Take The A Train Tab

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Take the “A” Train – Duke Ellington
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Tabbed by: Nike-Man
Email: Nike-Man@comcast.net
 
Tuning: Standard
 
Here is Take the A Train. I put my version of the chords in, but everything else is
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[A] [A] [B] [A] form
 
 
A section for melody
 
e|----------------|-0----------------|-----0------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|--------------1---|------------------|-----------------|
G|-0--------------|-------0----------|------------1-----|-(1)-------------|
D|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
 
                                     (*)
e|----------------|-------0----------|------------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|-----0---------2--|--1---------------|-----------------|
G|--2-------------|-2-3-----0--------|------------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|-----------4-3----|-------2----------|--(2)------------|
A|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
 
B Section for melody
 
e|----------------|--0---------------|---0--------------|-----------------|
B|---------1------|--------------1---|------------------|-----------------|
G|--2-------------|----------2-------|-----------2------|-----(2)---------|
D|----------------|-----3------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
 
e|----------------|--0---------------|---0--------------|-----------------|
B|---------1------|--------------1---|------------------|-----------------|
G|--2-------------|----------2-------|-----------2------|-----(2)-----1---|
D|----------------|-----4------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
 
 
(*)= Coda/outro
 
e|------------------|-----------------|
B|--1---------------|---------0--1----|
G|------------------|---0--2----------|
D|------2--3--4-----|-----------------|
A|------------------|--------------3--|
E|------------------|-----------------|
 
 
Chords Stuff:
 
 
[A section Chords]
 
| C6 | C6 | D7b5 | D7b5 | D-7 | G13/F | C6 | D-7  G13/F|
 
| C6 | C6 | D7b5 | D7b5 | D-7 | G13/F | C6 | G-9/F  C9 |
 
 
[B Section Chords]
 
| Fmaj7/A |Fmaj/A | Fmaj7/A |Fmaj/A | D9 | D9 | D-7 | G13/F  G13b9/F|
 
 
[A Section Chords]
 
| C6 | C6 | D7b5 | D7b5 | D-7 | G13/F | C6 | D-7  G13/F|
 
 
[Coda\Outro]
 
| C6 N.C. | / / / Cmaj7|
 
 
 
N.C.   = No Chords
/ / /  = 3 quarter rests
 
 
    C6  D7b5  D-7  G13/F  G-9/F  Fmaj7/A  C9 G13b9/F  D9  Cmaj7
 
e|---5---5-----5----5------5-------0------3----4------5----7--|
B|---5---6-----3----5------3-------1------3----5------5----5--|
G|---5---6-----5----4------3-------2------3----4------5----5--|
D|---5---5-----3----3------3-------3------2----3------4----5--|
A|--(3)-(5)---(5)-----------------(0)----(3)---------(5)---3--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Notes in Parenthesis are optional depending on whether you have a bass or not. I never
roots.
 
 
 
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| (n)  Ghost note
 
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