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16 Apr 09 - 01:35 AM (#2612202) Subject: Chord Req: Same Old Man & Bound To Lose From: GUEST,Big Sky I've been listening to Holy Modal Rounders, but what are the proper tunings for Same Old Man & Bound To Lose? I'm assuming they're the same tuning. Thanks! |
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06 Sep 17 - 01:55 PM (#3875533) Subject: Lyr Add: BOUND TO LOSE (Holy Modal Rounders) From: Jim Dixon I can't help with chords or tunings, but I can do lyrics, and it seems these have never been posted at Mudcat before, so we might as well have them here. My transcription from Spotify: BOUND TO LOSE "Traditional" As recorded by Holy Modal Rounders on "1 & 2" (1998). Sailin' down the river To New Orleans To New Orleans Bet my money by the gamblin' rules Goin' from town Town to town Town to town Come and lay your dollar down Bound to lose Bound to lose Bound to lose Riverboat gambler's bound to lose Here comes Susie With her hair piled high With her hair piled high Sister Sue keeps a-watchin' her eye Hookers and hustlers Follow her around Follow her down Come and lay your dollar down Bound to lose Bound to lose Bound to lose Riverboat gambler's bound to lose Wheelin' an' a-dealin' 'Round she goes Around she goes Where she stops, nobody knows Listen, good people If you want the news If you want the news A riverboat gambler's bound to lose Bound to lose Bound to lose Bound to lose A riverboat gambler's bound to lose Rouge on faces Fancy clothes Those fancy clothes Money comes, and the money goes Moon and stars Sometimes I feel Sometimes I feel He's not, she's not, it's not real It's not real It's not real It's not real He's not, she's not, it's not real Bound to lose Bound to lose Bound to lose Riverboat gambler's bound to lose [Very nearly the same lyrics are sung by: Paul Geremia on "Hard Life Rockin' Chair" (2000), Peter Tork & Shoe Suede Blues on "Cambria Hotel" (2007), and Grandpa Banana on "Just Trying to Break Even" (2011), and there are several other songs with the same title.] |
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06 Sep 17 - 02:32 PM (#3875538) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chord Req: Same Old Man + Bound To Lose From: Jim Dixon Lyrics to the Holy Modal Rounders' version of SAME OLD MAN have been posted in another thread, here. There are other versions in that thread, too. |
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07 Sep 17 - 11:25 AM (#3875678) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chord Req: Bound to Lose (Holy Modal Rounders) From: leeneia Here's a recent verse: Stop at Player Service Ask them for a card, Ask them for a card. Ask them for a Blackjack Basic Strategy card. It's free and on the level; It's a basic strategy card. Bound to lose, Bound to lose. But you won't lose as much as you would otherwise. (This may be the first occurrence of the word 'otherwise' in a folk song.) |
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06 Mar 20 - 12:58 PM (#4037929) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chord Req: Bound to Lose (Holy Modal Rounders) From: GUEST Steve used standard tuning for the two tunes. Though his guitar is tuned below 440, Same Old Man is in G. That's a start, eh? |
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26 Jun 23 - 11:57 AM (#4175556) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chord Req: Bound to Lose (Holy Modal Rounders) From: GUEST I don't know about the original key, but I play it standard tuning, capo on the third fret, using A Em and E, with some ascending bass notes on the Em. like this: A Sailin' down the river Em To New Orleans (bass notes)Em To New Orleans E A Bet my money by the gamblin' rules |