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How Blue Can You Get Bass Tab by B. B. King

How Blue Can You Get bass tab by B. B. King

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Song: How Blue Can You Get
Artist: B.B. King
Transcribed by: Trey Evans (zip311@rocketmail.com)
9/30/02

I don't know what key the song is in, but this is the bass
line in the key of G.  You can move it around as you see fit.

A brief note:  this is pieced together from the whole song,
and the bassist he is using in this version is really good
and likes to improvise; don't expect this to fit the whole
thing.  Besides, some of it's probably wrong from the get go.
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
It's basic triplet rhythm, and if there isn't a note on a
beat, it's a rest.  The turnaround is the way I heard it,
but it may be played on the D root instead of the G.

A final note: You find a problem, TELL ME!
I wanna fix it.

4/4
G7
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------2----|-------------------2----|
|-----------2-5---5---5-2|-----------2-5-2-5---5-2|
|-3---3------------------|-3---3------------------|
  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4


|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------3-2--|-------------------2----|
|-----------2-5---5-----5|-----------2-5-2-5---5-2|
|-3---3------------------|-3---3------------------|
  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4

C7
|-------------------3-2--|-------------------3-2--|
|-----------2-5---5-----5|-----------2-5-2-5-----5|
|-3---3------------------|-3---3------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4

G7
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------3-2--|-------------------2----|
|-----------2-5---5-----5|-----------2-5-2-5---5-2|
|-3---3------------------|-3---3------------------|
  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4

D7                        C7
|-------------------4----|-3---3-2---2-------3-2--|
|-----------4-7---7---7-4|-------------5-2-5-----5|
|-5---5------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4

G7                        D7
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-3---3-2---2-------3-2--|-3-3-3-2-2-2-------3-2--|
|-------------5-2-5-----5|-------------5-2-5-----5|
|------------------------|------------------------|
  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4  1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4

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