Re: [Harp-L] Song Examples - Blues with I chord and V chord only

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Blues songs with I and V chord - and no IV chord? All I can think of are songs sung by blues singer but imported from other traditions, such as:

Rock Island Line as played by Sonny Tery and Brownie McGhee (other chords are implied, but the only chords actually played are I and V)

Nobody's Fault But Mine (recorded by Butterfield on Better Days). This can be played with just I and V; don't remember whether his version uses other chords as well.

 Sonny Boy II's Peach Tree (though, come to think of it, that song has a bridge that goes something like III-VI-II-V).

Also from Sonny Boy II,  "Wake Up, Baby"?.

Any others?

(I chord) "Next night I come home, I was

(V chord) tired as a man can be.

Whose hat is on the hat stand, where my

(I chord) hat's supposed to be?

(I chord) Wake up, baby, ex-

(V) plain all that stuff to me!

Whose hat is on the hat stand, where my

(I chord) Hat supposed to be?

etc.

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Mon, 4/13/09, Hal Iwan <haliwan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Hal Iwan <haliwan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Song Examples
To: "Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 7:49 PM

Hello all

I'm looking for harp songs that are structured using the I & V chords
as in the Muddy Waters tune titled Why Are People Like That. Hope I said that
correctly. I believe its from the Woodstock album. On this album Paul
Butterfield has the harp chair.

Thanks,

Hal in MI
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