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Paying the Cost to Be the Boss  B.B. King

Intro
Q=114(8=s8)
N.C. B6
[4/4] Gtr I
|-3-|
H Q E E E q Q Q S +S S S
 
 |-------------7-|-9b11--------------9b11r(9)p7---|
 |---------7-9---|------------------------------9-|
 |---------------|--------------------------------|
 |---------------|--------------------------------|
 |---------------|--------------------------------|
 |---------------|--------------------------------|

|
| Gtr II
| W Q E a E +H
 
 |---------------|-------/4-4s2-(2)---------------|
 |---------------|-------/4-4s2-(2)---------------|
 |---------------|-------/4-4s2-(2)---------------|
 |---------------|--------------------------------|
 |---------------|--------------------------------|
 |---------------|--------------------------------|

[E6]~~ [B6] ~~~
E e Q E E E E q Q Q q
 
 |-7h9--------------7---|-7----------10b10.5------|
 |----------------9---7-|----/12--------------12--|
 |----------------------|-------------------------|
 |----------------------|-------------------------|
 |----------------------|-------------------------|
 |----------------------|-------------------------|

|
| Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |-----/9-9s7-(7)-------|-----/4-4s2-(2)----------|
 |-----/9-9s7-(7)-------|-----/4-4s2-(2)----------|
 |-----/9-9s7-(7)-------|-----/4-4s2-(2)----------|
 |----------------------|-------------------------|
 |----------------------|-------------------------|
 |----------------------|-------------------------|

~~~~~~~[E6]
E E E E +E E E E +Q E E E E Q
 
 |-12b14-12-10b10.5--------------------|------------12b14---10b10.5----------|
 |--------------------12-(12)----12-15-|-(15)b15.5------------------12--9----|
 |----------------------------13-------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|
| Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |----------/4------4s=2--(2)----------|------------/9----9s=7------(7)------|
 |----------/4------4s=2--(2)----------|------------/9----9s=7------(7)------|
 |----------/4------4s=2--(2)----------|------------/9----9s=7------(7)------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

[B6] ~~
|--3--|
Q E E Q S S S E H E E Q
 
 |--------------------12h13p12-12-|--------------------------|
 |----------12-14b16--------------|-15b16---------------12---|
 |----/13-------------------------|-------------------x------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------|

|
| Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |-----/9-9s=7-(7)----------------|--------/4-4s2-(2)--------|
 |-----/9-9s=7-(7)----------------|--------/4-4s2-(2)--------|
 |-----/9-9s=7-(7)----------------|--------/4-4s2-(2)--------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------|

E e Q Q S +S e
 
 |----------------------------------------|
 |---14b15.5-------------14pb15.5r(14)-12-|
 |----------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|

|
| Q E a E +H
 
 |-----------/4-4s2-(2)-------------------|
 |-----------/4-4s2-(2)-------------------|
 |-----------/4-4s2-(2)-------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|

[F#6] ~~ [E6] ~~~
Q e e H Q S +S S S E E E E
 
 |----------------------|--------------------------------------|
 |-12---14--------------|----14b15.5r(14)p==12----12--14-12----|
 |------------13--------|----------------------13-----------13-|
 |----------------------|--------------------------------------|
 |----------------------|--------------------------------------|
 |----------------------|--------------------------------------|

|
| Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |-----/11-11s=9-(9)----|----/9-----------9s=7----(7)----------|
 |-----/11-11s=9-(9)----|----/9-----------9s=7----(7)----------|
 |-----/11-11s=9-(9)----|----/9-----------9s=7----(7)----------|
 |----------------------|--------------------------------------|
 |----------------------|--------------------------------------|
 |----------------------|--------------------------------------|

[B6] ~~~[F#7]
Q. E q E E q E E H
 
 |----------------------|---------------||
 |-12----------/7-------|-7----9p=7-----||
 |------------------7h8-|---------------||
 |----------------------|---------------||
 |----------------------|---------------||
 |----------------------|---------------||

|
| Q E a E +H Q E E +H
 
 |------/4-4s2-(2)------|----4----------||
 |------/4-4s2-(2)------|----4-5-(5)----||
 |------/4-4s2-(2)------|----4-3-(3)----||
 |----------------------|------4-(4)----||
 |----------------------|---------------||
 |----------------------|---------------||

1st Verse
[B6]W [E6]W
 
 |-----------------|----------------------|
 |-----------------|----------------------|
 |-----------------|----------------------|
 |-----------------|----------------------|
 |-----------------|----------------------|
 |-----------------|----------------------|

|
| Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |----7-7s5-(5)----|----12-12s=10-(10)----|
 |----9-9s7-(7)----|----14-14s=12-(12)----|
 |----8-8s6-(6)----|----13-13\-11-(11)----|
 |-----------------|----------------------|
 |-----------------|----------------------|
 |-----------------|----------------------|

[B6]Gtr II
Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |----/7-7s5-(5)----|----/7-7s5-(5)----|
