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Donna Lee – Charlie Parker
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Tabbed by: Attackofnose
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Tuning: EADGBE (standard)
230 Bpm, swing
This is just the head of the song, the rest is improvised.
Abmaj7 F7 Bb7
+ 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-3-(3)h4p3------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
B|------------6-5-|-4---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G|----------------|---6-5-3---------|---------------1-5-|-----------------|
D|----------------|---------7-----3-|-4h6p4-3-----3-----|-5-3~~~~~~---2-0-|
A|----------------|-----------3-6---|---------6-5-------|-----------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
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3 3
Bbmin7 Eb7 Abmaj7 Ebmin7 Ab7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------1---------|
B|-------------1-4-|-2-----1---------|-----------------|-----2---4-1-----|
G|-----------1-----|-----1---3-------|-------3-1-------|---3-------------|
D|-1-------3-------|---3-------2-1-4-|---1-5-------1-3-|-4---------------|
A|---0-1-4---------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Dbmaj7 Dbmin7 Abmaj7 F7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|---------2h0-----|-----------------|-------1-2h4h2-1---|
B|-4---------2-1---|-4-2---------4-2-|-1-1-2-3-4-2-1---|---1-4-----------4-|
G|---------------3-|-----------------|---------------3-|-2-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
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3
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Bb7 Bmin7 Eb7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0h2p0-----|
B|-3-1-------------|-----------------|-4p2-----1-------|-----2---------4-2-|
G|-----4-2-3-1-----|-----------------|-------1---3---1-|p0-3---3-----------|
D|---------------1-|-5-4-3-2---------|-----3-------3---|-------------------|
A|-------------3---|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
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3
Abmaj7 F7 Bb7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-------3-(3)h4p3------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
B|-1----------------6-5-|-4---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G|----------------------|---6-5-3---------|---------------1-5-|-----------------|
D|----------------------|---------7-----3-|-4h6p4-3-----3-----|-5-3~~~~~~---5-3-|
A|----------------------|-----------3-6---|---------6-5-------|-----------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
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3 3
Bbmin7 Gmin7(b5) C7(#9) Fmin7 C7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-2h4p2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------2-3-2-----|-------5-3-1h3p1-----|-----------------|---------------0-|
D|-2-3-5-------5-3-|-----------------5-2-|-3---------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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3 3
Fmin7 C7 Fmin7 Bdim
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------3-----|
B|-------2-3-2-3-4-|-5-4-5-4-3-2-----|-------------------|-------------6-5-|
G|-5-0-5-----------|-------------5-3-|-1h3p1---1-3-1-----|---------4-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-------5-3-|-----3-6---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-2-5-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
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3
Cmin7 F7 Bbmin7 Eb7 Abmaj7 Bbmin7 Eb7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---6-5-3-----1-5-|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------3-----|---5-3-1-4-------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Sweet. Now go back and improvise over the chords.
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| 3
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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