Singin' the Blues

[Racoon]

Anyone can write a song.

even a blues song...So here is a place to do it. :)

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Why does the man,

keep us po' folk down?

 

frustration breaks the heart,

but the spirit keeps me in

 

Stuck in a rut,

so I drink the rot-gut

 

drown those tears with more

Don't cry for me Gertrude

These eyes will for you

 

[chorus]

And when God shines His smile

and walks in these 'ol shoes a mile,

 

Better days will come

oh lord have mercy

Better days will come.

[chorus]

 

From the crossroads heart aches begin

when will the supression ever end?

 

It just ain't fair

to keep a Negro down

 

Happiness is only a dream

one that never visits

 

From the cotton fields to the slaughterhouses

It ain't ever been there

 

Never alone, my suffering has friends

everywhere I see no end

 

This luck is so damned bad

the faces of my brothers so sad

 

These Muddy Waters flow like the 'ssippi

from shy-town ghettos

 

[chorus]

And when God shines his smile

and walks in these 'ol shoes a mile

 

Better days will come

oh Lord have mercy

better days will come

[chorus]

 

Racoon

Took me about 10 minutes to whip that one up...:D >>>> :beer:

but Thats more like the Blues!

 

Whats your opinion?

I can't play an instrument yet, so maybe I can collaborate with someone??

[Racoon]

Ok, I haven't taken Music Theory at a college level, so don't bash me...

 

Blues are usually sung in 3 line Stanzas.

Phase 1 measures 1-4 - I I I I

Phase 2 measures 5-8 - IV IV I I

Phase 3 measures 9 - 12 V V I I

 

can anyone help explain that?

I will work on another Blues song. :edizzy: :) :D :beer:

[Buffy]

Ok, I haven't taken Music Theory at a college level, so don't bash me...

But its always so fun to do! But I'll resist the temptation.

 

First off, you're doing 16-bar blues (four lines in each "stanza" which we call "verses" in music), instead of 12-bar blues (3 lines per verse). 16-bar blues is associated with white guys, btw! The chord progression in both is (using C-major key) C*4-F*2-C*2-G-F-C-F, where for 16 you just double the bars (measures) for the last 4 chords. There are lots of variations, swapping bars using 7ths and Maj7th chords (only the white boys do the Maj7ths though).

 

Second, if you want real black blues, the first two lines need to always be repeated with the 3rd line being a punch line:

I woke up this morning, I had them statesboro blues,

I woke up this morning, had them statesboro blues.

Well, I looked over in the corner, and grandpa seemed to have them too.

The chorus has to have the *same* chord progression, but just be repeated several times in the song, and it often is the FIRST verse:

Wake up mama turn your lamp down low,

Wake up mama turn your lamp down low,

You got some nerve baby, to turn Uncle John from your door

 

Have fun!

 

Now you too can be an Eminem of Blues,

Buffy

[Queso]

ah I like this thread.

[Queso]

numbers and patterns of music, so fascinating.

I learned it by listening and counting.

[Buffy]

Oh I forgot. Sometimes you'll have a bridge, which is usually G*4-F*2-C*2-G-F-C-F, thrown somewhere in the middle (see the "I'm gonna pass me a brand new resolution" line in the Kinks "Here Come the People In Grey"), but that again is usually a white boy blues affectation....

 

I got a letter this morning with serious news that's gone and ruined my day,

Bluesy Buffy

[Racoon]

Thats good info Buffy.

I'm so glad your around. :D

 

What about this 4 liner...

from the link in Coyers thread.

 

 

"Prove it on me" - Ma Rainey 1928

 

"Went out last night with a crowd of my friends,

They must have been women 'cause I don't like no men.

Wear my clothes like a fan, talk to the gals like any old man.

'Cause they say I do it, aint nobody caught me, sure got to prove it on me"

 

:shocked:

shocking!

I wonder if this model would work?

 

And as to being the next Eminem,

I'd prefer to be the next Racoon. (or cleverer name)

Eminem was the first real crossover into Rap, so now it can be done again.

Just like Jackie Robinson :hihi: only different.

 

I don't really read Music either...:evil:

To many 'Ologies right now.

Thank you for the help so eevrybody.

 

Sunshinin', so the only Blues here is in the sky, :shocked:

Racoon

[Buffy]

Thats good info Buffy.

I'm so glad your around. :evil:

Glad to be edifying! :D

"Prove it on me" - Ma Rainey 1928

Ma Rainey! Yow! It sure looks 16-bar, (as Tom Lehrer will tell you, its only in Folk Music that it "doesn't really matter if you put a couple of extra syllables into a line.")

 

It sounds more ethnic if it ain't good English, :hihi:

Buffy

[Queso]

THE NIGHT I WAS BORN!

(minor blues shred)

LORD I SWEAR THE MOON TURNED THE FIRE RED!

- hendrix//voodoo chile

[Racoon]

I once had the blues

'cuz I had no shoes

 

Until on the street,

I met a man with no feet.

 

:eek:

 

this is not mine obviously.

But I am working on a blues song...

 

:eek2: :eek2: :hihi: :) :)

[InfiniteNow]

I brought this up in a PM exchange recently with another Hypographer...

 

The "blues" on a spectrum are a higher frequency, yet when we're sad, we tend to slow down and be lower energy.

 

Maybe we should call sad songs "reds" instead? :)

 

 

Cheers. :)

[Racoon]

"I had the Blues

because I had no shoes

 

Until on the street

I met a man with no feet"

 

(not mine obviously)

But I am formulating a song nevertheless.

 

I just can't seem to get into the Blues spirit...:)

Weathers too good!

 

What about anyone else??

Cry your tears here...:cry: :cup: :) :Guns:

[DFINITLYDISTRUBD]

Ah don no nutin bouts no moosik theery buts ah likes ta trah...sos heer gose!

 

Honey I'm gone

Honey I'm gone

 

was up before tha dawn

this hause is not a home

ya left me lonely for to long

 

(insert missing lines here )

 

my luv fer you wuz strong

(and here

this hause is not a home

(and here)

damit anyway I have more around here somewhere....where the ---- did I ------- put dat dam paper (always put works in progress where you can find dem again!) Oh well ah tried anyway .

[Queso]

best one so far, if you ask me.

[Queso]

Ah don no nutin bouts no moosik theery buts ah likes ta trah...sos heer gose!

 

Honey I'm gone

Honey I'm gone

 

was up before tha dawn

this hause is not a home

ya left me lonely for to long

 

(insert missing lines here )

 

my luv fer you wuz strong

(and here

this hause is not a home

(and here)

damit anyway I have more around here somewhere....where the ---- did I ------- put dat dam paper (always put works in progress where you can find dem again!) Oh well ah tried anyway .

 

 

this is my favorite post on Hypography,

Ever.

[DFINITLYDISTRUBD]

Thank you for the kind words!:thumbs_up

 

There is actually more to it but as is the norm all I can find isthe tape I made of the guitar portion of it (I can neither read nor write sheet music, nor do I know what the actual notes are other than by their sound )...The lyrics have chosen to disapear into hiding!

[DFINITLYDISTRUBD]

Buffy how many rules does it violate so far (structure and such)?

What kind is it? Is it even any kind of recognised?

 

Extremely curious!!!