Bluesette

Bluesette (1963) by Toots Thielemans 

Toots was a famous jazz guitarist in Belgium. 
He usually played harmonica, and guitar too. 
During this song, he whistles the melody 
while he plays the music on the guitar. 

Link to the first recording: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUeuU9mu8mU 

Bluesette is one of his signature songs. 
The theme is 24 measures long. During the song,  
Toots plays variations of the melody. 
This tab corresponds to the first 24 measures 
(before the variations and solos). 

Please enjoy by playing this tab or the chords. 


Intro 
   Bb7(#9)              B7(#9)       Bb7(#9)              B7(#9)  
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
B|---2---2---2--|-2---3--------|---2---2---2--|-2---3--------| 
G|---1---1---1--|-1---2--------|---1---1---1--|-1---2--------| 
D|---0---0---0--|-0---1--------|---0---0---0--|-0---1--------| 
A|-1------------|-1---2--------|-1------------|-1---2--------| 
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
   1 2 3 4 5 6    1 2 3 4 5 6    1 2 3 4 5 6    1 2 3 4 5 6 


{Theme} 
   Bbmaj7         Bb6            Am7(b5)          D7(b9) 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
B|--------------|----------3---|-4------------|--------------| 
G|----------2---|-3---5--------|--------------|--------------| 
D|-3---5--------|--------------|----------5---|-4------------| 
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
   Gm7            C7             Fm7            Bb7 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
B|-3------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
G|--------------|--------------|/5------------|--------------| 
D|----------3---|-2------------|--------------|--------------| 
A|--------------|--------------|----------6---|-5------------| 
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
   Ebmaj7         Eb6            Ebm7           Ab7 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
B|--------------|--------------|---------/7---|-6--------4---| 
G|/3------------|--------------|-3------------|--------------| 
D|--------------|--------3-4-6-|--------------|--------------| 
A|----------5---|-6------------|--------------|--------------| 
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
   Dbmaj7         Db6            Dbm7           Gb7 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
B|---------/6---|-4------------|---------/5---|-4------------| 
G|--------------|----------6---|--------------|----------6---| 
D|-6------------|--------------|-6------------|--------------| 
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
   Bmaj7         B6            Cm7            F7 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
B|--------------|----------4---|/6------4h6p4-|\3------------| 
G|----------3---|-4---6--------|--------------|----------5---| 
D|-4---6--------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
   Dm7            G7(b9)           Cm7            F7 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
G|--------------|(10\8-6-------|--------------|--------------| 
D|-3------------|-------8-6----|--------------|--------------| 
A|--------------|----------8-6-|-8)-----------|--------------| 
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 


Outro 
   Bb7(#9) B7(#9) (x12) 
   Bb7 


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| /  Slide up 
| h  Hammer-on 
| p  Pull-off 
| \  Slide down 
| (  Start of non essential notes 
| )  End of non essential notes 

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