Progression
The 12-bar blues in F major
12-bar blues in F major plays F7, Bb7 and C7 — 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 1F7I
Bar 2Bb7IV
Bar 3F7I
Bar 4F7I
Bar 5Bb7IV
Bar 6Bb7IV
Bar 7F7I
Bar 8F7I
Bar 9C7V
Bar 10Bb7IV
Bar 11F7I
Bar 12C7V