Basic Blues Progressions

Tall Papa B

in E

Twelve Bar Blues

|_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ E7I7_ /_ /_ /_ |
|_ AIV /_ /_ /_ |_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ E7I7_ /_ /_ /_ |
|_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /_ |_ EI /_ /_ /_ |_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |

With a "Quick Change" in Bar 2

|_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ AIV /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ E7I7_ /_ /_ /_ |
|_ AIV /_ /_ /_ |_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ E7I7_ /_ /_ /_ |
|_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |

Eight Bar Blues

|_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /_ |_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /_ |
|_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |

leaving off the first four bars of a 12 bar blues.

|_ AIV /_ /_ /_ |_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ E7I7_ /_ /_ /_ |
|_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |

Worried Life

|_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ AIV /_ /_ /_ |_ AIV /_ /_ /_ |
|_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ BV_ /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ AIV /_ |_ EI_ /_ BV_ /_ |

Fig 2?

|_ E7I7_ /_ /_ /_ |_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /_ |_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /_ |
|_ EI_ /_ /_ /_ |_ B7V7 /_ /_ /_ |_ EI_ /_ AIV /_ |_ EI_ /_ B7V7 /_ |

Sixteen Bar Blues

Pay no attention to this below here. It's just a collection of bars to ease my worried mind.

|_ EI_ /_ /_ /
|_ E7I7_ /_ /_ /
|_ AIV /_ /_ /
|_ A7IV7 /_ /_ /
|_ BV_ /_ /_ /
|_ B7V7 /_ /_ /
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