Happy Birthday Blues Chords by B.B. King
Tempo:
123.8 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Bbm
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Fm] [Bb]
Baby lights her cigarette and she takes a look around.
She says that a [Ab] morning [Bb] sun sure does get her down.
[Bbm] Nothing else for her to see.
[Bb] So then she calls on me just to help [F] her lose
[Eb] those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
[Db] [Ab]
[Bb] Grandpa takes one drink of wine [Eb] [Bbm] and tells it like it was.
[Bb] Tells me all he [Fm] wants to do [Bb] [Db] is what [Bb] everybody does.
[Eb] That he'd give the [Bbm] world
[Bb] for a little girl just to help [F] him lose
[Eb] those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
[Bb] Happy Birthday Blues.
[D] Happy [Eb] Birthday Blues.
[Bbm] [Eb] Got to pay [F] your dues.
[Eb] Those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
Happy Birthday Blues.
Happy [Bbm] Birthday [Eb] Blues.
Start to pay [F] your dues, [Eb] those happy [Bb] father dues.
[Eb]
[Bb] In and out and on and on, everybody knows.
And where the fun will finally stop, everybody knows.
[Db] [Eb] Now that's me and you, [Bb] doing what we do.
Just one way [F] to lose, [Eb] those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
Happy birthday blues, [Ab] happy [Eb] birthday [Cm] blues.
[Bbm] Start to pay [F] your dues, [Eb] those happy [Bb] father dues.
Happy birthday blues, happy [Eb] birthday blues.
Start to pay [F] your dues, [Eb] those happy father [Bb] dues.
One more time.
Happy father dues, happy [Eb] birthday blues.
[Bbm] Start to pay [F] your dues, [Eb] those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
[E] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Fm] [Bb]
Baby lights her cigarette and she takes a look around.
She says that a [Ab] morning [Bb] sun sure does get her down.
[Bbm] Nothing else for her to see.
[Bb] So then she calls on me just to help [F] her lose
[Eb] those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
[Db] [Ab]
[Bb] Grandpa takes one drink of wine [Eb] [Bbm] and tells it like it was.
[Bb] Tells me all he [Fm] wants to do [Bb] [Db] is what [Bb] everybody does.
[Eb] That he'd give the [Bbm] world
[Bb] for a little girl just to help [F] him lose
[Eb] those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
[Bb] Happy Birthday Blues.
[D] Happy [Eb] Birthday Blues.
[Bbm] [Eb] Got to pay [F] your dues.
[Eb] Those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
Happy Birthday Blues.
Happy [Bbm] Birthday [Eb] Blues.
Start to pay [F] your dues, [Eb] those happy [Bb] father dues.
[Eb]
[Bb] In and out and on and on, everybody knows.
And where the fun will finally stop, everybody knows.
[Db] [Eb] Now that's me and you, [Bb] doing what we do.
Just one way [F] to lose, [Eb] those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
Happy birthday blues, [Ab] happy [Eb] birthday [Cm] blues.
[Bbm] Start to pay [F] your dues, [Eb] those happy [Bb] father dues.
Happy birthday blues, happy [Eb] birthday blues.
Start to pay [F] your dues, [Eb] those happy father [Bb] dues.
One more time.
Happy father dues, happy [Eb] birthday blues.
[Bbm] Start to pay [F] your dues, [Eb] those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
[E] [Eb] [Bb]
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
Bbm
Ab
Bb
Eb
F
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _
_ Baby lights her cigarette _ and she takes a look around. _ _
_ She says that a [Ab] morning [Bb] sun _ sure does get her down. _
[Bbm] _ Nothing else for her to see.
[Bb] _ So then she calls on me just to help [F] her lose
_ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ Grandpa takes one drink of wine [Eb] [Bbm] and tells it like it was. _
[Bb] _ Tells me all he [Fm] wants to do [Bb] _ [Db] is what [Bb] everybody _ does.
_ [Eb] That he'd give the [Bbm] world _
[Bb] _ for a little girl just to help [F] him lose
_ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] birthday _ _ blues.
_ [Bb] Happy Birthday _ Blues.
_ [D] Happy [Eb] Birthday _ Blues.
[Bbm] _ [Eb] Got to pay [F] your dues.
_ _ [Eb] _ Those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
_ _ _ Happy Birthday Blues.
_ _ _ Happy [Bbm] Birthday [Eb] Blues.
_ _ Start to pay [F] your dues, _ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] father _ dues.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ In and out and on and on, _ _ everybody knows. _ _
_ And where the fun will finally stop, _ _ everybody _ knows. _
[Db] _ [Eb] Now that's _ me and you, [Bb] _ doing what we do.
Just one way [F] to lose, _ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
_ _ _ Happy birthday blues, _ _ [Ab] happy [Eb] birthday _ [Cm] blues.
[Bbm] _ Start to pay [F] your dues, _ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] father dues.
_ _ Happy _ birthday blues, _ _ happy [Eb] birthday _ _ _ _ blues.
Start to pay [F] your _ dues, [Eb] _ those happy father [Bb] dues.
One more time.
_ _ Happy father dues, _ _ _ happy [Eb] birthday blues.
_ _ [Bbm] _ Start to pay [F] your _ dues, [Eb] those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
_ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _
_ Baby lights her cigarette _ and she takes a look around. _ _
_ She says that a [Ab] morning [Bb] sun _ sure does get her down. _
[Bbm] _ Nothing else for her to see.
[Bb] _ So then she calls on me just to help [F] her lose
_ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ Grandpa takes one drink of wine [Eb] [Bbm] and tells it like it was. _
[Bb] _ Tells me all he [Fm] wants to do [Bb] _ [Db] is what [Bb] everybody _ does.
_ [Eb] That he'd give the [Bbm] world _
[Bb] _ for a little girl just to help [F] him lose
_ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] birthday _ _ blues.
_ [Bb] Happy Birthday _ Blues.
_ [D] Happy [Eb] Birthday _ Blues.
[Bbm] _ [Eb] Got to pay [F] your dues.
_ _ [Eb] _ Those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
_ _ _ Happy Birthday Blues.
_ _ _ Happy [Bbm] Birthday [Eb] Blues.
_ _ Start to pay [F] your dues, _ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] father _ dues.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ In and out and on and on, _ _ everybody knows. _ _
_ And where the fun will finally stop, _ _ everybody _ knows. _
[Db] _ [Eb] Now that's _ me and you, [Bb] _ doing what we do.
Just one way [F] to lose, _ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
_ _ _ Happy birthday blues, _ _ [Ab] happy [Eb] birthday _ [Cm] blues.
[Bbm] _ Start to pay [F] your dues, _ [Eb] _ those happy [Bb] father dues.
_ _ Happy _ birthday blues, _ _ happy [Eb] birthday _ _ _ _ blues.
Start to pay [F] your _ dues, [Eb] _ those happy father [Bb] dues.
One more time.
_ _ Happy father dues, _ _ _ happy [Eb] birthday blues.
_ _ [Bbm] _ Start to pay [F] your _ dues, [Eb] those happy [Bb] birthday blues.
_ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _