NUAGES by Django Reinhardt

tablature by Jonathan Byrd

This is a simple chord-melody arrangement of one of Django's
best-known, and most beautiful compositions.

My notation is pretty standard, and shouldn't require much
explanation. Above each tab chart I have listed the chord changes,
and the places where the downbeats fall. Two chords have been marked
with the note "trem" to indicate that I like to tremolo pick those
chords. Django's tremolo picking was so fast and dynamic that he
could create swelling crescendos much like a horn section. The
picking technique is kind of like shaking out a match. I sometimes
play this song fingerstyle, too. Some of the chords are tough to
flatpick because of muted strings in the middle of fretted strings.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.


Db9 Db7b9 Bbm6 C7b9 Fmaj7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e--------------------------------------------------0-------------|
B----------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------2---1---1-------------|
G------4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2-------------|
D------------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3-------------|
A------------------4-----------2-----------3-------3-------------|
E----------------------------------6-----------------------------|


Db9 Db7b9 Bbm6 C7b9 Fmaj7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e--------------------------------------------------0-------------|
B----------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------2---1---1-------------|
G------4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2-------------|
D------------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3-------------|
A------------------4-----------2-----------3-------3-------------|
E----------------------------------6-----------------------------|


A7 trem A7#5 Dm
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e----------5-------------------------------5---------------------|
B------------8-6-5-8-----------------------6-8-6-5-6-------------|
G------------------6-----------------------6-------7-------------|
D------7-7---------5-------------------7-7-5-------7-------------|
A------------------7-------------------------------5-------------|
E------------------5-----------------------5---------------------|


Dm7 G7 Gb7 G7 C7 Gm Db9
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e----------5-----------------------------0-1-3---5-8-------------|
B--6---------6-------------------------3-----------8-------3---4-|
G--5---5-7-----7-5-4-------3-------4---------------9-------3---4-|
D--7---------------3-------2-------3---------------8-------3---3-|
A--5---------------2-------1-------2---------------10------5---4-|
E------------------3-------2-------3---------------8-------------|


C7 Db9 Db7b9 Bbm6 C7 Fmaj7

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e--------------------------------------------------0-------------|
B--1-------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------1-------1-------------|
G--3---4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2-------------|
D--2---------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3-------------|
A--3---------------4-----------2-----------3-------3-------------|
E----------------------------------6-----------------------------|

Gb9 Gb7b9 Ebm6 F7b9 Bbmaj7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e----------8-7-6-5-----------------------------------------------|
B------------------9-----------8---11------7---6---6-------------|
G------5-5---------9-----------9---11------8-------7-------------|
D------------------8-----------8---10------7-------7-------------|
A------------------9-----------9-----------8-------8-------------|
E----------------------------------11--------------6-------------|

Bbm6 trem F
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e----------13-11-9-11-13----------------13-11-9-11-13--------|
B---------------------11---------------------------10--------|
G----10-10------------12----------10-10------------10--------|
D---------------------11---------------------------10--------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|


Db9 Db7b9 Bbm6 C7 F
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

e----------------------------------------------5---1--|
B----------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------1-------1--|
G------4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2--|
D------------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3--|
A------------------4-----------2-----------3-------3--|
E----------------------------------6---------------1--|

[CODA]

Bbm6 Fmaj7 F6

e-------------------5------10--|
B--------------6-8--6------10--|
G---0-2-3--6-8------5------10--|
D-3--------5--------7------10--|
A-------------------8----------|
E----------6--------5----------|

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