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    The blues chord progression pattern is easy to remember from the biggest string of your Guitar (The E string).  The pattern of the chords for the rhythm form the letter "L" turned sideways 

   Just about every Blues song ever made uses the major chords of a Key for the rhythm part. Typically known from the Nashville Numbers I - IV - V 

Let's say that a Blues Tune is in the Key of "E" - That tune more than likely uses the E A and B Major chords. The pattern of the E A B on the Biggest string of your guitar make an "L shape" - this is the easiest way to remember the chord patterns for a blues progression  - Look at the Pattern Shown here:

The Note Names are Irrelevant to what is to be learned here - It is the Pattern created when you play the Notes E A and B -If you use the Same pattern starting from G - Then that is the G blues Chord progression:

Again - Don't Look at this as G C D - Look at the Pattern that is created when you play those three notes in that order - Usually a blues Song will start on the First Note of this pattern -

This pattern that you see above from the Biggest string is the pattern for the Major Chords of that Key - Whatever note you start on is the Key - and the other two notes are the Other 2 major chords for that Key:

EXAMPLE
The Major Chords for the "Key of G" are G Major - C Major - D Major
The Major Chords for the "Key of E" are E Major - A Major - B Major

Now the Mathematical Connection between the Major and Minor Chords

   The Minor chords and Major chords follow the same L shaped pattern - Lets look at the Key of G which uses GCD major and EAB minor

The Nashville Number System is used quite often referring to the I, IV, V (Major Chords) as the chord progression of a blues song. As you can see, the VI, II, III (Minor Chords) create the Same L shaped pattern - Below we have used the G Major scale to show that both the major and minor chords create the L shaped pattern:  

This lesson just refers to the Chord Progression of most blues songs - now go on to learn the actual blues pattern which is the Pentatonic scale with one note added (the note between IV and V)

   The blues pattern is the Pentatonic Scale with one note added - that is the "Blue Note" Lets look at three pentatonic scales that have been blued - The Blues pattern adds just one note to an existing 5 note pentatonic scale - as with the pentatonic scales, the blues scales scoots up and down the neck: The Pentatonic Scale Shapes are used for all twelve keys and each shape is used three times in each key...

   This same pattern is used for all 12 blues scales - you simply move it up and down the Neck for the Different Keys - You can print out the pentatonic scales and fill in the blue notes...