This cover of Led Zeppelin’s cover of Blind Willie Johnson’s “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” features the instrumentation of the former and (more or less) the lyrics of the latter.
[Intro]
I, I, I, I, I, I
I, I, I, I, I, I
[Verse 1]
Ooh, it's nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
If I don't keep my soul alive
It's nobody's fault but mine
[Verse 2]
The devil, he told me to roll
The devil, he told me to roll, roll, roll
I went rolling and losing my light, well
It's nobody's fault but mine
[Hook]
I, I, I, I, I, I
I, I, I, I, I, I
I, I, I, I, I, I
[Harmonica Solo]
[Verse 3]
I got a Bible in my house
I got a Bible in my house
If I don't read it, and my soul dies, well, well
It's nobody's fault but mine, yeah
[Verse 4]
My sister, she taught me to read
My sister, she taught me to read, read, read
I didn't read it and lost my light, well
It's nobody's fault but mine
[Guitar Solo]
[Hook]
I, I, I, I, I, I
I, I, I, I, I, I
I, I, I, I, I, I
[Outro]
If I can't keep my soul alive
Well, no, no, no, no, no, nobody's fault
Nobody’s Fault but Mine was written by Blind Willie Johnson & Robert Plant & Jimmy Page.
Nobody’s Fault but Mine was produced by The 77s.
The 77s released Nobody’s Fault but Mine on Sat Jan 01 1994.
In the liner notes to the 2018 reissue of Drowning with Land in Sight, Mike Roe notes that this cover of “Nobody’s Fault” was included on the album at their record label’s insistence:
For years, we had wanted to try and learn Zep’s challenging rhythmic changes on their modern take of Blind Willie J...