Donna Lee tab by Charlie Parker

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Advanced

Donna Lee - Charlie Parker

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|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
     |______|                         |____|
        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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
                                                                 |____|
                                                                    3

   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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
                                                                 |____|
                                                                    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|----------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
           |______|                         |____|
              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|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                     |____|    |____|
                        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|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
                                       |____|
                                          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.


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