Progression
The Minor blues in E minor
Minor blues in E minor plays Em7, Am7 and B7 — i, iv and V — across 12 chords. The twelve-bar blues form in a minor key: minor seventh chords throughout, except a dominant seventh V that pulls harder back to the tonic.
The chords, in order
Bar 1Em7i
Bar 2Am7iv
Bar 3Em7i
Bar 4Em7i
Bar 5Am7iv
Bar 6Am7iv
Bar 7Em7i
Bar 8Em7i
Bar 9B7V
Bar 10Am7iv
Bar 11Em7i
Bar 12B7V