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

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 sung for real
G
Now I know the feel
                 D
And it hurts too much

fill 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 sung 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|------------------------------|----------------------------| 


fill 1
      D
E|------------------------------|----------------------------| 
B|------------------------------|----------------------------| 
G|------------------------------|----------------------------| 
D|-------------------3b4--0-----|--0-------------------------| 
A|---------------------------3--|----------------------------| 
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----5-/9---------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 

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