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• WowBobWow Another Time & SpaceNew

  August 2012 Posts: 221

  Love this tune, been listening to it recently and was hoping to find a chart here too...
  
  I don't have a chart but I am pretty sure the chord progression is similar to Swing for ninine, yet it is in
  g minor,
  
  Song form is AABA
  A part:
  Gm for 2 bars. Then Ab for two bars, then D7 (or Ebdim or Ab7b5) for 2 bars, then back to Gm for 2
  
  B part -- not sure yet, but I think it's Cm for 2 bars, then Gm, then a perhaps Eb7 to D7 to get back to Gm
  
  Hope this helps and cheers

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• wim ChicagoModerator Barault #503 replica

  August 2012 Posts: 1,457

  cool tune !! i have it on le coffret jazz manouche 5 cd compilation .. but don't have the album from romane, what is the name of the album it's on so i can hear the rest of it?
• lezard IrelandNew

  August 2012 Posts: 53

  @wim
  it's on the album of the same name and it's one hell of an album
  
  @WowBobWow
  Thanks!.I'll give that a crack .
• WowBobWow Another Time & SpaceNew

  August 2012 Posts: 221

  Hello again --
  
  I tried figuring out the B part further, I think the first four bars are (2 bars) Eb9 or Bbdim, then 2 bars of Ab6/9, not Cm to Gm (sorry). Hope it helps and cheers

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• mcneely11 ✭✭

  August 2012 Posts: 15

  Here:
  
  | G-6 | | A7/G | |
  | Abmaj7/G | | G-6 | Ab D7 |
  | G-6 | | A7/G | |
  | Abmaj7/G | | G-6 | |
  | Bb-6 | | F-6 | |
  | A-7b5 | | D7 | |
  | G-6 | | A7/G | |
  | Abmaj7/G | | G-6 | Ab D7 |
  
  
  Edit: it didnt keep the formatting but just observe the | | as repeated bars
  
  Edit 2: I just wrote it out in a pdf, attached
• Musette New

  August 2012 Posts: 96

  Thank you!!!!
• mcneely11 ✭✭

  September 2012 Posts: 15

  No problem. If I get around to writing out the melody Ill post that as well.
• jonpowl Hercules, CA✭✭✭ Dupont MD-100, Altamira M01F

  November 2013 Posts: 705

  Has anybody come up with a tab for this wonderful song by Romane? Thought I would give the thread a BUMP as I heard the song on Pandora and fell in love with it, already a big fan of Romane. I'm playing the A7/G like this:
  E x
  B 2
  G 2
  D 2
  A x
  E 3
  and the AbM7/G like this:
  E x
  B 1
  G 1
  D 1
  A x
  E 3
  Seemed easier than this:
• bohemewarbler St. Louis, MO✭✭✭✭ Jordan Wencek No.26, Altamira M01D-12 fret

  November 2013 Posts: 243

  My hand is incapable of making the prior A7/G shown. I appreciate your alternative to it and the AbM7/G. But what makes this tune particularly challenging for me is replicating the fine soft-touch rhythm playing in this recording. How does he do it? I can't seem to make it happen with a pick in hand. Romane's "French Guitar" is one of my favorite GJ albums. Very tasteful, complex compositions.
• jonpowl Hercules, CA✭✭✭ Dupont MD-100, Altamira M01F

  November 2013 Posts: 705

  I think you need 7 fingers or two hands to make the A7/G as shown. The rhythm part of French Guitar is what drew me to the song as well. I think it requires lots of practice, soft touch and a great guitar. It reminds me of Gonzalo Bergara's style, as well as Jeff Radaich, whom has obviously been influenced by Gonzalo. I'm hoping somebody has a tab for at least the head, intro or outro, although it will be good for me to work it out on my own.