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11 Jun 03 - 11:44 AM (#965855) Subject: Can someone find me a sound file? From: GUEST,labeledallover@hotmail.com Hey can anyone find me the CORRECT tabs and sound file for Hard Time Killing Floor Blues? its off the O brother where art thou soundtrack and im having trouble finding one. anyone have any sites? send it to my email. Thanks |
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11 Jun 03 - 01:29 PM (#965924) Subject: RE: Sound file & TABS? HardTime Killing Floor Blues From: Piers This has both, I don't know if it's anygood. http://www.ezfolk.com/special/obrother/htkill/htkill.html Piers
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29 Oct 09 - 02:13 AM (#2754622) Subject: Lyr Add: HARD TIME KILLING FLOOR BLUES (S James) From: Jim Dixon Chris Thomas King performed HARD TIME KILLING FLOOR BLUES on the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack album (2000), but it was originally recorded by Skip James in 1931. I believe he recorded it again during the folk revival of circa 1960, and he altered the lyrics somewhat, but I believe these lyrics are what he recorded in 1931: Copied from Michael Taft's Pre-War Blues Lyrics Concordance HARD TIME KILLING FLOOR BLUES Skip James Hard times here : everywhere you go Times is harder : than ever been before Well the people are drifting : from door to door Can't find no heaven : I don't care where they go Let me tell you people : just before I go These hard times will kill you : just dry long so* When you hear me singing : my so lonesome song These hard times : can last us so very long If I ever get off : this killing floor I'll never : get down this low no more If you say you had money : you better be sure Because these hard times will drive you : from door to door Sing this song : and I ain't going to sing no more Hard times will drive you : from door to door [* "dry long so"—these words don't make any sense to me, and I can't believe they're correct, but I don't have anything better to suggest.—JD] |
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29 Oct 09 - 11:08 AM (#2754827) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (James) From: deadfrett GUEST- You may already know this but Skip used a guitar tuning of his own invention. At least he was the first bluesman I heard use it. He tuned the strings low to high E-B-E-G-B-E. He said he could mix his majors and minors as he wanted. He also used standard tuning but most of his recording was done in his style. Dave |