Chords with lyrics
STRANDED IN SELF-PITY
Warren Haynes
Any Bb majorBb instruments (clarinet, tenor/soprano sax, some trumpets) will need to play one full
step higher than the guitars. Warren recorded this on his 335 with a super clean, warm
jazzy tone with a mid boost and rolling back the volume on the guitar.
Note that the Gm7Gm7 in the third stanza of each verse could be a Bb majorBb major chord. I felt like
the G+G bass note was correct, but you could play it either way and it will sound fine. You
can also use an Fmaj7/C instead of the FF major for a jazzier sound.
E_A_D_G_B_e
Dm/C: x 3 x 2 3 1
Dm/B: x 2 x 0 3 1
Gm6/Bb: x 1 0 0 3 0
Gm7: 3 x 3 3 3 x
Bb7: x x 3 3 3 4
Fmaj7/C: x 3 3 2 1 0
Capo II
Verse 1
DmDm Dm/C
Oh the daydreams I can create
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
When the moonbeam is on the snowflake
A7A7 A7A7 DmDm A7A7
And lonesome is my only friend.
DmDm Dm/C
Yeah I feel so forsaken,
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
Like the good times are on vacation,
A7A7 A7A7 DmDm DmDm
And they ain?t comin? home again.
Gm7Gm7 C majorC
Sitting here without her
FF DmDm
I get to thinking about her
Gm7Gm7 C majorC FF A7A7
And you know that feeling just ain?t right
Refrain
DmDm Dm/C
She?s in New York City
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
And I?m stranded in self pity
A7A7 A7A7 DmDm A7A7
Don?t you play no blues tonight
Solo
DmDm Dm A7A7 A7 Bb7Bb7 A7A7 DmDm A7A7
Verse 2
DmDm Dm/C
?Cause your guitar will get to cryin?
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
And I?ll sure get to sighin?
A7A7 A7A7 DmDm
From my hat down to my soul
DmDm Dm/C
There?s a favor you can do me
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
Don?t sing no sad songs to me
A7A7 A7A7 DmDm A7A7
Oh ?cause buddy I already know
Gm7Gm7 C majorC
If my luck would change
FF DmDm
I?d catch myself an aeroplane
Gm7Gm7 C majorC FF A7A7
And I?d leave you and these damned old blues behind
Refrain
DmDm Dm/C
But she?s in New York City
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
And I?m stranded in self-pity
A7A7 A7A7 DmDm A7A7
Don?t you play no blues tonight
Fiddle solo
DmDm Dm A7A7 A7 Bb7Bb7 A7A7 DmDm A7A7
Refrain
DmDm Dm/C
Yeah she?s in New York City
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
And I?m stranded in self-pity
A7A7 A7A7 DmDm A7A7
Don?t you sing no blues tonight
DmDm Dm/C
Yeah she?s in New York City
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
And I?m stranded in self-pity
[no chord]
Don?t you sing no blues tonight
Clarinet solo w/ vocal ad lib
DmDm Dm A7A7 A7 Bb7Bb7 A7A7 DmDm A7A7
Ending
DmDm Dm A7A7 A7
Bb7Bb7
Don?t you sing no blues
A7A7
Don?t you sing no blues
DmDm