Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
by Charles Mingus
🎷 Jazz
Difficulty
★★★★★
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Mingus's 1959 elegy for Lester Young, one of the most moving compositions in all of jazz. The mournful Eb melody moves through deeply chromatic harmony with voice-leading so rich it sounds like a choir, demanding absolute emotional commitment.
e|---6----4----6----8----11---9----6----4----------|
B|---8----4----7----8----11---8----7----4----------|
G|---8----5----8----8----10---9----8----5----------|
D|---6----4----6----8----11---8----6----4----------|
A|---8----6----8----8----11---10---8----6----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|---4----3----1----3----4----6----8----6----------|
B|---4----4----2----4----4----7----8----8----------|
G|---5----3----1----3----5----8----8----8----------|
D|---4----3----1----3----4----6----8----6----------|
A|---6----5----3----5----6----8----8----8----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|