photo credit: Diana Krall via photopin (license)
I was looking at the stats on some earlier chord progressions that I shared with you. My readers seem to like the song The Frim Fram Sauce with over 1500 views and Peel Me A Grape with 1600+ views. Another popular one is, Besame Mucho.
Today I wanted to share with you a popular song sung by Diana that was written in the 50s.
Lost Mind
Words and Music by Percy Mayfield
Key: F
Time: 4/4
Slow Blues
Chords
If you could be so kind
F13 Gb13
To help me find my mind
To help me find my mind
F13
I'd like to thank you in advance
I'd like to thank you in advance
Bb7
Know this before you start
Know this before you start
Ab13
My soul's been torn apart
My soul's been torn apart
G7 C7sus C7 Gb13
I lost my mind in a wild romance
I lost my mind in a wild romance
F13 Gb13
My future is my past
F13 Gb13
Its memory will last
F13
I'll live to love the days gone by
Bb7 Ab13
Each day this becomes and goes like the one before
Each day this becomes and goes like the one before
G7 C7sus F13
My mind is lost until the day I die
My mind is lost until the day I die
Bbm6 F13
Words would fail me if I tried to describe him
Db9 C7#9(b13) F7
Though I know he's not what he should have been
Though I know he's not what he should have been
Bb7 Bdim7 F7/C
He was the Devil with the face of an angel
He was the Devil with the face of an angel
Am7b5 D7#9(b13) G13 C7#11
He was cruel and sweet, sweet and cruel as homemade sin
He was cruel and sweet, sweet and cruel as homemade sin
F13
If you could be so kind
If you could be so kind
Gb13
To help me find my mind
To help me find my mind
F13
I'd like to thank you in advance
I'd like to thank you in advance
Bb7
Know this before you start
Know this before you start
Ab13
My soul's been torn apart
My soul's been torn apart
G7 C7#9 E7 Eb7 D7
I lost my mind in a wild romance
I lost my mind in a wild romance
G13b9 C7 F Emaj7311 F13
I lost my mind in a wild romance
Chord Breakdown
L.H. / R. H.
Gb13 = GbFb/EBbEb and GbFb/EbAbBbE
F13 = FEb/GADF
Bb7 = Bb/AbDF
Ab13 = AbGb/FC
G7 = G/BAb
C7sus = C/BbFG
C7 = GE/BbAb
Bbm6 = BbG/DbFG
Db9 = DbCb/FAE
C7#9(b13) = CBb/EAbEb
F7/C = CA/EbF
Bb13 = BbAb/GC#D
Am7b5 = AG/EbA
D7#9(b13) = DF#C/FBbD
G13 = GF/EG
C7#11 = CEBb/F#C
E7 = ED/G#
Eb7 = EbBb/G
D7 = DC/F#
Emaj7#11 = E/EAbBbEb
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All the best,
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