Nuages — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Nuages by Django Reinhardt — key of G (ballade feel), 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.
Nuages chords — the grille
A : | B♭m E♭ | Am7♭5 D7 | G | G | B♭m E♭ | Am7♭5 D7 | G | G | F#m7♭5 | B7 | Em | Em | A7 A♭7 | A7 | D7 D♭7 | D7 | B♭m E♭7 | Am7♭5 D7 | G | G | E♭m A♭7 | G7 | C | C | Cm | Cm | G | G | B♭m E♭ | Am7♭5 D7 | G | G |
Chords used
B♭m · E♭ · Am7♭5 · D7 · G · F#m7♭5 · B7 · Em · A7 · A♭7 · D♭7 · E♭7 · E♭m · G7 · C · Cm
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Nuages with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.