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Steve Leach, aka Steven Gene Wold (born 1951), commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American blues musician. He plays mostly personalized guitars, and sings, usually about his early life doing casual work.
Wold was born in Oakland, California. When he was four years old, his parents split up. His father played boogie-woogie piano and Wold tried to learn when he was five or six, but could not. At the age of eight, he learned to play the guitar from K.
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A very minor-key sad blues ballad!! From the 2011 album You Can´t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks.
Although it opens on Dm, it closes on the chord of Dm/C, so it just hangs there
unresolved, adding to the melancholy.
Notes
=====
Verse
=====
on the Dm / Dm C sections. Roll on and off the open top E string to F on the first fret.
Like so....
E ---1--p0-h1----1--p0-h1--|
B ---3---3-------3---3-----|
G ---2---2-------2---2-----|
D -0-----------------------|
A --------------3----------|
E -------------------------|
Refrain
=======
Little chromatic run on the E string, A to Ab to G, then G to G# to the Am chord (all
marked down below)
OK here we go!
Intro
=====
Dm Dm/C x4
Verse 1
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Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
When I walk down your street
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
Through your barred windows you look at me
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
And you wonder have I come to ask
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
For one of your precious things that do not last
Refrain 1
=========
/F /F# G
All your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures
Dm Dm/C x 2
Verse 2
=======
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
You think you know me but you don't know
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
That there's more to this picture than that shows
Dm Dm/C Dm C
And you fear that I come to steal
Dm Dm/C Dm C
Your sec-urity that ain't real
Refrain 2
=========
/F /F# G
All your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures
Break
=====
Dm Dm/C x 6
G /G# Am /C
Dm Dm/C x 2
Verse 3
=======
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
I will leave now you won't cry
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
With relief now you'll just sigh
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
You'll re-member come one day
Dm Dm/C
And you'll walk out your door
Dm Dm/C
Cos you can't stay
Refrain 3
=========
/F /F# G
While all your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures slip away
Refrain 4
=========
/F /F# G
All your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures
-----------------------------------------
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011
[email protected]
Although it opens on Dm, it closes on the chord of Dm/C, so it just hangs there
unresolved, adding to the melancholy.
Notes
=====
Verse
=====
on the Dm / Dm C sections. Roll on and off the open top E string to F on the first fret.
Like so....
E ---1--p0-h1----1--p0-h1--|
B ---3---3-------3---3-----|
G ---2---2-------2---2-----|
D -0-----------------------|
A --------------3----------|
E -------------------------|
Refrain
=======
Little chromatic run on the E string, A to Ab to G, then G to G# to the Am chord (all
marked down below)
OK here we go!
Intro
=====
Dm Dm/C x4
Verse 1
=======
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
When I walk down your street
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
Through your barred windows you look at me
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
And you wonder have I come to ask
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
For one of your precious things that do not last
Refrain 1
=========
/F /F# G
All your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures
Dm Dm/C x 2
Verse 2
=======
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
You think you know me but you don't know
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
That there's more to this picture than that shows
Dm Dm/C Dm C
And you fear that I come to steal
Dm Dm/C Dm C
Your sec-urity that ain't real
Refrain 2
=========
/F /F# G
All your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures
Break
=====
Dm Dm/C x 6
G /G# Am /C
Dm Dm/C x 2
Verse 3
=======
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
I will leave now you won't cry
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
With relief now you'll just sigh
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
You'll re-member come one day
Dm Dm/C
And you'll walk out your door
Dm Dm/C
Cos you can't stay
Refrain 3
=========
/F /F# G
While all your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures slip away
Refrain 4
=========
/F /F# G
All your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures
-----------------------------------------
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011
[email protected]
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