Blues Power chords by Albert King

Intro
G7         D7 Db7 C7             G7
This is blues power!
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Well.
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Play it now.
D7         D7 Db7 C7      G7
N.C.  C7 C#7 D7

Verse 1:
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Spoken: Everybody understands the blues. Are you listening? Yeah!
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I say everybody understands the blues, erverybody from
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one day to another has the blues. You take the little baby that's layin' in the cradle,
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he can't get that milk bottle fast enough, he go to kickin' an'cryin' an' goin' on, tearin' up the
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little baby beb, he got the blues. Can ya dig it? Yeah! Ha, ha, ha.
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You take this girl that's got this main squeeze. That's her boyfriend, that is, you know an' he just

Verse 2:
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bought a brand new GTO. You know she want to be wit' him everytime he cranks it up.
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An' go around the corner to the soda fountain. This is where she want to go an'show it off. Where all
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girls and guys and goals be. You know what I mean? An' she get ready to go out this particular night
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an' her mother say, "Daughter you was just out last night, you can't go out tonight,
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that's too many nights in a row".
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She go in the room an'fasten the door an' won't answer the phone, won't
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eat, won't talk to nobody. She got the blues. That's what's wrong
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wit' her. Some people call them the reds, the pinks. When ya get through, it's the old-

Part 3
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fashioned country blues. That's right. Now I ain't seen my main squeeze in ten long
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weeks, today. You know I got the blues. Can you dig it? ha, ha, ha. Yeah!
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Woo!
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D7         D7 Db7 C7
G7   N.C.  C7 C#7 D7

Part 4 Guitar Solo
G7         D7 Db7 C7
Alright!
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C7         D7 Db7 C7
G7         A7 Ab7 G7
D7         D7 Db7 C7
G7   N.C.  C7 C#7 D7

Part 5
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Yeah, but wait, I don't think you're with me. Let's everybody get a thing goin' right here. Yes, yes.
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Yeah. Can you feel it? Yeah! I can't hear you, can you feel it? Yeah! Yes.
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Yes. Sounds awful good, keep it, keep it, right there, child'ren, keep it right there, ha, ha, ha.
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The blues! An' when you're doin' the blues, they
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so strong, that's the reason there named 'em, they call it blues power, yeah.
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Yeah, n' would you believe I invented blues power? Yeah! Ha. Can you dig the blues power? Yeah!

Part 6
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Let everybody say "yeah". Yeah! Say it again, say "yeah". Yeah!
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C7         D7 Db7 C7
G7         A7 Ab7 G7
D7         D7 Db7 C7
G7                N.C.   D7       G  F  F#

Part 7 Guitar Solo
G           F  F# G           F  F# G                  G7
C7         D7 Db7 C7
G7         A7 Ab7 G7
D7         D7 Db7 C7
G7                N.C.   D7       G  F  F#

Part 8 Guitar Solo
G           F  F# G           F  F# G                  G7
C7         D7 Db7 C7
G7         A7 Ab7 G7
D7         D7 Db7 C7
G7                N.C. D7

Part 9 Guitar Solo
G7         D7 Db7 C7
G7                G7         D7 Db7
C7         D7 Db7 C7
G7         A7 Ab7 G7
D7         D7 Db7 C7
G7                N.C. D7

Part 10 Guitar Solo
G7         D7 Db7 C7
G7                G7         D7 Db7
C7         D7 Db7 C7
G7         A7 Ab7 G7
D7         D7 Db7 C7
G7                N.C.    C7 C#7 D7

Part 11 Guitar Solo
G           F  F# G           F  F# G                  G7
C7         D7 Db7 C7
G7         A7 Ab7 G7
D7         D7 Db7 C7
G7                N.C. D7

Part 12 Guitar Solo
G           F  F# G           F  F# G                  G7
C7         D7 Db7 C7
G7         A7 Ab7 G7
D7         D7 Db7 C7
G7                N.C. D7

End Guitar Solo
G7         D7 Db7 C7
G7                G7         D7 Db7
C7         D7 Db7 C7
G7         A7 Ab7 G7
D7         D7 Db7 C7
G7  N.C.
A7   Ab   G7