Take The ‘A’ Train | Bass clef Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet in Bass Clef — trombone, bass, cello
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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Read it in your key: Concert (C) (piano, guitar, voice) B♭ (trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet) E♭ (alto sax, baritone sax) Bass clef (trombone, bass, cello)
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, in bass clef for trombone, bass, cello — the same melody and chord symbols as the concert chart, on the staff you read. The chart is in C major, in 4/4 time. Read it here for free and play it back — the band keeps sounding in concert pitch while you read your part. Need another key? Switch the Transpose preset above.
- Composer
- Billy Strayhorn / Joya Sherrill / Lee Gaines
- Year
- 1939
- Key
- C major
- Edition
- Bass clef — trombone, bass, cello
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Style
- Medium Swing
- Tempo
- 170 BPM
- Genre
- Jazz, Swing
- Format
- Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols
Take The ‘A’ Train chord changes
The chord progression of Take The ‘A’ Train as written in this lead sheet, in C major — 25 bars, four to a line. Chord symbols are the same in bass clef; only the staff changes.
| C | % | D7alt | % | | Dm7 | G7 | C | Dm7 G7 | | Gm7 C7 | Fmaj7 | % | % | | % | D7 | % | Dm7 | | G7♭9 | C | % | D7alt | | % | Dm7 | G7 | C | | Dm7 G7 |
