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Texas Blues (Used for Developing Positioning)

Description:Printer friendly instructions for playing the Texas Blues - generic blues ideal for beginners on guitar especially for using position in blues guitar.

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Verse 3 (using first and second position blues scale)

e-||-----------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0---
B-||.----3-----------0--0-0--0------3----------0--0-0--0---
G-||-2/4---4\2p0-----1--1-1--1--2/4---4\2p0----1--1-1--1---
D-||.------------2---0--0-0--0--------------2--0--0-0--0---
A-||-----------------2--2-2--2-----------------2--2-2--2---
E-||-----------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0---

 

e------------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0-----
B------3-----------2--2-2--2------3----------0--0-0--0-----
G--2/4---4\2p0-2---0--0-0--0--2/4---4\2p0----1--1-1--1-----
D------------------2--2-2--2--------------2--0--0-0--0-----
A------------------0--0-0--0-----------------2--2-2--2-----
E-
-------------------------------------------0--0-0--0-----

e------------------2--2-2--0-----------------0--0-0--0---||
B-----3------------0--0-0--2------3----------0--0-0--0--.||
G--2/4-4\2p0-2/4---2--2-2--0--2/4---4\2p0----1--1-1--1---||
D------------------1--1-1--2--------------2--0--0-0--0--.||
A------------------2--2-2--0-----------------2--2-2--2---||
E--------------------------------------------0--0-0--0---||

 

Chords:

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