Take The ‘A’ Train | E♭ Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet Transposed for E♭ — alto sax, baritone sax
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, transposed for E♭ instruments — alto sax, baritone sax. The melody and the chord symbols are written a major sixth above concert pitch, so what you read matches what the rhythm section plays. The chart is written in A major (concert 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
- A major (written) · C major (concert)
- Edition
- E♭ transposed — alto sax, baritone sax
- 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 transposed for E♭ instruments (alto sax, baritone sax), written in A major — concert C major — 25 bars, four to a line. These are the changes as a alto sax player reads them; the rhythm section sees the concert chart.
| A | % | B7alt | % | | Bm7 | E7 | A | Bm7 E7 | | Em7 A7 | Dmaj7 | % | % | | % | B7 | % | Bm7 | | E7♭9 | A | % | B7alt | | % | Bm7 | E7 | A | | Bm7 E7 |
