Chord/Tab song: Now's the Time

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Now's The Time - Charlie Parker

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Tabbed by: Blakeg14
Email: blakeg14@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

The other version of this song was not correct at all.

key of F
1 Flat, That's a Bb

The melody:

Count off is 1 2 3 4
First note starts on the + of 4

[(4)+] [1] [+] [a] [2] [a] [3] [4]

e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------------.----|--------------------.-----|
G|----10-10-11-12-----10----|----10-10-11-12-----10----|
D|-10--------------10-------|-10--------------10-------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|

[(4)+] [1] [+] [a] [2] [a] [3] [+] [a] [4] [a] [1] [+] [a] [2] [a] [3]

e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------.-----|
G|----10-10-11-12-----10-10-11-12-|---10-10-11-12-----10----|
D|-10--------------10-------------|-10--------------10------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------|

[(4)+] [1] [+] [a] [2] [a] [3] [+] [1] [+] [a] [2] [a] [3] [+]

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----10-10-11-12----10---|-----10-10-11-12----10---|
D|--10-------------10----8-|--10-------------10----9-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

[(4)+] [1] [+] [a] [2] [a] [3] [+] [a] [4] [a] [1] [+] [a] [2] [a] [3]

e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------.-----|
G|----10-10-11-12-----10-10-11-12-|---10-10-11-12-----10----|
D|-10--------------10-------------|-10--------------10------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------|

[(4)+]

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-10-----10--12-10-12-10-\8------------8------|
D|--------12----------------------10--10------(10)|last note is played
A|------------------------------------------------|first time only
E|------------------------------------------------|

(listen to the song to figure out this part; there's
a triplet I didn't tab)

Now you can either play the melody again, or head to a solo in the
key of F.

Key Of F F G A Bb C D E F

You can find these notes all over the guitar. As long as you
play these notes, you can solo. You need to learn pentatonic
scales first, then more lateral/horizontal scales.

Solo chords (mainly for two guitarists or a band; one plays chords
while the other solos over them)

| /[F7] / / / |[Bb7] / /[Bdim] / / | /[F7] / / / | / [F7]/ / / | [Bb7]/ / / / | /[Bb7] / / / |
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3][4][1][2][3][4][1][2][3][4]
| / [F7]/ / / | [Amin7]/ / / [D7]/ | / [Gmin]/ / / | / [C7]/ / / |[Amin7] / / /[D7] / |[Gmin7] / / /[C7] / |
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3][4][1][2][3][4][1][2][3][4]
^The / don't mean slide here, they are count markers.
If there is one chord above the measure, it means that chord
is played 4 times or held the entire measure; if the measure
has two chords above it, then each chord receives half the
measure.

Chords used:

F7 - xx3210
Bb7 - x13131
Bdim - xx2343
Amin7 - x02010
D7 - xx0212
[Gmin] [-] [355333]
[Gmin7]C7 - x[-]32[353333]310

You can use these, or find a chord chart for more bassy chords.
That's all.



| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| . Staccato (short) NOT Palm mute