Chez Jacquet — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Chez Jacquet by Django Reinhardt — key of D (manouche), form A A B 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.
Chez Jacquet chords — the grille
A : | D | D♭ | D♭ | D♭ | D/F# | D/F# | A7 | A7 | F#7 | F#7 | Bm | Bm | E7 | E7 | A7 | A7 | D | D | D | D | B7 | B7 | Em | Em | G | A♭° | D | B7 | E7 | A7 | D | D |
B : | E7 | E7 | A | A | E7 | E7 | A | A | F#7 | F#7 | Bm | Bm | A♭7 | A♭7 | C#m | C#m | E7 | E7 | A | A | E7 | E7 | A | A | E7 | E7 | A | A | E7 | E7 | A | A |
Chords used
D · D♭ · A7 · F#7 · Bm · E7 · B7 · Em · G · A♭° · A · A♭7 · C#m
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Chez Jacquet with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.