Chords for BB King Was Afraid To Perform At Sing Sing Prison But Called It His Best Performance Ever

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BB King Was Afraid To Perform At Sing Sing Prison But Called It His Best Performance Ever chords
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Let's hear it for him, come on now!
Mr.
Peasebeast!
Come on!
[Em]
[N] [Bb]
[E] Reese, uh, at the apartment.
[N]
He's ballin' right now.
While they're gettin' it together,
I was told that some of you dudes don't know anything about blues.
That's what they told me, so
I wanna say this to you, I came to swap some with you.
I imagine quite a few of you dudes have the blues already.
But today
[G] That's my signal to shut up.
Today being [B]
Thanksgiving
[E] This is Thanksgiving, right?
[F] [E]
Thanksgiving?
[F] Alright.
[Am] Well, let me say this to you.
It seems like a lot of things have [E] been happening today.
[A]
And when I came in, I had to sign in.
[Dm] And [A] I noticed
I noticed one of the members of my group you seem to know very well.
How'd it make me feel?
Make me feel good, because he works with me.
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[G]
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[G] [Dm]
[D] I'm [A]
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[Bb] [A]
[Bm] [N]
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[E] in my [D]
[E]
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[Dm] [Em] [G]
heart
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[Am] Every since the day we [F]
[D] [Abm] met
[D]
[G] Love, love [A] is nothing but [E] the blues, [G]
woman
[D] Hey, [G] what blues [Em] can you get?
[A] [Em] [Gb]
You're even [D] when I'm with you,
[G] baby
When
[D] [Bm] [G]
[D] we're apart
[G]
[E] I say [Em] you're
[Dm] evil
[G] [Dm]
[Bm] You're so evil when I'm with you, baby
And you are jealous when we're [Em] apart
What blues can you get, baby?
[G]
The answer's right here in [Abm] [A]
[D] my
I [Bb] gave you a brand [Bm] new
I just said I went and calculated
You a ten dollar dinner
And you said thanks for the snack
[D] You [Bb] live in my
[D] penthouse
[Eb] It was just a [Bm] shack
[Bb] I gave you seven children
And [N] now you wanna give them back
[G]
[D] [Bm]
[Em] Say I'm a woman, and I'm nothing but the [G]
blues
[Bm] Come on, let me out of your house
[D] [Em]
[N]
[Em]
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_ Let's hear it for him, come on now!
Mr.
Peasebeast!
Come on! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ Reese, _ uh, at the apartment.
[N] _ _ _
He's ballin' right now. _ _ _
While they're gettin' it together,
_ _ I was told that some of you dudes don't know anything about blues. _ _
_ That's _ _ _ _ _ _ what they told me, so_
I wanna say this to you, I came to swap some with you. _
I imagine quite a few of you dudes have the blues already. _
_ _ But _ today_ _
_ _ _ _ [G] That's my signal to shut up.
_ _ _ Today being [B] _
_ _ Thanksgiving_
_ _ [E] This is Thanksgiving, right?
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Thanksgiving?
_ [F] Alright. _ _
[Am] Well, let me say this to you.
_ _ It seems like a lot of things have [E] been happening today.
[A]
And when I came in, I had to sign in. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ And [A] I noticed_
I noticed one of the members of my group you seem to know very well. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ How'd it make me feel?
Make me feel good, because he works with me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ I'm [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ in my _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
heart_
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Am] Every since the day we _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ [Abm] met_
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] Love, love _ [A] is nothing but [E] the blues, [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ woman_
[D] _ _ Hey, [G] _ _ what blues [Em] can you get?
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ You're even [D] when I'm with you, _
_ [G] _ baby_
When _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] we're _ _ apart_ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ I say [Em] you're _
_ [Dm] evil_
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
[Bm] You're so evil when I'm with you, _ _ baby_
And you are jealous when we're [Em] _ apart_
_ What blues can you get, baby?
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The answer's right here in _ [Abm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] my_
I [Bb] gave you a brand [Bm] new_
_ _ I just said I went and _ calculated_ _ _
_ You a ten dollar _ _ dinner_
_ And you said thanks for the _ _ snack_
[D] You [Bb] live in my _
_ [D] _ penthouse_
_ _ [Eb] It was just a _ [Bm] shack_ _ _ _
[Bb] I gave you seven _ _ children_
And [N] now you wanna give them back_
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ Say I'm a woman, and I'm nothing but the _ [G] _ _ _
blues_
[Bm] Come on, let me out _ _ of your house_
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _

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