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The 12-bar blues (quick change) in F# major

12-bar blues (quick change) in F# major plays F#7, B7 and C#7 — I, IV and V — across 12 chords. The same twelve-bar blues form, ending back on the I chord for the last two bars instead of turning around on V — common when a band is vamping into a repeat.

The chords, in order

Bar 1F#7I
Bar 2B7IV
Bar 3F#7I
Bar 4F#7I
Bar 5B7IV
Bar 6B7IV
Bar 7F#7I
Bar 8F#7I
Bar 9C#7V
Bar 10B7IV
Bar 11F#7I
Bar 12F#7I

The shapes

IF#7
F# dominant seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2, fret 4, fret 2, fret 3, fret 2, open. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 2, strings 1 to 5.
242320IVB7
B dominant seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 2, fret 1, fret 2, open, fret 2. Frets are relative to the capo.
x21202VC#7
C# dominant seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 4, fret 3, fret 4, open, fret 4. Frets are relative to the capo.
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The same progression in a nearby key

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