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12 Bar Blues Chord Progressions

|I |I |I |I |
|IV |IV |I |I |
|V |IV |I |V |
Use the chord chart above and the table below to figure
out the chords to a 12 bar blues in any key. For this
blues, we are going to use dominant seventh chords on I,
IV and V. C becomes C7, F becomes F7 etc. This is
standard for blues.

Key Chord I Chord IV Chord V


C major C7 F7 G7
Db major Db7 Gb7 Ab7
D major D7 G7 A7
Eb major Eb7 Ab7 Bb7
E major E7 A7 B7
F major F7 Bb7 C7
F# major F#7 B7 C#7
G major G7 C7 D7
Ab major Ab7 Db7 Eb7
A major A7 D7 E7
Bb major Bb7 Eb7 F7
B major B7 E7 F#7

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