Chords for Guitar Lesson: The Thrill is Gone by BB King
Tempo:
122 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
Em
B
G
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [N]
Hey, how's it going?
Hope you're ready to learn the thrill is gone by BB King.
This is Colin Daniel from riff Ninja calm and
This is one of BB's most famous songs.
It's a fabulous song.
It's a fabulous chord progression
It's not that hard, but it's very cool
He's done very many different variations of the recordings.
This is going to be in the key of B minor
It's going to use some bar chords, so you have familiar bar chords, but it is a great progression
It's one of the first times in the history of music pit blues jazz and pop rock kind of mixed together
It was played on all the radio stations.
It was so universal so I would consider this a very important chord progression
It's 12 bar really, but it's a mod modified form of it's not the predictable one
Some of it is quite predictable we [Bm] start with the B minor
The B [Em] minor comes from an E minor [Fm] which is barred [A] and moved [Bm] all the way up to a B minor
Seventh fret bar if you're wondering
That's a B minor you could play the B minor down here, too
But I've got my reasons for playing the B minor up here.
It's because it [B] lines up with the scale
[A]
[Bm] So that my scale lines up beautifully with that chord and the next [Em] change is an E minor so for the first four bars
It's B minor
You know then it's gonna go to the E [Em] minor and I play an E minor seventh
You know your regular [Bm] minor form like B minor down here [Am] or a minor
It's [C] barred and it's moved [Em] up all the way up to E minor
Which is the same fret [Bm] that your B minor is at for the bar seventh fret right so the nice thing about that change
I'm going to B minor all I have to [Em] do is move my other fingers over
[Bm] There's a bar [Em] where it is the only thing is I like to play E minor seventh because that's a little [Bm] softer
It's got a little more of a jazzy tonality to it.
You can play it either way if you like
I've seen them play it both ways, but I chose the E minor seventh take your pinky off
You have an E minor seventh [Em] put it back down.
You have a regular E minor.
So that's B minor
four bars
Now to the E minor for two
Back to the B minor for another two bars
Now here we have a lot of choice again
Next chord is a G major not minor, but major not seventh
major
[G] G major I play my G major here at a kink bar.
You could play it here.
You could play it here
other other variations of it, too
Okay, that's kind of up to you again.
I'll play my G major here
10th fret bar root 5 fifth string root
[C#m] [F#m] The reason why is because the very next chord I'm going to get it's going to be an F sharp minor 7th
[Em] This is E minor then [Fm] this is F minor [A] then this is F sharp minor 7
That's 1 4 & 5 if you don't know that you really should know the 1 4 & 5
You should check out some of my other lessons [G] on that and then this will make more sense to you
1 4 & 5
B minor E minor [F#m] F sharp minor 7 [Bm] so those are all the changes
There's four changes plus a little trick chromatic ending here that we'll get to in a second
So it's B [G] minor E minor [F#m] F sharp minor [G] 7th and a G major is [Em] what we use
And now we go [B] from the beginning 1 [B] 2 3 4
[Bm] There's your B minor.
We're gonna do that for four bars
Just gonna groove along here.
I've heard this song played fast and slow
It's up to you.
Here's the E minor 7th two bars.
That's the fourth change
Back to B minor.
That's the one change
That's two bars
Now the G major [G] one bar for G major
[C#m] One bar for F sharp minor [Bm] 7th back to the beat.
You're almost done
[B] Closing riff if you're not good at changing these chords just play single notes an A [A#] and an A sharp [Bm] and bring it back
B and you're right back to the beginning.
So those last three notes are A A sharp and then back to B
So now I'm gonna take the [G] progression from the G change
Because I've just played the full progression for you before so take a little shortcut.
We're starting the G one bar G
[C#m] one bar of F sharp minor 7
[Bm] one and a half bars B
and right here
[A#]
[Bm] Start again
Go back [B] through the 12 bar and [A#] in in the place of [E] the root notes here.
I play the full chord
I [A] play a major a [Bm] sharp and then back to the B minor
[B]
[Bm] Ain't that [B] a sweet chord progression?
[Bm] all right, good luck.
I hope this has been informative and
Play to your heart man.
This is a great song.
Enjoy it solo lots
All right till next time Colin Daniel for riff ninja.
Take care
[A]
Hey, how's it going?
Hope you're ready to learn the thrill is gone by BB King.