 |----/9-9s7-(7)----|----/9-9s7-(7)----|
 |----/8-8s6-(6)----|----/8-8s6-(6)----|
 |------------------|------------------|
 |------------------|------------------|
 |------------------|------------------|

[E6]Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |----/12-12s=10-(10)----|----/12-12s=10-(10)----|
 |----/14-14s=12-(12)----|----/14-14s=12-(12)----|
 |----/13-13\-11-(11)----|----/13-13\-11-(11)----|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|

[B6]Gtr I
|-3--|
W H E E E e E
 
 |------------------|-------------------7---|
 |------------------|---------------7-7-----|
 |------------------|-----------------------|
 |------------------|-----------------------|
 |------------------|-----------------------|
 |------------------|-----------------------|

|
| Gtr II
| Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |----/7-7s5-(5)----|----/7-7s5-(5)---------|
 |----/9-9s7-(7)----|----/9-9s7-(7)---------|
 |----/8-8s6-(6)----|----/8-8s6-(6)---------|
 |------------------|-----------------------|
 |------------------|-----------------------|
 |------------------|-----------------------|

[F#6]W [E6]W
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|

|
| Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |----/14-14s=12-(12)----|----/12-12s=10-(10)----|
 |----/16-16s=14-(14)----|----/14-14s=12-(12)----|
 |----/15-15\-13-(13)----|----/13-13\-11-(11)----|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|

2nd & 3rd Verses
$
[B6]Gtr II[B7]
Q E a E +H Q E a E +H Q Q H Q Q H
 
 |----/7-7s5-(5)----|----/7-7s5-(5)----||------------|------------|
 |----/9-9s7-(7)----|----/9-9s7-(7)----||-7----------|-7----------|
 |----/8-8s6-(6)----|----/8-8s6-(6)----||-8----------|-8----------|
 |------------------|------------------||-7----------|-7----------|
 |------------------|------------------||-9----------|-9----------|
 |------------------|------------------||-7----------|-7----------|

Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
 
 |------------|------------|------------|------------|
 |-7----------|-7----------|-7----------|-7----------|
 |-8----------|-8----------|-8----------|-8----------|
 |-7----------|-7----------|-7----------|-7----------|
 |-9----------|-9----------|-9----------|-9----------|
 |-7----------|-7----------|-7----------|-7----------|

Q Q H E E E E E E E E [E6]Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |------------|-----------------|----/12-12s=10-(10)----|----/12-12s=10-(10)----|
 |-7----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----/14-14s=12-(12)----|----/14-14s=12-(12)----|
 |-8----------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|----/13-13\-11-(11)----|----/13-13\-11-(11)----|
 |-7----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-9----------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-7----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------------|-----------------------|

[B6]Gtr I
W Q E E E E q
 
 |------------------|-----------------7--|
 |------------------|---------------7----|
 |------------------|---------7--8-------|
 |------------------|--------------------|
 |------------------|--------------------|
 |------------------|--------------------|

|
| Gtr II
| Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |----/7-7s5-(5)----|----/7-7s5-(5)------|
 |----/9-9s7-(7)----|----/9-9s7-(7)------|
 |----/8-8s6-(6)----|----/8-8s6-(6)------|
 |------------------|--------------------|
 |------------------|--------------------|
 |------------------|--------------------|

To Coda
[F#6]W [E6]W
 
 |-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-----------------------|------------------------|

|
| Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |----/14-14s=12-(12)----|----/12-12s=10-(10)-----|
 |----/16-16s=14-(14)----|----/14-14s=12-(12)-----|
 |----/15-15\-13-(13)----|----/13-13\-11-(11)-----|
 |-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-----------------------|------------------------|
 |-----------------------|------------------------|

[B6]W H Q q
 
 |------------------|----------------7--||
 |------------------|-------------------||
 |------------------|-------------------||
 |------------------|-------------------||
 |------------------|-------------------||
 |------------------|-------------------||

|
| Q E a E +H Q E a E +H
 
 |----/7-7s5-(5)----|----/7-7s5-(5)-----||
 |----/9-9s7-(7)----|----/9-9s7-(7)-----||
 |----/8-8s6-(6)----|----/8-8s6-(6)-----||
 |------------------|-------------------||
 |------------------|-------------------||
 |------------------|-------------------||

Guitar Solo
[B6] ~~ [E6] ~~
Q Q Q Q E S S q Q Q
 
 |-10b10.5--------------|-10b10.5----------------------|
 |------------------12--|---------12-------------12----|
 |----------------------|------------13-11-------------|
 |----------------------|------------------------------|
 |----------------------|------------------------------|
 |----------------------|------------------------------|

|
| Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q.
 
 |----------------------|------------------------------|
 |----------9--7-9\-----|----------------7--6-7\-------|
 |----------8--6-8\-----|----------------7--6-7\-------|
 |----------9--7-9\-----|----------------6--5-6\-------|
 |----------------------|------------------------------|
