D Natural Blues (in Bb)

Emily Remler (from the DVD ‘Bebop & Swing Guitar’)

Bb7(13) Eb9 E9 Eb9

E|---------------------6\--------------------6\-----11\9--------------------------
B|-----11—11-11-----9--8\--------------------6\--11-------11\9----------------7\6-
G|-10-----------10-----7\----/8--8--8-----6—-6\------8\6-------10\8--/6-------7\6-
D|------8--8--8-----6--6\--8-----------8-----5\---8--------8\6-----------8\6—-6\5-
A|--8------------------------/6--6--6-----4---------------------8\6--/4-------7\6-
E|-------------------------6---------------------------------------------6\4------

AbMaj9 Bbdim Bb9 F11/C F7

E|------------------6-6--6-6--6---------------------------------------------------
B|------------------4-4--5-5--3----8-------------------6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6--6-----
G|-----6-8-/9---6~--5-5--6-6--5----8-6h7-----------5-4-------8-------8------8-----
D|-7/8--------8-----5-5--5-5--6--8-------8---------4-3-------8-------8------7-----
A|-----------------------------------------8-6-5----------------------------8-----
E|-----------------------------------------------4---3-------8-------8------------

Bb7(13) G7#9 C7(b13) F7#9

E|----------------------------------------------
B|--8p6-5---------------------11-----9-----9----
G|--------8---6-h7----7-------10-----9-----8----
D|----------8---------6--------9-----8-----7----
A|-----------------------9-10----------9-8------
E|------------------6------------9-8---------7—

Bb7(13) Eb9
E|---------------------6\--------------------6\-----11\9------------------------
B|-----11—11-11-----9--8\--------------------6\--11-------11\9----------9/11\9--
G|-10-----------10-----7\----/8--8--8-----6—-6\------8\6-------10\8—-/6---------
D|------8--8--8-----6--6\--8-----------8-----5\---8--------8\6----------6/-8\6--
A|--8------------------------/6--6--6-----4---------------------8\6—-/4---------
E|-------------------------6----------------------------------------------------

AbMaj9 Bbdim Bb9 Ab7 G7 F11/C F7

E|----------------------6-6--6-6--6-----------------------------------------------
B|-7\6------------------4-4--5-5--3----8-------------------6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6--6-
G|-7\6------6-8-/9---6~-5-5--6-6--5----8-6h7-----------5-4-------8-------8------8-
D|-6\5--7/8--------8----5-5--5-5--6--8-------8---------4-3-------8-------8------7-
A|-7\6-----------------------------------------8-6-5----------------------------8-
E|---------------------------------------------------4---3-------8-------8--------

Gb9/C#
Bb7(13) G7#9 C7(b13) F7#9 Bb7 Eb9 Ab7(13) Bb7(13) Gm9
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--8p6-5---------------------11-----9-----9------------6-----6-----6-----8---9-10
G|--------8---6 h7----7-------10-----9-----8------7-----7-----6-----5-----7---9-10
D|----------8---------6--------9-----8-----7------6---8-------5-----4-----6---8--8
A|-----------------------9-10----------9-8----------8-----7-6---------------------
E|------------------6------------9-8---------7--6---------------6-4---5-6---8-9-10

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 F9 Bb7(13) Eb9 Ab7(13) Ebm9 Ab7(13) Bb7(13) A7(b13) Ab7(13) G7(b13) Cm7 F7#9
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----8-----8-----6-----6-----6-----6-----8-----6-----6-----4-----8---------9---
G|----8-----7-----6-----5-----6-----5-----7-----6-----5-----4-----8---------8---
D|----6-----6-----5-----4-----4-----4-----6-----5-----4-----3-----8---------7---
A|--8---------7-6---------5-6---------------------------------------5-6-7-8-----
E|------8-6---------6-4---------6-4---5-6---6-5---5-4---4-3---7-8-------------8—

Bb7(13) G7(13) C7b13 F7#9 Bb7(13)

E|---------------------------------------
B|---9-----8-------11-----9-----9----8---
G|---8-----7-------10-----9-----8----7---
D|---7-----6--------9-----8-----7----6---
A|-8----------9-10----------9-8----------
E|-----7—6------------9-8---------7--6---

