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Take The "A" Train Chords

Music by: Nikki Yanofsky
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[Intro 1]
[D][Daug]
[D][Daug]
[D]

[Verse 1]
You [Bm]must
take the [F#]"A" t[Edim]rain[F#]
[E]To [Em]go to[Bm] Sugar[A] Hill way up i[F#]n Har[D]lem
If you miss [Bm]the "A" [F#]train
[E]You'll fin[A]d you've missed the quickest
[D]way to [Bm]Harlem[D]

[Verse 2]
[G]Hurry[Bm], get[G] on board,
it's [Bm]coming[G][F#]
[Daug]Listen t[E]o those rails a-thrumming
[Em]All [A]All [Eb]aboa[D]rd,
get [Bm]on t[F#]hat "A" train
[Bm]Soon [E]you[A] will be on Sugar Hil[D]l in [Bm]Harlem
[F#]

[Verse 3]
[A]You[D] must,
you must take [Bm]that [F#]"A" t[Daug]rain
[F#]To g[Bm]o to [E]Sugar [A]Hill way
[Bm]up in Harl[D]em
[Bm]If y[A]ou m[D]iss the "A" Train[E]
You'll [Em]find [Bm]you've misse[A]d
the quickest way to [D]get [Bm]to Harlem

[Verse 4]
[D]Oh [Bm]hurry[G] , well, get on board,
it's [F#]coming
Can't [Bm]you hear those r[E]ails a-thrumming?
[Bm]All [A]All [F#]aboa[Bm]rd[D]
that [F#]"A" t[Daug]rain
[F#]Soon [Bm]you'l[E]l [A]be on Sugar
Hill [F#]in Har[Bm]lem[Em][Bm]
[A]When I'm [Bm]in New

[Verse 5]
York [E]City,
[Bm]I go see theat[F#]er[E][Bm]
I love N-Y T-shirts,
say say say [A]they love [E]me too
[Em]Ha, [A]ha, and maybe I'[E]ll hit the s[D]hops
[Em]on o[D]ld 5th A[E]ven ue[F#][Bm]
[G]I go [Bm]sight-seeing[Em],
[Bm]I I [F#]go se[A]e Miss Liberty[Em][Bm]

[Verse 6]
Wicked, rent [Em]to Legally Bl[Bm]onde[G]
[Bm]Hairspray, these a[Em]re my favori[Bm]te plays
[E]New York, start spreading the news
This is [Em]where I'm meant to be
[G]Around [Bm]there[F#]'s so much[Eb]

[Verse 7]
[B]to [Bm]see
In New York [Daug]City
[E]May [Bm]we a'leave it to the [A]"A" train
To go to Sugar Hill way up in [Bm]Har [E]lem,[Bm] yea[A]h

[Interlude 1]
[D][Bm][D][Bm][F#][Daug][E][Em][F#][Edim][F#][A][D]
[Bm][A][E][F#][Daug][Bm][F#][D][Bm]
[Em][Bm][Em]
[G][Bm][B][Bm][E][Bm][E][Em][A][D][Bm]
[F#][Daug][F#][Daug][Em][A][D][Em][Bm][A][D][Bm][F#]
[E][Edim][E][D][Bm][F#][E][Edim][E]
[E][Bm]
[G]Hurry[Bm],

[Verse 8]
get on [G]board,
[Bm]get [G]on board[Bm], it's comin[G]g
[Bm]Can't you hear those [E]rails a-thrumming?
[Bm]All [D]All aboard that "A" Trai[Daug]n
Soon you'll be on Sugar Hill in Harlem,
yeah
[D][D]
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