Chords for BB King - Five Long Years [1972 - Guess Who album version]
Tempo:
140.85 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Bm
F#
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[G#m] [B]
[E]
[C#m] [G]
[E] [B]
[G#m] [G#]
[B]
[G#]
[F#m] [E]
[C#] [E]
[B]
[F#] [D]
[C#m] [Bm] [B]
[G#m] [C#m] [G#]
[F] [F#]
[G#] [G] [E]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[F#] If
[Gm] [B]
you [E] have [D]
often [E] mistreated,
[B] [Bm]
then [B] you know just what [F#m] I'm talking [B]
[Gm] [B] about.
[D]
[G#] [F#m]
[D#] If [E] you have treated [Bm] people, [G] [E] then
[Bm] you know just [B] what I'm talking [Bm] about.
[A#] [B]
[G#] [B]
[E] [F] I tell [F#] you I worked, I worked for a long [A] year for [E] a woman,
[G#]
[F#] and she had [B] to knock
[E] me [B] out.
[Em] [F#m]
[A#] [B] You [F#m] know I got a job at a steel [Bm]
mill, [E] [D]
[C#m] choking [D] steel like a slave.
[E] [B]
For a long year [G#] that reprises, [B] [D]
I went straight [G#m] home [B] with all of my [Bm] things.
If [E] you have ever been mistreated, [B] [G#]
then [E] you [B] know just what I'm talking about.
[F#] [Bm] [B]
[G] I [F#] tell you I worked, I worked for a long [B] woman, [E]
and she had to knock [B] me [E] out.
[Fm]
[B]
[D] [F#]
[C] [B]
[Bm]
[B]
[Em] [G#m] [D#] [E]
[D#] [E] [C#m]
[Bm]
[B]
You know [E] I [B] learned
[Cm] [C#m] [F#]
[C#m]
[Cm] [E]
[Bm] [G]
[Bm]
[E]
[B]
[F#]
[B] [F#m]
a lesson
[Bm] a long, long time ago.
[E]
[B] The next woman that I marry, [D] [B] she [E] got [B] to work [D#] and bring in the dough.
[B] If [D#]
[E] you have ever been mistreated, then [B]
[E]
you [B] know just what [Bm] I'm talking about.
[B] I [E] [F] tell [F#] you I worked, I worked for a long woman, [F] [E]
and she had to knock me out.
[B] [E] [F]
[F#] [Bm]
[B]
[G#m] [B]
[E]
[C#m] [G]
[E] [B]
[G#m] [G#]
[B]
[G#]
[F#m] [E]
[C#] [E]
[B]
[F#] [D]
[C#m] [Bm] [B]
[G#m] [C#m] [G#]
[F] [F#]
[G#] [G] [E]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[F#] If
[Gm] [B]
you [E] have [D]
often [E] mistreated,
[B] [Bm]
then [B] you know just what [F#m] I'm talking [B]
[Gm] [B] about.
[D]
[G#] [F#m]
[D#] If [E] you have treated [Bm] people, [G] [E] then
[Bm] you know just [B] what I'm talking [Bm] about.
[A#] [B]
[G#] [B]
[E] [F] I tell [F#] you I worked, I worked for a long [A] year for [E] a woman,
[G#]
[F#] and she had [B] to knock
[E] me [B] out.
[Em] [F#m]
[A#] [B] You [F#m] know I got a job at a steel [Bm]
mill, [E] [D]
[C#m] choking [D] steel like a slave.
[E] [B]
For a long year [G#] that reprises, [B] [D]
I went straight [G#m] home [B] with all of my [Bm] things.
If [E] you have ever been mistreated, [B] [G#]
then [E] you [B] know just what I'm talking about.
[F#] [Bm] [B]
[G] I [F#] tell you I worked, I worked for a long [B] woman, [E]
and she had to knock [B] me [E] out.
[Fm]
[B]
[D] [F#]
[C] [B]
[Bm]
[B]
[Em] [G#m] [D#] [E]
[D#] [E] [C#m]
[Bm]
[B]
You know [E] I [B] learned
[Cm] [C#m] [F#]
[C#m]
[Cm] [E]
[Bm] [G]
[Bm]
[E]
[B]
[F#]
[B] [F#m]
a lesson
[Bm] a long, long time ago.