This is Colin Daniel from riff Ninja calm and
This is one of BB's most famous songs.
It's a fabulous song.
It's a fabulous chord progression
It's not that hard, but it's very cool
He's done very many different variations of the recordings.
This is going to be in the key of B minor
It's going to use some bar chords, so you have familiar bar chords, but it is a great progression
It's one of the first times in the history of music pit blues jazz and pop rock kind of mixed together
It was played on all the radio stations.
It was so universal so I would consider this a very important chord progression
It's 12 bar really, but it's a mod modified form of it's not the predictable one
Some of it is quite predictable we [Bm] start with the B minor
The B [Em] minor comes from an E minor [Fm] which is barred [A] and moved [Bm] all the way up to a B minor
Seventh fret bar if you're wondering
That's a B minor you could play the B minor down here, too
But I've got my reasons for playing the B minor up here.
It's because it [B] lines up with the scale
[A]
[Bm] So that my scale lines up beautifully with that chord and the next [Em] change is an E minor so for the first four bars
It's B minor
You know then it's gonna go to the E [Em] minor and I play an E minor seventh
You know your regular [Bm] minor form like B minor down here [Am] or a minor
It's [C] barred and it's moved [Em] up all the way up to E minor
Which is the same fret [Bm] that your B minor is at for the bar seventh fret right so the nice thing about that change
I'm going to B minor all I have to [Em] do is move my other fingers over
[Bm] There's a bar [Em] where it is the only thing is I like to play E minor seventh because that's a little [Bm] softer
It's got a little more of a jazzy tonality to it.
You can play it either way if you like
I've seen them play it both ways, but I chose the E minor seventh take your pinky off
You have an E minor seventh [Em] put it back down.
You have a regular E minor.
So that's B minor
four bars
Now to the E minor for two
Back to the B minor for another two bars
Now here we have a lot of choice again
Next chord is a G major not minor, but major not seventh
major
[G] G major I play my G major here at a kink bar.
You could play it here.
You could play it here
other other variations of it, too
Okay, that's kind of up to you again.
I'll play my G major here
10th fret bar root 5 fifth string root
[C#m] [F#m] The reason why is because the very next chord I'm going to get it's going to be an F sharp minor 7th
[Em] This is E minor then [Fm] this is F minor [A] then this is F sharp minor 7
That's 1 4 & 5 if you don't know that you really should know the 1 4 & 5
You should check out some of my other lessons [G] on that and then this will make more sense to you
1 4 & 5
B minor E minor [F#m] F sharp minor 7 [Bm] so those are all the changes
There's four changes plus a little trick chromatic ending here that we'll get to in a second
So it's B [G] minor E minor [F#m] F sharp minor [G] 7th and a G major is [Em] what we use
And now we go [B] from the beginning 1 [B] 2 3 4
[Bm] There's your B minor.
We're gonna do that for four bars
Just gonna groove along here.
I've heard this song played fast and slow
It's up to you.
Here's the E minor 7th two bars.
That's the fourth change
Back to B minor.
That's the one change
That's two bars
Now the G major [G] one bar for G major
[C#m] One bar for F sharp minor [Bm] 7th back to the beat.
You're almost done
[B] Closing riff if you're not good at changing these chords just play single notes an A [A#] and an A sharp [Bm] and bring it back
B and you're right back to the beginning.
So those last three notes are A A sharp and then back to B
So now I'm gonna take the [G] progression from the G change
Because I've just played the full progression for you before so take a little shortcut.
We're starting the G one bar G
[C#m] one bar of F sharp minor 7
[Bm] one and a half bars B
and right here
[A#]
[Bm] Start again
Go back [B] through the 12 bar and [A#] in in the place of [E] the root notes here.
I play the full chord
I [A] play a major a [Bm] sharp and then back to the B minor
[B]
[Bm] Ain't that [B] a sweet chord progression?
[Bm] all right, good luck.
I hope this has been informative and
Play to your heart man.
This is a great song.
Enjoy it solo lots
All right till next time Colin Daniel for riff ninja.
Take care
[A]
Key:
Bm
Em
B
G
A
Bm
Em
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N]
Hey, how's it going?
_ _ _ Hope you're ready to learn the thrill is gone by BB King.
This is Colin Daniel from riff Ninja calm and
_ _ _ This is one of BB's most famous songs.
