Careless Love

From Vol. 1
Traditional Treasures

SUGGESTED KEY: A

CAPO: Fret 2

CHORD FAMILY: G

TIME SIGNATURE: 4/4

SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate

A Little About This Song…

Like many American folksongs, the origin of “Careless Love” is somewhat murky. The earliest versions appear in early Blues repertoires with a wide variety of lyrics. No dates have been suggested for its origin, but it seems to have first been heard around the turn of the 20th Century. W.C Handy has said that he heard it as a child around 1890 and wrote his own set of lyrics in the early ‘20s.

“Careless Love” is still played in Bluegrass and Old Time circles today, sometimes as an instrumental.

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