Blue Jean Blues

ZZ Top

Tom: E

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.