Swing 42 — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Swing 42 by Django Reinhardt — key of C (manouche feel), form A A2 B A3. 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.
Swing 42 chords — the grille
A : | C Am | Dm G7 | C Am | Dm G7 | Gm6 A7 | Dm G7 | C Am | Dm G7 |
A2 : | C Am | Dm G7 | C Am | Dm G7 | Gm6 A7 | Dm G7 | C Fm6 | C B7 |
B : | E C#m | F#m B7 | E C#m | F#m B7 | E C#m | F#m B7 | E A7 | Dm G7 |
A3 : | C Am | Dm G7 | C Am | Dm G7 | Gm6 A7 | Dm G7 | C Fm6 | C |
Chords used
C · Am · Dm · G7 · Gm6 · A7 · Fm6 · B7 · E · C#m · F#m
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Swing 42 with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.