Feel Like Going Home

words and music by Muddy Waters
key of G, cross harp-C
moderately

-2 -2 -3' -2 -5 -4 -3' -3 -2 -2 -2 -1 -2" -2 -2 -2
Well. it's gettin' late in the evenin', I feel like blowing' my horn,

2 2 -2 -2 2 -2-2 -2-3 -3" -2 -2
When I woke up this mornin' all I had was gone

-5 -4 -3' -3-2 -3 -1 -2 -1 2 -2 -2 2 -2
Late in the evenin', child, I feel like, like blowin' my horn,

-2 -3 -4 -4 -4 4 -1 -1 -1 -4 4 -3' -2 -2 -2 -1 -2
Well, I woke up this mornin' darlin', all I had was gone.

Five Long Years

Five Long Years
words and music by Eddie Boyd
Key of Eb, cross harp-Ab
slow blues

-4 -5 6 -5 6 -5 6 -7
If you've ever been mistreated

-2 -3' 4 -4 -3 -2 2 -2
you know what I'm talking a -bout,

6 6 -7 6 -4 4 -3 -2
If you ever been mistreated

-2 -3' 4 -4 4 -3 -2 2 -2
You know just what I'm talking about,

(chorus)

-3 -3 -4 5 -5 -4 5 5 -4
I worked five long years for one woman,

-2 -2 -3' -2 -5 -4 4 -3' -2
And she had the nerve to put me out.

Tomi Leino playing blues harp for Eddie Boyd's memorial concert at Malmitalo in Helsinki, Finland 18th of February 2005.

First Time I Met the Blues

First Time I Met the Blues
words and music by E.Montgomery
F, straight harp
Slowly

-2 -5 -5 -5 5 5 4
The first time I met the blues,

5 5 -5 -5 -5 5 4 4 5 5 4
Don't you know I was walkin' down through the woods

7 -5 6 6 -5 6 6 -5 5 6
Yes, the first time I met the blues,

7 -7 7 7 5 5 4 4 4 -2
Don't know I was walkin' through the woods,

7 6 6 6 -5 5 6 5 4
Yes, she started botherin' my house

7 -7 7 -7 7 4 6 6 -5 4 4 -1 -1
Don't you know you done me all the harm you could.

Buddy Guy performing First Time I Met The Blues, with David Myers, bass, from the movie Chicago Blues, in 1970.

Come Back Baby

Come Back Baby
words and music by Mance Lipscomb
key of A, cross harp-D
slowly

6 6 6 6 -7 6 -5
Come back, baby, please don't go.

-7 -7 -7 -7 6 6 -4 -4 -4 4 -3'
The way I love you, baby, you'll never know.

-3 -4 6 6 6 6 6 6 -4 -4 4 -3' -2
Come back, baby, let's talk it o -ver one more time.

Evil (Is Going On)

Evil (Is Going On)
words and music by Willie Dixon
key of G, cross harp-C
moderately

6 6 6 6 6 -5 -5 6 6 -5 -4 6
If your're a long way from home, can't sleep at night.

6 -4 -5 -4 -5 6 -4 6 -5 -4
Grab your telephone, somethin' just ain't right.

(refrain)

-3' -4 4 -5 -4 -2 -3' -2 -2
That's e -vil, e -vil is go -in on.

-2 -3 4 4 4 4 -4 -2 -3' -3' -5 -4 -3 -2 -2
I am warning you brother, you bet -ter watch your happy home.

Here's how Howlin' Wolf does it:

Double Trouble

Double Trouble
words and music by Otis Rush
key of C, cross harp, F
slowly

5 -7 -7 -6 6 5 5 -3 -3'' -2 2 2
I lay awake at night, can't sleep, just so troubled,

5 -6 6 -6 6 -6 6 5 2 -2 -3' -3 -3'' -2 2 2 2
It's hard to keep a job, laid off and havin' double trouble

-7 -7 6 5 5 5 -3 -3'' -2 2 2
Hey, hey, they say you can make it if you try.

-7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -3 -3 -3
Yes, in this gen er a tion of millionaires,

5 6 5 5 5 5 -3 -3 -3'' -2 2
It's hard for me to keep decent clothes to wear.

5 -7 -6 6 -6 5 5 5 2 -2 -3 -3 -3'' -2 2
You laughed at me walkin', baby, when I had no place to go.

-7 -6 6 -6 5 5 5 5 5 2 -2 -3 -3''-2 2 2
Bad luck and trouble have taken me, I have no money to show.

As Long As I Have You

As Long As I Have You
words and music by willie dixon
key of F, cross harp-Bb
moderate blues tempo

-2 2 -2 -3 4 -3 -2 2 -2 -3 4 -3
Long as I have you, long as I have you,

6 -4 6 -5 -4 6 6 -4 -5 -4-4' -3 -3 -2
Nothing I wouldn't do, baby, long as I have you.

-2 -2 -4 4 4 -3 -2 -3 -2 -2
Well, I don't mind working, I'll be your slave,

-2 6 -5 -4 -3 -3 -2 6 -5 -4 -4 -3
Just call me, baby, and I'll rise from my grave,

-2 2 -2 -3 2 6 -5-4 4 -3 -2
Long as I have you, long as I have you,

6 -4 6 6 -4 6 6 -4 -5 -44 -3 -3 -2
Nothing I wouldn't do, baby, long as I have you.

Somebody done hoodooed the hoodoo man

"...You understand that you don't have a soul if you can't feel the blues" Junior Wells - The Hoodoo Man, 1966. Look out!

Bell Street Blues Jam

So it's been a while since my last post but I have been working like a dog to help organise and promote the Ipswich Blues Society's Bell Street Blues Jam at the Caledonian Hotel. The launch is on Sunday, the 8th of March and we will run them weekly after that. Multi-award winning bluesman Wiley Reed will head the house band this week and never fails to give a hell of a performance- so, if you're in the area, bring your blues harps and sit in on a jam or just come out and watch some spectacular blues. Music kicks off at 2pm, Bell Street, Ipswich, Qld, Australia.
You can find more info at:
Myspace/IpswichBluesSociety and IBS on Facebook