Donna Lee — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Donna Lee by Miles Davis — key of A♭ (swing), 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.
Donna Lee chords — the grille
A : | A♭ | F7 | B♭7 | B♭7 | B♭m7 | E♭7 | A♭ | A♭7 | D♭Δ | D♭m | A♭ | F7 | B♭7 | B♭7 | B♭m7 | E♭7 | A♭ | F7 | B♭7 | B♭7 | C7 | C7 | Fm | C7 | Fm | C7 | Fm | A♭° | A♭/C B° | B♭m E♭7 | A♭ | A♭ |
Chords used
A♭ · F7 · B♭7 · B♭m7 · E♭7 · A♭7 · D♭Δ · D♭m · C7 · Fm · A♭° · B° · B♭m
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Donna Lee with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.