Cherokee — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Cherokee by Ray Noble — key of B♭ (swing), form A A' B 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.
Cherokee chords — the grille
A : | B♭ | B♭ | B♭7 | B♭7 | E♭ | E♭ | A♭7 | A♭7 | B♭ | B♭ | C7 | C7 | Cm | G7 | Cm | F7 |
A' : | B♭ | B♭ | B♭7 | B♭7 | E♭ | E♭ | A♭7 | A♭7 | B♭ | B♭ | C7 | C7 | Cm | F7 | B♭ | B♭ |
B : | C#m | F#7 | B | B | Bm | E7 | A | A | Am | D7 | G | G | Gm | C7 | Cm | F7 |
Chords used
B♭ · B♭7 · E♭ · A♭7 · C7 · Cm · G7 · F7 · C#m · F#7 · B · Bm · E7 · A · Am · D7 · G · Gm
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Cherokee with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.