------- MY BABY LEFT ME – Ten Years After (Alvin Lee) Watt [1970] ------- 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

^DMy baby left me ^CShe wouldn't tell a lie ^G'Cause she said she would, she did And she ^Dleft me high and dry ^DMy baby left me ^CLast night I heard her cry ^GShe wouldn't tell me why She just said ^Dbye-bye

riff 1 Verse 2

^DI used to sing the blues ^CI thought I sung for real ^GNow I know the feel And it hurts too ^Dmuch

fill 1

^DMy baby left me ^CShe left me all alone ^GShe's never coming home And I want to ^Ddie

riff 1 Verse 3 (double time over riff 2)

^DMy baby left me ^CShe wouldn't tell a lie ^G'Cause she said she would, she did And she ^Dleft me high and dry My, my, my, my baby l^Deft me ^CLast night I heard her cry ^GShe wouldn't tell me why She just said ^Dbye-bye

Bye-bye-bye, everybody Guitar solo | D | C | G | D | | D | C | G | D | (end double time) Verse 4

^DMy baby left me ^CShe wouldn't tell a lie ^G'Cause she said she would, she did And she ^Dleft me high and dry

riff 1

^DMy baby left me ^CLast night I heard her cry ^GShe wouldn't tell me why She just said ^Dbye-bye

riff 1 Verse 5 (double time over riff 2)

^DI used to sing the blues ^CI thought I sung for real ^GNow I know the feel And it hurts too ^Dmuch

My my my my my my

^DMy baby left me ^CShe left me all alone ^GShe's never coming home, baby And I want to ^Ddie ^DMy baby left me ^CMy baby left me ^GMy baby left me ^DMy 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 ========================================================================= 03 Jan 2014

Ten Years After - My baby left me