Better Not Look Down chords by B.B. King

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Ab 
Db 
 (A flat major) I´ve been a (D flat major) round
Ab 
and I've seen some things  (A flat major) 
People moving faster
Db 
 (D flat major) than the speed of sound
Ab 
Faster  (A flat major) than the speeding bullet
Db 
People liv (D flat major) ing like superman
Ab 
All day  (A flat major) and all night
Db 
And I won´t  (D flat major) say if it´s wrong
Ab 
or I won´t  (A flat major) say if it´s right
Db 
I´m pretty fast myself  (D flat major) 
Ab 
But I do have some  (A flat major) advice to pass along
Db 
Ab 
Right here  (D flat major) in the words of this song  (A flat major) 

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Chorus 1

You better not look down

If you want to keep on flying

Put the hammer down

Keep it full speed ahead

You better not look back

Or you might just wind up crying

You can keep it moving

If you don´t look down

Interlude 1

Verse 2
Ab 
Db 
 (A flat major) An  old girl (D flat major) friend of mine
showed up the other day
Ab 
Db 
That  (A flat major) girl have lived in love and  (D flat major) for love
Ab 
And over love, and  (A flat major) under love all her life
Db 
Ab 
 (D flat major) If  the arrows from cupid´s bow that  (A flat major) had
Passed through her heart had been sticking
Db 
 (D flat major) Out of her body she would have looked like
Ab 
A porcupine  (A flat major) and she asked me
Db 
B.B.  (D flat major) do you think
Ab 
I've lived my life  (A flat major) all wrong?
Db 
And I said: the only ad (D flat major) vice I have to pass
Ab 
Along is concealed in  (A flat major) the chorus of this song

Chorus 2
Ab 
Db 
Girl  (A flat major) better not look  (D flat major) down
Eb 
Ab 
If you  (E flat major) want to keep on  (A flat major) flying
Db 
Put the hammer down  (D flat major) 
Eb 
Ab 
Keep it  (E flat major) full speed ahead  (A flat major) 
Db 
You better not look  (D flat major) back
Eb 
Ab 
Or you  (E flat major) might just wind up  (A flat major) crying
Db 
You can keep it mov (D flat major) ing
Eb 
Ab 
If you  (E flat major) don´t look down  (A flat major) 

Verse 3
Ab 
Db 
 (A flat major) I   was walking down  (D flat major) the street
Ab 
at sunrise one morning  (A flat major) 
In London, England
Db 
And  (D flat major) there was a very large
Ab 
Rolls Royce limousine  (A flat major) 
Db 
Pulling slowly along the street  (D flat major) 
And in that Rolls Royce
Ab 
was the Queen  (A flat major) England
Looking tired
Db 
Just go  (D flat major) back from a party,
Ab 
and the Queen leaned  (A flat major) out and
She said: aren´t you B.B. King?
Db 
 (D flat major) she said:
Ab 
Oh B.B. sometimes it´s so  (A flat major) hard
to pull things together
Db 
Could you tell  (D flat major) me
what you think I ought to do?
Ab 
And  (A flat major) I   said:

Chorus 3
Ab 
Db 
You  (A flat major) better not look  (D flat major) down
Eb 
Ab 
If you  (E flat major) want to keep on  (A flat major) flying
Db 
Put the hammer down  (D flat major) 
Eb 
Ab 
Keep it  (E flat major) full speed ahead  (A flat major) 
Db 
Better not look  (D flat major) back
Eb 
Ab 
Or you  (E flat major) might just wind up  (A flat major) crying
Db 
You can keep it  (D flat major) moving
Eb 
Ab 
If you  (E flat major) don´t look down  (A flat major) 

Chorus 4
Ab 
Db 
You  (A flat major) better not look  (D flat major) down
Eb 
Ab 
If you  (E flat major) want to keep on  (A flat major) flying
Db 
Put the hammer down  (D flat major) 
Eb 
Ab 
Keep it  (E flat major) full speed ahead  (A flat major) 
Db 
Better not look  (D flat major) back
Eb 
Ab 
Or you  (E flat major) might just wind up  (A flat major) crying
Db 
You can keep it  (D flat major) moving
Eb 
Ab 
If you  (E flat major) don´t look down  (A flat major) 
[Fade out]