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From: kevins@ornews.intel.com (Kevin Smith)
Take The A Train Billy Strayhorn and The Delta Rythm Boys
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/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
You must take the A Train
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/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
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
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/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
Listen to those rails a-thrumming All
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/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
'board Get on the A Train
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/ / / / | / / / /
soon you will be on Sugar Hill in
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/ / / / | / / / /
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:
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-----9----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------10-------|
A|-10------------------------------|-----------------10---------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-9-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----11--------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-------------9--------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----8---9-------------------11---|
A|-12------------------------------|-12--------------10--9---8--------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-10------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----12--------------------------|----------------------------------|
Melody of bridge/coda:
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-9--------------------------------|
D|-----10--------------------------|-------------------------10-------|
A|-12------------------------------|-----8-----------12---------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
FM7 (cont.)
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-9-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----12--------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-9--------------------------------|
D|-----10--------------------------|-------------------------10-------|
A|-12------------------------------|---------9-------12---------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-9-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----12--------------------------|-----------------11---------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-----9----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------10-------|
A|-10------------------------------|-----------------10---------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-9-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----11--------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-------------9--------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----8---9-------------------11---|
A|-12------------------------------|-12--------------10--9---8--------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| . | . | . | . | | . | . | . | .
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-10------------------------------|---------9---10-------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-10--12---------------------------|
E|-----12--------------------------|-------------------------8--------|
Possible chord voicings:
*** A=10th fret
8x798x x5657x x57565 3x343x x35553 x8A9A8 x57575
x5355x xA9AAA x43444 x75556 x87565 x9x989 xAA98x
x35433
Let me know if there are any errors.