Ah'w Baby

Ah'w Baby
words and music by Marion "Little Walter" Jocobs
key of G, cross harp-C
moderately

6 6 -5 6 -5 6 -4 -5 -3 -4 -3' -2
Baby, you're lookin' a good again tonight.

6 -5 -4 -3' -2 -2 -2" -2 -2" -2 -2" -2 -2" -2
Yeah, ba by, you're lookin' good a gain tonight

-4 -4 -4 4 -4 4 -4
You are made for me, ba -by,

-2" -2 -3" -3' -2 -3' -3' -2
I can't wait for tomorrow night.

Baby, I want to will my love to you.
Baby, I want to will my love to you.
'Cause you're my kind of baby,
Baby, youse the one I choose.

Baby, it's a lowdown dirty shame,
Baby, it's a low down dirty shame,
Bad way they talk about you,
But I love you just the same.

Heartbreaker

Heartbreaker
words and music by Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield, Calvin Carter
Key of G, Cross Harp-C
Moderate Blues

7 -6 7 -6 -5 -5 4 -3' -4 -5
She's a real heartbreaker, don't you know?
7 7 -6 -5 -5 -4 -3 -4 -5
A real heartbreaker, don't you know?

6 6 -6 7 7 -6 -6 -6 6 6 6
She's a real heartbreaker, a mean man hater,
6 6 -6 6 -5 -5 -4 -3 -4
She's a real heartbreaker, don't you know?

6 7 ( stop time)
When she holds my hand, I get warm inside.
-6 (stop time)
Something happens that I can't describe.
-8 (stop time)
She never talks serious about love or romance.
8 - - (held for entire line) - - 8
She's the kind of babe that won't give your heart a chance.

-6 6 6 -5 -5 -4 -3 -4
A real heartbreaker, don't cha know.
-6 -6 -6 6 -5 -5 -4 -3 -4
She's a real heartbreaker, don't you know?
-6 -6 -6 7 7 -6 6 -6 6 -5 6
She's a real heartbreaker, a mean man hater,
6 -5 -6 6 -5 -5 -5 -4 -3 -4
She's a real heartbreaker, don't you know?

7 (stop time)
No one man ever enters her mind.
5 (stop time)
She likes to flirt with maybe eight or nine.
7 (stop time)
When she goes out man, she has a ball.
-5 (stop time)
She don't date one, she loves to date them all.

6 6 -5 -5 -4 -3 -4
She's a real heart breaker, don't you know?
-6 -6 -6 6 -5 -5 -4 -3 -4
She's a real heartbreaker, don't you know?
-6 -6 -6 7 7 -6 -6 6 -6 -5 6
She's a real heartbreaker, a mean man hater,
-5 -6 6 -5 -5 -5 -4 -3 -4
She's a real heartbreaker, don't you know?.

Happy With The Blues

Happy With The Blues
lyrics by Peggy Lee music by Harold Arlen
key of C, cross harp, F
moderately slow

6 -4 -2 -4 4
I've done some trav'lin'
6 -4 -2 -4 4
Done some un-rav'lin'
6 -4 -2 -4 4
And for this shoestring
-3 4 -4 5
Paid lots of dues.
-7 6 5 -6 -6
But sometimes maybe,
4 5 6 -6 -7
He calls me ba -by,
6 -4 -2 -4 -4' 4 -3' -3''
And then I'm happy with the blues.

-3 -3 4 -4 -4 5 -5
So many nights, many days
-5 5 -4 -4 4 -3 -3 4 5 -4 5 -5
I kept tel -ling myself what to do, where to go.
-3' -3 -5 -4 -1 2 -4' -3
But I stay here' cause I need him
-1' 2 4 -3' 2 -3''
And he needs me, I know.
-4 -3'' -1 -3'' -2
Rooms get so lone -ly,
-1 -2'' -2' -3' -3 -3
Without his fun -ny face
-7 6 5 4 -3 -3'' 2 -2
So, I'll be happy with the blues

Honey Bee

Honey Bee
words and music by mckinley morganfield
key of F, cross harp-Bb
moderate blues

-5 -4 -5 -4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -3' -3"
Sail on, sail on, my little honey bee, sail on.

-5 -4 -5 -4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -3' -2
Sail on, sail on, my little honey bee, sail on.

4 4 4 4 4 -4 4 4 4 6 4 -3' -2 -2
You gonna keep on sailin' til you lose your happy home.