Eb9 Bb7 Eb9 Bbdim

E|-------6-6-6-6----------------------------------------------------------------6-
B|--6/8--------6------------------8-----------------------------6---------------5-
G|-------------6-----6-8-----7----8-6h7-------5-----------------6-----6-8-9-----6-
D|-------------5—6/8-----8-8-6--8-------8---6---5h6p5-----------5—6/8-------8-8-5-
A|-------------6--------------------------8-----------8-6-5-4---6-----------------
E|---------------------------6--------------------------------6-------------------

Eb9 AbMaj9 Bbdim

E|----------------6----------------6----------------6-----------------------------
B|----------------6----------------4----------------5-----------------------------
G|------6-8-9-----6------6-8-9-----5------6-8-9-----6------6-8-9-8h9p8-6----------
D|-—6/8-------8-8-5--6/8-------8-8-5--6/8-------8-8-5--6/8---------------8—-6h7p6-
A|----------------6--------------------------------------------------------8------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E|-------------------------------------------------8-6h8p6------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------6---------9-8-6-------6----------
G|------------------------------7-6---------7--7-----------------8-7-6---5---8-6-7
D|-—--7---8---6---5---------5-8-----8-------6------------------------------8------
A|--8---8---8---8---5-8-7-6-----------8-6-5---------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------6-------------------------------------

E|--------------------------7---7-------------------------------------------------
B|--------------6---6-9-6-9---7---7-----6-6---------------------------------------
G|--------6---6---6-----------------7-------6-------------------------------------
D|-—8---8---8-------------------------9-------8-6-5-------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------6---4h5p4---4h5p4---5---5-6---
E|----------------------------------------------------6-------6-------6---6-------

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------6-----6-----6-----6—/9--8-7--6---6---6----
G|----------------------------------6/7---6/7---6/7---6/7---/10-9-8—-6h7-6h7-6h7--
D|-—--------------5-6-5h6p5-----5-8----------------------------------6---6---6----
A|--7/8-5-----5-8-----------8-7---------------------------------------------------
E|--------8-7---------------------------------------------------------------------

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 Fm11 Bb7(13) Eb9 Bbdim Bb9
E|-----------------------------------------6-6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6----
B|--9----9----9----8---8---8---7---7---7---8-8-8-8--8-8--6-6--5-5--3----
G|--9h10-9h10-9h10-8h9-8h9-8h9 7h8-7h8 7h8-8-8-8-8--7-7--6-6--6-6--5----
D|-—9----9----9----8---8---8---7---7---7---6-6-6-6--6-6--5-5--5-5--6----
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------

Eb9 Eb9 AbMaj9 Bbdim Bb9

E|----------11-9----------------7-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6--
B|-----9-11------11----9-10-11--7-6--6-6-6-6-6--4-4--5-5--3--
G|--10-------8-6----10----------7-6--6-6-6-6-6--5-5--6-6--5--
D|-—---6--8-------8----6--7--8--6-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--6--
A|---8---------------8----------7-6--6-6-6-6-6---------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------

AbMaj9 Bbdim Bb9

E|--11-s-9-----------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6--
B|---------11-s-9----------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4--5-5--3--
G|---8---6---------10-s-8--6-7s8s9s10----7---5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--6-6--5--
D|-—--------8-s-6---------------------8------5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--6--
A|------------------8-s-6--4—5s6s7s8-----5-----------------------------
E|------------------------------------6--------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----8------------------------------------------------------------------
G|----8-6h7-------7------------------------------------------------------
D|-—8-------8---6---8-8-6---6-8----6-7-8-9-10---6-7-8-9-10---6-7-8-9-10--
A|------------8-----------8------8------------8------------8-------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-8-6-8--6---6--------------------------------------------------------------
D|-—--------8----8-6-8--6---6------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------8----8-6-8--6-4-6--4---6----6---6-4---6--4---4-6---
E|---------------------------------------------6----6---6-----6------6-------

E|--------------------------------6-------------------------------
B|----------------------6-9-6-7s8---8-7p6-------6-----------------
G|--------------5-8-6-8-------------------8-6-8---6s5-------------
D|-—----5-8-6-8---------------------------------------8-6-5-8-5---
A|--6-8-----------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------8-9-11-12--11-9p8----------------------
G|--6s7-8-9-10--7-8p7----------7-10-------------------10-8-----------------
D|-—------------------10-7-8-9-----------------------------9-8-------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------11-10-8-----
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------11--