[E]
[B] The next woman that I marry, [D] [B] she [E] got [B] to work [D#] and bring in the dough.
[B] If [D#]
[E] you have ever been mistreated, then [B]
[E]
you [B] know just what [Bm] I'm talking about.
[B] I [E] [F] tell [F#] you I worked, I worked for a long woman, [F] [E]
and she had to knock me out.
[B] [E] [F]
[F#] [Bm]
[B]
Key:
B
E
Bm
F#
G#
B
E
Bm
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _
_ [C#m] _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [G#] _
_ _ [F] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] If _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [B] _ _ _
you _ [E] have _ [D]
often _ [E] mistreated, _ _
_ [B] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
then [B] you know just what _ [F#m] I'm talking _ [B] _
_ [Gm] [B] about.
_ _ [D] _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [F#m]
[D#] If [E] you have _ treated _ [Bm] _ _ people, _ [G] _ [E] then _ _
_ [Bm] _ you _ know just [B] what I'm talking [Bm] about.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] [F] I tell [F#] you I worked, _ _ I worked for a long [A] year for [E] a woman, _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _
[F#] and she had [B] to knock _
_ _ [E] _ me _ _ [B] out. _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ [B] _ You [F#m] know I got a job at a steel [Bm]
mill, _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ [C#m] choking [D] steel like a slave.
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ For a long year [G#] that reprises, [B] _ _ _ [D]
I went straight [G#m] home [B] with all of my [Bm] _ things.
_ _ If [E] you have ever been mistreated, _ _ [B] _ _ [G#]
then _ _ _ _ _ [E] you [B] know just what I'm talking about. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G] I [F#] tell you I worked, _ I worked for a _ long [B] woman, [E] _ _ _ _
and she had to knock _ _ [B] _ me _ _ [E] out.
_ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [G#m] _ [D#] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ [E] _ [C#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You know [E] I [B] learned _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
a lesson _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ a long, long time ago.
[E] _ _ _
[B] The next woman that I marry, _ _ [D] [B] she [E] got [B] to work [D#] and bring in the dough.
_ [B] _ If [D#] _
[E] _ you have ever been mistreated, _ _ then _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ you [B] know just what [Bm] I'm talking about. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ I [E] [F] tell [F#] you I worked, I worked for a long woman, _ _ [F] _ [E]
and she had to knock _ _ _ _ _ me out.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _
_ [C#m] _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [G#] _
_ _ [F] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] If _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [B] _ _ _
you _ [E] have _ [D]
often _ [E] mistreated, _ _
_ [B] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
then [B] you know just what _ [F#m] I'm talking _ [B] _
_ [Gm] [B] about.
_ _ [D] _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [F#m]
[D#] If [E] you have _ treated _ [Bm] _ _ people, _ [G] _ [E] then _ _
_ [Bm] _ you _ know just [B] what I'm talking [Bm] about.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] [F] I tell [F#] you I worked, _ _ I worked for a long [A] year for [E] a woman, _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _
[F#] and she had [B] to knock _
_ _ [E] _ me _ _ [B] out. _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ [B] _ You [F#m] know I got a job at a steel [Bm]
mill, _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ [C#m] choking [D] steel like a slave.
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ For a long year [G#] that reprises, [B] _ _ _ [D]
I went straight [G#m] home [B] with all of my [Bm] _ things.
_ _ If [E] you have ever been mistreated, _ _ [B] _ _ [G#]
then _ _ _ _ _ [E] you [B] know just what I'm talking about. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G] I [F#] tell you I worked, _ I worked for a _ long [B] woman, [E] _ _ _ _
and she had to knock _ _ [B] _ me _ _ [E] out.
_ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [G#m] _ [D#] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ [E] _ [C#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You know [E] I [B] learned _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
a lesson _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ a long, long time ago.
[E] _ _ _
[B] The next woman that I marry, _ _ [D] [B] she [E] got [B] to work [D#] and bring in the dough.
_ [B] _ If [D#] _
[E] _ you have ever been mistreated, _ _ then _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ you [B] know just what [Bm] I'm talking about. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ I [E] [F] tell [F#] you I worked, I worked for a long woman, _ _ [F] _ [E]
and she had to knock _ _ _ _ _ me out.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _