Minor Swing Tab

by Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli

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Django Reinhart – Minor Swing
 
I will give Django Reinhart the credit for this song, even though this version is played
Johnny Depp in the movie “Chocolat”.
It’s quite hard to play this song. Listen to it many times to see how the rhythm goes,
it's near to impossible to make rhythm when writing the tab. Remember that there are two
playing this song at the same time in the real version, so when tabing it for only one
guitar, I had to do some editing.
 
 
[Intro]
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------5--5----3--6--/10-----------5--5----3--6--/10------------------|
G|-------5--5--7p5--4--7--/10--------5--5--7p5--4--7--/10------------------|
D|--5/7--5----------------------5/7--5-------------------------------------|
A|–-5/7-------------------------5/7----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------8-8-8--7-7-7--5-5--5------|
B|----------5--5----3--6--/10--------------------7-7-7--6-6-6--5-5--5------|
G|-------5--5--7p5--4--7--/10--------------------8-8-8--7-7-7--5-5--5------|
D|--5/7--5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5/7---------------------------0h3--2-0---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------1--0----------------------------|
 
 
[First Part]
 
e|--7p5p4h5--7/8-5/7--------------10-8p7-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------6-------------------10p9-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------5-5p4-5----------------7-7/5--4----/4—-7--7/10--9-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------/10-/10---8p7-5h7—-5h7p5----------------------|
B|---------------/10--12-13-----------------------------6p5-----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------5p4----/7------|
D|-–10p9--7-------------------------------------------------------7-------7-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------5-5-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------5-5--------------------5-5h6----------|
G|--4-5-5/7—5p4-------/4—4/2---------5-5------5-4-5-4-7-5-7-------7-5-5h7--|
D|---------------7p6-----------------------/7------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------5h6----------5h6----------6h8p6p5-6--|
G|--5p4------------------------4h5-4-5-----7-5-5h7------7-5-4h5---------7---|
D|------7p6------6h7-6-7-7--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Second Part]
 
e|---------------------------5-----------5--5--7--5---8—8/7--7------10-10--|
B|--5-5----------------------5---------------------------------------------|
G|---7---5h7p5p4-5p4---------5-----------2--2--4--2---5-5/4--4------7--7---|
D|--------------7---7/6/7--------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--/10-10-10---8-7/5-5--7-7/5--5------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------6--5--3-5-5-3------------------5-5-7-|
G|--/7--7--7----5-4/2-2--4-4/2--2--------------------5-5--4--5--4----------|
D|------------------------------------3--2--0-2-2-0------------------2-2-4-|
A|---------------------------------------------------3-3--2--3--2----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Solo]
 
Here starts the guitar “solo”. I cut this down a bit, because it’s not sounding too good
the whole part without the other instruments.
 
e|----4-4-4-5--5--4/5-5-5----0----------------0------------------0-0-5-----|
B|--7------------------------1----------------0------------------0-0-5-----|
G|----1-1-1-2--2--1/2-2-2----2----------------1------------------1-1-5-----|
D|--4------------------------2----------------2------------------2-2-------|
A|--------------------------------------------2------------------2-2-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-5-------0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1—-1-1-5-------1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-5-------2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2---------2-2-2-2-2-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-5----|
B|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-5----|
G|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-5----|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
 
 
[Main Theme]
 
And then back to the beginning:
 
e|--8-8-8--7-7-7--5-5--5------7p5p4h5--7-5p4h5--------------10-8p7---------|
B|--7-7-7--6-6-6--5-5--5------------------------6-------------------10p9---|
G|--8-8-8--7-7-7--5-5--5---------------------------5-5p4-5-----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------/10-/10---8p7-5----|h7—
B|------------------------------------------/10--12-13----------------------|
G|--7-7/5--4----/4—-7--7/10--9----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------10p9--7--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|—-5h7p5------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------6p5--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------5p4---/7---------4-5-5/7-—5p4--------------------------------|
D|----------------7-----------7-------------7p6----6h7-6-7-7---------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Last part]
 
e|------------------------------5--------5-5-----------7-------7-7---------|
B|--------5-------5-5---------6-6------6-6-6---------9-7-----9-7-7---------|
G|------5-5-----5-5-5-----5/7-7------7-7---------7/9-9-----9-9-------------|
D|--5/7-5----7--5---------5/7--------7-----------7/9-------9---------------|
A|--5/7------7-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-------------------------------------------------5--------5-5-----------7-|
B|---------------------------5-------5-5---------6-6------6-6-6---------9-7-|
G|-------------------------5-5-----5-5-5-----5/7-7------7-7---------7/9-9---|
D|---------------------5/7-5----7--5---------5/7--------7-----------7/9-----|
A|--0-3-2-0------------5/7------7-------------------------------------------|
E|----------1-0-1-2-3-------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------7-7---------------------------5------------------------------------|
B|----9-7-7---------------7-9-9-------5------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-------------9p8h9-------9-----5------------------------------------|
D|--9---------------------------------7------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------7------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
 
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I think the outro should be this: -----------------------5-- ------------7-8-9-10---5-- ---9-8-9-10------------5-- -----------------------7-- -----------------------7-- --------------------------

Good shot at getting it right, and certainly helpful for me to get started with the piece. Thanks! My main issue; no way are those fast strum chords following the 'guitar solo' A Minors. They are E7s, probably played as the B7 style shaping on the 5th fret - nice easy jump to your Am finish. i.e. something like E7 Am E -----------------------------------------... B --5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—-5-5-5-... G --7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-5-... D --6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-7-... A --7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-... E --5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-...

only django is playing the solo