B. B. King - Happy Birthday Blues Chords

Tempo:
125.8 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

F

Bbm

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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B. B. King - Happy Birthday Blues chords
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[Bb]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Bbm]
[Fm] [Bb]
Baby lights her cigarette and she takes a look around.
She says that a [Db] loning [Cm] [Bb] sun sure does get her down.
Nothing else for her to see.
So then she calls on me just to help [F] her lose.
100%  ➙  126BPM
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
Bbm
13421111
Db
12341114
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
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To learn B.B. King - Happy Birthday Blues chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - F, Eb, F, Eb, Bb, Bbm and Eb of chords. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 62 BPM before aiming for the song's 126 BPM. With A Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
Baby lights her cigarette _ and she takes a look around. _ _ _
She says that a [Db] loning [Cm] [Bb] sun _ sure does get her down.
_ [Bbm] _ _
Nothing else for her to see.
[Bb] _
So then she calls on me just to help [F] her _ lose.
[G] _ Those happy, [Bb] happy blues.
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
Grandpa takes a drink of wine and tells it like it was. _ _
Tells me all he [Fm] wants to [Bb] do [Db] is what _ [Bb] everybody does.
_ [Eb]
That he'd give the world _ [Bb] _
for a little girl just to [F] help him _ _ [Eb] lose.
Those happy, [Bb] happy blues.
_ _ _ Those happy, happy blues.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ About to pay [F] your _ _ [Eb] dues.
Those happy, [Bb] happy blues.
_ _ _ Those happy, happy blues.
Happy birthday blues, _ happy [Bbm] birthday _ _ [Eb] blues, _ happy [F] birthday _ blues, [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] birthday _ blues. _ _ _ _ _
In and out and on and on, _ everybody _ knows. _ _
And when the fun, fun stops, _ _ everybody _ _ knows.
[Bbm] _ [Eb]
Now let's be in [Bb] unison, doing what we do, just one [F] way to lose, _ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
_ _ _ [Bbm] Happy [Bb] birthday _ blues, _ _ [Eb] happy birthday _ blues, _ by the [F] way you do, _ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
_ Happy _ birthday blues, _ _ _ happy [Eb] birthday _ _ _ blues, by the way [F] you do, _ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
One more time. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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