My Buddy Papa Blind Lemon
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i) Guitar tablature
ii) Slow-downer / pitch-shifter
iii) More info
Recorded in Grafton, WI on January, 1932 and released as Paramount 13125
Mmmmmm, the mailman's brought misery to my head
Mmmmm, the mailman's brought misery to my head
When I received the letter, that my friend Lemon was dead
I was standing with my friends, they wouldn't mention his name
I said that cruel man that you call death done taken my buddy's name
It is too sad and lonesome, all we got to go
I said when death coming right back
To your hand, he's knocking on your door
I had a buddy, I wanna know why you're looking so poor
See I got a notice in my mind and I sure got to go
I... last night, calling in my sleep
I... last night, calling in my sleep
I've been worryin' the whole day long and I feel I'm losin'...
You can hear some crying lord you can hear
A little screaming, as everybody's got to go
But it's too sad when you lose one of your best friends
You gotta take it like...
About the author
The builder of this site's blues & folk tabs is blah148; an enthusiast of these going-the-way-of-the-dodo styles of music. This manner of (at least shooting for) note-for-note tablature, or notation, is part of the endeavor of 'transcribing'. Part of the reason for this library of transcriptions is the feeble hope of blah148 that the sound of these recordings will start to rub off, maybe by the 111th or 327th one; in some ways, the number is like a measure of desperation and clawing. It's a way that is recommended to others, though may not necessarily replace hearing these sounds up close & in-person. Here is a sample recording, trying to amalgamate some of these learnings.
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