-5 -4 4 -5 -4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -3' -2
Sail on, sail on, my little honey bee, sail on.

4 4 4 4 -4 4 1 6 4 -3' -2 -2
I don't mind you sailin', but please don't sail so long.

-4 -4 -4-4 -4 -4 -4 -2 -5 -4 -5 -4 4 -4
All right, little honey bee, I hear a lot of buzzin'

-5 4 4 4 4 -3' -2 -2 -2 -5 -4 -5 -4 4 -4
Sounds like my little honey bee. I hear a lot of buzzin'

-5 4 4 4 4 -3' -2 -2
Sounds like my little honey bee.

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -1
She been all around the world makin' honey,

-2 -2' -3' -2 -3'-3' 4 -4 4 -3' -2 -2 -2
But now she is comin' back home to me.

Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied

Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied
words and music by Mississippi John Hurt
key of G, cross harp, C
relaxed

-4 5 -5 -4 5-5 -5 5 -4
Got the blues, can't be satisfied.

5 6 6 -7 6 -3' -3 -2
Got the blues, can't be sat -is -fied.

-6 -6 -6 6 -7 6 -6 -6 6
Keep the blues, I'll catch the train and ride.

Yes, whiskey straight will drive the blues away.
Yes, whixkey straight will drive the blues away.
That be the case, I wants a quart today.

I bought my baby a great big diamond ring.
I bought my baby a great big diamond ring,
Come right back home and caught her shaking that thing.

I said, "Babe, what makes you do me this a-way?"
I said, "Babe, what makes you do me this a-way?"
Well, that I bought, now you give away.

I took my gun and broke the barrel down.
I took my gun and broke the barrel down.
I put that joker six feet in the ground.

You got the blues, and I still can't be satisfied.
You got the blues, and I still can't be satisfied.
Well, some old day, gonna catch that train and ride.

Get Your Yas Yas Out

Get Your Yas Yas Out
words and music by Blind Boy Fuller
key of C, cross harp-F
moderately

6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 -4 -3 -2
Now you got to leave my house this morning,
don't I'll throw your yas yas out o'door,

6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -3 -3 5 5 5 5 -4
Now you got to leave my house this morning,
don't I'll throw your yas yas out o'door.

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 -3' -2 -2
Here you come raising hell,
know what you been doin' by the way you smell.

-3 -3 -3 -3 -4 -5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 -4 -3 -2
Now you got to leave my house this morning,
throw your yas out o' door,

6 5 6 5 -4 -3 -2
I mean, yas yas out o' door. Yeah!

Now you have to leave my house this morning,
don't I'll throw your yas yas out o'door.
Here you come raising sand,
Know what you been doin' by the way you stand.
Now you got to leave my house this morning,
don't I'll throw your yas yas out o' door.
I mean yas yas out o'door.
Now you got to leave my house this morning,
yas yas out o' door.
Now you got to leave my house this morning,
don't I'll throw your yas yas out o' door.
Look at you drinkin, went right through your head.
Had to drink a belt before you went to bed,
Now you got to leave my house this morning,
don't I'll throw your yas yas out o' door
I mean yas yas out o' door.
Now you got to leave my house this morning,
don't I'll throw your yas yas out o' door.
Now you got to leave my house this mornin',
don't I'll throw your yas yas out o' door,
Oh, zee zah, be dum bum,
Batta, batta, batta, dado zam,
Now you got to leave my house this mornin',
throw your yas yas out o'door.

Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down

Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down
words and music by Big Bill Broonzy
key of C, third position-Bb
moderatly

-4 -4 -4 -4-4-4 -5 -3 -4-4 -4 -4 -3"
Lord I know a little girl 'bout sixteen years old

-3 -4 -4 -4 -4 -5 -4 -3 -4-3 -4 -4 -4
She says Bill stop drinkin I will sat is fy your soul

(chorus)

-3 -4 -3 -4 -4-3 2" -1
But I just keep on a-drinkin',

-4 -3 -4 -3 -3' -2'
Yeah, I keep on drinkin'

-3' -3 -3" 4 4 4 -3-3"
Yeah, I just keep on a drinkin'

-3 -4 -3-3" -2" -2" -1
Till good liquor carry me down.

