Stranded In Self-Pity Cifras

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 
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