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Originally Posted by saneff
Guys I'm trying to follow chord progressions and learn to hear the I, IV, V etc in songs so I can pick it our by ear. So it was told 12 bar blues songs are one good way to start that.
Can anyone give me a few good 12 bar blues songs or know where I can go find them?
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sheesh, where to start?
Off the top of my head, here's a few:
Chuck Berry: Johnny B Goode, Bye Bye Johnny (& many others)
Canned Heat: Let's Work Together; Goin' Up The Country
Beatles: You Can't Do That (verse); Can't Buy Me Love (verse)
Elvis Presley: Hound Dog, Teddy Bear
SRV: Pride and Joy (& many others)
Bob Dylan: Buckets of Rain: Rainy Day Women
Rolling Stones: Route 66, Little Red Rooster (& many others)
B B King: The Thrill is Gone (& most other things he ever recorded)
There are many others I can think of where the 12-bar format has been tweaked a little. Eg the following two:
Bob Dylan: She Belongs to Me
Stealers Wheel: Stuck in the Middle (used in Reservoir Dogs)
- both these are still 12-bars, but use a different chord in bar 9 or 10 from the usual V or IV. Worth listening for the difference.
Other songs based on a 12-bar format (same 3 chords, same order), but extended in various ways - usually a lot more than 12 bars:
Chuck Berry: Oh Carol; You Can't Catch Me
Elvis Presley: That's All Right Mama; Milk Cow Blues; Mystery Train
Beatles: She's a Woman; Revolution; Yer Blues
Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man
You should still be able to hear the changes in these.
(BTW, I'm aware many of these are not the original versions - just the well-known ones.)