Now my woman told me about fifteen years ago
Bill you gonna drink one of these mornings
and you'll never drink no more.
(chorus)
Yes I went to the doctor with my head in my hands
The doctor said Big Bill I think I'll have to
give you monkey glands.
(chorus)
Lord my woman told me to stop drinkin' and come on home,
Say If you don't Big Bill some other man
gonna carry your business home.
(chorus)

Dark and Dreary

Dark and Dreary
words and music by Joe Josea and Elmore James
key of C, third position-Bb
moderately

4 -4 -5 -5 -4 -4 6 -5 -4 -3 -4 -2'
I have lost my baby, almost lost my mind.

4 -4 -5 -4 -4 -6 -5 6 -5 -3 -4 -2'
I've lost my baby, almost lost my mind.

6 6 6 -6 6 6 6 -4 -4 -3 -4 -2'
Way she treat me, gonna drive a man stone blind.

Well, the road seemed dark and dreary, while I traveled down that way.
Well, the road seemed dark and dreary, while I traveled down that way.
Well, my baby left me, she just come back home today.

Oh, I love my baby, tell the world I do
Oh, I love my baby, tell the world I do.
Well, I need a little lovin', darlin', gonna make my dream come true.

Oh, I love you darlin', like a schoolboy loves his pie.
Oh, I love you darlin', like a schoolboy loves his pie.
Now ain't that the way to treat me, darlin', my hurt's so long I will die.

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.

Everyday (I Have the Blues)

Everyday (I Have the Blues)
words and music by Peter Chatman
G, cross harp-C
Walking blues

-3' -3'' -2 -4 -4 4 4 -3' -3' -2
Ev' ry day, everyday I have the blues,

-3' -3''-2 -2 2 -2 2 2 -1 -3
Everyday, everyday I have the blues,

2 -2 -3' -3'' -3'' -2 2 -2
Well, you see me worry, baby,

2 -2 2 -4 -3' -2 2 -2
Because it's you I hate to lose.

-4 -4 4 -3' -2 -4 -4 4 -3' -2 -2
Nobody loves me, nobody seems to care,

-4 4 -4 -3' -2 -3' -2 -3'' -2 2 -1 -2
Nobody loves me, no -body seems to care,

-2 -3' -2 -3' -3'' 2 -2 2
Speakin' of bad luck and trouble,

2 -2 -4 -3' -2 2 -1 -2
Well, you know I've had my share,

-4 -4 4 -3' -2 -2 -2
I'm gonna pack my suitcase,

-4 -4 4 -3' -2 -2 -4
Movin' on down the line, oh,

-3' 4 -4 4 4 -3' 4 -3' -4 -2 -2 -2 -2'' -2'' -1
I'm gonna pack my suitcase, move on down the line;

-3' -2 -3'' -3'-3'' 2 -2 -2 -3' -2 -3' -3'' -2 2 -2 -1
Well there ain't nobod -y worryin' and ain't no -body cryin'

-3'' -2 -3' 2 -2 -2 2 -2 -2 2 -2 -2 -1 2 -2 -2
Seems to me everyday, everyday, everyday I have the blues

2 -2 -2 2 -2 -2 2 -2 -2 1 2 -2 -2
Everyday, everyday, everyday I have the blues.

-1 2 -2 -3''-2 -3' -1 2 -1 -2 -3'' -2 -3' -2
You see me wor -ry, ba -by,'cause it's you I hate to lose.

-2 -3 -4 5 -5 -4 5 -4 4 -4 -3 -4
No body loves me,

-2 -3 -4 5 -5 5 -4 4 -4 -3
no bod -y seems to care

-2 -3 -4 5 -5 -4 5 -4 4 -4 -3' 4
No body loves me,

-2 -3 -4 5 -5 5 -4 4 -4 -3
No body seems to care;

(spoken)
Speakin' of bad luck and trouble, well you know I've my share.

Early In The Morning

Early In The Morning
words and music by Elmore James
key of C, Cross harp-F
slow

-2 -2 -3'-2-2 2 -2 -2 -3 4 -3 4 -3 -2 -2
Well, it's early in the morning, and my baby can't be found.

-2 -2 -3' -2 -2 2 -2 -2 -3' 4 -3'4 -3' -2 -2
Well' it's ear -ly in the morning, and my baby can't be found.

-3 -3 -3 4 4 -3 -4 -2 -3 4 -4 4 -3' -2 -2
I'm gonna pack up and leave her if she don't stop runnin' 'round.

Well, I got to leave my baby,
'cause she gives me such a thrill.
Well. I got to leave my baby,
'cause she gives me such a thrill,
Well, she takes me back in the mornin',
and I hope she will.

