his usual rapid-fire approach and instead adopts a less-is-more technique, substituting feel, repetition & vibrato for his (10th fret) minor pentatonic phrases. Intro | | verse 1 My baby left me She wouldn't tell a lie 'Cause she said she would, she did And she left me high and dry My baby left me Last night I heard her cry She wouldn't tell me why She just said bye-bye riff 1 verse 2 I used to sing the blues I thought I sang for real Now I know the feel And it hurts too much riff 1 My baby left me She left me all alone She's never coming home And I want to die riff 1 verse 3 (double time over riff 2) My baby left me She wouldn't tell a lie 'Cause she said she would, she did And she left me high and dry My, my, my, my baby left me Last night I heard her cry She wouldn't tell me why She just said bye-bye Bye-bye-bye, everybody Guitar solo | | | | (end double time) verse 4 My baby left me She wouldn't tell a lie 'Cause she said she would, she did And she left me high and dry riff 1 My baby left me Last night I heard her cry She wouldn't tell me why She just said bye-bye riff 1 Verse 5 (double time over riff 2) I used to sing the blues I thought I sang for real Now I know the feel And it hurts too much My my my my my my My baby left me She left me all alone She's never coming home, baby And I want to die My baby left me My baby left me My baby left me My my my my my my Outro guitar solo | | | | | | | | | | | | riff 1 e|------------------------------|----------------------------| B|----3--3----------------------|----------------------------| G|----------4b5r4--2--4---------|----------------------------| D|-----------------------3b4r3--|--0-------------------------| A|------------------------------|----------------------------| E|------------------------------|----------------------------| riff 1 riff 2 bss bss e|-------------------------------|------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------|------------------------------------| G|----7--7-----------------------|----------------7--7----------------| D|----------9b10r9--7--9---------|-----------7h9--------9b10r9--7--9--| A|------------------------8b9r8--|--5----/9---------------------------| E|-------------------------------|------------------------------------| bss bss bss bss e|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G|------------------5--5---------------|-----------------------------------| D|-------------5h7--------7b8r7--5--7--|----------------5--5---------------| A|----3----/7--------------------------|-----------5h7--------7b8r7--5--7--| E|-------------------------------------|--3----/7--------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|----5--------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| / slide up \ slide down H hammer-on p pull-off mu mute pb pre-bend co cut off pr partial release bss bend slightly sharp ~~ vibrato ========================================================================= 03 Jan 2014