Giant Steps Chords & Tabs
Giant Steps - John Coltrane (For Guitar)
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Tabber:evil_empire24-7
presents for u the hard tabs just ask what u want and send me a pm.
it's saxphone so deal with it by guitar.
this is one of the famous coltrane changes chord progressions.
legend: /:slide
+:let ring
tuning:EADGBe
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Burnin=290
Bmaj7 D7 Gmaj7 Bb7 Ebmaj7 Am7 D7
++++ ++++
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------7--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------9---------------8--------9-----7------------------------|
A|-------------------------10----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gmaj7 Bb7 Ebmaj7 F#7 Bmaj7 Fm7 Bb7 Ebmaj7 Am7 D7 Gmaj7
++++ ++++ ++++
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7------------------------------------------------------------------7----|
D|--------8----------------------------------------8-------9----7----------|
A|-------------10------6-----9-------10-----8------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#m7 F#7 Bmaj7 Fm7 Bb7 Ebmaj7 C#m7 F#7
++++ ++++
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------7-------7/8----8-----11-----7------7------------------------|
G|-8-----8-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Chord Melody)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_coltrane/giant_steps_tab_ver_2.html ]
Badd6add9 D13 Gmaj7 Bb13 Ebadd6add9 Am9 D9
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e|-14----------10-------------------------6-----------7-----5--------------|
B|-12----------12------10-------8---------6-----------5-----5--------------|
G|-15----------11------11-------7---------5-----------5-----5--------------|
D|-13----------10------12-------6---------5-----------5-----4--------------|
A|---------------------10--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------6------------------------------------------|
Gadd6add9 Bb13 Ebmaj7 Fb13 Badd6add9 Ebmaj7 Bb9
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e|-10----------6--------------------------2--------------------------------|
B|-8-----------8--------8-------4---------2-----------8--------6-----------|
G|-11----------7--------7-------3---------1-----------8--------5-----------|
D|-9-----------6--------8-------2---------1-----------6--------6-----------|
A|----------------------6-----------------------------8--------5-----------|
E|-------------6----------------2------------------------------------------|
Eadd6add9 Am9 D9 Gadd6add9 C#m9 F#13 Gadd6add9
+++++ +++++ +++++
e|-6-----------7-------5---------10----------11-------11----------13-------|
B|-4-----------5-------5---------8-----------9--------9-----------13-------|
G|-7-----------5-------5---------11----------9--------9-----------14-------|
D|-5-----------5-------4---------9-----------9--------8-----------14-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fm9 Bb13 Eadd6add9 C#11 F#9
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e|-15----------15--------18----------14-----14-----------------------------|
B|-13----------13--------18----------12-----11-----------------------------|
G|-13----------13--------17----------13-----13-----------------------------|
D|-13----------12--------17----------14-----14-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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these versions are played in guitar , here are some of them:
vital tech tones - scott henderson , steve smith & victor wooten
virtuso #2 - joe pass
give & take - mike stern
there are some others wich are played by jennifer batten , pat metheny & others.
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!