STRANDED IN SELF-PITY
Larry Rhodes
As recorded by Warren Haynes on Ashes & Dust (2015).
Any Bb instruments (clarinet, tenor/soprano sax, some trumpets) will need to play one full
step higher than the guitars. Warren recorded this on his 335 with a super clean, warm
jazzy tone with a mid boost and rolling back the volume on the guitar.
Note that the Gm7 in the third stanza of each verse could be a Bb major chord. I felt like
the G bass note was correct, but you could play it either way and it will sound fine. You
can also use an Fmaj7/C instead of the F major for a jazzier sound.
Dm/C: x3x231
Dm/B: x2x031
Gm6/Bb: x10030
Gm7: 3x333x
Bb7: xx3334
Fmaj7/C: x33210
Capo II
[Verse 1]
Dm Dm/C
Oh the daydreams I can create
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
When the moonbeam is on the snowflake
A7 A7 Dm A7
And lonesome is my only friend.
Dm Dm/C
Yeah I feel so forsaken,
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
Like the good times are on vacation,
A7 A7 Dm Dm
And they ain’t comin’ home again.
Gm7 C
Sitting here without her
F Dm
I get to thinking about her
Gm7 C F A7
And you know that feeling just ain’t right
[Refrain]
Dm Dm/C
She’s in New York City
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
And I’m stranded in self pity
A7 A7 Dm A7
Don’t you play no blues tonight
[Solo]
Dm Dm A7 A7 Bb7 A7 Dm A7
[Verse 2]
Dm Dm/C
‘Cause your guitar will get to cryin’
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
And I’ll sure get to sighin’
A7 A7 Dm
From my hat down to my soul
Dm Dm/C
There’s a favor you can do me
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
Don’t sing no sad songs to me
A7 A7 Dm A7
Oh ‘cause buddy I already know
Gm7 C
If my luck would change
F Dm
I’d catch myself an aeroplane
Gm7 C F A7
And I’d leave you and these damned old blues behind
[Refrain]
Dm Dm/C
But she’s in New York City
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
And I’m stranded in self-pity
A7 A7 Dm A7
Don’t you play no blues tonight
[Fiddle solo]
Dm Dm A7 A7 Bb7 A7 Dm A7
[Refrain]
Dm Dm/C
Yeah she’s in New York City
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
And I’m stranded in self-pity
A7 A7 Dm A7
Don’t you sing no blues tonight
Dm Dm/C
Yeah she’s in New York City
Dm/B Gm6/Bb
And I’m stranded in self-pity
N.C.
Don’t you sing no blues tonight
[Clarinet solo w/ vocal ad lib]
Dm Dm A7 A7 Bb7 A7 Dm A7
[Outro]
Dm Dm A7 A7
Bb7
Don’t you sing no blues
A7
Don’t you sing no blues
Dm
Tonight