Texas Blues (Used for Development of Timing)

Description: Printer friendly instructions for playing the Texas Blues - generic blues ideal for beginners on guitar especially for developing guitar blues timing.

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Verse 4 (using third position blues scale)

e-||-------------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0-
B-||.-/5-5-8-5----5-5--0--0-0--0-/5-5-8-5----5-5-0--0-0--0-
G-||-----------7b------1--1-1--1----------7b-----1--1-1--1-
D-||.------------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0-
A-||-------------------2--2-2--2-----------------2--2-2--2-
E-||-------------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0-

e---------------5--0--0-0--0------------------0--0-0--0----
B-/5-5-8-5----5----2--2-2--2-/5-5-8-5----5-5--0--0-0--0----
G----------7b------0--0-0--0----------7b------1--1-1--1----
D------------------2--2-2--2------------------0--0-0--0----
A------------------0--0-0--0------------------2--2-2--2----
E---------------------------------------------0--0-0--0----

e----------5-6-7---2--2-2--0------------------0--0-0--0--||
B-/5-5-8-5---------0--0-0--2-/5-5-8-5----5-5--0--0-0--0-.||
G------------------2--2-2--0----------7b------1--1-1--1--||
D------------------1--1-1--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 :||