Miles Davis - All Blues Tabs

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 -=> "ALL BLUES" <=- (Miles Davis)
     *=========*

 -- comp. Miles Davis & Bill Evans (from _Kind_of_Blue_, 1959)
   -- guitar arr., tcg, '8?, '94
   -- !6/8! // Key of G(7) // Moderately


 -=>INTRO (and Vamp between each 12-Bar "Verse")--
   (G7)
 ||-------------------------------||
 ||-------------------------------||
 ||o---0-----0-----0-----0-------o||
 ||o---0-----2-----3-----2-------o||
 ||-------------------------------||
 ||----3---3---3---3---3---3------||
       1   &   &   2   &   &


 -=>VERSE (12-Bar Blues)--
 @ Measures 1-4::
       G7         G13/11   G9         G13/11       [4x]
 ||-----------------.--------------------.--------||
 ||----3------------5------6=======------5--------||
 ||o---3h4p3h4p3h4--5------7=======------5-------o||
 ||o---3------------5------7=======------5-------o||
 ||-----------------------------------------------||
 ||----===trill===--------------------------------||
       1     &      &      2      &      &

 @ Measures 5-6::
   C13/11        C    C13/11     CM7[*] C13/11        C   C13/11        C
 |---------------.-----------------.--|---------------.-----------------.--|
 |---3======-----5-----6======-----8--|---6======-----5-----3======-----5--|
 |---3======-----5-----7======-----9--|---7======-----5-----3======-----5--|
 |---3======-----5-----7======-----9--|---7======-----5-----3======-----5--|
 |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
     1     &     &     2     &     &      1     &     &     2     &     &

 [variation for C measures: ||: --333-  --555-  --677-  --555- :|| 2x
   (i.e., same as G7 measure, without the major 3rd)]
 [*sic: whole "C" chordal series better considered as Gm-type chords...]


 @ Measures 7-8 (G7...): a` la measures 1-4, but only 2ce thru...


 @ Measures 9-10::
    D7#9                                 Eb7#9             D7#9
 |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 |---------------------6============--|---7============-----6============--|
 |---------------------5============--|---6============-----5============--|
 |---------------------4============--|---5============-----4============--|
 |---5=====------5============-----5--|---6============-----5============--|
 |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
     1     &     &     2     &     &      1     &     &     2     &     &


 @ Measures 11-12::
    G7/11            GM6/9[G13]          G7/11             G7/6[*]
 |---1============-----3============--|---1============-----0============--||
 |---1============-----3============--|---1============-----0============--||
 |---0============-----2============--|---0============--------------------||
 |------------------------------------|---------------------3============--||
 |------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |---3======-----3-----3======-----3--|---3======-----3-----3======-----3--||
     1     &     &     2     &     &      1     &     &     2     &     &

 [* or: 3-345-]

 --SEQUENCE: Intro--||: Verse--Intro :||--Verse(fade out)--

 -=>Miles' "head"-ish LEAD over the twelve-bar pretty easy to follow on
     the guitar, especially if yu' start at the VIIth position, e.g.--

         (G7)
 ||-----|--7============------|--7---8-7========----------------------|
 ||-----|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
 ||--/7-|------------------/7-|------------------------------- tcg ---|
 ||-----|---------------------|------------------------------- '94 ---|
 ||-----|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
 ||-----|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
    &      1  &  &  2  &  &      1   &    &   2

 --but then, this is JAZZ, 'n'you're supPOSED to improvize yourself! . . .
   (but a final note: if you're playin' as "slow & tasty" as Miles himself
     does over some sections, Wes-style octaves are awfully nice. . . .)


   |
 --:--tcg
   )