Twelve Bar Blues

I've always liked The Blues.  As a teenager, I discovered British blues bands like The Yardbirds,  The Animals, Stone The Crows etc and best of all John Mayall's Blues Breakers.

The term '12 Bar Blues' was bandied about, but being a totally unmusical kid from a totally unmusical family, I had no idea of the actual meaning of the phrase.

Given that most blues songs start off where the singer wakes up to find his girlfriend has left him, I assumed '12 Bar Blues' referred to some bloke going on a night out to drown his sorrows.  A sort of American version of 'Pub Crawl Blues'.

Anyway, I was listening to John Lee today (well you have to have something to get you through the housework) and the below came to me.

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Woke up this mornin'

My woman done gone

Left nothin' but the dog

And the cushion he sits on.

Chorus :

Got the Pub Crawl Blues

Gonna raise some jars

To the god of love,

Gonna hit twelve bars.

She hasn't done the ironin'

There's nothin' here to eat

Who's gonna walk our Rambo ?

I know I can't face that heat.

Chorus :

Got the Pub Crawl Blues

Gonna raise some jars

To the god of love,

Gonna hit twelve bars.

Oh god I miss my woman

She nearly broke my heart

But England's in the Quarters

And I mustn't miss the start.

Chorus :

Got the Pub Crawl Blues

Gonna raise some jars

To the god of love,

Gonna hit twelve bars.