"False Hearted Lover's Blues" Performance
Added 2022-01-07 14:00:06 +0000 UTC~f#DGAD. I learned "False Hearted Lover's Blues" from a 1927 recording of Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs. The melody is borrowed from the earlier ballad, "Hustling Gamblers," also known as "Country Blues." Other notable recordings have been contributed by Ralph Stanley, Levon Helm, Riley Baugus, and Hank III.
False hearts have been my downfall
Pretty women have been my craze,
I know my false hearted lover
Will drive me to my lonesome grave.
They'll bite the hand that feeds them
Spend all the money you can save,
From your heartstrings weave silk garters
Build a dog house on your grave.
Ragged clothes falling from my body
The wolves howling 'round my door,
Let the man who wants my darling girl
Feel the bite of my forty-four.
Corn whisky has wrecked my body
But women have wrecked my mind,
I've roamed this wide world over
Peace on earth I cannot find.
Take warning you fine young ladies
If your love and honor you have sold,
These men will have no use for you
When your black hair turns to gold.
When my earthly stay is over
Sink my dead body in the sea,
Go tell my false hearted lover
That the whales will fuss over me.
Comments
Mighty fine.
Richard Sanders
2022-01-09 05:58:19 +0000 UTCYes, thanks Cliff. It’s been great building up a bigger repertoire in the tuning 👍
matilda ramsay
2022-01-08 03:13:58 +0000 UTCThanks. I was in a mood that day.
Clifton Hicks
2022-01-08 00:24:50 +0000 UTCThe depths from which this performance emanates. Thats why I am here! Amazing
Michael T
2022-01-07 19:24:29 +0000 UTCFantastic. I am in this tuning learning Drunkard's Lone Child so this will be a great addition to learn!
Daniel Pearce
2022-01-07 18:48:43 +0000 UTCThanks
Karl stine
2022-01-07 16:58:18 +0000 UTCZach, I will put together a lesson & tab for this ASAP.
Clifton Hicks
2022-01-07 16:42:07 +0000 UTCThanks for sharing. Great song, wonderfully delivered as you always do my friend.
jason k.
2022-01-07 14:57:51 +0000 UTC(Or tab?)
Zach Kerbel
2022-01-07 14:37:43 +0000 UTCThanks for listing Levon Helm as someone who recorded this song. While I am totally immersed in learning banjo, I had totally forgotten how much I love his album "Dirt Farmer".
Karen Starcevich
2022-01-07 14:37:25 +0000 UTCThis is great. Is there a lesson?
Zach Kerbel
2022-01-07 14:36:24 +0000 UTCThe last verse is very similar to the recurring one in Mississippi John Hurt's "Let the mermaids flirt with me": "When my earthly trials are over, carry my body out in the sea Save all the undertaker bills, let the mermaids flirt with me".
Corentin Ramone
2022-01-07 14:23:13 +0000 UTC
