Loidy Baby

Inspiration:  Puerto Rico romance

"Loidy Baby"  (original song --- words and music) 
          by Mark Drobnick © 2017 --- (ASCAP)

(Except for "cowboy" chords, all others are spelled out; 
guitar standard tuning, no capo; key of D major)

GENRE:  Pop/ rock, Indie, Theatre, 
          Film & TV, Jazz, Hip-hop.

Besides MP3 audio file attached here, YouTube contains music videos of many of this artist's songs.  

--- LYRICS (words) ---

                 Let me tell you all about the new girl I found. 
                   She's the hottest thing there is.
                   She makes my heart a-pound.
                  
                Freckle[d] face, her eyes are green, her hair as red as fire.
                  Gyrating as she walks,   
                  she fills me with desire. 
                                       
                                              Loidy baby.
                                              They're driving me crazy.
                                              Those hazy, lazy days of July.                                        
                                         
                                   When we strolled down the rainy beach;   
                                   the clouds loomed near as we strove to reach.  
                                     The seagulls gathered in the mist. 
                                     Expecting us, a lovers' tryst.                                         
                                            
                                     Met my glance with a stare so deep.  
                                     If what you sow is what you reap,
                                       invited me to stay awhile,
                                       and be her cozy crocodile.   
                                       
                Don't touch that button if you're not prepared to rock.
                  Can't open up that door 
                  until you've made it knock.                                  
                     
                In a  bathing suit so amply filled, she's well endowed. 
                  Agriculture never looked so good.  
                  That furrow's plowed.    
                                           
                          Summer lasts the entire year.  
                          The drought has made obsolete the tear.  
                            Unusual one's flag unfurled. 
                            Typical this part of the world.
                                                                   
                         She held my hand and it seemed so right.  
                         What's down is up, what's black is white. 
                           From acorns spring the mighty oak.
                           My sleeping beauty has awoke.

--- OVERVIEW, CHORDS, LYRICS, & RHYTHMIC PRIMER ---
"Loidy Baby" by Mark Drobnick (ASCAP)

- Intro -:  Bridge chords sequence, arpeggiated {triple beat, 6/8 time};

                {duple meter (simple), rest of song} 

                 (A)         (D)         (G)         (C)         (A) 

Verse 1.  (A) Let me
                          (D) tell you all about the new
                          (G) girl I found.  She's the
                          (C) hottest thing there is.  She makes my
                          (A) heart a-pound.

Verse 2.  Freckle[d]
                      face, her eyes are green, her hair as
                      red as fire.  Gy-
                      rating as she walks, she fills me
                      with desire.

        -  CHORUS -
                                        (G) Loidy
                                        (A) baby.  They're
                                        (D) driving me
                                        (G) crazy.  Those hazy, lazy
                                        (A) days of Ju-
                                        (D) ly.

Bridge a.  (Dmin6)  When we strolled down the rainy beach; the  
                          (G7)              clouds loomed near as we strove to reach.  The
                   (Amin9)     seagulls gathered
                   (Amin7)         in the mist.  Ex-
                   (Gmin7/F)     pecting us, a
                         (Am)         lovers' tryst.

Bridge b.                    Met my glance with a stare so deep.  If
                                               what you sow is what you reap, in-
                                        vited me to
                                            stay awhile, and
                                            be her cozy
                                            crocodile.

Verse 3.  Don't
                        touch that button if you're not pre-
                        pared to rock.  Can't
                        open up that door until you've
                        made it knock.

Verse 4.  In a
                     bathing suit so amply filled, she's
                     well endowed.  Agri-
                     culture never looked so good.  That
                     furrow's plowed.

- CHORUS -
        
Bridge c.         Summer lasts the entire year.  The
                                      drought has made obsolete the tear.  Un-
                             usual one's
                                  flag unfurled.  Ty-
                                  pical this part
                                  of the world.

Bridge d.        She held my hand and it seemed so right.  What's 
                                  down is up, what's black is white.  From
                            acorns spring the
                                mighty oak.  My
                                sleeping beauty
                                has awoke.

Verse 1.

Verse 2.

- CHORUS -

Bridge b.

Bridge d.

Verse 3.

Verse 4.

- CHORUS  (x3) -

{ Rit., (second half of last chorus) }

End:   (D)     (Dsus4)     (D)     (Dsus2)     (D)

          Dsus4 (xx0233)            Dsus2 (xx0230)

[ Bridge chords: ]
  Dmin6 (xx0201)
 G7 (320001)    or    G7/D (xx0001)      
  Amin9 (x02200)
 Amin7 (x02010)
  Gmin7/F (xx3333)    or    Gmin7 (353333)     
 Am (x02210)

Engineering:
Guitar --- Strat-type, single coil, PUP's position 2; into Peavey 2 x 12 tube
Vocal Mic --- Shure dynamic; into Fender 10" tube, channel 2

[ Posted:   07 July 2017 ]

Composition and Interpretation by Mark Drobnick © 2017