China Boy — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
China Boy by Phil Boutelje & Dick Winfree — key of F (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.
China Boy chords — the grille
A : | F | F | F | F | F | F | D7 | D7 | G7 | G7 | G7 | G7 | B♭m | Gm7♭5 C7 | F | E♭7 | A♭ | E♭7 | A♭ | E♭7 | A♭ | E♭7 | A♭ | C7 | F | F | F° | F° | F | C7 | F | F |
Chords used
F · D7 · G7 · B♭m · Gm7♭5 · C7 · E♭7 · A♭ · F°
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play China Boy with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.