Blues Chord Treatments

Description: Learn secret licks with this printer friendly instructions for guitar playing blues chord treatments.

'E' shapes (All examples shown over A chords, but all treatments are moveable):

e----------------------||----------------5-||-5-----------------5-
B--5(5)--7--5------(5)-||------------------||-5-7b(8)r(7)p5-------
G--5h6---7--5h6p5h6p5--||------5h6p5h6p5---||---7b(8)r(7)p5-------
D----------------------||------------------||---------------7-----
A----------------------||------------------||---------------------
E----------------------||--5-5-------------||-----------------5---
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e----------------------||------------------||------5-------5------
B--5/8\5~~-------------||------------------||--4/5----------------
G--6/9\6~~-------------||--6--6-8--6-------||--------7P5----------
D----------------------||--7--7-7--7-------||------------7--------
A----------------------||------------------||---------------------
E----------------------||------------------||---------------------
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'A' shapes (All examples shown over E chords, but all treatments are movable):

e--------------------||--------------------||--7-(7)-co-7-(7)-----
B-----9~---9~---9~---||-----9~-------------||--8b(9)-co-8b(9)-----
G--------------------||-------9-8-7~-------||-----------------/9~-
D--/9~---9~---9~-----||--/9~---------------||-----------------/9~-
A--------------------||--------------------||---------------------
E--------------------||--------------------||---------------------
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e--7-(7)-------------||--------------------||-------7-------------
B--8b(9)-------------||-----8b(9)----------||-8b(9)---8b(9)~~~~~--
G--------9p7---7h9~--||---9------9----7h9~-||---------------------
D------------9-------||-----------x-9------||---------------------
A--------------------||-7------------------||---------------------
E--------------------||--------------------||---------------------
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