Balajo — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Balajo by Jo Privat — key of G (musette), form A B A C A. Below is the full chord grid; on Haute Gitanerie you can play along with a scrolling chord ribbon, transpose to any key, set the tempo, and switch on a rhythm backing (la pompe) to practise your solos over the changes.
Balajo chords — the grille
A : | G | E♭9 | G | G | G/B | B♭° | D7 | E7 | Am | Am | D7 | D7 | Am | Cm6 | G/B | D7/A | G | E♭9 | G | G | E7 | E7 | Am | Am | Am | Cm6 | G | E7 | A7 | D7 | G | G |
B : | A7 | A7 | D | D | A7 | A7 | F° | D/F# | F#7 | F#7 | Bm | Em | D | A7 | D7 | D7 |
C : | C | C | C | C | C | C | G7 | G7 | E7 | E7 | Am | Am | D7 | D7 | G7 | G7 | C | C | C | C | A7 | A7 | Dm | Dm | Fm6 | Fm6 | C | A7 | D7 | G7 | C | C |
Chords used
G · E♭9 · B♭° · D7 · E7 · Am · Cm6 · A7 · D · F° · F#7 · Bm · Em · C · G7 · Dm · Fm6
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Balajo with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.