It's a fabulous song.
It's a fabulous chord progression
_ It's not that hard, but it's very cool _
He's done very many different variations of the recordings.
This is going to be in the key of B minor
It's going to use some bar chords, so you have familiar bar chords, but it is a great progression
It's one of the first times in the history of music pit blues jazz and pop rock kind of mixed together
It was played on all the radio stations.
It was so universal so I would consider this a very important chord progression _
_ _ _ It's 12 bar really, but it's a mod modified form of it's not the predictable one
Some of it is quite predictable we [Bm] start with the B minor
_ The B [Em] minor comes from an E minor [Fm] which is barred [A] and moved [Bm] all the way up to a B minor _
_ _ _ Seventh fret bar if you're wondering _
That's a B minor you could play the B minor down here, too
But I've got my reasons for playing the B minor up here.
It's because it [B] lines up with the scale
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Bm] _ So that my scale lines up beautifully with that chord and the next [Em] change is an E minor so for the first four bars
It's B minor _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You know then it's gonna go to the E [Em] minor and I play an E minor seventh
You know your regular [Bm] minor form like B minor down here [Am] or a minor
It's [C] barred and it's moved [Em] up all the way up to E minor
Which is the same fret [Bm] that your B minor is at for the bar seventh fret right so the nice thing about that change
I'm going to B minor all I have to [Em] do is move my other fingers over
_ [Bm] There's a bar [Em] where it is the only thing is I like to play E minor seventh because that's a little [Bm] softer
It's got a little more of a jazzy tonality to it.
You can play it either way if you like
I've seen them play it both ways, but I chose the E minor seventh take your pinky off
You have an E minor seventh [Em] put it back down.
You have a regular E minor.
So that's B minor _ _
four bars _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Now to the E minor for two _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Back to the B minor for another two bars _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Now here we have a lot of choice again
Next chord is a G major not minor, but major not seventh
_ major
_ [G] G major I play my G major here at a kink bar.
You could play it here.
You could play it here
other other variations of it, too
_ _ _ Okay, that's kind of up to you again.
I'll play my G major here _
10th fret bar root 5 fifth string root
_ _ [C#m] _ [F#m] The reason why is because the very next chord I'm going to get it's going to be an F sharp minor 7th
[Em] This is E minor then [Fm] this is F minor [A] then this is F sharp minor 7
_ That's 1 4 & 5 if you don't know that you really should know the 1 4 & 5
You should check out some of my other lessons [G] on that and then this will make more sense to you
1 4 & 5
B minor E minor [F#m] F sharp minor 7 [Bm] so those are all the changes
There's four changes plus a little trick chromatic ending here that we'll get to in a second
So it's B [G] minor E minor [F#m] F sharp minor [G] 7th and a G major is [Em] what we use
And now we go [B] from the beginning 1 [B] 2 3 4
_ [Bm] There's your B minor.
We're gonna do that for four bars
Just _ gonna groove along here.
I've heard this song played fast and slow
It's up to you.
Here's the E minor 7th two bars.
That's the fourth change
_ Back to B minor.
That's the one change
_ _ That's two bars
_ Now the G major [G] one bar for G major
_ _ [C#m] One bar for F sharp minor [Bm] 7th back to the beat.
You're almost done
_ _ _ _ [B] Closing riff if you're not good at changing these chords just play single notes an A [A#] and an A sharp [Bm] and bring it back
B and you're right back to the beginning.
So those last three notes are A A sharp and then back to B
So now I'm gonna take the [G] progression from the G change
Because I've just played the full progression for you before so take a little shortcut.
We're starting the G one bar G
_ _ _ _ [C#m] one bar of F sharp minor 7
_ _ _ [Bm] one and a half bars B
_ and right here
_ [A#] _
[Bm] Start again
_ _ Go back [B] through the 12 bar and [A#] in in the place of [E] the root notes here.
I play the full chord
I [A] play a major a [Bm] sharp and then back to the B minor
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Ain't that [B] a sweet chord progression?
_ _ [Bm] _ _ all right, good luck.
I hope this has been informative and
_ Play to your heart man.
This is a great song.
Enjoy it solo lots
All right till next time Colin Daniel for riff ninja.
Take care
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N]
Hey, how's it going?
_ _ _ Hope you're ready to learn the thrill is gone by BB King.