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E|-----------------------10h11h12s13-10h11h12s13-10h11h12s13-10h11h12s13---
B|------------------8-11---------------------------------------------------
G|--7h8p7----7-8-10--------------------------------------------------------
D|-—------10---------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Eb9
E|--9h10h11s12-9h10h11s12--8-----------------------------------6----6-6-6--------
B|---------------------------9-8----8-9-8---8----------7-6-----------------6-6-6-
G|-------------------------------10-------8---8------------8-7-------------6-6-6-
D|-—--------------------------------------------10-8-7---------------------5-5-5-
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------6-6-6-
E|----------------------------------------------------------------6--------------

Bb7 Bbdim Eb9 Bbdim Dbdim Bb7(13) A13b9 Gb13 G13#9

E|--6-6-6---------6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--------6-6-6--6-6--9--9--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-
B|-----------------------5-5-5---------6-6-6--------5-5--8--8--8-8--7-7--6-6--5-5-
G|---------7-7-7---------6-6-6---------6-6-6--------6-6--9--9--7-7--6-6--5-5--4-4-
D|-—-------6-6-6---------5-5-5---------5-5-5--------5-5--8--8--6-6--5-5--4-4--3-3-
A|-------------------------------------6-6-6--------------------------------------
E|---------6-6-6------------------------------------------------------------------

C13b9 F7#9b13 B7(13) G7#9 C7(b13) F7#9

E|--9-----9--------9------6-------------------------
B|-10----10--------9------8------11-----9-----9-----
G|--9-----9------8------7--------10-----9-----8-----
D|-—8-----8----7------6-----------9-----8-----7-----
A|-----------8--------------9-10----------9-8-------
E|----8-8---------------------------9-8---------7—--

Bb7(13) Eb9 E9 Eb9

E|---------------------6\--------------------6\-----11\9--------------------------
B|-----11—11-11-----9--8\--------------------6\--11-------11\9----------------7\6-
G|-10-----------10-----7\----/8--8--8-----6—-6\------8\6-------10\8--/6-------7\6-
D|------8--8--8-----6--6\--8-----------8-----5\---8--------8\6-----------8\6—-6\5-
A|--8------------------------/6--6--6-----4---------------------8\6--/4-------7\6-
E|-------------------------6---------------------------------------------6\4------

AbMaj9 Bb9 Bbdim F11/C F7

E|------------------6-6--6-6--6---------------------------------------------------
B|------------------4-4--5-5--3----8-------------------6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6--6-----
G|-----6-8-/9---6~--5-5--6-6--5----8-6h7-----------5-4-------8-------8------8-----
D|-7/8--------8-----5-5--5-5--6--8-------8---------4-3-------8-------8------7-----
A|-----------------------------------------8-6-5----------------------------8-----
E|-----------------------------------------------4---3-------8-------8------------

Bb7(13) G7#9 C7(b13) F7#9

E|----------------------------------------------
B|--8p6-5---------------------11-----9-----9----
G|--------8---6-h7----7-------10-----9-----8----
D|----------8---------6--------9-----8-----7----
A|-----------------------9-10----------9-8------
E|------------------6------------9-8---------7—-

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 Bb7(13) Eb9
E|---------------------6\--------------------6\-----11\9------------------------
B|-----11—11-11-----9--8\--------------------6\--11-------11\9----------9/11\9--
G|-10-----------10-----7\----/8--8--8-----6—-6\------8\6-------10\8—-/6---------
D|------8--8--8-----6--6\--8-----------8-----5\---8--------8\6----------6/-8\6--
A|--8------------------------/6--6--6-----4---------------------8\6—-/4---------
E|-------------------------6----------------------------------------------------

AbMaj9 Bbdim Bb9 Ab7 G7 F11/C

E|----------------------6-6--6-6--6--------------------------------------------
B|-7\6------------------4-4--5-5--3----8-------------------6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-
G|-7\6------6-8-/9---6~-5-5--6-6--5----8-6h7-----------5-4-------8-------8-----
D|-6\5--7/8--------8----5-5--5-5--6--8-------8---------4-3-------8-------8-----
A|-7\6-----------------------------------------8-6-5---------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------4---3-------8-------8-----

Bb9#11
E|---6-9/10-9-6--------------------------------------12--|
B|--------------9-6----------------------------------13--|
G|------------------8/9-8-6------------------------------|
D|-—------------------------8-6---------------5-7-8--12--|
A|------------------------------8-5---5-6-7-8--------11--|
E|----------------------------------6--------------------|

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