Donna Lee tab by Charlie Parker

Tabs

Difficulty: Advanced

Donna Lee - Charlie Parker

230 Bpm, swing

This is just the head of the song, the rest is improvised.

  Abmaj7Abmaj7      F7F7        Bb7Bb7
  + 3  +  4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-3-(3)h4p3------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
BB|------------6-5-|-4---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G+G|----------------|---6-5-3---------|---------------1-5-|-----------------|
D MajorD|----------------|---------7-----3-|-4h6p4-3-----3-----|-5-3~~~~~~---2-0-|
A augmentedA|----------------|-----------3-6---|---------6-5-------|-----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
   |______|             |____|
    3                3

  Bbmin7      Eb7Eb7        Abmaj7Abmaj7      Ebmin7 Ab7Ab7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------1---------|
BB|-------------1-4-|-2-----1---------|-----------------|-----2---4-1-----|
G+G|-----------1-----|-----1---3-------|-------3-1-------|---3-------------|
D MajorD|-1-------3-------|---3-------2-1-4-|---1-5-------1-3-|-4---------------|
A augmentedA|---0-1-4---------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  Dbmaj7Dbmaj7      Dbmin7      Abmaj7Abmaj7      F7F7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|---------2h0-----|-----------------|-------1-2h4h2-1---|
BB|-4---------2-1---|-4-2---------4-2-|-1-1-2-3-4-2-1---|---1-4-----------4-|
G+G|---------------3-|-----------------|---------------3-|-2-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
                                 |____|
                                  3

  Bb7Bb7                 Bmin7       Eb7Eb7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0h2p0-----|
BB|-3-1-------------|-----------------|-4p2-----1-------|-----2---------4-2-|
G+G|-----4-2-3-1-----|-----------------|-------1---3---1-|p0-3---3-----------|
D MajorD|---------------1-|-5-4-3-2---------|-----3-------3---|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------3---|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
                                 |____|
                                  3

  Abmaj7Abmaj7         F7F7        Bb7Bb7
  1 + 2 + 3  +  4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-------3-(3)h4p3------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
BB|-1----------------6-5-|-4---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G+G|----------------------|---6-5-3---------|---------------1-5-|-----------------|
D MajorD|----------------------|---------7-----3-|-4h6p4-3-----3-----|-5-3~~~~~~---5-3-|
A augmentedA|----------------------|-----------3-6---|---------6-5-------|-----------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
      |______|             |____|
       3                3


  Bbmin7      Gmin7(b5) C7(#9)   Fmin7       C7C7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|-2h4p2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G+G|-------2-3-2-----|-------5-3-1h3p1-----|-----------------|---------------0-|
D MajorD|-2-3-5-------5-3-|-----------------5-2-|-3---------------|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
           |____|  |____|
            3     3

  Fmin7      C7C7         Fmin7        BdimBdim
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------3-----|
BB|-------2-3-2-3-4-|-5-4-5-4-3-2-----|-------------------|-------------6-5-|
G+G|-5-0-5-----------|-------------5-3-|-1h3p1---1-3-1-----|---------4-------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-------5-3-|-----3-6---------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-2-5-------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
                    |____|
                     3


  Cmin7  F7F7    Bbmin7 Eb7Eb7    Abmaj7Abmaj7      Bbmin7 Eb7Eb7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G+G|---6-5-3-----1-5-|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------3-----|---5-3-1-4-------|-----------------|-----------------|
A augmentedA|---------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Sweet. Now go back and improvise over the chords.


| |___| triplet
|  3
|
| / slide up
|  slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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