Chords for B.B. King - Sweet Sixteen
Tempo:
85.025 bpm
Chords used:
C#
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C#m
A#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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I remember I was in Baltimore, [F] Maryland,
[C#] been playing.
time for B.B. King to go [F#] on,
[C#m] bring you B.B. King and all the kids of woo-woo [F]-woo.'"
[D#] And you're talking about hurting.
hadn't heard me.
[D#m] and they didn't [G#] want to hear it.
or rock and roll.
[C#] been playing.
time for B.B. King to go [F#] on,
[C#m] bring you B.B. King and all the kids of woo-woo [F]-woo.'"
[D#] And you're talking about hurting.
hadn't heard me.
[D#m] and they didn't [G#] want to hear it.
or rock and roll.
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I remember I was in Baltimore, [F] Maryland,
and we had [C#] been playing.
[G#m] _ [G#] My [Em] band had played [C#] the show,
and when it was time for B.B. King to go [F#] on,
the announcer said,
"'Now we [C#m] bring you B.B. King and all the kids of woo-woo [F]-woo.'"
[D#] And you're talking about hurting.
That hurt me [C#m] so much.
[G#m] They hadn't heard me.
[A#] They heard off me,
heard [Cm] that I was a blues singer, blues musician,
[D#m] and they didn't [G#] want to hear it.
[F#] They wanted to hear some more soul or rock and roll.
And I [G] remember I was on [C#] the stage playing Sweet 16,
and _ [A#] the song was,
"'Treat Me Mean,
But I'll Keep [B] on Loving You Just the [C#] _ Same.'"
It [Fm] was made thinking in [C#] terms of a lady,
but it [F] seemed to really [Gm] fit that day
because [G#m] I was singing it [G] and I [C#m] cried when I was doing it.
Would you believe [C#] they applauded me when I [F#] finished?
But at first [C#] they didn't care none about the blues.
They didn't know nothing about me.
The reason they booed because it was blues.
When they said, "'Blues,'
hey, it's like being black [N] twice." _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen.
Tonight is really, really an honor for me. _
They thought they would save the oldest for last. _ _
When I hear the word blues,
and I've been trying to do this since 1949,
I recorded my first record.
_ And to think of _ what's going on tonight
makes chills run over me.
Lucille even screams a little. _ _ _
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_ [C#] _ [A#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ _
_ [C#] _ When I first met you, babe,
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _
they gave [C#] you a doubt.
Sweet 16. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] Just like your homeland, baby
[F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _
Oh, the [C#] sweetestrousest [C#] thing I'd [F#] ever [G] seen
[C#] But [G#] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] [Fm] you wouldn't do [G#m] nothing for me, [C#] babe
[F#] You [A#] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] [Fm] wouldn't do [G#m] anything I'd ask you [C#] to
You _ _ [G#m] _
_ [A#] wouldn't do anything for me from here on out
_ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [F#] _
[D#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[D#] [G#] You know you [C] ran away from your home, [Fm] baby.
_ [F#] _ _ [A#] _ And now you [C#] want to run _ [F#] away from [G] home, old [C#] B2.
_ [A#m] _ [G#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _
I'd rather [G#m] than Korea, baby.
[C#] _ [F#] _
_ [A#] _ My sister's down [C#m] in New Orleans.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ [C#] _ Boy, [F#] you can treat me [E] [D#] mean, baby.
[F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ [D#] And I'll [G#] keep [C#] on loving you just [Fm] the same.
_ [A#] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [A#] _ [C#] _ _ [G#]
And they want _ [F#] to [A#] _ _ _ [C#m] hear some more, [F#] I mean.
[G] _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ I swear [C#] to God, baby.
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] I _ _ _ swear to God.
I swear to God, baby.
_ _ _ [G] _ [A#] _ _
_ I swear to [F#] God, baby. _
_ [A] _ [C] _ [C#] _ _ _
You know I have _ _ _ to take my [G#] time, baby. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [C#m] I swear to [C#] God.
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] Oh, [D] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ you're so beautiful.
and we had [C#] been playing.
[G#m] _ [G#] My [Em] band had played [C#] the show,
and when it was time for B.B. King to go [F#] on,
the announcer said,
"'Now we [C#m] bring you B.B. King and all the kids of woo-woo [F]-woo.'"
[D#] And you're talking about hurting.
That hurt me [C#m] so much.
[G#m] They hadn't heard me.
[A#] They heard off me,
heard [Cm] that I was a blues singer, blues musician,
[D#m] and they didn't [G#] want to hear it.
[F#] They wanted to hear some more soul or rock and roll.
And I [G] remember I was on [C#] the stage playing Sweet 16,
and _ [A#] the song was,
"'Treat Me Mean,
But I'll Keep [B] on Loving You Just the [C#] _ Same.'"
It [Fm] was made thinking in [C#] terms of a lady,
but it [F] seemed to really [Gm] fit that day
because [G#m] I was singing it [G] and I [C#m] cried when I was doing it.
Would you believe [C#] they applauded me when I [F#] finished?
But at first [C#] they didn't care none about the blues.
They didn't know nothing about me.
The reason they booed because it was blues.
When they said, "'Blues,'
hey, it's like being black [N] twice." _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen.
Tonight is really, really an honor for me. _
They thought they would save the oldest for last. _ _
When I hear the word blues,
and I've been trying to do this since 1949,
I recorded my first record.
_ And to think of _ what's going on tonight
makes chills run over me.
Lucille even screams a little. _ _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ [C#] _ [A#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ _
_ [C#] _ When I first met you, babe,
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _
they gave [C#] you a doubt.
Sweet 16. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] Just like your homeland, baby
[F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _
Oh, the [C#] sweetestrousest [C#] thing I'd [F#] ever [G] seen
[C#] But [G#] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] [Fm] you wouldn't do [G#m] nothing for me, [C#] babe
[F#] You [A#] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] [Fm] wouldn't do [G#m] anything I'd ask you [C#] to
You _ _ [G#m] _
_ [A#] wouldn't do anything for me from here on out
_ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [F#] _
[D#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[D#] [G#] You know you [C] ran away from your home, [Fm] baby.
_ [F#] _ _ [A#] _ And now you [C#] want to run _ [F#] away from [G] home, old [C#] B2.
_ [A#m] _ [G#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _
I'd rather [G#m] than Korea, baby.
[C#] _ [F#] _
_ [A#] _ My sister's down [C#m] in New Orleans.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ [C#] _ Boy, [F#] you can treat me [E] [D#] mean, baby.
[F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ [D#] And I'll [G#] keep [C#] on loving you just [Fm] the same.
_ [A#] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [A#] _ [C#] _ _ [G#]
And they want _ [F#] to [A#] _ _ _ [C#m] hear some more, [F#] I mean.
[G] _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ I swear [C#] to God, baby.
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] I _ _ _ swear to God.
I swear to God, baby.
_ _ _ [G] _ [A#] _ _
_ I swear to [F#] God, baby. _
_ [A] _ [C] _ [C#] _ _ _
You know I have _ _ _ to take my [G#] time, baby. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [C#m] I swear to [C#] God.
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] Oh, [D] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ you're so beautiful.