Giant Steps Tab

by John Coltrane
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Difficulty: advanced
Capo: no capo
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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 saxphone 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
virtuso #2 - joe pass
give & take - mike stern
 
there are some others wich are played by jennifer batten , pat metheny & others.
 
 
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11 comments
Bailey_Jay
Does anyone know about the solo? What's the key of it? What scale does he play?
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pricegreg261
This is isnt bad but this song is just not meant for tabs. This song is best learned from a teacher or a good book with info on the chords and techniques used to solo over it. Also its not really that fun playing it unless you play it with other people in jam sessions or jazz bands. If you really want to learn it watch a video that will let you learn all the theory and chords he uses and it will have visuals.
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