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Common Head Cold Blues
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Head Cold Blues, we've all had 'em...
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Vermont singer/songwriter; transplanted from the plains of Colorado over forty-five years ago.
Singer/songwriter living in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom with strong connections to the plains of Colorado, my childhood home.
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Genre
Blues • Acoustic Blues
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#491 in subgenre Peak #6
Charts
Peak #19
Author
Dwight Lakey
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Dwight Lakey and Brown Barn Publishing
Uploaded
January 18, 2009
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MP3 2.5 MB • 128 kbps • 2:43
Story behind the song
I wrote Common Head Cold Blues while out West last November; needless to say, a nasty head cold was the genesis. It's a forray into the 12-bar blues...the twist here is that this version was recorded live in our bathroom on a nylon string classical guitar with some slapping and stomping. Gabe caught this on his fine field sound equipment and his energy added to the fun. Hope you enjoy this simple take as much as we enjoyed recording it. My wife, Sharon, is the one with the perpetual "pocket full of Kleenex (and most of them ARE used!).
Lyrics
COMMON HEAD COLD BLUES By Dwight Lakey A D A Verse 1 Pocket full of Kleenex; most of them are used D A Got a pocket full of Kleenex; most of them are used E D7 A D7 A E7 My gut’s so full of NyQuill, my head feels like it’s boozed A D A Verse 2 I tried the vaporizer; I rubbed my chest with Vicks D A Last night I ran the vaporizer; was all rubbed down with Vicks E D7 A D7 A E7 This morning I woke in a cold sweat; ain’t never felt so sick A D A Solo 1 .... D A …. E D7 A D7 A E7 …. A D A Verse 3 I should go to a doctor; but which kind, I’m confused D A Yeah, I should go and see a doctor; but which kind, I’m confused E D7 A D A I’d better call a head shrink; to try to cure these blues A D D7 A D7 A7 Outro I’ve got an incurable case, of the Common Head Cold Blues © 2008 Dwight Lakey and Brown Barn Publishing Danville, VT and Julesburg, CO; All Rights Reserved
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Soul Therapy
Jan 05, 2009
good stuff! I feel your pain. lol