Chords for Keb' Mo' - Riley B. King - Festival International 2011, Lafayette, Louisiana
Tempo:
82.35 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Cm
F
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
He's a [Eb] king, with a castle on top
And every [G] night he plays
[Cm] His body [Bb] he counts
For the [Eb] people he loves
The one thing he says
[Ab] Everybody knows
[F]
He'll never [Eb] [Eb] forget
His stories of youth
Tell [Cm] him to [G] rise
Men must be [Eb] broken
And [Ab] the people [Eb] all say
For the way he sheds
[Ab] Everybody [F] knows
Oh, [Bb] he'll [Ab]
never forget
The flood of his [Cm] father's years
Great are his years He'll remember
For he'll [F] live
[Eb] Like the people see
By and [Ab] by
[Bb] By [Ab] and by
[Eb] And the good
[Eb] [Cm] Love's like the [G] people
[Cm] For you'll strike
[Ab] What the people [Eb] say
[B] And the way [Cm] you'll feel
[Ab] Watching him with [F] the sea
[Ab] Well, in the heart
[Eb] [Ab] Of a little [Eb] purple mouth
[Cm] There's a little [G] thing inside
And it looks inside
[Ab] Through the love of the [Gm] world
[G] And a song he [Cm] might sing
[Ab] Will give him
Every [F] break
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] The flood [Eb] of emotion
While he's thinking
In the cage of the ocean
[Ab] For [F] you'll do
[Bb] Like the people [Cm] see
[Eb] By and by
[Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Cm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Cm] [Eb] [F]
[Ab] [Eb] [C]
[Cm] [Eb] [Cm]
[Ab] [Eb] [B]
[Ab] [F]
[C] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Ab] The flood [Eb] of emotion
[Cm] While he's thinking
In the cage of the ocean
[Ab] For you'll do
[F] [Bb] Like the people [Cm] see
[Eb] By and by
[Bb] [F]
[Eb] The [Ab] flood of [Cm] emotion
While [Eb] he's thinking
In the [Fm] cage [Gm] of the ocean
[Ab] For you'll [F] do
[Eb] Like the people [Cm] see
[Ebm] By and [Ab] by
[Bbm] [Ab] By and by
[F] For [Cm] you'll [Ab] do
By and by
When we look out in the cage
I look at the cat
So I'm like, alright
I'm gonna go
[F] Go ahead and go
When nobody's holding
[Bb] Go tell him [Ab] what to do
[Bb] [Ab]
[F] [Ab] Go tell him what [Bb] to do
Go tell him what to do
[Bb] [Eb]
[Ebm]
[D] Go tell him what to do
Go tell him what to do
And every [G] night he plays
[Cm] His body [Bb] he counts
For the [Eb] people he loves
The one thing he says
[Ab] Everybody knows
[F]
He'll never [Eb] [Eb] forget
His stories of youth
Tell [Cm] him to [G] rise
Men must be [Eb] broken
And [Ab] the people [Eb] all say
For the way he sheds
[Ab] Everybody [F] knows
Oh, [Bb] he'll [Ab]
never forget
The flood of his [Cm] father's years
Great are his years He'll remember
For he'll [F] live
[Eb] Like the people see
By and [Ab] by
[Bb] By [Ab] and by
[Eb] And the good
[Eb] [Cm] Love's like the [G] people
[Cm] For you'll strike
[Ab] What the people [Eb] say
[B] And the way [Cm] you'll feel
[Ab] Watching him with [F] the sea
[Ab] Well, in the heart
[Eb] [Ab] Of a little [Eb] purple mouth
[Cm] There's a little [G] thing inside
And it looks inside
[Ab] Through the love of the [Gm] world
[G] And a song he [Cm] might sing
[Ab] Will give him
Every [F] break
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] The flood [Eb] of emotion
While he's thinking
In the cage of the ocean
[Ab] For [F] you'll do
[Bb] Like the people [Cm] see
[Eb] By and by
[Bb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Cm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Cm] [Eb] [F]
[Ab] [Eb] [C]
[Cm] [Eb] [Cm]
[Ab] [Eb] [B]
[Ab] [F]
[C] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Ab] The flood [Eb] of emotion
[Cm] While he's thinking
In the cage of the ocean
[Ab] For you'll do
[F] [Bb] Like the people [Cm] see
[Eb] By and by
[Bb] [F]
[Eb] The [Ab] flood of [Cm] emotion
While [Eb] he's thinking
In the [Fm] cage [Gm] of the ocean
[Ab] For you'll [F] do
[Eb] Like the people [Cm] see
[Ebm] By and [Ab] by
[Bbm] [Ab] By and by
[F] For [Cm] you'll [Ab] do
By and by
When we look out in the cage
I look at the cat
So I'm like, alright
I'm gonna go
[F] Go ahead and go
When nobody's holding
[Bb] Go tell him [Ab] what to do
[Bb] [Ab]
[F] [Ab] Go tell him what [Bb] to do
Go tell him what to do
[Bb] [Eb]
[Ebm]
[D] Go tell him what to do
Go tell him what to do
