The next song that we're going to learn is also going to be our first 10. Using an alternating bass, we're going to stay in the key of C, and this is my version of a tune called East St. Louis Blues by blind Willie Mattel. Now, if you listen to his guitar plan, he uses a 12 string guitar and he also tunes his guitar a little differently to play in the key of C. So the version I'm going to show you is what I play in standard tuning in the key of C. If you try to match what I'm playing here with the original recording, you know, it just won't work. So what you've got to do is listen to that tune by blind Willie McTell. Get a feel for it, and then you'll see you'll see how I'm doing this year. As with all the tunes, I will play it through first and I'll try to include all the variations and things that I will teach you.

And then we'll learn the chords identify the chord perfect Russia, and then we'll we'll start learning the 10 chord by chord part by part, including some variations and some really neat little subtle stuff that you can start working into your claim. So here comes the St. Louis Blues by blind William Mattel. So that's the St. Louis Blues by blind William Mattel. Let's talk about the chord progression. I'm not going to tell you the chords for the end tag, we will get that or the turnaround rather, we'll get that in a separate lesson. So the introduction, we're going to start out with C, G, seven, and C. So we've got a C major, we've got a g7.

We've got an F, and the C that's in the introduction. The vs go C, F. C, And then we've got this real quick, F, G, C. So if you're paying attention, you can see right there, there's just three chords that you use pretty much in the introduction and the verses C, F, and G. And then when you get to the turnaround, you're going to throw in a couple more chord shapes. And we'll worry about that in the last lesson for this song, the last lecture for this song. So that's what you need to play at St. Louis Blues. In the next lecture, we're going to start picking it apart and we'll begin with the introduction and see what the right hand is doing along with the with the chords on the left hand.