Still Got The Blues is an earthy song about feelings and emotion, inklings and disconnect, relationships and uncertainty, and of chemistry and discontent.  The blues is a very powerful medium to convey the feelings and raw emotion of being down-on-your-luck – of broken relationships, personal loss and wandering down a lonely, dusty road to nowhere in particular.  Life often has to take a turn-for-the-worse and hit rock bottom before things start looking up again – because it’s physically impossible once you’ve hit rock bottom to be dragged down any further. This song isn’t autobiographical, but instead tells the story a singer whose relationship doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.  While his Baby professes her love for the singer, he doesn’t see it in her actions – which creates a disconnect between his desires for their relationship and his reality – creating a classic context for the blues – love gone wrong…  “My Baby says she loves me, But still I’ve got the blues, ‘Cause you know she’s never around…”

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I recorded “Still Got The Blues” in one take on Set 15 in 1997, and it tells the fictional story of a singer having the blues, because his baby’s never around ~ despite her assurances of loving him. The song starts off slowly and picks up some speed and changes keys between verses in order to tell the singer’s story of heartbreak ~ enjoy! ♡ 🙂 Mark

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(Emailed versions of these songs lose their chord alignment and formatting, so refer to the original post and/or the scanned lyric sheet as your guide!)

Still Got The Blues

“Pages Of Life”, Collected Works Volume XII, Copyright 1992, Mark D. Jones, All Rights Reserved

Verse One:

     F#                          E

My Baby says she loves me

     F#                    E

But still I’ve got the blues

     F#                          E

My Baby says she loves me

     F#                    E

But still I’ve got the blues

     F#                    E

But still I’ve got the blues     (x3)

                 F               C       G

‘Cause you know she’s never around     (x4)

Verse Two:

     B♭                          G

My Baby says she loves me

      B♭                   G

She says her love is true

     B♭                          G

My Baby says she loves me

      B♭                   G

She says her love is true

      B♭                   G

She says her love is true     (x3)

            F             C               G

But you know I’ve still got the blues     (x4)

Verse Three:

F#          E

She’s my Baby

F#                 E

And I love her true

F#          E

She’s my Baby

F#                 E

And I love her true

F#                 E

And I love her true     (x3)

      F      C     G

But what will I do     (x4)

Verse Four:

     B♭                          G

My Baby says she loves me

     B♭                    G

But still I’ve got the blues

     B♭                          G

My Baby says she loves me

     B♭                    G

But still I’ve got the blues

     B♭                    G

But still I’ve got the blues     (x3)

            F         C    G

I’m just singing the blues     (x4)