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12 bar blues: E Blues
Sorry but I made a mistake the top part of the tab is the bass and the bottom half is the trebble.
                  E
Bass      E 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0     0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0     0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0     0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
          A 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2     2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2     2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2     2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
          D - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -
          G - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -
          B - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -
Treb      E - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -
                  A                                       E
Bass      E - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - -      0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0     0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
          A 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0    0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0     2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2     2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2
          D 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2    2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -
          G - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -
          B - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -
Treb      E - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -
Bass      E - - B- - - - - -    - - - - A- - - -     0-0-0-E0-0-0-0-0    - - - - A- - - -
          A 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2    0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0     2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2    0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
          D 4-4-6-4-4-4-6-4    2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2     - - - - - - - -    2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2
          G - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - -
          B - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - -
Treb      E - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - -     - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - -

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12 Bar Blues

by Chuck Berry

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12 bar blues: E Blues

Sorry but I made a mistake the top part of the tab is the bass and the bottom half is the trebble.

Bass E 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

A 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|

D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Treb E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

A E

Bass E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

A 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2

D 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Treb E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

B A E A

Bass E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 - - - - - - - -

A 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

D 4-4-6-4-4-4-6-4 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2 - - - - - - - - 2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2

G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Treb E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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