Ten Years After - My Baby Left Me

      

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 MY BABY LEFT ME  Ten Years After
 (Alvin Lee)
 Watt (1970)

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 Tabbed by: varannion
 Email: dm_hughes1@hotmail.com
 
 Tuning: standard
 
 'My Baby Left Me' comprises three chords: D, C & G. Conventional wisdom would dictate
 that this is a V-IV-I progression in the key of G. However, the riffs & solos are in D
 which instead indicates that this is the true key signature of the song. Thus we have
 A I-bVII-IV progression in D, that is, D-C-G.
 
 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) D minor pentatonic phrases.
 
 
 Intro
 
 | D | D |
 
 Verse 1
 
 D              
 My baby left me
 C                      
 She wouldn't tell a lie
 G                                 
 'Cause she said she would, she did
         D                   
 And she left me high and dry
 D              
 My baby left me
 C                         
 Last night I heard her cry
 G                       
 She wouldn't tell me why
               D      
 She just said bye-bye
 
 riff 1
 
 Verse 2
 
 D                       
 I used to sing the blues
 C                        
 I thought I sang for real
 G                  
 Now I know the feel
                  D   
 And it hurts too much
 
 riff 1
 
 D              
 My baby left me
 C                    
 She left me all alone
 G                      
 She's never coming home
               D  
 And I want to die
 
 riff 1
 
 Verse 3 (double time over riff 2)
 
 D              
 My baby left me
 C                      
 She wouldn't tell a lie
 G                                 
 'Cause she said she would, she did
         D                   
 And she left me high and dry
                      D     
 My, my, my, my baby left me
 C                         
 Last night I heard her cry
 G                       
 She wouldn't tell me why
               D      
 She just said bye-bye
 
 Bye-bye-bye, everybody
 
 Guitar solo
 
 | D | C | G | D |
 
 | D | C | G | D |
 
 (end double time)
 
 Verse 4
 
 D              
 My baby left me
 C                      
 She wouldn't tell a lie
 G                                 
 'Cause she said she would, she did
         D                   
 And she left me high and dry
 
 riff 1
 
 D              
 My baby left me
 C                         
 Last night I heard her cry
 G                       
 She wouldn't tell me why
               D      
 She just said bye-bye
 
 riff 1
 
 Verse 5 (double time over riff 2)
 
 D                       
 I used to sing the blues
 C                        
 I thought I sang for real
 G                  
 Now I know the feel
                  D   
 And it hurts too much
 
 My my my my my my
 D              
 My baby left me
 C                    
 She left me all alone
 G                            
 She's never coming home, baby
               D  
 And I want to die
 D              
 My baby left me
 C              
 My baby left me
 G              
 My baby left me
 D                
 My my my my my my
 
 Outro guitar solo
 
 | D | C | G | D |
 
 | D | C | G | D |
 
 | D | C | G | D |
 
 | D | C | G | D |
 
 | D | C | G | D |
 
 | D | C | G | D |
 
 
 
 riff 1
 
 D 
  

 e|------------------------------|----------------------------|
 B|----3--3----------------------|----------------------------|
 G|----------4b5r4--2--4---------|----------------------------|
 D|-----------------------3b4r3--|--0-------------------------|
 A|------------------------------|----------------------------|
 E|------------------------------|----------------------------|
 

 
 
 riff 1 riff 2
 bss bss 
 
 D 
  

 e|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 B|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 G|----7--7-----------------------|----------------7--7----------------|
 D|----------9b10r9--7--9---------|-----------7h9--------9b10r9--7--9--|
 A|------------------------8b9r8--|--5----/9---------------------------|
 E|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 

 
 bss bss bss bss 
   
 C G 
   

 e|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G|------------------5--5---------------|-----------------------------------|
 D|-------------5h7--------7b8r7--5--7--|----------------5--5---------------|
 A|----3----/7--------------------------|-----------5h7--------7b8r7--5--7--|
 E|-------------------------------------|--3----/7--------------------------|
 

 
 
 D 
  

 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