• Song:

    Blue Jean Blues

  • Artist:

    ZZ Top

  • Album:

    Chrome, Smoke & BBQ (di...

Here is the rhythm guitar:

intro (play once)

-----------(b9)--------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
---------------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
-----7-8-(b9)--------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|
----------------3----|----------3----|----------3----|----------3----|
 


Progression (play 3 times)

|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-------------|
|----------3----|----------3----|----------3----|------------2--|

----7----------|-----7----------|---------------|---------------|
----8----------|-----8----------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
----(b9)---------|-----(b9)---------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
----(b9)---------|-----(b9)---------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
----7----------|-----7--------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-------------|
-0---------2-1-|-0----------3---|----------3----|------------3--|
 


---------------|----------------|
---------------|----------------|
---------------|-4--------------|
---------4-----|------0---------|
-------4-------|---------2----0-|
-2-------------|------------3---|
Ending:

-------------|                                     |------------|
-------------|                                     |-3----------|
-------------|<--play this bar four times and....  |-4----------| ....you're
-------------|                                     |-4----------|    done!
-2---------0-|                                     |-2----------|
---------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.
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