BB King:How Blue Can You Get Chords

Tempo:

85.2 bpm

Chords used:

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Bb] [D] [G] [Dm] .
[G] [D] .
[F] [G] .
[D] [B] .
[G] [A] [Dm] [Am] .
[G] [Bb] [Em] [Bm] [G] .
[D] [Bm] .
[Dm] .
[G] [D] [Cm] .
[D] [Em] [D] [G] .
[D] .
[Gbm] .
[A] [E] .
[D] [G] [D] .
[A] [D] [Bm] .
[Dm] [Em] [Dm] [D] .
[Gb] .
[G] [Em] [Dm] [G] .
[Bm] .
[D] [A] [G] .
[A] [D] [G] [D] .
[C] [D] .
[G] [D] .
[G] .
[Ab] [Dm] .
[D] [A] .
[G] [D] .
[Gb] [F] [A] [D] .
[G] .
[D] [N] I've been downhearted baby [Bm] since [D] .
[Dm] the [C] day we met.
[G] [C] .
I say I've been downhearted baby [G] [F] .
ever since the day we met.
[A] .
You know awful love is [Ab] nothing but the blues.
.
[F] Baby [Dm] how blue can you get?.
You're evil when I'm with you [G] baby and [Bb] [D] you are jealous when we're apart.
[F] I [G] say you're evil, [Dm] you're so evil when [G] I'm with you [Bb] baby [D] and you are jealous when we're apart.
.
[A] How blue can you get [G] baby?.
[Em] .
[G] The [D] answer's right [Gm] here in [D] my [A] heart.
[D] I gave you a brand new phone, but you said I don't want to count the lines.
[Bm] I bought you a ten [D] dollar dinner, and you said thanks for the snack.
[Bm] I let you live in my kids house, you said it was just a shack.
I [N] gave you seven children, and now you want to [E] give them back.
Cause [G] I've been downhearted baby [Dm] .
[D] ever since the day we met.
[Gb] .
[A] I say awful love is nothing but the [G] blues.
.
[Dm] [F] Baby [D] how blue [G] can you [F] get?.
[D] .
[N] .

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To learn B.B. King - (Live At Cook County Jail, Chicago/1970) How Blue Can You Get chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: A, G, D, G, A and D. A strategic approach would be to train at 42 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 85. Considering the song's key of Eb Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

[Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ .
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ .
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ .
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ .
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ .
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ .
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ .
_ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ .
[G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ .
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ .
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ .
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ .
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ .
[Ab] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ .
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ .
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ .
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ .
[D] _ _ [N] I've been downhearted baby [Bm] since [D] _ .
[Dm] _ _ the [C] day we met.
[G] _ [C] _ .
I say I've been downhearted baby [G] _ [F] _ _ .
ever since the day we met.
_ [A] _ .
You know awful love is [Ab] nothing but the blues.
_ _ .
[F] _ _ Baby [Dm] how blue can you get?.
_ _ _ _ You're evil when I'm with you [G] baby and _ [Bb] [D] you are jealous when we're apart.
_ _ _ [F] I [G] say you're evil, _ _ [Dm] you're so evil when [G] I'm with you [Bb] baby [D] and you are jealous when we're apart.
_ _ _ .
_ [A] How blue can you get [G] baby?.
[Em] _ .
[G] _ _ The [D] answer's right [Gm] here in [D] my [A] heart.
_ _ _ [D] I gave you a brand new phone, but you said I don't want to count the lines.
[Bm] I bought you a ten [D] dollar dinner, _ and you said thanks for the snack.
[Bm] I let you live in my kids house, you said it was just a shack.
_ _ I [N] gave you seven children, and now you want to [E] give them back.
Cause [G] I've been downhearted baby _ [Dm] _ _ .
[D] ever since the day we met.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ .
[A] I say awful love is nothing but the [G] blues.
_ .
[Dm] _ [F] Baby [D] how blue [G] can you _ _ [F] get?.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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