Well you've heard about love givin' sight to the blind
My baby's lovin' cause the sun to shine
'Cause she's my sweet little thang...She's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby
I'm her little lover boy
Yeah I love my baby....My heart and soul
Love like ours it won't never grow old
She's my sweet little thang...She's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby
I'm her little lover boy
Yeah I love my Lenny...She's long and lean
You mess with her you'll see a man get mean
And she's my sweet little thang...She's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby
I'm her little lover boy
SOLO
Well I love my baby like the finest wine
Stick with her until the end of time
And she's my sweet little thang...She's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby
I'm her little lover boy
Yeah I love my baby...My heart and soul
Love like ours it won't never grow old
She's my sweet little thang....She's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby
I'm her little lover boy
My baby's lovin' cause the sun to shine
'Cause she's my sweet little thang...She's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby
I'm her little lover boy
Yeah I love my baby....My heart and soul
Love like ours it won't never grow old
She's my sweet little thang...She's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby
I'm her little lover boy
Yeah I love my Lenny...She's long and lean
You mess with her you'll see a man get mean
And she's my sweet little thang...She's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby
I'm her little lover boy
SOLO
Well I love my baby like the finest wine
Stick with her until the end of time
And she's my sweet little thang...She's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby
I'm her little lover boy
Yeah I love my baby...My heart and soul
Love like ours it won't never grow old
She's my sweet little thang....She's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby
I'm her little lover boy
song info:
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LanguageEnglish
Rank−
Duration00:03:39
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Copyright ©Wixen Music Publishing
WriterStevie Ray Vaughan
Lyrics licensed byLyricFind
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Last updatedMarch 7th, 2022
About"Pride and Joy" is a song by Texas singer/guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and his backup band Double Trouble. It is an original composition by Vaughan and appeared on his 1983 Epic Records debut album Texas Flood. "Pride and Joy" was also released as Vaughan's first single and has become one of his best-known songs.
"Pride and Joy" was a feature of Vaughan live repertoire before he recorded it. According to Double Trouble drummer Chris Layton, Vaughan wrote it for a new girlfriend at the time (a later fight with her inspired his "I'm Cryin'").
Well, you've heard about love givin' sight to the blind
My baby's lovin' cause the sun to shine
She's my sweet little thing, she's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby, I'm her little lover boy
Called "a classic Texas shuffle", it has a twelve-bar blues arrangement, notated in the key of E (although with Vaughan's guitar tuned one-half step lower, resulting in the pitch of E♭) in 4/4 time with a moderately fast tempo. The main guitar figure features a bassline along with muted chord chops to produce a percussive-like effect. Vaughan also "extracts extra sound from the guitar by choosing finger shapes that allow the maximum number of strings to ring at a time (often the top E-string [E♭])".
Vaughan's song was released as a single and reached number 20 in Billboard magazine's Mainstream Rock chart. Bonnie Raitt and the Charlie Daniels Band have recorded renditions of the song. The music video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock includes a cover version. Vaughan album Texas Flood was also a best seller and helped renew interest in blues music.
"Pride and Joy" was a feature of Vaughan live repertoire before he recorded it. According to Double Trouble drummer Chris Layton, Vaughan wrote it for a new girlfriend at the time (a later fight with her inspired his "I'm Cryin'").
Well, you've heard about love givin' sight to the blind
My baby's lovin' cause the sun to shine
She's my sweet little thing, she's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby, I'm her little lover boy
Called "a classic Texas shuffle", it has a twelve-bar blues arrangement, notated in the key of E (although with Vaughan's guitar tuned one-half step lower, resulting in the pitch of E♭) in 4/4 time with a moderately fast tempo. The main guitar figure features a bassline along with muted chord chops to produce a percussive-like effect. Vaughan also "extracts extra sound from the guitar by choosing finger shapes that allow the maximum number of strings to ring at a time (often the top E-string [E♭])".
Vaughan's song was released as a single and reached number 20 in Billboard magazine's Mainstream Rock chart. Bonnie Raitt and the Charlie Daniels Band have recorded renditions of the song. The music video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock includes a cover version. Vaughan album Texas Flood was also a best seller and helped renew interest in blues music.
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