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Blue Jean Blues

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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

(play once)

e|-----------9---------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
G|---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
D|---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
A|-----7-8-9---------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|
E|----------------3----|----------3----|----------3----|----------3----|

Progression

(play 3 times)

e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
G|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
D|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
A|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-------------|
E|----------3----|----------3----|----------3----|------------2--|
e|----7----------|-----7----------|---------------|---------------|
B|----8----------|-----8----------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
G|----9----------|-----9----------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
D|----9----------|-----9----------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
A|----7----------|-----7--------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-------------|
E|-0---------2-1-|-0----------3---|----------3----|------------3--|
e|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|-4--------------|
D|---------4-----|------0---------|
A|-------4-------|---------2----0-|
E|-2-------------|------------3---|

Ending

e|-------------|                                     |------------|
B|-------------|                                     |-3----------|
G|-------------|<--play this bar four times and....  |-4----------| ....you're
D|-------------|                                     |-4----------|    done!
A|-2---------0-|                                     |-2----------|
E|---------3---|                                     |------------|

As for the lead guitar, it is played almost entirely on the B pentatonic

minor scale at the seventh fret. Since the song is so slow, most people

should be able to figure it out from the recording.

I guess that should do it.

Comments

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