Tabs
NUAGES by Django Reinhardt
tablature by Jonathan Byrd
This is a simple chord-melody arrangement of one of Django's
best-known, and most beautiful compositions.
My notation is pretty standard, and shouldn't require much
explanation. Above each tab chart I have listed the chord changes,
and the places where the downbeats fall. Two chords have been marked
with the note "trem" to indicate that I like to tremolo pick those
chords. Django's tremolo picking was so fast and dynamic that he
could create swelling crescendos much like a horn section. The
picking technique is kind of like shaking out a match. I sometimes
play this song fingerstyle, too. Some of the chords are tough to
flatpick because of muted strings in the middle of fretted strings.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.
Db9Db9 
Db7b9Db7b9 
Bbm6Bbm6 
C7b9C7b9 
Fmaj7Fmaj7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------------------0-------------
B----------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------2---1---1-------------
G------4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2-------------
D------------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3-------------
A------------------4-----------2-----------3-------3-------------
E----------------------------------6-----------------------------
Db9Db9 Db7b9Db7b9 Bbm6Bbm6 C7b9C7b9 Fmaj7Fmaj7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------------------0-------------
B----------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------2---1---1-------------
G------4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2-------------
D------------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3-------------
A------------------4-----------2-----------3-------3-------------
E----------------------------------6-----------------------------
A7A7 trem A7#5 
DmDm
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------5-------------------------------5---------------------
B------------8-6-5-8-----------------------6-8-6-5-6-------------
G------------------6-----------------------6-------7-------------
D------7-7---------5-------------------7-7-5-------7-------------
A------------------7-------------------------------5-------------
E------------------5-----------------------5---------------------
Dm7Dm7 
G7G7 
Gb7Gb7 G7G7 
C7C7 
G minorGm Db9Db9
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------5-----------------------------0-1-3---5-8-------------
B--6---------6-------------------------3-----------8-------3---4-
G--5---5-7-----7-5-4-------3-------4---------------9-------3---4-
D--7---------------3-------2-------3---------------8-------3---3-
A--5---------------2-------1-------2---------------10------5---4-
E------------------3-------2-------3---------------8-------------
C7C7 Db9Db9 Db7b9Db7b9 Bbm6Bbm6 C7C7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------------------0-------------
B--1-------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------1-------1-------------
G--3---4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2-------------
D--2---------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3-------------
A--3---------------4-----------2-----------3-------3-------------
E----------------------------------6-----------------------------
Gb9Gb9 Gb7b9 
Ebm6Ebm6 
F7b9F7b9 
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------8-7-6-5-----------------------------------------------
B------------------9-----------8---11------7---6---6-------------
G------5-5---------9-----------9---11------8-------7-------------
D------------------8-----------8---10------7-------7-------------
A------------------9-----------9-----------8-------8-------------
E----------------------------------11--------------6-------------
Bbm6Bbm6 trem 
FF
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------13-11-9-11-13----------------13-11-9-11-13--------
B---------------------11---------------------------10--------
G----10-10------------12----------10-10------------10--------
D---------------------11---------------------------10--------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
Db9Db9 Db7b9Db7b9 Bbm6Bbm6 C7C7 FF
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
e----------------------------------------------5---1--
B----------8-7-6-5-4-----------3---6-------1-------1--
G------4-5---------4-----------4---6-------3-------2--
D------------------3-----------3---5-------2-------3--
A------------------4-----------2-----------3-------3--
E----------------------------------6---------------1--
[CODA]
Bbm6Bbm6 Fmaj7Fmaj7 
F6F6
e-------------------5------10--
B--------------6-8--6------10--
G---0-2-3--6-8------5------10--
D-3--------5--------7------10--
A-------------------8----------
E----------6--------5----------
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jonathan byrd
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