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Blues Lessons Words & Music by K.

Smolin

Standard tuning

= 100
3

1. Blues in E
1st Blues
3 3
1

S-Gt

3 3
4 2 0 4 2 0
2 0 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3
3
4

0 3 3 5 3 3
5 5 5 5
0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0

3
7

0
3 0 0
4 2 0 2
2
2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10

0 0 0 0 0 2
0 0 3 2 1 0 0
2
0 0 0 0 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0

1/10
2. Blues in E
2nd Blues
3
3 3 3
3
14

0 3
3 3 3 3 5
2 4 2 4 4 2 0 2 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 3
3
3
17

3 3 0
3 3 5 3 5
2 4 4 2 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0

3
3 3 3
19

3 0
3 5 5 3 3 3
2 2 4 2 4
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0

3 3
3
3
21

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3
2 4 4 2 0
2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0

2/10
3 3
3 3
3
23

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 2
3 3 0
2 4 2 4 4 2 0
2
0 0 0 0 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0

3. Blues in E
3rd Blues
3 3
26

0 0 0 0
3 0 0 3 3 0
0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 3
3
29

0 0 0
3 0 0
0 1 0 1 0 1
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 3

31

full full full

0 3 0 3 3 0 0
2 1 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3/10
3 3
3
33

0 0 0
3 0 0
0 1 0 1 0 1
2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 3 3 3
35

2 2 0 0
0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2
2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0

3
3
37

0 0 0
3 0 3 3 0 0 0
0 1 2 2
2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0

4. Blues in E
4th Blues
3
40

0 0 0 0 0 0
0 3 0 0 0 3 0
0 2 0 1 0
2
0 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0

3
43

0 0 3 3
0 2 2
2 0 1
2
0 2 0 0 0 0
0 0 3

4/10
3

45

3 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 3 0
0
0 0 0
3 2 0 0 0 0

3
47

2 3
0 0 2
2 0 1 2 0
2
0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
0 0 3 3

50

0 0
3 3 2 2 1 1 0
3 2
0 1 2 3 2
0 4

5. Blues in A
5th blues

53

8 9 5 5
7 8 5 8 5 5 5 5
6 5 5 6
7 6 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

56

2 2 8 8 8
1 1 7 7 7
(5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 2 4

5/10
59

8 9 5 4 4
7 8 5 8 5 (5) 3 3
6 6 (6)
0 0 0 0 0 0
4 2 0 0 0 0

1.
3
3
62

3 3

8 8 8 5
7 7 7 8 5
5 6 8 7 5 6
0 0 0 0 7 0 1
0

2.
64

3 3 3

5 5 5
3 3 3
1 1 1
2 5 5 4 4 3 3
0
0 0 0 0

6. Blues in A
6th Blues
66

5 8 7 3
8 7 5
8 7
2 7 6 0 2
0 0 0 3

6/10
3 3
69

3 3
3 1 5 5 3 1
2 2
0 2 0 2 0 2
0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3

72

2 2 2 2 3
3 3 3 3 5
0 2 0 2
0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2
0 0 0 3

3
3
75

5
1 2 3
0 1
0 2
0 0 0 3 0 2
0 0 0 3

1.
3
77

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
3 3 1 1 0 0 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 2
2 2 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0

7/10
2.
3
80

3 3 3

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
2 3 4 0
2 0 1 1
5 4 3 2 2
0 2
0

7. Blues in G
7th Blues
83

0
0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
0 3 0 3 0
1 2 1 2 1 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

86

0 0
1 1 1 1
0 3
(0) 1 2
1 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 0
3 3 3

89

3 3 0 3 3 1 3
0 3 0 (0) 2
0 0 0 0
1 2 2 3
3 3 3 3 3

1.

92

0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0
1 4 4 3
0 0 0 0
3 3 1 0 2 3 4
3

8/10
8. Blues in C
2. 8th Blues
95

3 3 3 3 0
0 1 2 0 1 4 1
0 0 3 0 0 2 0
3 2 1 0 0
3 3 3 3
3 3

99

0 3 1
1 4 1 4 1 (1)
3 0 0
1
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 0
3

102

3 3 0
4 4 3 1 1 4 1 4 1 1
0 3 0
1
0 3 3 3 3
1 1 1 1 1 1 1

105

1 1
3 0 4 4 3 1
(1)
3 3 1 0
3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1

1.
108

1 5 5 4 4 3 3 1 4 3
5 4
5 4 3 2 4 3
3

9/10
2.
110

0
1 4 1 1 1 0
0 0 0
3 4 3 2 0
3 3

10/10

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