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This cool 12 bar minor blues is using 4 chords to create the harmonic
structure.

The tonal center is the Bm7 chord and we’ll refer to this chord as I
minor. We can also refer to the key of this blues as a 12 bar blues in B
minor.

In our 8 bar blues we are using A7 as our I chord, D7 as our IV chord

(D is IV of A), E7 as V7 (E is V of A)

Minor blues forms are pretty typical to the structure of this one and it
would be well worth knowing the form for any situations where you
may have to play them in any key.

Let’s break the progression down into scale numbers so that you can
transpose the form whenever needed.

Bm7 – i minor
Em7 – iv minor
Gmaj7 – bVI major
F#7 – V7 Dominant

All four chords are derived from the B harmonic minor scale. The A#
note in the F#7 gives us the major 7th within a minor scale, therefore
making it the harmonic minor scale.

You could also analyse the progression as being derived from the B
natural minor scale/D major scale with the F#7 chord acting as a
secondary dominant chord...V7/i minor or V7 of VI (in D major).

/ Bm7 / B11 / Bm7 / B11 / Em7 / Em7 / Bm7 /

B11 / Gmaj7 / F#7 / Bm7 / F#7 /