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Cou-cou - Django Reinhardt
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Tabbed by:Maxwell
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Tuning:Standard EADGBe
This being Django Reinhardt, and thus incredibly technical and difficult to tab by ear,
just made up my own solo to it.
The solo I made is the same basic melody as the vocals in the song but you can augment
in anyway of course, that's in the spirit of jazz and Django anyway.
Throughout the song you can play the vocals on your guitar (unless you can sing in
of course). this is how I play it:
e|-3----0-----------------0--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3---1--3------3---1-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------2---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, les rosiers fleurissent
e|-5----0------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3---1--3-------3---1------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------2--------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, les rameaux verdissent
e|-8----5-----0--0-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------3---1--3---1-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, voici le printemps
e|-3----0-----------------0--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3---1--3------3---1-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------2---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, le beau soleil brille
e|-5----0------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3---1--3-------3---1------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------2--------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, et les yeux des filles
e|-8----5-----0--0-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------3---1--3---1-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, en font tout autant
e|------------------------------5------3--3---1--0---------------------------|
B|-1--3--3----5-----3---5--5--------5---------------3------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Que faites-vous, que faites-vous encore à sommeiller
e|------------------------------5------3--3---1--0---------------------------|
B|-1--3--3----5-----3---5--5--------5---------------3------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eveillez-vous, Eveillez-vous, le monde est transformé
e|-3----0-----------------0--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3---1--3------3---1-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------2---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, ouvrez moi bien vite
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/django_reinhardt/cou_cou_tab.html ]
e|-5----0------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3---1--3-------3---1------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------2--------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, mon coeur vous invite
e|-8----5-----0--0-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------3---1--3---1-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, il faut nous aimer
e|-3--0--3----5--0--5---8---5---0--0--3--1-3-1-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cadillac Cadillac Cou cou bonjour mon amour
e|-5-7-8--10--7---8--5-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cadilla dilla dilla
e|-3--0--3----5--0--5---8---5---0--0--3--1-3-1-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cadillac Cadillac Cou cou veut dire bonjour
e|------------------------------5------3--3---1--0---------------------------|
B|-1--3--3----5-----3---5--5--------5---------------3------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Que faites-vous, que faites-vous encore à sommeiller
e|------------------------------5------3--3---1--0---------------------------|
B|-1--3--3----5-----3---5--5--------5---------------3------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eveillez-vous, Eveillez-vous, le monde est transformé
e|-3----0-----------------0--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3---1--3------3---1-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------2---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, ouvrez moi bien vite
e|-5----0------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3---1--3-------3---1------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------2--------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, mon coeur vous invite
e|-8----5-----0--0-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------3---1--3---1-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cou cou, il faut nous aimer
Okay now that you know the basic melody of the song you are free to embellish to your
content and Django it up.
This song is in the scale of C major.
C major scale:
e|--E--|--F--|-----|--G--|-----|--A--|-----|--B--|--C--|-----|--D--|
B|--B--|--C--|-----|--D--|-----|--E--|--F--|-----|--G--|-----|--A--|
G|--G--|-----|--A--|-----|--B--|--C--|-----|--D--|-----|--E--|--F--|
D|--D--|-----|--E--|--F--|-----|--G--|-----|--A--|-----|--B--|--C--|
A|--A--|-----|--B--|--C--|-----|--D--|-----|--E--|--F--|-----|--G--|
E|--E--|--F--|-----|--G--|-----|--A--|-----|--B--|--C--|-----|--D--|
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Okay I made a model to show you the C major scale. By the way what appears to be the
fret is actually the nut as you can see by the zero.
