Left Handed
AUTOSCROLL
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Capo: no capo
Tuning: E A D G
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION (Bassline)
As recorded by B.B. King
(From the 2001 Album A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION OF HOPE)
Words and Music by B.B. King
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Mike Doster - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=112(8=s8/shuffle feel)
4/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|-----------------------|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-----------------5-----|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|-6-6-------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-----------------5-----|-----------------5-----|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|
E|--------------------------|-6-6-------------------|-6-6-------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|--------------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
E|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------|-------------------7------|--------------------------||
D|-----------------5-----|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------||
A|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-||
E|-6-6-------------------|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------||
[Verses 1 & 2]
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G||--------------------7------|
D||o-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A||o-8-8----------------------|
E||---------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------|-------------------7-------|
D|-----------------5-----|-----7---7-10---10---10-7--|
A|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-8-----------------------|
E|-6-6-------------------|---------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-----------------5-----|-----------------5-----|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|
E|--------------------------|-6-6-------------------|-6-6-------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|--------------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
E|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------|-------------------7------|
D|-----------------5-----|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-8----------------------|
E|-6-6-------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|---------------------------||
D|-------------------7------o||
A|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-o||
E|-8-8-----------------------||
[Chorus]
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------5-----|-----------------5-----|
A|-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---8-|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|
E|-------------------------|-6-6-------------------|-6-6-------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|--------------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
E|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------|-------------------7------|--------------------------||
D|-----------------5-----|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------||
A|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-||
E|-6-6-------------------|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------||
[Guitar Solo]
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|-----------------------|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-----------------5-----|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|-6-6-------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-----------------5-----|-----------------5-----|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|
E|--------------------------|-6-6-------------------|-6-6-------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|--------------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
E|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------|-------------------7------|--------------------------||
D|-----------------5-----|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------||
A|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-||
E|-6-6-------------------|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------||
[Chorus]
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------5-----|-----------------5-----|
A|-8---8-6---6-5---5-------|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|
E|-------------------8---8-|-6-6-------------------|-6-6-------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|--------------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
E|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------|-------------------7------|--------------------------|
D|-----------------5-----|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------|
A|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
E|-6-6-------------------|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------5-----|-----------------5-----|
A|-8---8-------------------|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|
E|-------3---3-4---4-5---5-|-6-6-------------------|-6-6-------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|--------------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
E|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------|-------------------7------|-------------------------||
D|-----------------5-----|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------------||
A|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-8----------------------|-------------------------||
E|-6-6-------------------|--------------------------|-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---8-||
[Outro]
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|-----------------------|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-----------------5-----|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|-6-6-------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-----------------5-----|-----------------5-----|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|
E|--------------------------|-6-6-------------------|-6-6-------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
A|-8-8----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------7------|--------------------------|
D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|-------------------7------|
A|-8-8----------------------|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-|
E|--------------------------|-8-8----------------------|
Q=81
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. W W +W
G|-----------------------|-------------|----------|----------|--------*|
D|-----------------5-----|-------------|----------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
A|-----5---5-8---8---8-5-|-8-----------|----------|----------|--------*|
E|-6-6-------------------|-------------|----------|-1--------|-(1)----*|
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents
the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| +() - note tied to previous
| |-3-| - triplet
| | - bar
| || - double bar
| ||o - repeat start
| o|| - repeat end
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