 |----------------------|------------------------------|

[B7] ~~~~~~~~~~ [B9] ~~~~~~~
 
 |3-| |----3----|

E E +Q +E E q E +S S E Q E E S S +E E
 
 |-12b14-12b14==(12)--(12)r--------|-12b13.5r(12)p10---12-14-10---------------|
 |-----------------------------12--|--------------------------------12-(12)-9-|
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|
| Q Q E Q. Q Q E E Q
 
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
 |----------------7-----6---7\-----|-----------------7-----6----7-------------|
 |----------------8-----7---8\-----|-----------------6-----5----6-------------|
 |----------------7-----6---7\-----|-----------------7-----6----7-------------|
 |----------------9-----8---9\-----|-----------------6-----5----6-------------|
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

[E9]  
 
 |3-| |--------3---------|

S E. E Q +E. +S Q Q
 
 |----10b10.5---12b14==(12)r(12)p10b10.5-------|
 |-12--------------------------------------12--|
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|

|
| Q Q E E Q
 
 |------------7----------6----7----------------|
 |------------7----------6----7----------------|
 |------------7----------6----7----------------|
 |------------6----------5----6----------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|

H E E +S S S S
 
 |---------14b17==(14)r-14-12-------|
 |----------------------------15b16-|
 |----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|

|
| Q Q E E Q
 
 |----7--6--7-----------------------|
 |----7--6--7-----------------------|
 |----7--6--7-----------------------|
 |----6--5--6-----------------------|
 |----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|

[B9] ~~~~~~~ ~~
+E S S +E S S +Q E E E E Q Q S +S S S
 
 |-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |-(15)-12-12-(12)----14b16-(14)-----15b17-|-14b16-12-12------14b16r(14)p12---|
 |-----------------13----------------------|----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|
| Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
 
 |-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |--------------7-------------6--7---------|-----------7--6-7-----------------|
 |--------------6-------------5--6---------|-----------6--5-6-----------------|
 |--------------7-------------6--7---------|-----------7--6-7-----------------|
 |--------------6-------------5--6---------|-----------6--5-6-----------------|
 |-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

[F#7] ~~ [E7] ~~
E E Q Q Q S S E E S S +E +E S S S S
 
 |--------------12--|-10-----------12b13==(12)r(12)-12-10----10-|
 |-12-14------------|----12-12----------------------------12----|
 |------------------|-------------------------------------------|
 |------------------|-------------------------------------------|
 |------------------|-------------------------------------------|
 |------------------|-------------------------------------------|

|
| Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
 
 |------------------|-------------------------------------------|
 |-------7--6-6-----|--------5-5------------4----4--------------|
 |-------9--8-8-----|--------7-7------------6----6--------------|
 |-------8--7-7-----|--------6-6------------5----5--------------|
 |-------9--8-8-----|--------7-7------------6----6--------------|
 |------------------|-------------------------------------------|

[B9] ~~
+E E Q Q S S E
 
 |-(10)-----------------------------|
 |------12-12-----------------------|
 |------------------9b10.5-9-7b7.5--|
 |----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------|

|
| Q Q E E Q
 
 |----------------------------------|
 |---------/7--6-7\-----------------|
 |---------/6--5-6\-----------------|
 |---------/7--6-7\-----------------|
 |---------/6--5-6\-----------------|
 |----------------------------------|

Outro
D.S. al Coda &
N.C.
Q E e H H Q E E
 
 |-------7----------||-----------9-:
 |-------7----------||-------------:
 |------------------||-------------:
 |------------------||-------------:
 |------------------||-------------:
 |------------------||-------------:

|
| E E E E E E E E W
 
 |------------------||-------------:
 |---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-------------:
 |---9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||-------------:
 |---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||-------------:
 |---9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||-------------:
 |------------------||-------------:

H.=H
~
|-3--| |-3-| |3|
+E E E S S S S Q Q E S S S E S E a E E Q
 
 |-(9)-7---7--------------:------------------------------*|
 |-------7---10p7---7-----:------------------------------*|
 |----------------9-------:-7b7.5------------------------*|
 |------------------------:-------9-7---7---------9------*|
 |------------------------:-----------9---9p7-5s6--------*|
 |------------------------:------------------------------*|

|
| W W
 
 |------------------------:------------------------------*|
 |------------------------:------------------------------*|
 |------------------------:------------------------------*|
 |------------------------:------------------------------*|
 |------------------------:------------------------------*|
 |------------------------:------------------------------*| 


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