My Baby Left Me Lyrics

MY BABY LEFT ME ? Ten Years After
(Alvin Lee)
Watt (1970)
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'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.
My baby left me
She wouldn't tell a lie
'Cause she said she would, she did
And she left me high and dry
My baby left me
Last night I heard her cry
She wouldn't tell me why
She just said bye-bye
riff 1
I used to sing the blues
I thought I sang for real
Now I know the feel
And it hurts too much
riff 1
My baby left me
She left me all alone
She's never coming home
And I want to die
riff 1
Verse 3 (double time over riff 2)
My baby left me
She wouldn't tell a lie
'Cause she said she would, she did
And she left me high and dry
My, my, my, my baby left me
Last night I heard her cry
She wouldn't tell me why
She just said bye-bye
Bye-bye-bye, everybody
Guitar solo
(end double time)
My baby left me
She wouldn't tell a lie
'Cause she said she would, she did
And she left me high and dry
riff 1
My baby left me
Last night I heard her cry
She wouldn't tell me why
She just said bye-bye
riff 1
Verse 5 (double time over riff 2)
I used to sing the blues
I thought I sang for real
Now I know the feel
And it hurts too much
My my my my my my
My baby left me
She left me all alone
She's never coming home, baby
And I want to die
My baby left me
My baby left me
My baby left me
My my my my my my
Outro guitar solo
riff 1
riff 1 riff 2
bss
bbbss
/ 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