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
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Happy Birthday Blues chords
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[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
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Eb
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F
134211111
Bbm
13421111
Ab
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Bb
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Eb
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F
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To learn B.B. King - Happy Birthday Blues chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Bb, Eb, Bb, F, Eb, F, Eb, Bb, Bbm and Eb of chords. Ease into the song by practicing at 61 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 124 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of Bb Minor in mind.

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[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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was featured on the Take It Home album.

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