25 Baby Please Don't Go Lyrics

[E] Baby, please don't go

[E] Baby, please don't go

[E] Baby, [B] please don't go, down to [F#] New Orleans

[F#] You know I [E] love you so

[E] Before I be your dog

[E] Before I be your dog

[E] Before I [B] be your dog, I get you [F#] way'd out here,

[F#] And let you [E] walk alone

[E] Turn your lamp down low

[E] Turn your lamp down low

[E] Turn your [B] lamp down low, I beg you [F#] all night long,

[F#] Baby, [E] please don't go

[E] Baby, please don't go

[E] Baby, please don't go

[E] Baby, [B] please don't go, back to [F#] New Orleans

[F#] I beg you [E] all night long

[E] You brought me way down here

[E] You brought me way down here

[E] You brought me [B] way down here, 'bout to [F#] Rolling Forks,

[F#] You treat me [E] like a dog

[E] Before I be your dog

[E] Before I be your dog

[E] Before I [B] be your dog, I get you [F#] way'd out here,

[F#] And let you [E] walk alone

[E] You know I been done gone

[E] You know I been done gone

[E] You know I [B] been done gone to [F#] the county farm,

[F#] With all the [E] shackles on

key: E, writer: Big Joe Williams credited

I play all E B F# minor 7ths on this. You can play whatever works in the keys shown.

23 Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society Presentations

 I presented, with backing, songs at three events since February 2023.

I presented "Before You Accuse Me" at the 2023.02.19 with a drummer and bassist. Lyrics at https://tinyurl.com/5ad49m9a

I presented "Blue Tail Fly" at the 2023.03.12 event with a different drummer and a different bassist. Lyrics at https://tinyurl.com/49hm4xda

I presented "Baby, Please Don't Go" and "Before You Accuse Me" at the 2023.04.09 event with yet another different drummer, the same bassist as in March, a violinist, and a harmonica player. "Baby, Please Don't Go" lyrics at https://tinyurl.com/2p8u4r6d.

Next time I present songs, I hope to video the presentations.

24 Blue Tail Fly Lyrics

 Blue Tail Fly

Verse

E..............................A

When I was young I used to wait

E......................................B
On a master and hand him his plate,

E.......................................A
And pass the bottle when he got dry,

B..............................E
And brush away the blue tail fly.

Chorus

E.................................B

Jimmy crack corn and I don't care,

B.................................E
Jimmy crack corn and I don't care,

E.................................A
Jimmy crack corn and I don't care,

E
That master's gone away.

And when he.d ride in the afternoon,
I'd follow with a hickory broom;
The pony being rather shy,
When bitten by the blue tail fly.

Jimmy crack corn....

One day he rode around the farm,
The flies so numerous they did swarm;
One chanced to bite the pony on the thigh.
Thank you Lord, for that blue tail fly.

Jimmy crack corn....

The pony run, he jumped and pitched,
And pitched the master in the ditch;
He died, and we wondered why;
We think it mighta been the blue tail fly.

Jimmy crack corn....

Master lies beneath a 'simmon tree - 
His epitaph is there for to see:
"Beneath this tree I'm forced to lie,
The victim of a blue-tailed Fly."

Jimmy crack corn....

22 Vincent Hill Presentation 2023.03.26

Presentation of
Firewater (https://tinyurl.com/2wrfb9kf)
Before You Accuse Me (https://tinyurl.com/3zpp6rjv)
Slip Away (https://tinyurl.com/4xdu7cke)

2023.03.26 Sunday pm during open mic event at Vincent Hill Saloon and Restaurant in Acton CA to show skills. (Lyric links within parentheses.)

Firewater starts at 0:51
Before You Accuse Me starts at about 6:01
Slip Away starts at about 11:47

Video link at https://tinyurl.com/y62xx6c2

21 Firewater Performance

 I performed "Firewater" at the Impulse Music Company store open mic 2023.02.01 Wednesday. Lyrics in comments. Photo taken by Johnny Romantic.

20 Just perform anyway

the key to performing live is to don’t give a fuck; just perform anyway.

so attendees don’t pay attention to you? don’t give a fuck; just perform anyway.

the venue sucks? don’t give a fuck; just perform anyway.

you are afraid that you will make mistakes? don’t give a fuck; just perform anyway.

you’re concerned that you will disappoint listeners? don’t give a fuck; just perform anyway.

18 Lies in the Sky

6................................2

well folks tell stories to praise things gory

and they sell glory through lies elusory

5...........................1

1....................5

and those lies in the sky

a shit shit pie full of lies

2...................6

well those dictators gonna seize the wives

and they wanna make you give up your lives

and those lies in the sky

a shit shit pie full of lies

well that aids gonna kill; trust the lies and the blue pill

with toxins that don't chill but for a price make you ill

and those lies in the sky

a shit shit pie full of lies

well some religion gonna get your kids, 

filling by the thrusts of fanatic ids

and those lies in the sky

a shit shit pie full of lies

well we gotta kill those guys, who went and jumped our guys

don't listen to mad moms' cries; just gotta believe the lies

and those lies in the sky

a shit shit pie full of lies

well for illness ya gotta wear a face condom

gotta take a jab; if ya get sick, it's just random

and those lies in the sky

a shit shit pie full of lies

well minds to launder; more lies that wander

trust in heralds squander; don't let folks ponder

and those lies in the sky

a shit shit pie full of lies

 

2022.05.10

2022.05.15 rev

14 Before You Accuse Me

Before You Accuse Me, as done by Lyin' Doc 124
Keyboard Galleria in SCV 2018.04.03 Tuesday pm.

E
Before you accuse me

A..................E................ E4x
Take a look at yourself

A
Before you accuse me

.....................E................ E4x
Take a look at yourself

B......................................A
Well now, you say I been looking at other women

.............................................E..........B
But haven't you been lurking with somebody else?
Somebody else? Somebody else?

A......................................E..........B..........E
Haven't you been lurking with somebody else?

E
Before you accuse me

A..................E................ E4x
Take a look at yourself

A
Before you accuse me

.....................E................ E4x
Take a look at yourself

B......................................A......................................
Well now, you say I been running with other women

.............................................E..........B
But haven't you been walking with somebody else?
Somebody else? Somebody else?

A.......................................E..........B..........E
Haven't you been walking with somebody else?

E
Before you accuse me

A..................E................ E4x
Take a look at yourself

A
Before you accuse me

.....................E................ E4x
Take a look at yourself

B......................................A.....................................
Well now, you say I been laying with other women

................................................E.............B..................
But haven't you been playing with somebody else?
Somebody else? Somebody else?
A.............................................................................E......
Haven't you been laying, playing, laying, playing, with
..........B......E
 somebody else?

E A B E
E= EAEABe at fret 5
A= ADADEa at fret 10
B= BEBEF#b at fret 12

https://youtu.be/GmN4wa2Fwok

https://youtu.be/WLJpBlZWs-g

Ovation Celebrity Guitar with D'Addario EXP23 16 series baritone guitar strings open tuned to BEBEF#b 

update 2021.10.04 

open tuned to B F# A D f# b
E A B E
E= E B D G b e at fret 5
A= A E G C e a at fret 10
B= B F# A D f# b at fret 12

end update

Slider is copper tubing modified to fit

The modified stethoscope enables me to better hear what I play 

13 Before You Accuse Me

E E B

E

Before you accuse me

A..................E................ E4x

Take a look at yourself

A

Before you accuse me

.....................E................ E4x

Take a look at yourself

B......................................A

Well now, you say I been looking at other women

.............................................E..........B

But haven't you been seeing a somebody else?

E

Come on back home, baby

A.................E......................... E4x

Try my love one more time

A

Come on back home, baby

....................E......................... E4x

Try my love one more time

B......................................A

Well now you've been gone away so long

...............................E.......B

Don'cha know, I'm startin to lose my mind?

E

Before you accuse me

A.................E......................... E4x

Take a look at yourself

A

Before you accuse me

...................E......................... E4x

Take a look at yourself

B......................................A

Well now, you say I been running with other women

..........................................E.............B

Haven't you been walking with somebody else?

Break B

E  

Well, I called your mama

A.................E......................... E4x

'Bout three or four nights ago

A

Well, I called your mama

...................E......................... E4x

'Bout three or four nights ago

B......................................A

Well now, your mama said to me

..............................E..........B

"Son don't call my daughter no more"

E

Before you accuse me

A.................E......................... E4x

Take a look at yourself

A

Before you accuse me

..................E......................... E4x

Take a look at yourself

B......................................A

Well now, you say I been laying with other women

........................................E...............B

Haven't you been playing with somebody else?

