Clouds — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Clouds by Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn — key of E♭ (manouche), form A Pont. 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.
Clouds chords — the grille
A : | E♭ E° | Fm F#° | E♭/G D♭7 | C7 C7/G | F7 | B♭7 | E♭ G♭° | Fm B♭7 | E♭ E° | Fm F#° | E♭/G D♭7 | C7 C7/G | F7 | B♭7 | E♭ A♭ | E♭ D7 | G D7 | G D7 | G D7 | G F7 | B♭ F7 | B♭ F7 | Fm | B♭7 | E♭ E° | Fm F#° | E♭/G D♭7 | C7 C7/G | F7 | B♭7 | E♭ A♭ | E♭ |
Pont : | G | D7 | G | G F7 | B♭ | F7 | B♭ | B♭7 |
Chords used
E♭ · E° · Fm · F#° · D♭7 · C7 · F7 · B♭7 · A♭ · D7 · G · B♭
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Clouds with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.