Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell
Tabbed by: axe victim
Tuning: EADGBe
From the wonderful Midnight Blue album by Kenny Burrell.
 
[Intro]( swing feel... )
 
   Fm                Gm                 Ab             Gm
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----------3----------------|-4--------------3-------------------|
G|-------1-----------3----------------|-5--------------3-------------------|
D|-------3-----------5----------------|-6--------------5-------(1)---------|
A|------------------------------------|---------------------------(3)------|
E|(1)---------------(3)---------------|(4)------------(3)------------------|
   t                 t                  t              t
 | 1  -  -  2  -  -  3  -  -  4  -  - | 1  -  -  2  -  -  3  -  -  4  -  - |
 
Bass notes in brackets are optional:
You could use min7 and maj7 chords, like this:
Fm7 (1x111x)
Gm7 (3x333x)
Abmaj7 (4x554x)
 
[Part A]
   Fm     / = slide up, h = hammer-on, p = pull-off    C7#9
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|----------------8-------------------|
D|----------6--------8h9p8p6----------|----------------8-----------------6-|
A|6/8-------------8-----------8-----6-|-8--------------7-----------8-------|
E|------------------------------------|----------------8-------------------|
 
 | 1  -  -  2  -  -  3  -  -  4  -  - | 1  -  -  2  -  -  3  -  -  4  -  - |
 
 
   Fm                                                  C7#9
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|----------8-----10------------------|----------------8-------------------|
D|-8/10--------------8h9p8p6----------|----------------8-------------------|
A|----------------------------8-----6-|-8--------------7-------------------|
E|------------------------------------|----------------8-------------------|
 
   Fm  (alternatively you could slide the notes here)  C7#9
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|----------------8-------------------|
D|----------6--------8/9\8p6----------|----------------8-----------------6-|
A|6/8-------------8-----------8-----6-|-8--------------7-----------8-------|
E|------------------------------------|----------------8-------------------|
 
   Fm                                                  C7#9
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|----------8-----10------------------|----------------8---------------10--|
D|-8/10--------------8h9p8p6----------|----------------8-----------10------|
A|----------------------------8-----6-|-8--------------7-------------------|
E|------------------------------------|----------------8-------------------|
 
 
[Part B]
 
   Gm7b5                            C7b9                                 Fm7
e|-11----------------------9--11----9-|-------------------------8--9-----8-|
B|-11-------------------------------9-|----------------------------------9-|
G|-10-------------------------------9-|----------------------------------8-|
D|-11-------------------------------8-|----------------------------------10|
A|-10-------------------------------x-|----------------------------------8-|
E|----------------------------------8-|------------------------------------|
                                    t
 
                                    Bb7                                 Bbm9
e|------------------------------------|----------------------------------8-|
B|----------------------------------9\|----------------------------6-----6-|
G|-------------------------10-------7\|-------------------------5--------6-|
D|----------------------------------6\|----------------------------------6-|
A|----------------------------------8\|----------------------------------x-|
E|----------------------------------6\|----------------------------------6-|
                                                                         t
 
                                    Db13                              C7#9b13
e|-------------------6--8-----------6-|-------------------4--6-----------4-|
B|----------------------------------4-|----------------------------------4-|
G|----------------------------------4-|----------------------------------3-|
D|----------------------------------x-|----------------------------------2-|
A|----------------------------------4-|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
                                                       C7#9
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------/6-----4--------4--6-----6-|----------------4-------------------|
G|-------------------5----------------|----------------3-------------------|
D|------------------------------------|----------2-------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|-------3----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
 
SOLO:
 
   C7#9
e|------------------------------------|-------4----------5s6-------4-------|
B|---------/6-----4--------4--6-----6-|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------5----------------|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:03
e|------------------------------------|------------7s6-4-------------------|
B|-6---------------3----------------4-|-------------------6-----4-------6--|
G|-----------------3----------------5-|----------------------------5-------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
 | 1  -  -  2  -  -  3  -  -  4  -  - | 1  -  -  2  -  -  3  -  -  4  -  - |
 
e|------------------------------------|----------------11-13---11----------|
B|--------1----------3--------------4-|-----------11/13--------------------|
G|--------1----------3--------------5-|----------------------------13^-----|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:09
e|------------------------------------|--------4-1-------------------------|
B|-------------------3--------------4-|----------1--4--1-------------------|
G|-10----------------3--------------5-|-------------------3-----1----------|
D|------------------------------------|----------------------------3-----3-|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:13
e|------------------------------------|----------------------------6-------|
B|--------1----------3--------------4-|----------6--------9----------------|
G|--------1----------3--------------5-|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
 
e|--------11-9--8---------------------|------------------------------------|
B|----------------11-9------8---------|-------8--------------------------9/11
G|----------------------------10----8-|-9----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:19
e|----------------------------------8-|------------------------------------|
B|-9/11-----9--------11-----9-11------|-9-----9--------------------------8-|
G|------------------------------------|----------------------------10------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:22
e|------------------------------------|--------8-------9-------10-11-9-8---|
B|-9-----11-8-----9-----------8----9--|-11-------------------------------11-
G|-------------------10----10---------|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:25
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-9------8-------8-------------------|----------11-------11-----9-------11/13\-
G|----------10----------------------10--------10---------------------------|
D|-------------------10----9h10--------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------|----------------11-13----11---------|
B|-------------------3--------------4-|----------11/13---------------------|
G|-------------------3--------------5-|----------------------------13^-----|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:32
e|------------------------------------|--------7p6-----4-------------------|
B|-------1-----------3--------------4-|-------------------6-----4----------|
G|-10----1-----------3--------------5-|----------------------------5-------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:35
e|------------------------------------|-------4--1-------------------------|
B|-6-----------------3--------------4-|-------------4--1-------------------|
G|------4s5----------3--------------5-|-------------------3--1-------------|
D|------------------------------------|-------------------------3--1-----1-|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------3----|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
 
e|------------------------------------|----------------------------8-------|
B|-------------------3--------------3-|----------------8--9-----11---------|
G|-------------------3--------------5-|----------10------------------------|
D|-3--3-------------------------------|-------10---------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:42
e|-11-11s10-9-----8-------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------11---------|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|-11----10---------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|----------13----11-10------------10-|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------13-10h11---|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01::45
e|----------------------------------13h15--------13----------------------8-|
B|-------------------------11-13------|----------------13\-----------------|
G|-12----9-/10----12-13---------------|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:48
e|-9h11p9p8-9h11p9p8-9h11p9p8---------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------12s11--9--\8-----6--------9-------------------|
G|------------------------------------|----------9--------6----------------|
D|------------------------------------|-------------------------9-h10------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
Or like this:
 
01:48
e|-9h11p9p8-9h11p9p8-9h11p9p8---------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------12s11--9--\8--------------9-------------------|
G|------------------------------------|-------10-9-------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|-------------------11----9-h10------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
Continues...
 
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-9h11~-------------11~---------------11~----------------11~--------------|
G|--------------13p10-------------13p10--------------13p10---------13\-----|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
01:55
 
 
 
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| h      Hammer-on
| p      Pull-off
| /      Slide up
| \      Slide down
| b      bend up
| ^      Quarter-tone or slight bend
| s      Slur - very rapid slide, sounds like one note
| x      Mute note
| 01:25  Time marker
| t      Thumb ( fretting hand )
 
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