Take The A Train

artist:Delta Rhythm Boys

, writer:Billy Strayhorn

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 {title: Take The A Train }
{key: A}
{artist: Delta Rhythm Boys}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG9htI6yzSs Capo 4
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[E] [E] [E] 
[A] Yo-o-o-ou must take the [F] A train
[Bm] To-o-o-o go  to  Sugar [E] Hill way up in [A] Harlem  [Bm]  [E] 
[A] I-i-i-if you miss the [F] A train
[Bm] Yo-o-ou will [B] find you missed the quickest way to [A] Harlem  
[D] Hurry get on now its [Bm] coming 
[B7] Listen to those rails a [E] thrumming 
All a-[A]board get on the [F] A train
[Bm] soon you will be [E] on Sugar Hill in [A] Harlem

[A] You take your baby to Harlem - you're bound to [F] find a hole
Up on [F#m] Sugar [Dm] Hill where [A] everyone's [E] having  a [A] solid [E] ball
[E]  You'll [A] board that A Train,
And then you [Bm] ride 'til you [B7] dig this number:
145 Street [A7] where all the [E7] cats meet [A] posing on  stroll.
[A7] Pops, they're really in there. [D] Ba an do da [D] n da n do day

[D] That's the riff that [Bm] the bands all play
[B7] It's groovy the hep-cats say;
[E7] Then you'll know that you're in Harlem
[A] You got to get on that
[A] A Train, and you will [F] get a thrill
[F] Yeah, if you're [D] lookin' for a rhythm,
You will [B] find it on [E] Sugar [A] Hill.

[A] Now that you know just how to get up there
[G7] Dig up a nickel and you got your fare

[C] If you want to go to [C#7] happy Harlem
You [D] take the A Train that [Dm] goes uptown
And [Dm7] ride, [G] ride, ride
[C] Wait until you get on [D7] Sugar Hill
[F] You'll jump for joy 'til you [G7] get your [C] fill
[F] Have you got your nickel in your [Fm] hand
Then [D7] hurry, don't you miss that [F] train, oh [G] man
[C] You must take the [F] A Train
[F] To [G] go to Sugar Hill way up in [C] Harlem
Better [F] hurry - get a-[G7]board [G] that [C] train

Song Info

Title: Take The A Train

Artist: Delta Rhythm Boys

Writer: Billy Strayhorn

Song Types: 40s, Jazz, Swing

Key: A

Info: "Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra.

The use of the Strayhorn composition as the signature tune was made necessary by a ruling in 1940 by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). When ASCAP raised its licensing fees for broadcast use, many ASCAP members, including Ellington, could no longer play their compositions over radio, as most music was played live on radio at the time. Ellington turned to Billy Strayhorn and son Mercer Ellington, who were registered with ASCAP competitor BMI to "write a whole new book for the band," Mercer recalled. "'A' Train" was one of many tunes written by Strayhorn, and was picked to replace "Sepia Panorama" as the band's signature song. Mercer recalled that he found the composition in a trash can after Strayhorn discarded a draft of it because it sounded too much like a Fletcher Henderson arrangement. The song was first recorded on January 15, 1941 as a standard transcription for radio broadcast. The first (and most famous) commercial recording was made on February 15, 1941.

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Take The A Train

artist:Delta Rhythm Boys

, writer:Billy Strayhorn

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