Tabs
West Coast Blues
Wes Montgomery
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
This is one of my favorite jazz songs. This is only the melody (or, in jazz slang,
or "lead"), so it doesn't include any of the solos found on the record.
6/4 time (Do not repeat first bar)
Bb7Bb7 / / / / / 
Ab7Ab7 / / / / /
e|-------|-----------------------|------------------------|
BB|-------|-----------------------|------------------------|
G+G|-------|-6/7-6/7---------------|-4/5-4/5----------------|
D MajorD|---5-8-|---------8--6-8----3-6-|---------6--4-6-----5-8-|
A augmentedA|--8----|-----------8------6----|-----------6-------8----|
E MajorE|-------|-----------------------|------------------------|
Bb7Bb7 / / / / / 
Bm7Bm7 / / 
E7E7 / / 
Eb7Eb7 / / / / /
e|-----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
BB|-----------------|----7-------------------|------------------------|
G+G|-6/7-6/7---------|-7-9-9-7----------------|-5/6-5/6----------------|
D MajorD|---------8--6-8--|------------10/11-9~-9~-|---------8--6-8-----5-8-|
A augmentedA|-----------8-----|---------8/9------------|-----------8-------8----|
E MajorE|-----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Eb7Eb7 / / / / / Bb7Bb7 / / / / / Bb7Bb7 / / / / /
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
BB|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
G+G|-5/6-5/6----------------|-6/7-6/7----------------|-6/7-6/7---------7|
D MajorD|---------8--6-8-----5-8-|---------8--6-8-----5-8-|---------8--6-8---|
A augmentedA|-----------8-------8----|-----------8-------8----|-----------8------|
E MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
F7F7 / / / / / Eb7Eb7 / / / / / Bb7Bb7 / / / / /
e|-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
BB|-6-8-6-------------|--4-6-4-----------|------------------------|
G+G|------7/8------7---|-5-----5/6-----5--|-6/7-6/7----------------|
D MajorD|--------------8-10-|--------------6-8-|---------8--6-8-----5-8-|
A augmentedA|----------8-10-----|-----------6-8----|-----------8-------8----|
E MajorE|-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
/ / / F7#9#5/ /
e|------------99--99--9-9-|
BB|------------99--99--9-9-|
G+G|-7~~~~------88--88--8-8-|
D MajorD|------------77--77--7-7-|
A augmentedA|------------88--88--8-8-|
E MajorE|------------------------|
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Enjoy.
