Messin' With The Blues....

Hmm.

It's kinda weird. I listen everyday without fail to Led Zeppelin, essentially a blues-driven band, and yet I have never really come up with a blues-based song. That is until today.

Remember me telling you guys couple of weeks back when Alvin and I played at debate? Ms Gail asked us to play a melody which would resemble the feeling of the devil coming out of hell. I used that slide progression to create a blues song called.... 'Messin' With The Blues'.

The song is based on a singl slide acoustic playing the same progression for the verse parts and just some variation during the chorus and ending parts.

So, using the overdubbing method, I added vocals and a guitar solo to the song... voila, the finished product.

Here's the song's lyrics, I hope Alvin won't feel disturbed by the lyrics....

Messin' With The Blues

(in the key of E)

Verse
Well, I was just a little boy, mother told me the other day.
You'd better throw away that toy, your chores are waiting: there's hell to pay.

Chorus
And everytime I hear you sing, you're messing with the blues X2

Verse
Well, I was working on the land, hopin' for the rain to come.
The devil he came with a brand, I threw him right outta my home.

Chorus
And everytime you hear me sing, I'm messin' with the blues X2

Oww!!!

Guitar solo

Verse
Well, I got myself a little lady, she spend my money everyday.
She said: it is gonna be crazy? Is spending such a crime?

Chorus
And everytime I see you swing, you're messin' with the blues X2


That's it, and I think it sounds good, espcially with the guitar solo.

Cheers,
Crawldaddy