PROPS GO TO: The Analyst

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!