12 bar blues in E
E7A7B7
I7–IV7–V7 · E major · 12-bar blues
Play it in the builder →Bars
- 1E7
- 2E7
- 3E7
- 4E7
- 5A7
- 6A7
- 7E7
- 8E7
- 9B7
- 10A7
- 11E7
- 12B7
How it works
Four bars of I, two of IV, two of I, then V–IV–I–V. Every chord is a dominant 7th, which is why the minor pentatonic works over all of it. The last bar is the turnaround: V sends you back to the top.