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Phonograph Blues (R. Johnson)

from You Better Lie Down by Scott Ainslie

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One of Johnson's many piano-influenced A-blues.

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Phonograph Blues (Robert Johnson)

My baby, she got a phonograph, but it won’t say a lonesome word.
My baby, she got a phonograph, but it won’t say a lonesome word.
What evil have I done? What evil has that poor girl heard?

Well, I love my phonograph, but you have broke’ my windin’ chain.
I love my phonograph, but you have broke my windin’ chain.
And taken my lovin’ and given it to your other man.

We played it on the sofa, child. We played it ‘side the wall.
But my needle has got rusty and it will not play it all.
We played it on the sofa, child. We played it ‘side the wall.
But my needle has got rusty and it will not play it all.

And I’ll go crazy. I believe I’ll lose my mind.
I’ll go crazy. I believe I’ll lose my mind.
Why don’t you bring your love back home
and try your daddy one more time?

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from You Better Lie Down, track released September 22, 2002
Scott Ainslie, Guitar and voice.

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Scott Ainslie Brattleboro, Vermont

A long history with older black blues and gospel players in the mid-South marks Ainslie's work deeply. He transcribed all of Robert Johnson's recorded songs for "Robert Johnson/At The Crossroads" (Hal Leonard, 1992) and has a teaching DVD on Johnson's music. A fine songwriter with a social conscience and a belief in the power of music to move and inspire, Ainslie's voice is a great force for good! ... more

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