Blues Shuffle: 4/4 Time; Key of Em
Great as a one guitar piece with some drums and a walking bass line or each part
seperately by two guitars for a little more depth, and great for ad-lib blues
riffing...keep in mind this is more a guideline than anything and you should make
it your own.
Like all music (especially blues), it is more about the expression of emotion,
than following any pre-ordained rules. Have fun and keep jammin!
Part A:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
e||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||o-----------------2-2-------------|---------------------------------|
A||----------2-2-4-4---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4-2-2-4-2-|
E||--0-0-4-4-------------4-4---------|-0-0-4-4-------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------2-2-------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------2-2-4-4---------2-2-4-2-|-----------------2-2-------------|
A|-0-0-4-4-------------4-4---------|---------2-2-4-4---------2-2-4-2-|
E|---------------------------------|-0-0-4-4-------------4-4---------|
1st ending
e|---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G|---------------------------------|-----------------|----------------O||
D|---------4--6b7-4-------2--4/5-2-|-----------------|----------------O||
A|-2-2-4/6----------0-0-4----------|---------2-2-4-2-|--2-------2~~-x--||
E|---------------------------------|-0-0-4-4---------|--0-(0)h4-0---x--||
2nd ending
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--2--2h4-/7~~-x-|
E|--0--0(0)(0)--x-|
Part B:
e||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G||O---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||O---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A||--2--2-x-2--2-4-2--2-x-2--5-5-4-4-|-2--2-x-2--2-4-2--2-x-2--5-5-4-4-|
E||--0--0-4-0--0-0-0--0-4-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-4-0--0-0-0--0-4-0--0-0-0-0-|
e||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G||O---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||O-2--2-x-2--2-4-2--2-x-2--5-5-4-4-|---------------------------------|
A||--0--0-4-0--0-0-0--0-4-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-x-2--2-4-2--2-x-2--5-5-4-4-|
E||----------------------------------|-0--0-4-0--0-0-0--0-4-0--0-0-0-0-|
e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
D|-4--4-6-4--4-6-4-2--2-4-2--5-4-2-|---------------------------------o||
A|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4-2---2-------2~~-x--||
E|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-(0)h4-0---x--||
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ^ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ^
Key: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | = 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
for those who took band...
||o-o||: denotes repetition of section between double dots
||o-o|| (you can repeat as many times as you deem worthy, or not at all)
/: slide up to next note
b: bend up to next note
(*): let note ring
~~: hold note with vibrato
x: strike muted string