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Texas Blues

Description: Printer friendly instructions for playing the Texas Blues - generic blues ideal for beginners wanted to start improvising on guitar.

click to play mp3 file of: [this verse] [all six verses] [backing track]

e-||-----------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0---
B-||.----------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0---
G-||-----------------1--1-1--1-----------------1--1-1--1---
D-||.-----------0----0--0-0--0------------0----0--0-0--0---
A-||------0-1-2------2--2-2--2------0-1-2------2--2-2--2---
E-||--0-3---------0--0--0-0--0--0-3---------0--0--0-0--0---

e------------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0-----
B------------------2--2-2--2-----------------0--0-0--0-----
G------------------0--0-0--0-----------------1--1-1--1-----
D-------------0----2--2-2--2------------0----0--0-0--0-----
A-------0-1-2---0--0--0-0--0------0-1-2------2--2-2--2-----
E---0-3-----------------------0-3---------0--0--0-0--0-----

e------------------2--2-2--0----------------0--0-0--0----||
B------------------0--0-0--2----------------0--0-0--0---.||
G------------------2--2-2--0----------------1--1-1--1----||
D-------------0----1--1-1--2-----------0----0--0-0--0---.||
A-------0-1-2---2--2--2-2--0-----0-1-2------2--2-2--2----||
E---0-3----------------------0-3---------0--0--0-0--0----||

Chords:

4/4 ||: E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | A7 | A7 | E7 | E7 | B7 | A7 | E7 | E7 :||