Nuages

Music by:

Django Reinhardt

[Tabbed by: Jonathan Byrd]

 

This is fully tabbed in the December 2008 issue of Acoustic Guitar.

 

Tabber notes:  "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  F6

e-------------------5------10--|

B--------------6-8--6------10--|

G---0-2-3--6-8------5------10--|

D-3--------5--------7------10--|

A-------------------8----------|

E----------6--------5----------|

 

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jonathan byrd

jon@apollo.med.utah.edu