Mystery Train Form

[glocke1]

Mystery Train was put on the set list for a recent gig, and since its Dead/Garcia type band, I listened to the Garcia version.



Excluding the intro and starting where the lyrics come in Im counting what sounds to me like an extra two beats on the IV (A) chord before it goes back to the one chord.

Folks I gigged with played it more like a straight up 12 bar blues which really threw me off for a minute or two.

Even listening to the Elvis version it's certainly not sounding like a traditional blues to me.

 

[Whousedtoplay]

Mystery Train was put on the set list for a recent gig, and since its Dead/Garcia type band, I listened to the Garcia version.



Excluding the intro and starting where the lyrics come in Im counting what sounds to me like an extra two beats on the IV (A) chord before it goes back to the one chord.

Folks I gigged with played it more like a straight up 12 bar blues which really threw me off for a minute or two.

Even listening to the Elvis version it's certainly not sounding like a traditional blues to me.

Try this version.



Or this one (original)



With some added bars but less confusing.

 

[glocke1]

Try this version.



Or this one (original)



With some added bars but less confusing.

Yeah, each version sounds different to me.

First one seems like straight 12 bar except for the last chorus where the hang out on the IV a little longer, second sounds like a straight 12 bar. Third one sounds like 3 measures on IV.

Thanks...Im not nuts than.