E

Before you accuse me

A.................E......................... E4x

Take a look at yourself

A

Before you accuse me

..................E......................... E4x

Take a look at yourself

B......................................A
Well now, you say I been leading you on
.........................................E.........B
Haven't you been stringing me along all along?

E A B E

revised 20180131
revised 20180304
revised 20181107

Before You Accuse Me chords

revised from Bo Diddley 1957

http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/

12 Vincent Hill Presentation 2016.04.24

Presentation of 

Firewater (http://doc124gig.blogspot.com/2016/03/11-firewater.html)
A Race (http://doc124gig.blogspot.com/2013/07/7-race.html)
Slip Away (http://doc124gig.blogspot.com/2013/07/2-slip-away.html)

at https://youtu.be/rmcLhBu4q-A

2016.04.24 Sunday pm during open mic event at Vincent Hill Saloon and Restaurant in Acton CA to show skills. (Lyric links within parentheses.)

Firewater starts at 2:36
A Race starts at about 7:57
Slip Away starts at about 8:58

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11 Firewater

Firewater

With firewater I play

Seeing how close I stray

To a state of decay

I look and I won't see

Causing true love to flee

Change self worth to debris

With firewater I play

Seeing how close I stray

To a state of decay

I see and still don't cease

Teasing without surcease

Thirst I cannot appease

With firewater I play

Seeing how close I stray

To a state of decay

I'm flirting with trouble

My game down I double

Turning life to rubble

With firewater I play

Seeing how close I stray

To a state of decay

Down I fall when I play

Ones near and dear dismay

Life and love disarray

With firewater I play

Seeing how close I stray

To a state of decay

A taste of nectar sip

Even strongest could slip

On life losing a grip

With firewater I play

Seeing how close I stray

To a state of decay

notes:

chords on 1s, 3d, and 5^th syllables

intro 1-- 5 – 2 – 6 – 6 – 2 – 5 -- 1

chorus 1 – 5 – 2 progression in key of 1

verse 2 – 5 -- 6 progression in key of 2

transition 6 – 2 – 5 – 1

chorus and repeat to last chorus

outro 5 – 1 – 5 – 2 – 5 –1-- 5 – 2 – 5 -- 1

2016.03.29

2016.05.15

2018.01.29

2022.12.31

2023.01.30

2023.02.01

-- 30 -- 

9 Not a Chance

1 The creator leaves no chance

5 All to ego do enhance

1 Planning that creation fail

1 That all may repairs hail

5 The child who sick does die

5 No need to inquire why

1 Slaughter of innocents

1 To creator’s will bent

2 Cruel acts to man by man

5 The essence of the plan

1 A feature not a bug

2 That you misery hug

20140111

151155112512

8 Doc's Hearing Chart

This is how well Doc hears.  The right ear is nearly completely un-testable.  The CNE means that the tester did not test for speech discrimination.  DNT means the tester did not test for the indicated concern.

7 A Race

A Race

I

Gasp a silent scream

IV

Got to be a dream

I

Discordant voices

I

Questioning choices

IV

From the guest bedroom

IV

Rang a note of doom

I

How could you, he died!

I

Heartbroken, she cried

V

Overcome with dread

I

The killer then fled

IV

Headed for the door

IV

Tripped, fell to the floor

I

Entwined, they struggled

V

Emotions juggled

I

Murderer, she hissed

I

Couldn’t you have missed? 

IV

Locked in a frantic race

IV

Gun aimed at each face

I

Minds blanked by panic

I

Launched their last antic

IV

Awaken to think 

I

Into horror sink

2010.07.08

Rev 2013.05.19; 2013.06.17;2014.01.09;2014.10.07;2015.11.03

6 Dreams Flow

im...............ivm
ivm.............vm
vm........... im

im.......................ivm
We want things bright as day,
iim................ vm
So we dream them that way
im.............. ivm
As water through fingers
iim...... vm
So even life lingers
[Verse]

im
Time's flow ending
ivm
Is a blow so rending,
iim
That we tell stories
vm
About past glories.
[Interval]
[Chorus]

Love shatters apart,
Shards pierce our heart.
Time to a crawl doth slow,
Dreams from our eyes flow.
[Interval]
[Chorus]

Dry we cry our eyes,
Prayers rise to the sky.
We try to be brave,
As goodbye we wave.
[Interval]
[Chorus]
2013.06.29
a b d e g
2016.03.12
g c a d

v.2
5
Love shatters apart,
2
Shards pierce our heart.
4
Time to a crawl doth slow,
1
Dreams from our eyes flow.
[Verse]

