-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key To The Highway - Blues Jamming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KTTH was written in 1941 by _Big Bill Broonzy_ and _Chas Segar_. The _key_ is A, so the _main chords_ are A/A7 - E/E7 - D/D7 It's an _8 bar Blues_. This format has a different chord progression than the 12 bar Blues. A common example in G: G7 - D7 - C7 - C7 G7 - D7 - G7 - D7 Or in general: I-V-IV-IV I-V-I-V The _main chord progression_ for this song is: _Intro:_ A - E7 - A - E7 A - E7 - D - D A - E - A (D/F#,Dm/F, A/E) - E7 A - E7 - D - D A - E - A (D/F#,Dm/F, A/E) - E7 A - E7 - D7 - A E7 - A (D/F#,Dm/F, A/E). _Vocals (8 bar blues):_ A - E7 - D7 - D7 A - E7 - A (D/F#,Dm/F, A/E) - A (E7) The descending _turnaround_ (D/F#,Dm/F, A/E) is played like: I--5---5---5---5---5---5---0---------0---0-I I-(8)-(8)-(7)-(7)-(6)-(6)--------------3---I I--------------------------------0h1-------I I--5---5---4---4---3---3---2---------------I I------------------------------------------I I-----------------------------0------------I (8): can also be played _Rhythm guitar_ A7 I-------------------I I-------------------I I-------------------I I--2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4--I I--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--I I-------------------I E7 I-------------------I I-------------------I I-------------------I I-------------------I I--2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4--I I--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--I D7 (also played as chords!) I-------------------I I-------------------I I--2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4--I I--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--I I-------------------I I-------------------I The _structure_ of the song is: Intro with solo I - vocal I - solo II - vocal II - solo III. _Intro_ The _intro solo_ contains the essential licks of the song, here is the tab: I-12--12--12--12------------------------------12-10----------------------------I I-12b-12b-12b-12b--------------------10-12-10-------12br-10----10h12p10----10--I I-------------------0tr1....--/11---------------------------11----------11-----I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I-----------------0------------------------------------------------------------I I----5-5-5-5-5-5-0--------0---0--------9---9-----9-------10---12---12-12-------I I-10------------------------3----------------8-----8---------------------------I I---------------------0h1----------7/9---9-----9-----9-9----9----9-------------I I----5-5-4-4-3-3-2-------------------------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I-------------------0----------------------------------------------------------I I------------12--10---------12--10---------12--10---------12--10---------------I I------10-----------12br-10--------12br-10--------12br-10--------12br-10-------I I--/11----11-------------------------------------------------------------11----I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I-----12-12-----12-12-----12-12------------------------------------------------I I-/14-------/14-------/14-----------10-10-12b-10-12-10h12p10----10-10----------I I-/14-------/14-------/14-------/11--------------------------11----------------I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I (snip) I--------17--19-19b-19br-17--19-17---------------------------------------------I I-/17-19----------------------------15b--15br13----13b-------------------------I I-----------------------------------------------14-----......------------------I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------------------------------------------I (...)