twelve bar blues

The 12-bar blues is one of the most popular chord progressions in popular music.It has a distinctive form in both lyrics and chord structure which has been used in songs in many forms of popular music. Most commonly, lyrics are in three lines, with the first two lines almost the same with slight differences in phrasing and interjections: I hate to see the evening sun go down,Yes, I hate to see that evening sun go down'Cause it makes me think I'm on my last go 'round W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues"
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