1
We want things
4
Bright as day,
2
So we dream 
5
Them that way
[Chorus]

Time's flow ending
Is a blow so rending,
That we tell stories
About past glories.
[Chorus]

As water
Through fingers
So even 
Life lingers
[Chorus]

Dry we cry our eyes,
Prayers rise to the sky.
We try to be brave,
As goodbye we wave.
[Chorus]

2017.10.05
gcad
verse on 2 lowest strings
chorus on 2 middle strings

5 Replica

I introduced Replica and presented encores of A Race and Slip Away at Open Mic at Vincent Hill Saloon & Restaurant in Acton CA Sunday, 2013.06.30 to share my ideas via music-accompanied poetry.

Replica

what way is better

permits a will to fetter
truth a debtor

to a masked lie
and a counterfeit thereby
is truth nearby

and denied its guard?
guard to verify canard
restrictions discard

when the lie shatters,
if reality matters
truth under tatters

may endure the will
of the one gushing forth swill.
but truth as lies still

waits discovering
identity recovering.
reason hovering

astute guard discerns
deceit to facts he returns
and with truth's concerns

does see through the ruse
that insight slipping that noose
leashing will to choose

2012.02.08
2013.06.22
Chord structure 5-4-1

4 Amazin'!

Amazin’!

I Gals, one dressed ta kill

V Together to chill

VII Sharing blanks to fill

IV Started with ‘ta kill’

IV ‘Crowned queen of the hill

VII Harvard fit my skill

V Wed a guy named Bill

I Who’d made his first mil.’

I ‘That is amazin’
IV  So murmured dressed with no frill
I  Wide eyes a-gazing

'Poor Bill got so sick

Couldn’t move a lick

In a crypt he’d stick

His will did me pick

Got a ten mil kick

Then a Doctor Rick

Showed me a new trick

Made me Missus Rick’

'That is amazin’
So murmured dressed with no frill
Wide eyes a-gazing

'What Rick likes to fill

That is not my thrill!

We’re loving friends still

Worth another mil.

Degrees- got my fill

B A suits this Jill

M A makes me chill

P h D my kill’

'That is amazin’
So murmured dressed with no frill
Wide eyes a-gazing

‘What life post high school

Did you have that’s cool?’

No frill is no fool

She knows fast exit rule

'I went to charm school

Where grace’s just a tool

Whilst in model pool

I learned this jewel-

For ego razin’ 
Wide-eyed say instead of bull
That is amazin’

2013.06.16

3 Freezer Burn

Freezer Burn 2013.03.07

C ...................................Am .....................D7 
Two guys in a waiting room each in a state of gloom   
Well the big guy’s slightly dazed, amazed, so he up and says 
“Hey there, what happened to you and why do you look so blue?” 
[Chorus] 
T’other dude: “Froze to death”, says he with icy-cold breath. 
“How did you get waiting here?” he asked, a hint of fear 
Skittering across his face, between them increasing space 
[Chorus] 
“I guess me and my fair wife over time got mired in strife 
So I got to wonderin’, surely she was wanderin’ 
Was she seein’ Jumpin’ Jack? could I use that to attack?
[Chorus] 
I faked a trip out of town snuck home to get the low-down 
Sure enough, parked out in front a sight for a happy grunt 
Jumpin’ Jack’s bad-ass pick-up in front of the ole wick-up 
[Chorus] 
So I rushed eagerly in, hoped to catch the pair in sin 
Got the wife; in her eyes, light showed she’s lookin’ for a fight
 I searched through-out the house; never found that rotten louse 
[Chorus] 
Leaning against the freezer says she, “What’s wrong, ya geezer 
You’re done, so stick in a fork; too big to find dick, ya dork 
Of all the guys, you I pick; now can’t find your little prick”
 [Chorus] 
Well I gotta tell ya, dude, that just turned my attitude 
From frustrated and annoyed to major fury deployed 
Caused my aorta to pop and that caused my heart to stop” 
[Chorus] 
Coolly, Jumpin’ Jack says to big Lou, with frosty gaze 
“That walk-in freezer had room for me to meet my cold doom 
Couldn’t you look past the gal? we could still be alive, pal!” 

Chorus: 
Yippy yi yo and hi ho! skip around and hit the ground 
Hot diggity doggerel and plenty of folderol 
And for now we done breakin’ and no, we are not fakin’