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A nice-sounding II V I.


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A / / / B7 / E7 / A / / /
F#------------------------------------7------------5-------------------------
Eb---------------------------------7L-----------5----------------------------
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------
B ------------------------------7-----------5--------------------------------
G#------------------------8~~7----------/5B----------5~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .



or like this (requires F#-G# on 1st string)
A / / / B7 / E7 / A / / /
F#------------------------------------7~~5~~~~~5RR---------------------------
Eb---------------------------------7L~~~~5~~~~~~-----------------------------
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------
B ------------------------------7~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~-----------------------------
G#------------------------8~~7~~~~~~~~~~~5B~~~~~-----5~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
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Ok, thread is started, fill it up with II V I's
Countless songs has this change in one way or another.

Bengt

Here's one I heard Buddy Emmons do (bless his heart).
F#7 B13 E

4/----|--------------------|-----
5/----|-------7A--------7A-|-----
6/----|-----7B--------7----|7B---
7/----|---7----------------|-----
8/--7^|7L----------7-------|-----
9/----|----------7---------|-----

Here's a I bIIdim IIm V turnaround.
A Bbdim Bm E A

4/---------------------|--------------------|
5/--5------5------5^6A^|5A------------------|
6/-------5------5------|---5B------------4^5|
7/---------------------|------5-------5-----|
8/----5------5R--------|--------5^4^5-------|

How 'bout a I VI IIm V I?

A F#7 Bm7 E A

4/----|-----10L----------------|
5/--9^|10-------12^11----------|
6/----|---------------11^10----|
7/----|---10----------------10^|
8/----|------------------------|
9/----|------------------------|

4/---8L--------------|----
5/--------10^9-------|----
6/-------------9^8---|----
7/-8---------------8^|7---
8/-------------------|----
9/-------------------|----

Enjoy,
Drew Howard



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Drew
Those halftones sound soooooo nice.
I came up with three different variations of the last one in just a few minutes.
Chances are I would never found them without a little help.
Hope everybody else get just as much/more inspiration/new Ideas from this thread.


Here is a kind of blues II V I with a turnaround.
(Keep E-F knee-lever engaged for the whole thing except last chord)


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B7b9 B7 B7b9 B7 E7 E6 E7 E6 A A Cdim Bm7 A
1-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------6--------6--------8--------8~~8LL~~~------8LL------7L-------6---------------
3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4---6C~6R~~--6C~6R~~--8C~8R~~--8C~8R~~~~~~~~~~---8R----8R-7R----7R-6R----6R~5~~~~~~---
5-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6---6B~~~~~--6B~~~~~--8~~~~~~--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8-----8--7-----7--6-----6~~5~~~~~~---
7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . .

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Bengt

Here goes another one.

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A B7 E7
1------------------------------------7--------------------------------------
2---------8--7~~7L----------------7L-------7L----7L~7LL------7LL---------5--
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4---7R~8R-------------------------------7--------------7--------------------
5------------------7--6~~5-----7--------------7-----------7--------7--6A----
6--------------------------/7-----------------------------------7B----6B-5B-
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

A E7
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4---5-----------------------------------------------------------------------
5------------5A~5~~~~~------------------------------------------------------
6---5--4~~5~~~~~5B~~~~------------------------------------------------------
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8------4R~5~~~~~5L~~~~------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
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Bengt