[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:worried-life-blues":3},"title: Worried Life Blues\ncomposer: Major Merriweather\nstyle: Slow Blues\ncontext: blues\nkey: C\nform: AB, 17 bars\nrecording: Big Maceo; Chicago Breakdown; RCA Bluebird; 1975\nyoutube: arx1nihK3qA\n# analysis: 2026-10-22, rules v2; C, blues\n# recording: recorded 1941-06-24, Chicago, Big Maceo Merriweather (voc, p) with Tampa Red (g); first issued on 78 (Bluebird B-8827, 1941); first US LP RCA AXM2-5506 (1975); his later \"Worried Life Blues No. 2\" is a different recording (Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikipedia); video: \"Provided to YouTube by RCA Bluebird\", the 1941 side, the same take\n\nsection: A\n1 | C    # I of the blues: a triad here implies its ♭7, Mixolydian\n2 | C\n3 | F7   # IV7 of the blues: a subdominant with dominant color, Mixolydian (the #11 is an extra color)\n4 | F7\n5 | C    # I of the blues: a triad here implies its ♭7, Mixolydian\n6 | G7   # V7 of the blues: a dominant that needn’t resolve, Mixolydian\n7 | C    # I of the blues: a triad here implies its ♭7, Mixolydian\n7 | C7   # I7 of the blues: a tonic with dominant color, Mixolydian\n7 | F    # IV of the blues: a triad here implies its ♭7, Mixolydian\n7 | Fm7  # a borrowed minor chord: Dorian, its own key\n8 | C    # I of the blues: a triad here implies its ♭7, Mixolydian\n8 | G7   # V7 of the blues: a dominant that needn’t resolve, Mixolydian\n\nsection: B\n1 | C    # I of the blues: a triad here implies its ♭7, Mixolydian\n2 | C\n3 | F7   # IV7 of the blues: a subdominant with dominant color, Mixolydian (the #11 is an extra color)\n4 | F7\n5 | C    # I of the blues: a triad here implies its ♭7, Mixolydian\n6 | G7   # V7 of the blues: a dominant that needn’t resolve, Mixolydian\n7 | C    # I of the blues: a triad here implies its ♭7, Mixolydian\n7 | C7   # I7 of the blues: a tonic with dominant color, Mixolydian\n7 | F    # IV of the blues: a triad here implies its ♭7, Mixolydian\n7 | Fm7  # a borrowed minor chord: Dorian, its own key\n8 | C    # I of the blues: a triad here implies its ♭7, Mixolydian\n8 | G7   # V7 of the blues: a dominant that needn’t resolve, Mixolydian\n9 | C7   # I7 of the blues: a tonic with dominant color, Mixolydian\n",1793484804671]