Take The ‘A’ Train | Sheet Music

Jazz Lead Sheet — View, Transpose, Play Back

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Lyrics
1939 - Billy Strayhorn / Joya Sherrill / Lee Gaines

You must take the "A" train
To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
If you miss the "A" train
You'll find you've missed the quickest way to Harlem

Hurry, get on board, it's coming
Listen to those rails a-thrumming
All aboard, get on that "A" train
Soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem

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About this Take The ‘A’ Train lead sheet

This is the jazz lead sheet for Take The ‘A’ Train, written by Billy Strayhorn / Joya Sherrill / Lee Gaines in 1939 — the melody with chord symbols above it, the way it appears in a Real Book. The chart is notated in C major and in 4/4 time. Read it here for free, transpose it to any key — B♭, E♭ or bass clef included — and play it back to hear the form before you play it yourself.

Composer
Billy Strayhorn / Joya Sherrill / Lee Gaines
Year
1939
Key
C major
Time signature
4/4
Genre
Jazz
Format
Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols

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