Haute Gitanerie

Blue Drag — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)

Blue Drag by Josef Myrow — key of D (manouche), form 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.

Blue Drag chords — the grille

A : | Dm Dm/C | Dm/B B♭7 | Dm/B B♭7 | Dm/B B♭7 | Dm | Em7♭5 | B♭7 A7 | Dm A7 | Dm Dm/C | Dm/B B♭7 | Dm/B B♭7 | Dm/B B♭7 | Dm | Em7♭5 | B♭7 A7 | Dm | Gm | Gm | Dm | Dm | Gm | Gm | Dm | B♭7 A7 | Dm Dm/C | Dm/B B♭7 | Dm/B B♭7 | Dm/B B♭7 | Dm | Em7♭5 | B♭7 A7 | Dm |

Chords used

Dm · B♭7 · Em7♭5 · A7 · Gm

Play along

Open the interactive grille to play Blue Drag with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.

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