Key:
Ab
Eb
Cm
F
Bb
Ab
Eb
Cm
He's a [Eb] king, _ with a castle on top
And every [G] night he plays
[Cm] His body [Bb] he counts
For the [Eb] people he loves
The one thing he says
_ [Ab] Everybody knows
[F] _ _ _
He'll never [Eb] [Eb] forget
His stories of youth
Tell [Cm] him to [G] rise
_ Men must be [Eb] broken
And [Ab] the people [Eb] all say
For the way he sheds
_ [Ab] Everybody [F] knows _ _
Oh, [Bb] _ he'll _ [Ab] _ _
_ never forget
The flood of his _ [Cm] father's years
_ Great are his years He'll remember
For he'll [F] live
[Eb] Like the people see
_ By and _ [Ab] by
_ [Bb] By [Ab] and by
[Eb] _ And the good
[Eb] _ [Cm] Love's like the [G] people
[Cm] For you'll strike
[Ab] What the people [Eb] say
[B] And the way [Cm] you'll feel
_ [Ab] Watching him with [F] the sea
_ _ [Ab] Well, in the heart
[Eb] _ [Ab] Of a little [Eb] purple mouth
[Cm] There's a little [G] thing inside
And it looks inside
[Ab] Through the love of the [Gm] world
[G] And a song he [Cm] might sing
[Ab] Will give him
Every [F] break
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] The flood [Eb] of emotion
While he's thinking
In the cage of the ocean
[Ab] For [F] you'll do
[Bb] Like the people [Cm] see
[Eb] By and by
[Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Ebm] _ [Ab] The flood [Eb] of emotion
[Cm] While he's thinking
In the cage of the ocean
[Ab] For you'll do
[F] _ [Bb] Like the people [Cm] see
[Eb] By and by
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] The [Ab] flood of [Cm] emotion
_ While [Eb] he's thinking
In the [Fm] cage [Gm] of the ocean
[Ab] For you'll [F] do
[Eb] Like the people [Cm] see
_ [Ebm] By and [Ab] by
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] By and by
_ [F] _ _ For [Cm] you'll [Ab] do
_ _ _ _ _ By and by
When we look out in the cage
I look at the cat
So I'm like, alright
I'm gonna go
_ [F] _ Go ahead and go
When nobody's holding
_ [Bb] Go tell him [Ab] what to do
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Ab] Go _ _ tell him what [Bb] _ to do
Go tell him what to do
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [D] Go tell him what to do
Go tell him what to do _ _ _ _
And every [G] night he plays
[Cm] His body [Bb] he counts
For the [Eb] people he loves
The one thing he says
_ [Ab] Everybody knows
[F] _ _ _
He'll never [Eb] [Eb] forget
His stories of youth
Tell [Cm] him to [G] rise
_ Men must be [Eb] broken
And [Ab] the people [Eb] all say
For the way he sheds
_ [Ab] Everybody [F] knows _ _
Oh, [Bb] _ he'll _ [Ab] _ _
_ never forget
The flood of his _ [Cm] father's years
_ Great are his years He'll remember
For he'll [F] live
[Eb] Like the people see
_ By and _ [Ab] by
_ [Bb] By [Ab] and by
[Eb] _ And the good
[Eb] _ [Cm] Love's like the [G] people
[Cm] For you'll strike
[Ab] What the people [Eb] say
[B] And the way [Cm] you'll feel
_ [Ab] Watching him with [F] the sea
_ _ [Ab] Well, in the heart
[Eb] _ [Ab] Of a little [Eb] purple mouth
[Cm] There's a little [G] thing inside
And it looks inside
[Ab] Through the love of the [Gm] world
[G] And a song he [Cm] might sing
[Ab] Will give him
Every [F] break
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] The flood [Eb] of emotion
While he's thinking
In the cage of the ocean
[Ab] For [F] you'll do
[Bb] Like the people [Cm] see
[Eb] By and by
[Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Ebm] _ [Ab] The flood [Eb] of emotion
[Cm] While he's thinking
In the cage of the ocean
[Ab] For you'll do
[F] _ [Bb] Like the people [Cm] see
[Eb] By and by
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] The [Ab] flood of [Cm] emotion
_ While [Eb] he's thinking
In the [Fm] cage [Gm] of the ocean
[Ab] For you'll [F] do
[Eb] Like the people [Cm] see
_ [Ebm] By and [Ab] by
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] By and by
_ [F] _ _ For [Cm] you'll [Ab] do
_ _ _ _ _ By and by
When we look out in the cage
I look at the cat
So I'm like, alright
I'm gonna go
_ [F] _ Go ahead and go
When nobody's holding
_ [Bb] Go tell him [Ab] what to do
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Ab] Go _ _ tell him what [Bb] _ to do
Go tell him what to do
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [D] Go tell him what to do
Go tell him what to do _ _ _ _