(My non-professional note: I believe that Fogerty plays this tune with a guitar tuned down one whole step. Consequently, when these guys are saying to play an "Bb Eb Bb Bb/A Gm Eb F Bb Bb/A Gm Eb Bb F Eb Bb *********************** I don't know - to play with the record I would capo on the third fret and play:
G G C G G G/F# Em C D G G C G G D G
While others, including Fogerty, tune an acoustic guitar down a whole step to D G C F A D and play
C C F C C C/B Am F G C C F C C G C
However, in recent concerts (2004 & 2005) Fogerty plays an electric guitar in standard in the key of Bb. It is a far more rocking version than the original, somewhat melanchoy lament of a failed singer stuck in a small town.
***Original postings:Song: Lodi CD: Chronicle Tabber:Roger Olofsson (raggen@hem1.passagen.se) LODI - Creedence Clearwater Revival Basic rhythm pattern: x means mute strings D U D U continue E---1---1---1---x--------------------|-----------------------------------| B---3---3---3---x--------------------|-----------------------------------| G---3---3---3---x--------------------|-----------------------------------| D---3---3---3---x--------------------|-----------------------------------| A---1---1---1---x--------------------|-----------------------------------| e---x---x---x---x--------------------|-----------------------------------| Intro: C C C C F F C C E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B--3--3--4--4/6--6--6----------------|--3--4--4--4----4---3--------------| G--3--3--5--5/7--7--7----------------|--3--5--5--5r3--3---3--------------| D------------------------------------|------------------------3-5-3---3--| A------------------------------------|----------------------5-------5----| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Bb Just about a year ago Eb Bb I set out on the road, Bb Bb/A Gm seekin' my fame and fortune, Eb F lookin' for a pot of gold. Bb Bb/A Gm Bb/F Things got bad and things got worse, Eb Bb I guess you will know the tune - F Eb (2) Bb Oh Lord, stuck in on Lodi up again Riff here goes E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-------3--5--5b6---6r5r3----3-------|-----------------------------------| D---3h5-------------------5----------|------3--5--3----3-----------------| A------------------------------------|---5----------5--------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| I rode in on a Greyhound, I'll be walkin' out if I go I was just passin' through Must be seven months or more Ran out of time and money Looks like they took my friends Oh, Lord, stuck in on Lodi up again E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-------3--5--5b6---6r5r3----3-------|-----------------------------------| D---3h5-------------------5----------|------3--5--3----3-----------------| A------------------------------------|---5----------5--------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Small variation of intro here: E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B--3--3--4--4/6--6--6----------------|--3--4--4h6-4----------------------| G--3--3--5--5/7--7--7----------------|--3--5--5---5---5---3--------------| D------------------------------------|----------------5---3---3-5-3----3-| A------------------------------------|----------------------5-------5----| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Intro follows again: E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B--3--3--4--4/6--6--6----------------|--3--4--4--4----4---3--------------| G--3--3--5--5/7--7--7----------------|--3--5--5--5r3--3---3--------------| D------------------------------------|------------------------3-5-3---3--| A------------------------------------|----------------------5-------5----| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| The man from the magazine Said I was on my way Somewhere I lost connection Ran out of songs to play I came into town on a one-night stand Looks like my plans fell through Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-------3--5--5b6---6r5r3----3-------|-----------------------------------| D---3h5-------------------5----------|-----------------------------------| A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B---------1-h3r1---------------------|-----------------------------------| G---2-h3--2------2---0----1--0----1--|-----------------------------------| D---3------------3---0-h2-0--0-h2-0--|-----------------------------------| A------------------------------------|--5-h-7--5---5-h-7--5--------------| e------------------------------------|--3------3---3------3--------------| to C chord C If I only had a dollar F C For every song I've sung Am And every time I've had to play F G While people sat there drunk C Am You know I'd catch the next train F C Back to where I live C G F Oh, Lord, stuck in on Lodi up again E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-------5--7--7b8---8r7r5----5-------|-----------------------------------| D---5h7-------------------7----------|---------7--5----5-----------------| A------------------------------------|--------------7--------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| C G F Oh, Lord, Stuck in on Lodi up again E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-------5--7--7b8---8r7r5----5-------|-----------------------------------| D---5h7-------------------7----------|---------7--5----5-----------------| A------------------------------------|--------------7--------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Small variation again: E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B--5--5--6--6/8--8--8----------------|--5--6--6h8-6----------------------| G--5--5--7--7/9--9--9----------------|--5--7--7---7---7---5--------------| D------------------------------------|----------------7---5---5-7-5----5-| A------------------------------------|----------------------7-------7----| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Intro follows again: B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G--5--5--6--6/8--8--8----------------|--5--6--6--6----6---5--------------| D--5--5--7--7/9--9--9----------------|--5--7--7--7r5--5---5--------------| A------------------------------------|------------------------5-7-5----5-| e------------------------------------|----------------------7-------7----| E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| raggen@hem1.passagen.se, Roger Olofsson
"This one has to do with "the gift," the craft of songwriting. As a young musician, I had developed the habit of saving titles, including ones like "Green River" and "Lodi." The first time I ever heard the word "Lodi," I thought it was the coolest sounding name, so I saved it for the longest time. One night my band part-Golliwogs/part other musicians were playing a dance on the Cal Berkeley campus at Herbst Hall. Quicksilver Messenger Service was playing as well. This was around 1966, so they were already semi-famous. They were singing a song that, judging from the chorus, I thought was called, "Lodiiiiiii, Lodiiiiiiii!" After their set, I ran up and asked the curly-headed guy, "Hey, was that song about Lodi?" He looked at me and said, "No man, Codeine." I was so relieved. Talk about two concepts colliding. I was thinking Americana, and he was talking psychedelia. My secret was safe. Soon my life had changed. I finally had a vehicle to make records, so I decided to write the song, teach it to the band, and actually record it. I was determined to write a song about "Lodi." And here's where "the gift" part enters in. When you're not feeling it, if you're not "in the zone," it's the most forlorn feeling there is. But when you've got it, and you're going into your room to write something like "Lodi," you're almost daring the gods to send something to you. So I sat down and wrote about being on the road, being a musician; not the happy, glamorous part, rather, I projected myself ahead maybe ten years, as a country musician singing that minor hit I had ten years ago. There I was. I wasn't in Los Angeles. I'm not even in Cucamonga. I'm all the way out in Lodi! The song went from "Lodi" to "Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi, again," not a happy thought. " John Fogerty