Chords for Remembering B.B. King

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_ _ [Cm] I would say B.B. [B] King, one of my biggest mentors, him and Danny Ganton, the late Danny Ganton.
But B.B. King gave me a stage, he gave me an [Em] opportunity. _ _
He let me open up for him when I was, [B] you know, 12.
And [Em] he then invited me on a [B] tour that summer and I did a whole tour with him.
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Em] _ He's [Eb] young, he's got great [Bm] ideas, _ just good.
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One of a kind.
_ The kind that [G] will be a legend before he's [Dm] 25.
_ _ [D] You [E] _ _ [Db] _ [C] _ _ [E] _ know, it's nice to see all these [G] people all for the blues. _ _ _
_ [C] _ [Db] Back [G] in university at my [Gb] school, [Dm] a lot of people [G] come up to me and say,
why do you play the blues [E] because of the blues and [G] dad?
Well, we've proven that there's at least 9,000 people tonight that [Bb] like the blues.
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_ _ _ [Db] I met [Gm] B.B. King [Cm] May [Eb] _ 24th, [Bb] 1990. _ _
And [N] _ it changed my life.
It gave me an opportunity.
_ [Eb] It gave me a [Cm] career. _ _
_ _ [Eb] Pretty long _ [C] way from _
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_ Although I'm _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ so [Cm] lonely, _ _ I'll be. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] [Ab] Playing blues music.
[Db] _ [Bb] It's [C] timing. _ _
You don't always [Cm] know where the children get this [Abm] from.
You don't really know.
But all I know is he got it.
I think that's the best I can say.
He does [G] have it. _ _
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[A] _ Thriller's gone.
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_ _ Thriller's gone away from me.
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_ _ _ Thriller's gone now baby.
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_ _ _ Thriller's gone away from _ _ me.
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_ _ _ Although I still [C] live on.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] So lonely _ [Gm] _ I'll [Eb] be. _
Bring it way [G] down.
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_ _ _ I'm free baby.
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Lord I'm free from your spell.
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_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ Lord I'm free now baby. _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm [Cm] free from your spell.
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ Now that is all _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Wish you well.
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