Lucille Chords by B.B. King
- Key: Eb
- BPM: 76
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
GUITAR
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GUITAR -
UKULELE
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PIANO
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MANDOLIN
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BANJO
LUCILLE CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Eb Ab7 Eb Eb7 Eb Ab Ab7 Eb7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Eb Bb7 Ab7 Eb Bb7 Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Eb7 Ab7 The sound that you're listening to Eb Is from my guitar that's named Lucille Eb7 Ab7 Eb7 Ab7 ■ I'm very crazy about Lucille Lucille took me from the plantation Eb Or you might say brought me fame Bb7 Ab7 ■ I don't think I could just talk enough about Lucille Eb Eb7 Eb Bb7 ■ Sometime when I'm blue seem like Lucille try to help me call my name ■ Eb Ab ■ I used to sing spirituals and I thought that this Eb Was the thing that I wanted to do [Chorus] Eb7 Eb Ab7 Ab Eb ■ But somehow or other When I went in the army ■ I picked up on Lucille and started the Eb7 singing blues ■ Bb7 Eb ■ Well now when I'm paying my dues ■ [Verse] Ab Eb Maybe you don't know what I mean when I say paying dues I mean when things are bad with me Ab Eb I can always I can always you know like ■ depend on Lucille Ab ■ Sort of hard to talk to you myself Eb Bb7 I guess I'll let Lucille say a few words and then ■ Ab7 Eb Bb7 ■ ■ You know I doubt if you can feel it like I do Eb Ab ■ But when I think about the things that I've gone through Eb Eb7 Eb Like well for instance if I have a girlfriend and she misuses me ■ Ab7 And I go home at night maybe I'm lonely Eb Well not maybe I am lonely I pick up Lucille Bb7 Ab7 And it bring out those funny sounds that sound good to me you know Eb7 Eb Ab Eb Bb ■ ■ Sometime I get to the place where I can't even say nothing ■ Eb Look out ■ Eb Sometime I think it's crying [Solo] Ab7 Eb Eb7 Eb Bb7 Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Inst] Eb Ab7 Eb ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Ab Eb You know if I could sing pop tunes like ■ Frank Sinatra or Ab7 Ab Eb Sammy Davis Junior I don't think I still could do it Bb7 'cause Lucille don't wanna play nothing but the blues Ab7 Eb And I think I'm I think I'm pretty glad about that Bb7 'cause don't nobody sing to me like Lucille Eb Sing Lucille [Inst] Ab Eb7 Ab7 Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Eb Well I'll put it like this take it easy Lucille Bb7 F7 Ab7 I like the way Sammy sings and I like the way Frank sings Ab7 But I can get a little Frank Sammy Eb A little Ray Charles in fact all the people with soul in this [Inst] Ab7 Eb7 Eb Eb7 Ab7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Ab7 A little Mahalia Jackson in there Eb Bb7 Eb Ab ■ ■ ■ ■ Eb One more Lucille Eb Take it easy now ah Ab7 Eb Ab Eb Ab7 Eb Bb7 Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Ab7 Eb Ab ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Eb Bb You know I imagine a lot of you wanna know Eb A lot of you wanna know why I call the guitar Lucille Eb Lucille has practically saved my life two or three times Ab No kidding it really has Ab7 Ab Eb I remember once I was in an automobile accident and Eb7 Eb When the car stopped turning over ■ it fell over on Lucille Bb7 Ab7 And it held it up off me really it held it up off me ■ Eb ■ So that's one time it saved my life Bb7 Eb The way the way I came by the name of Lucille Ab7 Eb ■ I was Over in Twist Arkansas I know you've never heard of that one have you [Chorus] Ab7 Ab Ab7 And one night the guys started a ball over there you know started brawling you know what I mean Eb Eb7 Eb Eb7 ■ And the guy that was mad with his old lady ■ Bb7 Ab7 When she fell over on this gas tank that was burning for heat Eb The gas ran all over the floor [Verse] Bb7 Eb Ab ■ ■ And when the gas ran all over the floor the building Eb Caught on fire and almost burned me up trying to save Lucille Eb Oh I I imagine you're still wondering why I call it Lucille Eb The lady that started that brawl that night was named Lucille Bb Bb7 Eb Eb7 ■ ■ And that's been Lucille ever since to me Eb Bb7 One more now Lucille [Solo] Eb Ab Eb Eb7 Eb Eb7 Ab7 Ab ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Ab7 Eb Bb7 ■ ■ ■ Bb7 Sounds pretty good to me Can I do one more Eb Bb7 Eb Eb7 Eb Ab7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Ab7 Look out Lucille Eb Bb7 Bb Bb7 ■ ■ ■ ■ Ab Eb Sounds pretty good I think I'll try one more Ab7 Eb ■ ■ All right Ab Eb Ab7 Eb Bb Bb7 Ab7 Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]