She can get so sentimental
when the lights are way down low.
She can get so sentimental
when the lights are way down low.
The way that gal can thrill me,
make any man come back for more..

Dust My Broom

Dust My Broom
words and music by robert johnson
key of D, third position-C
moderately

-3 -4 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -3 -4 -5 -4 -2 -3" -1
I'm goin get up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom

-3 -4 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -3-4 -5 -4 -2 -3" -1
I'm goin' get up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom

-5 -5 -4 -5 5 -4 -5 4 -3" -2 -4 -5 -4 -2 -3" -1
Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin', girlfriend, can get my room.

I'm gon' write a letter, telephone every town I know
I'm gon' write a letter, telephone every town I know
If I can't find her in West Helena, she must be in East Moline, I know.


I don't want a woman,
wants every downtown man she meet.
I don't want a woman,
wants every downtown man she meet.
Shes' a no good donkey,
they shouldn't 'low her on the street.

I believe, I believe I'll go back home.
I believe, I believe I'll go back home,.
You can mistreat me here, babe,
but you can't when I go home.

And I'm gettin' up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom,
And I'm gettin' up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom,.
Girlfriend, the black man that you been lovin', girlfriend, can get my room.

I'm gon' call up China, see is my good girl over there.
I'm gon' call up China, see is my good girl over there.
If I can't find her on Phillipine's Island, she must be in Ethiopia somewhere.

Corrina, Corrina

Corrina, Corrina
traditional
key of A, cross harp-D
moderately

-3 4 4 -4' -4 -7 -7 -7 -6 6 6
Cor rin a, Cor rin a, where'd you stay last night

-7 -7 6 -7 5 6 -2 -2 -2' 2 -1
Cor rin a, Cor rin a, where'd you stay last night,

-3' -3" -3" -2' -1 -3' -3" -3' -3" -2 -2
Come in this morn-in', clothes ain't fit -tin' you right.


I left Corrina, way across the sea
I left corrina, way across the sea,
She wouldn't write me no letter,
she don't care for me.

Oh, Corrina, Corrina,
where you been so long,
Oh, Corrina, Corrina
where you been so long.
She wouldn't write me no letter,
she don't care for me.

Corrina, Corrina, where you stay last night?
Corrina, Corrina, where you stay last night?
Come in this mornin' clothes don't fit you right.

C. C. Rider

C. C. Rider
traditional
Key of D, Cross Harp-G
moderate blues tempo

8 -8 7 6 -6 8 -8 7 -7' -6
C. C. Rider, just see what you have done,

-5 -6 -8 7 -5 -6 -8 7 -5 -6
you made me love you now your man's done come.

-5 -6' -8 7 -5 -6' -8 7 -5 -6
You made me love you now your man's done come.

6 8 8 8 6 -8 -8 -8 6 7
You made me love you now your man's done come.

You caused me, Rider, to hang my head and cry.
You caused me, Rider, to hang my head and cry.
You put me down; God knows I don't see why.
You put me down; god knows I don't see why.

If I had a headlight like on a passenger train,
I'd shine my light on cool Colorado Springs,
I'd shine my light on cool Colorado springs,
I'd shine my light on cool Colorado Springs.

That Sunshine Special
comin' round the bend
It blowed just like
it never blowed before
It blowed just like
it never blowed before
It blowed just like
it never blowed before.

Bring It On Home

Bring It On Home
words and music by willie dixon
concert G, third position F
moderate bounce

-10 9 -9 -10 9 -9
Ba -by, Ba -by,

4 -5 6 6 -5 6 -5 -4 -4
I'm gonna bring it on home to you.

6 6 -8 -5 -5 -4 4 -4 -4 -5
I done bought my ticket, I got my load.

-8 -5 -4 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4
Conductor hol-ler -in', "All aboard!"

6 6 6 6 6 6 -6
Take my seat near half way back,

-4 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 4 -4
And watch this train move down the track.


(verse two)

I'll think about the
good times I once had had,
Soul got happy,
heart got glad,
I'll think about the way
you love me too.
You can bet your life
I'm coming home to you.


-4 -4 -4 -4
Comin on home,

-4 -4 -4 -8 -4 -4 -4 -4
I'm gonna bring it on home now.

-4 -5 -5 6 -4 -4 -4 -4
I'm gonna bring it on home now.

-4 -5 -5 -8 -4 -4 -4 -4
I'm gonna bring it on home now,

-8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8
Gonna bring it on home now,

-6 -5 6 -5 -4 -4
Bring it on home to you.