Here are some examples of blues intros and outros.

1. Play the following with a shuffle feel over the last two bars of a blues in Aor as an intro to an A blues.

A E A

e - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - |

B - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - |

G - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - |

D 7 7 - - - - - - | - 4 6 7 - - - - |

A - - 4 4 5 5 6 6 | 7 - - - - - - - |

E - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - |

2. Here's a typical B.B. King style intro to a slow blues in A.Slightly bend each of the notes on the 8th fret to get a bluesy feeland hold the last note giving it some slow vibrato.

A

e - - - - - - - - - - - 8 | 5 ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - - - - - |

B - - - - - - - - 5 8 5 - | - - - - - - - - - - - - |

G - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - |

D - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - |

A - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - |

E - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - |

3. This is a Buddy Holly style intro, e.g. to That'll Be The Day, in the key of A.It can also be played over the last two bars of a blues in A in a shuffle style.

A E

e - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - | - - - - - - - - - - - - |

B - - - 5 - 5 4 - 4 3 - 3 | 2 - 3 4 - 5 - - - - - - |

G - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - |

D - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - |

A - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - |

E - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - |

4. Play the following with a shuffle feel over the last two bars of a blues in Aor as an intro to an A blues.

A E

e - - 9 9 8 8 7 7 | 5 - 7 8 9 - - - |

B - - 8 8 7 7 6 6 | 5 - 6 7 8 - - - |

G - - 9 9 8 8 7 7 | 6 - 7 8 9 - - - |

D - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - |

A - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - |

E - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - |

5. This is a bit of twister because the top note is going up while the bottom is going down.You'll need to play finger-style to achieve this one - it's a turnaround in an E blues.

E B

e 0 0 - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - |

B - - 3 3 2 2 1 1 | 0 - - - - - - - |

G - - - - - - - - | - 2 3 4 - - - - |

D - - - - - - - - | - 2 3 4 - - - - |

A - - - - 0 0 1 1 | 2 - - - - - - - |

E 0 0 4 4 - - - - | - - - - - - - - |

BLUES INTROS AND OUTROS