Nuages Tab

NUAGES by Django Reinhardt
 
        tablature by Jonathan Byrd
 
This is a simple chord-melody arrangement of one of Django's
best-known, and most beautiful compositions.
 
My notation is pretty standard, and shouldn't require much
explanation.  Above each tab chart I have listed the chord changes,
and the places where the downbeats fall.  Two chords have been marked
with the note "trem" to indicate that I like to tremolo pick those
chords.  Django's tremolo picking was so fast and dynamic that he
could create swelling crescendos much like a horn section.  The
picking technique is kind of like shaking out a match.  I sometimes
play this song fingerstyle, too.  Some of the chords are tough to
flatpick because of muted strings in the middle of fretted strings.
 
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.
 
 
                    Db9      Db7b9  Bbm6    C7b9    Fmaj7
    1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
 
e|--------------------------------------------------0-------------|
B|----------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------2---1---1-------------|
G|------4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2-------------|
D|------------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3-------------|
A|------------------4-----------2-----------3-------3-------------|
E|----------------------------------6-----------------------------|
 
 
                    Db9      Db7b9  Bbm6    C7b9    Fmaj7
    1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
 
e|--------------------------------------------------0-------------|
B|----------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------2---1---1-------------|
G|------4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2-------------|
D|------------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3-------------|
A|------------------4-----------2-----------3-------3-------------|
E|----------------------------------6-----------------------------|
 
 
                    A7 trem                 A7#5    Dm
    1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
 
e|----------5-------------------------------5---------------------|
B|------------8-6-5-8-----------------------6-8-6-5-6-------------|
G|------------------6-----------------------6-------7-------------|
D|------7-7---------5-------------------7-7-5-------7-------------|
A|------------------7-------------------------------5-------------|
E|------------------5-----------------------5---------------------|
 
 
    Dm7             G7      Gb7     G7          C7          Gm  Db9
    1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
 
e|----------5-----------------------------0-1-3---5-8-------------|
B|--6---------6-------------------------3-----------8-------3---4-|
G|--5---5-7-----7-5-4-------3-------4---------------9-------3---4-|
D|--7---------------3-------2-------3---------------8-------3---3-|
A|--5---------------2-------1-------2---------------10------5---4-|
E|------------------3-------2-------3---------------8-------------|
 
 
    C7              Db9      Db7b9  Bbm6    C7      Fmaj7
    1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
 
e|--------------------------------------------------0-------------|
B|--1-------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------1-------1-------------|
G|--3---4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2-------------|
D|--2---------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3-------------|
A|--3---------------4-----------2-----------3-------3-------------|
E|----------------------------------6-----------------------------|
 
 
                    Gb9      Gb7b9  Ebm6    F7b9    Bbmaj7
    1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
 
e|----------8-7-6-5-----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------9-----------8---11------7---6---6-------------|
G|------5-5---------9-----------9---11------8-------7-------------|
D|------------------8-----------8---10------7-------7-------------|
A|------------------9-----------9-----------8-------8-------------|
E|----------------------------------11--------------6-------------|
 
 
                     Bbm6 trem                        F
    1 2     3     4    1 2 3 4 1   2     3     4    1  2  3  4
 
e|----------13-11-9-11-13----------------13-11-9-11-13--------|
B|---------------------11---------------------------10--------|
G|----10-10------------12----------10-10------------10--------|
D|---------------------11---------------------------10--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
                    Db9      Db7b9  Bbm6    C7      F
    1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1
 
e|----------------------------------------------5---1--|
B|----------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------1-------1--|
G|------4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2--|
D|------------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3--|
A|------------------4-----------2-----------3-------3--|
E|----------------------------------6---------------1--|
 
 
[Coda]
 
            Bbm6   Fmaj7/A  F6
 
e|-------------------5------10--|
B|--------------6-8--5------10--|
G|---0-2-3--6-8------5------10--|
D|-3--------5--------7------10--|
A|-------------------8----------|
E|----------6--------5----------|
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