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By Ray Charles -Pride And Joy By Stevie Ray Vaughn In the key of E: E A E Well youve heard about love givin sight to the blind E A A7 My Babys lovin cause the sun to shine, Well shes my sweet little thing E B A E B Shes my my pride and joy. Shes my sweet little baby and im her little lover boy. In the Key of A: A D A Well youve heard about love givin sight to the blind A D D7 My Babys lovin cause the sun to shine, Well shes my sweet little thing A A7 E D A E Shes my my pride and joy. Shes my sweet little baby and im her little lover boy. If you want to play pride and joy with the Intro/Tab match it to the E progression. The tab is in the key of E. Have fun. Remember You can always add seventh chords to accent the progression and keep it flowing well at any speed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 Bar Blues ---------------- In the key of D D - - - Woke up this morning with the G - - - D - - - D7 - - - blues down in my soul G - - - Woke up this morning with the G7 - - - D - - - D7 - - - blues down in my soul Saying "My A - - A7 baby gone and left me, got a G - - G7 D - - - D - A A7 heart as black as coal" In the key of E E - - - Woke up this morning with the A - - - E - - - E7 - - - blues down in my soul A - - - Woke up this morning with the A7 - - - E - - - E7 - - - blues down in my soul Saying "My B - - B7 baby gone and left me, got a A - - A7 E - - - A - B B7 heart as black as coal" Oh and by the way....this is the progression used for sweet home chicago by the blues brothers and its great for improv. Lyrics To Songs Mentioned In This Article -------------------------------------------------- Pride And Joy- Stevie Ray Vaughn And Double Trouble Well youve heard about love givin sight to the blind My babys lovin cause the sun to shine Shes my sweet little thang....shes my pride and joy Shes my sweet little baby....Im her little lover boy Yeah I love my baby....heart and soul Love like ours wont never grow old Shes my sweet little thang....shes my pride and joy Shes my sweet little baby....Im her little lover boy Yeah I love my lady....shes long and lean You mess with her....youll see a man get mean Shes my sweet little thang....shes my pride and joy Shes my sweet little baby....Im her little lover boy Well I love my baby....like the finest wine Stick with her until the end of time Shes my sweet little thang....shes my pride and joy Shes my sweet little baby....Im her little lover boy Yeah I love my baby....heart and soul Love like ours wont never grow old Shes my sweet little thang....shes my pride and joy Shes my sweet little baby....Im her little lover boy What'd I Say?-Ray Charles Band (Extended Version) Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong, come and love me all night long. Oh oh, hey hey, all right now. See the girl with the diamond ring, she knows how to twist that thing. Oh oh, hey hey, all right now. Tell your mama, tell your pa I'm gonna ship you back to Arkansas. Oh yes, you don't do right, you don't do right. Tell me what'd I say, tell me what'd I say right now. Tell me what'd I say, Yes, I wanna know, I wanna know. Baby, I wanna know right now, yes, I wanna know. Honey, I wanna know, yes, I wanna know. Hey HEY Ho HO Hey HEY Ho HO Hey HEY ho HO hey. Sing me one more time. Hey HEY Ho HO Hey HEY Ho HO Hey HEY ho HO hey. Make me feel so good. Make me feel so good. Make me feel so good right now. Make me feel so good. Huh HUH Ho HO Huh HUH Ho HO Huh HUH ho HO huh. Baby, it's all right. Baby, it's all right right now. Baby, it's all right. Come on, twist that thing. Come on, twist that thing. Keep a twistin' that thing Make me feel all right. Well, I feel all right. Sweet Home Chicago-The Blues Brothers (John Belushi, Dan Akroyd) Come on Oh baby dont you wanna go Come on Oh baby dont you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home chicago Come on Baby dont you wanna go Hidehey Baby dont you wanna go Back to that same old place Oh sweet home chicago Well, one and one is two Six and two is eight Come on baby dont ya make me late Hidehey Baby dont you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home chicago Come on Baby dont you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home chicago Six and three is nine Nine and nine is eighteen Look there brother baby and see what Ive seen Hidehey Baby dont you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home chicago Oh come on Baby dont you wanna go Come on Baby dont you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home Chicago Peace Out (-<) ._.-..-._. | Gibson | 0-| o o |-0 | | 0-| o o |-0 | | 0-| o o |-0 | | '. .' 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