Progression
The 12-bar blues in Eb major
12-bar blues in Eb major plays Eb7, Ab7 and Bb7 — I, IV and V — across 12 chords. The foundation of blues, rock and roll, and a huge share of popular music since the 1950s: three dominant seventh chords, one per scale degree, played in a fixed twelve-bar form.
The chords, in order
Bar 1Eb7I
Bar 2Ab7IV
Bar 3Eb7I
Bar 4Eb7I
Bar 5Ab7IV
Bar 6Ab7IV
Bar 7Eb7I
Bar 8Eb7I
Bar 9Bb7V
Bar 10Ab7IV
Bar 11Eb7I
Bar 12Bb7V