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Take The A Train

Duke Ellington

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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 
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Take The A Train

Duke Ellington