Level: 2
Tuning: Standard

"Careless Love" is both a blues and jazz standard. The lyrics were first published in 1911 by Howard W. Odum in the Journal of American Folklore. It has been recorded by hundreds of artists from Bessie Smith, Ottilie Patterson, Pete Seeger, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Bob Dylan, Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash, Frankie Laine, Skip James, Brownie McGhee, Snooks Eaglin to Janis Joplin.

I have taken the melody line and set it in the key of C. An alternating bass is used with first position chord fingerings. This is a good first step in mastering the alternating bass technique.