Date: Wed, 13 Nov 96 22:43:08 PST
From: Martin Hermans 

"Blue Jean Blues"
by ZZ TOP

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)

-----------9---------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
---------------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
-----7-8-9---------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-------------|
----9----------|-----9----------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
----9----------|-----9----------|-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.

I guess that should do it.

Martin



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-------|-----------------------------------|
                                                                    
-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-------------------------------------|--------10-------------------|
-----------9-7-9---7---9---7---------|-----------9b----------------|
---------9-------9---9---9---9-------|-----------------------------|
-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
                                                                  
------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
------------------|------------------|--------9b-----------------|
------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
                                                  
--------------------------------------------------|
--10----------------------------------------------|
-----9b9--7-9-7h9-7-9-7-9-7h9-7h9-7---------------|
------------------------------------9-7h9-7-------|
--------------------------------------------9h7-5-|
--------------------------------------------------|
                                                
-----------------------------|------------------|
-----------------------------|------------------|
-----------------------------|------------------|
-----------------------------|------------------|
--7b-7--5--------------------|------------------|
-----------------------------|------------------|
                                                                      
-------------------7-10-----------|------------------------------------|
----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
----9b------------------9b-9-7--9-|--7h9-7h9-7h9-7---------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------9-7-----------------|
----------------------------------|--------------------9---------------|
----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
                                                  
------------------|------------------------------|
------------------|------------------------------|
------------------|--------------------9b-9--7-9-|
------------------|------------------------------|
------------------|------------------------------|
------------------|------------------------------|
                                       
---------------------------------7-10b|
-------------------------------7------|
----7----------------------7-9b-------|
--9---9-9-------9--------9------------|
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
                                              
--7------------------------------------------|
----7-------------7-----------------10b------|
------9b9h7-9-9-----7------------------------|
----------------9-----9-9-7------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
                                                    
---------------7-----------------------------------|
-----------------10-7-10---------------------------|
-------------------------9b9-7-9-9---7-9-9-9-7---9-|
-----------------------------------9-----------9---|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
                                                
-----------------------------------------------|
----7------------------------------------------|
------7-------------------7-9-9b9h7-----9b-9h7-|
--9-----9-9~------7---7-9----------------------|
--------------------9--------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------|
                                                   
------7-10---7------------------------------------|
-----------9---7----------7-----------------------|
--9-7------------9b-7---9---7-------7---7-9---7-9-|
----------------------9-------9-9-9---9-----9-----|
--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------|
                                                                                
--------------------------12-12b--12----10----|--12b---------------------------|
--------------------------12---------12----12-|--------------------------------|
--9b9-7-9-7-9-9-7-----------------------------|-----------------------9-7-9-7--|
----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                              
---------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
--9b---7---9---7-----------------9-9-9-7-9-9-|
---------9---9---9-9-7-----------------------|
-----------------------9-7-5-----------------|
-----------------------------7---------------|
                                            
----------------------------------------7--|
------7---7-----------------7-------10-----|
--9-9---9---7---9---7-9-9-9----------------|
--------------9---9------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
                                                                     
--10--7--12b-----10-------------10-----|--12b-----------------------|
--------------------12~-------------12-|----------------------------|
---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
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----------------------------------------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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--------9--7-9----------2h4-2-----------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
----------------9~------------4h2-0-2/4-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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