My Baby Left Me

	  		


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        | 







/    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