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Level: 4
Tuning: Dropped D

This is my very humble interpretation of the late great New Orleans piano prodigy James Booker's hit. I love this tune and find it particularly pertinent in this day and age. Booker, a gay, one eyed heroin addict, had evidently lived multiple lives within his relatively short life. This song is about how he knew that the government was spying on him. Not only is it a virtuosic piece of music, it was also in my eyes very pertinent to today's surveillance society.

Since I am no James Booker, I simplified a lot and focused on getting a good groove going. The arrangement should be relatively straightforward. The more accomplished guitar soloist might find room to pepper the groove with a little more single-note spice here and there. The Cadd9(sus4) that keeps popping up in the verse is probably the hardest stretch on the fingers, and the bridge has a little wonky finger-work too including the walk up back to the verse (measures 62-65). Other than that, it should be relatively straightforward.

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