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Texas Blues (Used for Developing Licks)

Description: Printer friendly instructions for playing the Texas Blues - generic blues ideal for beginners on guitar and teaching blues licks.

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

Verse 6 (using fifth position blues scale)

e-||-----10--10--12\---0--0-0--0----10--10--12\--0--0-0--0-
B-||.-/12--12--12------0--0-0--0-/12--12--12-----0--0-0--0-
G-||-------------------1--1-1--1-----------------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----10--10--------0--0-0--0----10--10---12\--0--0-0--0----
B-/12--12--12-10\--2--2-2--2-/12--12--12------0--0-0--0----
G------------------0--0-0--0------------------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----10--10--------2--2-2--0----10--10---12\--0--0-0--0--||
B-/12--12--12-12\--0--0-0--2-/12--12--12------0--0-0--0-.||
G------------------2--2-2--0------------------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 :||