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Take The

Bert Kaempfert

OtherAdvanced for beginners13 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D6Diagram coming soon
A#7Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
G○○○
GdimDiagram coming soon
EdimDiagram coming soon
A7×○○○
CdimDiagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
F#Diagram coming soon
E9Diagram coming soon
A9Diagram coming soon
FdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: D6 A#7 D6 A#7   
 
D6               E7/9 E7 
You must take the "A" train 
G  Gdim Edim         A7/13-            D6      Cdim Em7 A7/13- 
To       go to Sugar Hill 'way up in Harlem. 
D6              E7/9 E7 
If you miss the "A" train 
G     Gdim Edim            A7/13-             D6      Cdim Em7 A7/13- 
You'll     find missed the quickest way to Harlem 
Bridge 
G      G/F#              E7 
Hurry, get on now, it's coming 
E9     E7                Em7      A9  
Listen to those rails a-thrumming 
A7/13-   D6               E7/9  E7 
All a-board!  Get on the "A" train 
G  Gdim Edim            A7/13-           D6      Fdim A7 A7/13- D6 
Soon     you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem

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Chord set

D6 · A#7 · E7 · G · Gdim · Edim · A7 · Cdim · Em7 · F# · E9 · A9 · Fdim

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.