Twelve Bar Blues Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays390

Twelve Bar Blues by Misc Traditional is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro 
E|---4------3------2-----0--------|----2---------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|----0---------------------------| 
G|/4---4--3---3--2---2---1--------|----2---------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|----1---------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------|1/2-----------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
           
verse 1  
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---4---|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---4---| 
E|0---0---3---4---0---0---0---0---|0---0---3---4---0---0---0---0---| 

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---4---|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---4---| 
E|0---0---3---4---0---0---0---0---|0---0---3---4---0---0---0---0---| 

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---4---|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---4---| 
A|0---0---3---4---0---0---0---0---|0---0---3---4---0---0---0---0---| 
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---4---|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---4---| 
E|0---0---3---4---0---0---0---0---|0---0---3---4---0---0---0---0---| 

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D|4---4---4---4---4---4---7---6---|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---4---| 
A|2---2---5---6---2---2---2---2---|0---0---3---4---0---0---0---0---| 
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------|------------2-------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|------------1-------------------| 
A|2---2---2---2---2---2---5---4---|2---2---x---2-------------------| 
E|0---0---3---4---0---0---0---0---|0---0---x-----------------------| 

Outro 
E|---4------3------2-----0--------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|/4---4--3---3--2---2---1--------|2-------1-----------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|1-------0-----------------------| 
A|--------------------------------|2-------1-----------------------| 
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 


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| x   Dead note 
| /   Slide up 

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Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante