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The Minor blues in B minor

Minor blues in B minor plays Bm7, Em7 and F#7 — i, iv and V — across 12 chords. The twelve-bar blues form in a minor key: minor seventh chords throughout, except a dominant seventh V that pulls harder back to the tonic.

The chords, in order

Bar 1Bm7i
Bar 2Em7iv
Bar 3Bm7i
Bar 4Bm7i
Bar 5Em7iv
Bar 6Em7iv
Bar 7Bm7i
Bar 8Bm7i
Bar 9F#7V
Bar 10Em7iv
Bar 11Bm7i
Bar 12F#7V

The shapes

iBm7
B minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 2, open, fret 2, open, fret 2. Frets are relative to the capo.
x20202ivEm7
E minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 2, open, open, open, open. Frets are relative to the capo.
020000VF#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.
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The same progression in a nearby key

Open Minor blues in B minor in the explorer →All seven chords in B minor →