Benson George - Take Five guitar tab
Take Five
George Benson
(Remember it’s in 5/4…)
Chords for first part of tune:
||: Ebm7(9) Bb7#9(b13) | Ebm7(9) Ab7 :||
/ / / / / / / / / /
Diagrams:
Ebm7(9): Bb7#9(b13): Ab7:
E---6 E---9 E--4
B---6 B---7 B--4
G---6 G---7 G--5
D---4 D---6 D--4
A--(6) A---X A--X
E---X E---X E--X
Tune at this point goes:
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------7--9--10--11--10--9---7----------------6h7p6-----------------------------------
G-----8---------------------------------6---8------------8--6--8---8p6------6------------
D--8-------------------------------8------------------------------------8p6----8---------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------7--9--10--11--10--9--7--------------9p7--------7------------------------------
G------8--------------------------------6--8--------8p6------8--8p6------6---------------
D--8--------------------------------8--------------------------------8p6----8-----------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(He varies the trills throughout).
Chords for second part of tune:
|Abm7 (Am7) |Bbm7 Ebm7 |Abm7 Db7 |Gbmaj7 Gdim7 |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|Abm7 (Am7) |Bbm7 Ebm7 |Abm7 |Fm7b5 Bb7 |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Diagrams:
Abm7: (Am7 and Bbm7 use the same shape, just one and two frets up respectively)
E--X
B--4
G--4
D--4
A--X
E--4
Ebm7: Db7: Gbmaj7: Gdim7: Fm7b5: Bb7:
E—6 E—X E—X E—X E—X E--X
B—7 B—2 B—2 B—2 B—8 B--6
G—6 G—4 G—3 G—3 G—7 G--7
D—X D—3 D—3 D—2 D—8 D--6
A—6 A—4 A—X A—X A—7 A--X
E—X E—X E—2 E—3 E—X E--6
Second part of tune:
(/=slide)
[A]
E--10/11--14--11--------------------------13---------------------------11----------------
B-----------------12------11--12--13--14-----14--11------9--10--11--12----12--9----------
G---------------------13-----------------------------11----------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[B]
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------9—10—11—10—11—12—14----14—13—14—15-------------------------------------
G—10—11-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then repeat [A] before going to [C]:
E-----------9-------------
B-------9-----12---11--
G--10--------------------
D-------------------------
A--------------------------
E--------------------------
Have fun working out the solos!
