My old friend - Mr Blue!
The song is a standard 8 bar blues verse with a standard 12 bar blues Chorous that, using personification, captures the history, musicality, and nature of the gendre of the Blues. Not all verses need be performed and the order of the verses can be varied. The song leaves lots of scope for featuring solos by various musicians and instruments during actual performance.
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My old friend
My old friend Mr Blue
He's got twelve bars of gold
He give all 'em free to me and you!
(Note: all the verses are eight bar blues by the time turnaround is played at the end)
(Chorous Verse)
Talking about my old friend
My old friend Mr Blue
I'm talking about my old friend
My old friend Mr Blue
He's been the best friend to me
He can be your best friend too!
(Note: Chorous is 12 bar blues by the time the turnaround is played at the end)
(Chorous Verse)
Now my old friend
My old friend Mr Blue
He's been around a long time
But he's both old and new
(Chorous Verse)
Now my old friend
My old friend Mr Blue
He was born a slave
But freed so many since it's true!
(Chorous Verse)
Now my old friend
My old friend Mr Blue
He's got his own time
And he's got his own notes too!
(Chorous Verse)
Now my old friend
My old friend Mr Blue
He can play you any song
And on any instrument too!
(Chorous Verse)
Now my old friend
My old friend Mr Blue
Everybody has heard of him
But he's really known by so very few
(Chorous Verse)
Now my old friend
My old friend Mr Blue
Some say the Devil's in 'em
But he's a man both pure and true!
(Chorous Verse)
Now my old friend
My old friend Mr Blue
When I'm broken he comes around
And he fixes me up like new!
(Chorous Verse play out)
© Tony Lawrie 2020
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