CARELESS  LOVE

                  BA1 - Unit 2                
 Traditional American
Accordion Notation
Buttons 2 to 5*     
Place first finger at button 2 and little finger at button 5.  The four fingers cover the four button notes without having to shift positions.
Verse 1 (of several)

 .:4       .3         .2*     .2      .2*   .3*       ::3~ 
Love,  oh,      love,  oh,  care-less     love.

 .:4       .4*      .5      .5      .5*    .5        ::3*~ 
Love,  oh,    love,  oh,  care-less     love

 .:4      .4*       .:5     .5        :5*    :4*       .:3
Love,  oh,     love,  oh     care-less     love

  .3*       .:4      .3        .2*     .2     .2*     .3*        ::3~ 
You      see   what    care-less  love  has     done

NOTE:  The tilde symbol ( ~ ) at the end of lines 1, 2 and 4 indicates that this note should be held for additional beats  (in the case of this song, for four extra beats).

Embedded youTube VIDEOS

Total of 6 videos in various keys:  A=1    C=2    D=1    G=2
Key:  A   (Outside row on A-D accordion)

Tempo:  120 bpm

Group:  Byrd Moore's Hot Shots

​Posted by:  BBYMRLCCOTN

Very fast tempo.  Beginners may need to reduce the playback speed to 75% or 50%.
Key:  C  (Inside row on G-C accordion)

​Tempo:  130 bpm

Singer:  Ronnie Lane

​Posted by:  Official Ronnie Lane Records

​For those who like the "jazz" feel.

​Great beat!
Key:   C  (Inside row on G-C accordion)

​Tempo:  120 bpm

Singer:  Nicole Keim
On ukulele:  Aaron Keim
​on bass:  Ronnie Ontiveros

​Posted by:  ​Aaron Keim
Key:  D  (Inside row on A-D accordion)

​Tempo:  125 bpm

Singers:  Doc Watson and
                Earl Scruggs

​Posted by:  James Kerr-
                     fingerpicking/dobro

​INSTRUMENTAL - fairly fast, and not real easy to follow.
Beginners may need to reduce the playback speed to 75%.
Key:  G  (Outside row on G-C accordion)
​
Group:  Dixieland Black House

Posted by: Bidyyy

​INSTRUMENTAL - fairly slow.
Key:  G  (Outside row on G-C accordion)

​Tempo:  111 bpm

Group:  Jim & Jesse

​Posted by:  Jim & Jesse - Topic

Beginners may need to reduce the playback speed to 75% or 50%.
Background Materials, Information & Links
​Lyrics:
Love, oh love, oh careless love
You've fly through my head like wine
You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl
And you nearly spoiled this life of mine

Love, oh love, oh careless love
In your clutches of desire
You've made me break a many true vow
Then you set my very soul on fire

Love, oh love, oh careless love
All my happiness bereft
You've filled my heart with weary old blues
Now I'm walkin', talkin' to myself

Love, oh love, oh careless love
Trusted you now, it's too late
You've made me throw my old friend down
That's why I sing this song of hate

Love, oh love, oh careless love
Night and day, I weep and moan
You brought the wrong man into this life of mine
For my sins, till judgment I'll atone
​
BackgroundLinks:
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