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“Blue On Black” by Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Difficulty: Acoustic: Easy Intermediate

Note: The electric guitars are tuned to Drop D. (D, A, D, G, B, E), but the acoustic is standard tuning.

Intro

This part is ALL acoustic:

Verse

Chorus

Here is the beginning part of the Chorus:

Here is where it changes (included is
the end of the measure above):

Here is the same chorus theme with the
added lead fill:

Verse

The verse theme is just like the beginning
with the added Guitar 2.

Nothing REALLY changes until line 23
on the PTB score, which is:

Here is the lead part:

Guitar Solo

Here is the full solo:

Here is a backing track for practice: