Blue Jean Blues - ZZ Top
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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Zz Top - Blue Jean Blues
Submitted By: s g/f
EMail: b3a16@unb.ca


OK, here we have a ten-bar blues in Bminor. The song is written for
two guitars. (play it very slowly, the song takes almost
four minutes to get through about 40 bars of music).

Here is the rhythm guitar:


[Intro]

(play once)

e|-----------9---------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
G|---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
D|---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
A|-----7-8-9---------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|
E|----------------3----|----------3----|----------3----|----------3----|


[Progression]

(play 3 times)

e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
G|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
D|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
A|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-------------|
E|----------3----|----------3----|----------3----|------------2--|

e|----7----------|-----7----------|---------------|---------------|
B|----8----------|-----8----------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
G|----9----------|-----9----------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
D|----9----------|-----9----------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
A|----7----------|-----7--------0-|-2-----------0-|-2-------------|
E|-0---------2-1-|-0----------3---|----------3----|------------3--|

e|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|-4--------------|
D|---------4-----|------0---------|
A|-------4-------|---------2----0-|
E|-2-------------|------------3---|


[Ending]

e|-------------| |------------|
B|-------------| |-3----------|
G|-------------|<--play this bar four times and.... |-4----------| ....you're
D|-------------| |-4----------| done!
A|-2---------0-| |-2----------|
E|---------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.

I guess that should do it.
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Blue Jean Blues - ZZ Top

Lead Guitar

e||-----------9~---------------------|-----------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|--------0----0---------------------|
G||----------------------------------|--------2h-4-2---------------------|
D||----------------------------------|---------------4/2-0-2-------------|
A||--7--8--9----------------------0--|-----------------------0/2---------|
E||--------------------------3-------|-----------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------10-------------------|
G|-----------9-7-9---7---9---7---------|-----------9b----------------|
D|---------9-------9---9---9---9-------|-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

e|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|--------9b-----------------|
D|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--10----------------------------------------------|
G|-----9b9--7-9-7h9-7-9-7-9-7h9-7h9-7---------------|
D|------------------------------------9-7h9-7-------|
A|--------------------------------------------9h7-5-|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------|------------------|
B|-----------------------------|------------------|
G|-----------------------------|------------------|
D|-----------------------------|------------------|
A|--7b-7--5--------------------|------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------|

e|-------------------7-10-----------|------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|----9b------------------9b-9-7--9-|--7h9-7h9-7h9-7---------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------9-7-----------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------------9---------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------|------------------------------|
G|------------------|--------------------9b-9--7-9-|
D|------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------|------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------7-10b|
B|-------------------------------7------|
G|----7----------------------7-9b-------|
D|--9---9-9-------9--------9------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

e|--7------------------------------------------|
B|----7-------------7-----------------10b------|
G|------9b9h7-9-9-----7------------------------|
D|----------------9-----9-9-7------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

e|---------------7-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------10-7-10---------------------------|
G|-------------------------9b9-7-9-9---7-9-9-9-7---9-|
D|-----------------------------------9-----------9---|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----7------------------------------------------|
G|------7-------------------7-9-9b9h7-----9b-9h7-|
D|--9-----9-9~------7---7-9----------------------|
A|--------------------9--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|------7-10---7------------------------------------|
B|-----------9---7----------7-----------------------|
G|--9-7------------9b-7---9---7-------7---7-9---7-9-|
D|----------------------9-------9-9-9---9-----9-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------12-12b--12----10----|--12b---------------------------|
B|--------------------------12---------12----12-|--------------------------------|
G|--9b9-7-9-7-9-9-7-----------------------------|-----------------------9-7-9-7--|
D|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--9b---7---9---7-----------------9-9-9-7-9-9-|
D|---------9---9---9-9-7-----------------------|
A|-----------------------9-7-5-----------------|
E|-----------------------------7---------------|

e|----------------------------------------7--|
B|------7---7-----------------7-------10-----|
G|--9-9---9---7---9---7-9-9-9----------------|
D|--------------9---9------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|--10--7--12b-----10-------------10-----|--12b-----------------------|
B|--------------------12~-------------12-|----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--------9--7-9----------2h4-2-----------|
D|----------------9~------------4h2-0-2/4-|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


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| h Hammer-on
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| ~ Vibrato

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Blue Jean Blues
ZZ Top
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