Too Small To See It

Robert James

My step daughter sings in her school chorus, was the lead in her school musical, has a fantastic voice, and is well on her way to becoming an outstanding classical pianist.

But she don’t know blues.

She decided to try out for her high school jazz band as a pianist and was told that she would need to play a 12-bar blues and solo using a blues scale. The day she asked me what those things were stands as one of my proudest. Step Daughter dear, welcome to the most musical fun you’ll ever have. Welcome to the foundation of my musical existence. Unfortunately the sheet music her teacher gave her had a 12-bar blues that went to a ii chord. I was offended. I was so disappointed in the entire school system. No there are no ii chords in a 12-bar blues. I - IV - I - V - IV - I. Anything else is blasphemy!

The next day I wrote up a little 12-bar blues for RPM… and did it in 7/8 time. Screw You, musical establishment!

The lyrics are more arguments against the flat Earth. The lead guitar is my Gibson ES 335 Pro, and the rhythm is my Takaminie F 400 S 12-string.

Chorus:

Its so obvious
anyone can see
Its so obvious
anyone can see
Open your eyes for me
and you will agree

Verse 1:

Tell you something you don’t know
Have a bit of the truth
Tell you something you don’t know
Have a bit of the truth
I can see for ever now
I can show you how

Verse 2:

climbing higher and higher
and you still don’t see
climbing higher and higher
and you still don’t see
Need to get higher still
for you to take this pill

Quiet Verse:

What I’m trying to tell you
Is that you’re very small
What I’m trying to tell you
Is that you’re very small
The world around you is so big
you’re mind will never know