Giant Steps Chords

by John Coltrane
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: B
Capo: no capo
Author WeiseJanis [pro] 267. Last edit on Nov 26, 2019
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Chords

Bmaj7
D7
Gmaj7
Bb7
Ebmaj7
Am7
F#7
Fm7
C#m7
D13
Bb13
Am9
D9
Fb13
Bb9
C#m9
F#13
Fm9
C#11
F#9

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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 saxophone so deal with it by guitar.
this is one of the famous Coltrane changes chord progressions.
 
tuning: EADGBe
 
 
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)
 
 Badd6add9     D13    Gmaj7    Bb13   Ebadd6add9     Am9    D9
                                          +++++
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
                                          +++++
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
                         +++++
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
these versions are played in guitar, here are some of them:
 
vital tech tones - Scott Henderson , steve smith & victor Wooten
virtuoso #2 - joe pass
give & take - mike stern
 
there are some others which are played by Jennifer Batten, Pat Metheny & others.
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jackjeffs123
hey dude, struggling to work out how you've established the Badd6add9 chord being called that. by my reckoning its just a Bbmaj7
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