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12 Bar Blues in key of A

 

Each Bar gets four beats.  Each beat gets two notes.  The Blues is in twos.  Tap your foot as you count to four and play on each syllable as you play "a one, a two, a three, a four".

Bar        Chord

1            A     (could be A7,  A9,  Am...)

2            D     (could be D7,  D9,  Dm...)

3.            A

4.            A

5.            D   

6.            D

7.            A

8.            A

9.            E       (could be E7,  E9,  Em...)

10.           D

11.        A  to   D   (two beats for each chord)

12.        A  to   E   (two beats for each chord)

The last two bars are called the "TURN AROUND"  by going to the V chord we are setting the verse up to be repeated.