The Sheik of Araby — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
The Sheik of Araby by Ted Snyder, Harry B. Smith & Francis Wheeler — key of AS (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.
The Sheik of Araby chords — the grille
A : | B♭ | B♭ B° | Cm | F7 | Cm | F7 | B♭ | B♭ | B♭/D | D♭° | Cm | F7 | Cm | F7 | B♭ B° | Cm7 F7 | B♭ | B♭ B° | Cm | F7 | Cm | F7 E♭7 | D7 | D7 | G7 | G7 | C7 | C7 | F7 | F7 | B♭ B° | Cm7 F7 |
Chords used
B♭ · B° · Cm · F7 · D♭° · Cm7 · E♭7 · D7 · G7 · C7
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play The Sheik of Araby with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.