Chords for B.B. King & Bobby Blue Bland-Goin' Down Slow

Tempo:
95.5 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Db

F

Abm

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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B.B. King & Bobby Blue Bland-Goin' Down Slow chords
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[Ab]
[C] [Bbm] When [Db]
[Abm] [Fm] [Abm] I'm alone I cry it all.
[Ebm]
[Db] Take your time now.
Yeah.
[Abm] [F] [Eb]
[Abm]
[Ab] [F] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db]
[Ab]
[Db] [D]
[Eb] [Ebm]
[Ab] I've had my [Db] fun.
[Ebm] If [Ab] I don't get well [C] no more.
[B] [Fm]
[Ab]
[Db] Said I've had my [F] fun.
[A]
[Abm] [Db] If [Gb] I [Ab] never get well no more.
[Eb] [Fm]
[Ab] [Fm] [Db]
[D] [Eb] Said my, my, [Ab] my, [Db] my, my health is failing me.
[Abm] [F] And I think I'm [Ab] going down slow.
[Db] [D]
[F] [Ab] [Ebm] [Abm]
Somebody [Ab] please write my [Fm] mother a letter.
[Db]
And [Ab] tell her the shape I'm in.
[B]
[Ab] Somebody [Ebm] [F]
[Db] [F] [Gb] please write [Db] my mother a letter.
[F]
[Gb] And [Ab] tell her the shape I'm [Ebm] [Bbm] in.
[Ab]
[Bbm] And tell her to pray.
[Eb] [Ab] Tell her to [Db] pray for me.
And to forgive me [Ab] for all of my [Db] sins.
[B] [Eb] Uh huh.
[Ab] [C] Don't say love, [Db] Dr.
Mother.
[Ab] You see the [Ebm] doctor can't do [Gb]
[Ab] me no good.
None at all.
[Db] [F] Please [Db] don't say no, Dr.
Mother.
Please [F] don't say no, Dr.
You [Ab] see the doctor can't do me no good.
[Eb]
Hey, I've been a sinful man.
[Db]
Uh huh, yeah.
[F] And [E] I didn't [Ab] do [Db] the things I [Abm] should.
I [Ab] know.
[Ebm] Said, again.
[Ab]
So on the next train [B] south.
[Db]
You [Bbm] [F] can look [Ab] for my clothes home.
All the way back to Memphis.
All the way to [Ebm] Rosenborg.
[B] Hey!
[Db] On the [F] next train south.
The first one, very first one.
[Bbm] You [B] can
[Ab] look for my clothes back home.
And [Eb] if you don't see this [Db] old body, Mother.
I [Abm] know.
All [Ab] you can do is [Db] [D] [Ab] moan.
And I beg you.
[Eb] I really think you can do [Ab] it.
I want to be.
[Abm]
Look [Ab] out there.
Look out there.
Me.
[Db] [Abm] I don't want to.
Be.
[F] [Fm] I never want to [Ab] die by your hands.
Me.
[Eb] I [G] never want to die by your [Bbm] hands.
Key:  
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
F
134211111
Abm
123111114
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
F
134211111
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To start learning B.B. King, Bobby Bland - (Live At Western Recorders Studio1/1974) Goin Down Slow chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: Abm, Ab, Db, Abm, F, Ab, Eb, Db and F. Ease into the song by practicing at 47 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 96 BPM. Considering the song's key of Db Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] [Bbm] When _ _ [Db] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Fm] _ [Abm] I'm alone I cry it all. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
[Db] _ _ Take your time now. _
Yeah. _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [D] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ I've had my [Db] fun.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] If [Ab] I don't get well [C] no more.
[B] _ [Fm] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Db] Said I've had my [F] fun.
_ [A] _
[Abm] _ [Db] If _ [Gb] I [Ab] never get well no more.
[Eb] _ [Fm] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Db] _
[D] [Eb] Said my, my, [Ab] my, [Db] my, my health is failing me.
_ _ [Abm] [F] And I think I'm [Ab] going down slow.
_ [Db] _ [D] _
_ [F] _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Abm] _
Somebody [Ab] please write my [Fm] mother a letter.
[Db] _ _ _ _
And [Ab] tell her the shape I'm in.
[B] _
[Ab] _ Somebody [Ebm] _ [F] _ _
[Db] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gb] please write [Db] my mother a letter.
[F] _ _
[Gb] And [Ab] tell her the shape I'm [Ebm] [Bbm] in.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] And tell her to pray.
_ [Eb] [Ab] Tell her to [Db] pray for me.
And to forgive me [Ab] for all of my [Db] sins. _ _
[B] [Eb] Uh huh. _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [C] Don't say love, [Db] Dr.
Mother. _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] You see the [Ebm] doctor can't do [Gb]
[Ab] me no good.
None at all. _
[Db] _ _ [F] Please [Db] don't say no, Dr.
Mother.
Please [F] don't say no, Dr.
You [Ab] see the doctor can't do me no good.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Hey, I've been a sinful man.
[Db]
Uh huh, yeah.
[F] _ And [E] I didn't [Ab] do [Db] the things I [Abm] should.
I [Ab] know.
[Ebm] _ Said, again.
[Ab] _
_ So on the next train [B] south.
[Db] _
_ You [Bbm] [F] can look [Ab] for my clothes home.
All the way back to Memphis.
All the way to [Ebm] Rosenborg.
[B] Hey! _ _
[Db] On the [F] next train south.
The first one, very first one.
[Bbm] You [B] can _
[Ab] _ _ look for my clothes back home.
_ _ And [Eb] _ if you don't see this [Db] old body, Mother.
I [Abm] know.
_ All [Ab] you can do is [Db] _ _ [D] [Ab] moan.
And I beg you.
[Eb] I really think you can do [Ab] it.
I want _ _ to be.
[Abm] _
_ Look [Ab] out there. _ _
Look out there.
Me. _
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Abm] I don't want to.
_ Be. _
_ [F] _ [Fm] I never want to [Ab] die by your hands.
Me. _
_ [Eb] I [G] never want to die by your [Bbm] hands.

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