The Japanese Sandman — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
The Japanese Sandman by Richard A. Whiting & Raymond B. Egan — 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.
The Japanese Sandman chords — the grille
A : | F | F | D7 | D7 | Gm | C7 | F | C7 | F | F | A | A | E7 | E7 | A F#° | Gm C7 | F | F7 | B♭ | B♭ | B♭m | B♭m | C7 | C7 | F | F | F° | F° | F Dm | Gm C7 | F | F |
Chords used
F · D7 · Gm · C7 · A · E7 · F#° · F7 · B♭ · B♭m · F° · Dm
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play The Japanese Sandman with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.