This is Colin Daniel from riff Ninja calm and
_ _ _ This is one of BB's most famous songs.
It's a fabulous song.
It's a fabulous chord progression
_ It's not that hard, but it's very cool _
He's done very many different variations of the recordings.
This is going to be in the key of B minor
It's going to use some bar chords, so you have familiar bar chords, but it is a great progression
It's one of the first times in the history of music pit blues jazz and pop rock kind of mixed together
It was played on all the radio stations.
It was so universal so I would consider this a very important chord progression _
_ _ _ It's 12 bar really, but it's a mod modified form of it's not the predictable one
Some of it is quite predictable we [Bm] start with the B minor
_ The B [Em] minor comes from an E minor [Fm] which is barred [A] and moved [Bm] all the way up to a B minor _
_ _ _ Seventh fret bar if you're wondering _
That's a B minor you could play the B minor down here, too
But I've got my reasons for playing the B minor up here.
It's because it [B] lines up with the scale
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Bm] _ So that my scale lines up beautifully with that chord and the next [Em] change is an E minor so for the first four bars
It's B minor _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You know then it's gonna go to the E [Em] minor and I play an E minor seventh
You know your regular [Bm] minor form like B minor down here [Am] or a minor
It's [C] barred and it's moved [Em] up all the way up to E minor
Which is the same fret [Bm] that your B minor is at for the bar seventh fret right so the nice thing about that change
I'm going to B minor all I have to [Em] do is move my other fingers over
_ [Bm] There's a bar [Em] where it is the only thing is I like to play E minor seventh because that's a little [Bm] softer
It's got a little more of a jazzy tonality to it.
You can play it either way if you like
I've seen them play it both ways, but I chose the E minor seventh take your pinky off
You have an E minor seventh [Em] put it back down.
You have a regular E minor.
So that's B minor _ _
four bars _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Now to the E minor for two _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Back to the B minor for another two bars _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Now here we have a lot of choice again
Next chord is a G major not minor, but major not seventh
_ major
_ [G] G major I play my G major here at a kink bar.
You could play it here.
You could play it here
other other variations of it, too
_ _ _ Okay, that's kind of up to you again.
I'll play my G major here _
10th fret bar root 5 fifth string root
_ _ [C#m] _ [F#m] The reason why is because the very next chord I'm going to get it's going to be an F sharp minor 7th
[Em] This is E minor then [Fm] this is F minor [A] then this is F sharp minor 7
_ That's 1 4 & 5 if you don't know that you really should know the 1 4 & 5
You should check out some of my other lessons [G] on that and then this will make more sense to you
1 4 & 5
B minor E minor [F#m] F sharp minor 7 [Bm] so those are all the changes
There's four changes plus a little trick chromatic ending here that we'll get to in a second
So it's B [G] minor E minor [F#m] F sharp minor [G] 7th and a G major is [Em] what we use
And now we go [B] from the beginning 1 [B] 2 3 4
_ [Bm] There's your B minor.
We're gonna do that for four bars
Just _ gonna groove along here.
I've heard this song played fast and slow
It's up to you.
Here's the E minor 7th two bars.
That's the fourth change
_ Back to B minor.
That's the one change
_ _ That's two bars
_ Now the G major [G] one bar for G major
_ _ [C#m] One bar for F sharp minor [Bm] 7th back to the beat.
You're almost done
_ _ _ _ [B] Closing riff if you're not good at changing these chords just play single notes an A [A#] and an A sharp [Bm] and bring it back
B and you're right back to the beginning.
So those last three notes are A A sharp and then back to B
So now I'm gonna take the [G] progression from the G change
Because I've just played the full progression for you before so take a little shortcut.
We're starting the G one bar G
_ _ _ _ [C#m] one bar of F sharp minor 7
_ _ _ [Bm] one and a half bars B
_ and right here
_ [A#] _
[Bm] Start again
_ _ Go back [B] through the 12 bar and [A#] in in the place of [E] the root notes here.
I play the full chord
I [A] play a major a [Bm] sharp and then back to the B minor
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Ain't that [B] a sweet chord progression?
_ _ [Bm] _ _ all right, good luck.
I hope this has been informative and
_ Play to your heart man.
This is a great song.
Enjoy it solo lots
All right till next time Colin Daniel for riff ninja.
Take care
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _