B.B. King – Christmas Celebration (Bass Tab)
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(2)
Bass Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
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
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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-------------------|--------------------------|
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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-------------------|
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E E E E E E E E E E E G|-------------------7------| D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-| A|-8-8----------------------| E|--------------------------|
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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]
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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||---------------------------|
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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-------------------|---------------------------|
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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-------------------|
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E E E E E E E E E E E G|-------------------7------| D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-| A|-8-8----------------------| E|--------------------------|
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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----------------------|
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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-------------------|--------------------------|
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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]
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E E E E E E E E E E E G|-------------------7------| D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-| A|-8-8----------------------| E|--------------------------|
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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-------------------|
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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]
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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-------------------|
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E E E E E E E E E E E G|-------------------7------| D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-| A|-8-8----------------------| E|--------------------------|
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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]
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E E E E E E E E E E E G|-------------------7------| D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-| A|-8-8----------------------| E|--------------------------|
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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|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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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-------------------|
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E E E E E E E E E E E G|-------------------7------| D|-----7---7-10---10---10-7-| A|-8-8----------------------| E|--------------------------|
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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----------------------|
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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|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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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-------------------|
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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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