Take A Train Chords & Tabs
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From: kevins@ornews.intel.com (Kevin Smith)
Take The A Train Billy Strayhorn and The Delta Rythm Boys
C6 | | D7-5 |
/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
You must take the A Train
Dm7 | G7 | C |
/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
Verse 2
If ....... you miss the A Train
You'll ... find you've missed the quickest way to Harlem
Bridge/Coda
FM7 | | |
/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
Hurry get on now it's coming
D7 | | Dm9 G9 | Db9
/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
Listen to those rails a-thrumming All
C6 | | D7-5 |
/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
'board Get on the A Train
Dm7 | G7
/ / / / | / / / /
soon you will be on Sugar Hill in
C C7/E F Ab7/Gb | C/G G9 C6 CM9
/ / / / | / / / /
Harlem.
I have the order listed as 2 verses then the bridge/coda.
Here are the meledies to the two sections. The |'s represent
quarter note beats and the .'s represent the eigth notes
between them.
Melody to verse:
C6
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|---------------------------------|-----9----------------------------
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------10-------
A|-10------------------------------|-----------------10---------------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
D7-5
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|-9-------------------------------|----------------------------------
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
A|-----11--------------------------|----------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
Dm7 G7
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|---------------------------------|-------------9--------------------
D|---------------------------------|-----8---9-------------------11---
A|-12------------------------------|-12--------------10--9---8--------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
C
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
D|-10------------------------------|----------------------------------
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
E|-----12--------------------------|----------------------------------
Melody of bridge/coda:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/strayhorn_billy/take_a_train_crd.html ]
FM7
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|---------------------------------|-9--------------------------------
D|-----10--------------------------|-------------------------10-------
A|-12------------------------------|-----8-----------12---------------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
FM7 (cont.)
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|-9-------------------------------|----------------------------------
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
A|-----12--------------------------|----------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
D7
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|---------------------------------|-9--------------------------------
D|-----10--------------------------|-------------------------10-------
A|-12------------------------------|---------9-------12---------------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
Dm9 G9 Db9
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|-9-------------------------------|----------------------------------
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
A|-----12--------------------------|-----------------11---------------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
C6
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|---------------------------------|-----9----------------------------
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------10-------
A|-10------------------------------|-----------------10---------------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
D7-5
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|-9-------------------------------|----------------------------------
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
A|-----11--------------------------|----------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
Dm7 G7
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|---------------------------------|-------------9--------------------
D|---------------------------------|-----8---9-------------------11---
A|-12------------------------------|-12--------------10--9---8--------
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
C C7/E F Ab7/Gb C/G G9 C6 CM9
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
D|-10------------------------------|---------9---10-------------------
A|---------------------------------|-10--12---------------------------
E|-----12--------------------------|-------------------------8--------
Possible chord voicings:
*** A=10th fret
C6 D7-5 Dm7 G7 C FM7 D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
8x798x x5657x x57565 3x343x x35553 x8A9A8 x57575
Dm9 G9 Db9 C7/E F Ab7/Gb C/G
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x5355x xA9AAA x43444 x75556 x87565 x9x989 xAA98x
CM9
EADGBE
x35433
Let me know if there are any errors.
