It's just a hobby. ;-)
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Story behind the song
Don't you just hate being lousy at everything when you first learn guitar?
This was the first song I ever wrote, played and recorded all the way through. The recording technique is non-existent and the playing and singing wanders about all over the place. It's rough and basic.... but it's still kinda fun, if you can relate to those early days as a beginner.
Lyrics
Perfectionist Beginner Blues
Listen to my blues and hear what I say
It ain't that good - it was better yesterday
You shoulda been here when I was running hot
It was much better then, but today it's not...
Got the blues, I got the blues
I got the Aging Beginner Perfe-e-ectionist Blues.
I wanna sound hot and I wanna sound cool
But I'm too scared to sing in case I sound like a fool
Only got one fan - she's my dear old mother
'Cos I play in one key while I sing in another
Got the blues, I got the blues
I got the Aging Beginner Perfectionist Can't Sing Blues.
(need to work out when to breathe too...)
Can't do good lyrics, just cliched pap
My rhythm is rubbish and my tone's all crap
I can't play in tune, I can't play in time
I oughta put a CD on and learn how to mime
Got the blues, I got the blues
I got the Aging Beginner, Perfectionist, Can't Sing, Rhythmically Challenged Blues.
(changed in the wrong spot there too!)
Don't wanna sound like Elvis, Fats or Jerry Lee,
Or Eric or Jimi, I just wanna be me
I don't want much, just to stand up tall
All I really wanna be is better than them all
Got the blues, I got the blues
I got the Aging Beginner, Perfectionist, Can't Sing, Rhythmically Challenged, Overambitious Blues.
I ain't got no talent an' I got no chops
Don't know when to start and I don't know when to stop
My chord change sense is a sad bad farce
'Cos I can't keep the beat, and I can't count the bars
Got the blues, I got the blues
I got the Aging Beginner, Perfectionist, Can't Sing, Rhythmically Challenged, Overambitious, No Hope Blues.
(Hey, look at that pinky go though. Couldn't do that last year. Just look at that! E major, E6 and E7. Unless it's something else. My theory's not yet that good either, maybe its an H9, who knows... who really cares though.)
Relax and keep it simple just have fun
Forget about the ladder all the way to number one
The world's got enough angst and misery
Should be one happy man - so it may as well be me!
It may as well be me....
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