Lucille chords by B.B. King
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
(A major) The sound that (D major) you're listening to (G major)
(D major) Is from my (A major) guitar that's (D major) named
Lucille (A major) (D major)
I'm very crazy about Lucille,
(G major) Lucille (D major) took me from the plantation (G major) (D major)
(A major) Or you (D major) might say, brought (A major) me fame (D major) (A major)
I don't think I could just (G major) talk enough
about Lucille (D major)
Sometime when I'm (G major) blue seem like Lucille
try to help me (D major) call my name
(A major)
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Verse 2
(D major)
I used to sing (A major) spirituals and
I thought that this (G major)
Was the thing that (A major) I wanted
to do (D major)
But somehow or (G major) other When I went in the army (D major) (G major) I picked (D major) up on Lucille,
(A major) and (D major) started the singing blues
(A major) (D major)
Verse 3
(A major)
Well, (G major) now when (D major) I'm paying my dues, (A major)
(D major)
Maybe you (G major) don't know what I mean when I say paying dues,
(D major) I mean when things are bad with me (A major) (D major)
I can always, (A major) I can al (G major) ways, you know like,
(D major) depend on Lucille
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
Sort (D major) of hard to talk to you myself
I guess I'll let (A major) Lu cille say a (D major) few words
Interlude 2
and then
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Verse 5
(G major) You know,
(D major) I doubt if you can feel it like I (A major) do (D major)
But when I think about the things
that I've (G major) gone through,
Like, (D major) well for in (A major) stance,
(D major) if I have a (A major) girlfriend and she misuses (D major) me,
(G major) And I go home at night,
(D major) maybe (G major) I'm lonely
Well not (D major) maybe, I am lonely,
(A major) I pick up Lucille
(D major) (A major) And it bring out those funny sounds that (G major) sound good to me,
you (D major) know?
(G major) Sometime I get to the (A major) place where
I can't even (D major) say nothing (A major) (D major)
Look out (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) Sometime I think it's crying
Interlude 3
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Verse 6
You know, if I could (A major) sing pop tunes
like (G major) Frank Sinatra (D major) or,
Sammy Davis Junior,
(G major) I don't (D major) think I still could do it, (A major) (D major)
'Cause Lucille don't wanna
(A major) play nothing but the blues
And I think I'm, (G major)
I think I'm pretty glad about that (D major)
(G major) 'Cause don't nobody (A major) sing
to me (D major) like Lucille (A major)
Sing, (D major) Lucille
Interlude 4
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Verse 7
Well, I'll put it (A major) like this, take it easy, Lucille
(D major) (A major) I like the way Sammy sings
and I like the way Frank sings,
(G major) But I can get a (D major) little Frank, Sammy,
A little Ray Charles, in fact (G major) all the people with soul in this (D major)
(A major)
Interlude 5
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(G major) (D major)
Verse 8
A little Mahalia Jackson in (G major) there
Interlude 6
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Verse 9
(D major) One more, Lucille! (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Take it easy now,
Interlude 7
ah!
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(A major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 10
(D major) You know,
I imagine a lot of (A major) you wanna know,
A lot of you wan (D major) na know
why I (A major) call the guitar Lucille
(G major) (D major) Lucille has practically saved
my life (A major) two or three times (D major)
No kidding, (A major) it really (G major) has
Verse 11
(D major) I remember once I was in an (G major) automobile accident,
(A major) (D major) and
When the car stopped turning over, (A major)
(D major) it fell over on (A major) Lu cille,
And it held it up off me, really,
it held it up (G major) off me (D major)
So that's one (G major) time it saved my (D major) life
Verse 12
The way, (A major) the way I (D major) came by
the name of Lucille,
(G major) I was Over in Twist, (D major) Arkansas,
I know you've never heard of that one, have you?
And one (A major) night (D major) (G major) the guys started a ball (D major) over there,
you know, started brawling, (G major) you know what I mean (D major)
And the guy (A major) that was mad with (D major) his old lady,
(A major) When she fell over on this gas
tank that was burning for (G major) heat,
The gas ran all over the (D major) floor
(G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 13
(D major) And when the gas ran all over the floor, (G major)
the building
(D major) Caught on fire,
(A major) and almost burned (D major) me up trying to save Lucille
(G major) Oh I, I imagine you're still
wondering why I call it Lucille
The lady that started that brawl (D major) that night
Interlude 8
was named Lucille
(D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (G major)
Verse 14
(G major) And that's been Lu (A major) cille
ever since (D major) to me (G major)
(D major) One more now, Lucille
Interlude 9
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(D major) (A major)
Verse 15
Sounds pretty good (A major) to me. Can I do one
(D major) more?
Interlude 10
(G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) Look out, Lucille
Verse 16
(D major) (A major) (D major) (A major)
Sounds (G major) pretty good. I think I'll
try one more (D major) (G major)
(D major) All right
Outro 1
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Lucille
B.B. King
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