Level: 2/3
Tuning: Standard

Composed by Spencer Williams, who also wrote the music for "Basin Street Blues," "Everybody Loves My Baby," "I've Found A New Baby" and many other standards, it was already a hit when Bessie Smith recorded it in 1926. Countless artists have recorded it since, notably Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Bing Crosby, Merle Haggard, Rosemary Clooney and Bob Wills. Louis Prima had a huge hit with the song in 1956, and his arrangement was successfully copied in 1985 by David Lee Roth. More of a Tin Pan Alley song than a blues, it has the obligatory, introductory verse that singer usually omit. This key-of-E version is mostly Travis style fingerpicking, with an alternating thumb-bass, but those descending 9th formations are strummed instead of picked. There are lots of moveable, jazzy chord shapes in this arrangement, so get familiar with them before tackling the tune.