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Take Five - Dave Brubeck
(In memory of Abe)



 		Part [A]
                            Gm7         Dm7       Gm7         Dm7
5/4 , . , . , . , . , .     , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . ,   .   , . 
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------1-||--2-3-2-1-------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------0-3---||*---------3-----------|-0-----------2h3p2p0------|
|---------------0-------||*-------------0---3---|---------------------3----|
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|


    Gm7         Dm7           Gm7         ---------1st time only
    , . , . , . ,   .   , .   , . , . , . , . , .  
 |--------------------------|----------------------||
 |--------------------------|-------------------1--||
 |--0-----------------------|---------------0-3---*||
 |--------------3h5p3p0-----|-0-----------0-------*||
 |----------------------3---|----------------------||
 |--------------------------|----------------------||


Part [B]
    Eb          Cm6       Dm          Gm7       Cm7         F7
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , . 
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-3---0-------------|---2-----------------|---0-----------------|
||----------1-----0-1-2-|-3-----3-0---------0-|-1-----1-------------|
||--------------3-------|-------------1-3-4---|---------3---0-1-3-4-|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


    Bbmaj7      Bb        Eb          Cm6       Dm          Gm7
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , . 
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 |----------------------|-0-3---0-------------|---2-----------------|
 |--0---0-1-3---3-2-3-4-|---------1-----0-1-2-|-3-----3-0---------0-|
 |----4-----------------|-------------3-------|-------------1-3-4---|
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


    Cm7         F7        D7			to [A]	
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .  
 |----------------------|---------------------||
 |----------------------|-------------------1-||
 |----0-----------------|---------------0-3---||
 |--1-----1---------3-1-|-0-----------0-------||
 |----------3---0-3-----|---------------------||
 |----------------------|---------------------||



			Part [C] one octave higher than [A]
                            Gm7         Dm7       Gm7         Dm7
    , . , . , . , . , .     , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . ,   .   , . 
 |------------------6-8-||--9-109-8-6-----------|-------------------------|
 |----------------8-----||------------------6---|-8-----------10h11p10----|
 |--------------7-------||*-------------7-------|---------------------10--|
 |----------------------||*---------------------|-------------------------|
 |----------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
 |----------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|


    Gm7         Dm7           Gm7         ---------1st time only
    , . , . , . ,   .   , .   , . , . , . , . , .  
 |--------------------------|-----------------6-8--||
 |--------------------------|---------------8------||
 |--12----------10h12p10----|-------------7-------*||
 |----------------------10--|-12------------------*||
 |--------------------------|----------------------||
 |--------------------------|----------------------||


Part [D] one octave higher than [B]
    Eb          Cm6       Dm          Gm7       Cm7         F7 
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , . 
||----6-----------------|---5-----------------|---3-----------------|
||--8-----8---------4-5-|-6-----6---------2-3-|-4-----4-----------2-|
||----------8---5-7-----|---------7---3-5-----|---------5---2-3-5---|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


    Bbmaj7      Bb        Eb          Cm6       Dm          Gm7
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , . 
 |----------------------|---6-----------------|---5-----------------|
 |--3-2-3-4-6---6-5-6-7-|-8-----8---------4-5-|-6-----6---------2-3-|
 |----------------------|---------8---5-7-----|---------7---3-5-----|
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


    Cm7         F7        D7 			to [C]
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .  
 |----3-------------1---|-----------------6-8-||
 |--4-----4-------1---4-|-3-------------8-----||
 |----------5---2-------|-------------7-------||
 |----------------------|---------------------||
 |----------------------|---------------------||
 |----------------------|---------------------||


=========================================================================
Take Five - Dave Brubeck
(In memory of Abe)


			Part [A]
                            Gm7         Dm7       Gm7         Dm7
5/4 , . , . , . , . , .     , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . ,   .   , . 
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------1-||--2-3-2-1-------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------0-3---||*---------3-----------|-0-----------2h3p2p0------|
|---------------0-------||*-------------0---3---|---------------------3----|
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|


    Gm7         Dm7           Gm7         ---------1st time only
    , . , . , . ,   .   , .   , . , . , . , . , .  
 |--------------------------|----------------------||
 |--------------------------|-------------------1--||
 |--0-----------------------|---------------0-3---*||
 |--------------3h5p3p0-----|-0-----------0-------*||
 |----------------------3---|----------------------||
 |--------------------------|----------------------||


Part [B]
    Eb          Cm6       Dm          Gm7       Cm7         F7
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , . 
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--0-3---0-------------|---2-----------------|---0-----------------|
||----------1-----0-1-2-|-3-----3-0---------0-|-1-----1-------------|
||--------------3-------|-------------1-3-4---|---------3---0-1-3-4-|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


    Bbmaj7      Bb        Eb          Cm6       Dm          Gm7
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , . 
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 |----------------------|-0-3---0-------------|---2-----------------|
 |--0---0-1-3---3-2-3-4-|---------1-----0-1-2-|-3-----3-0---------0-|
 |----4-----------------|-------------3-------|-------------1-3-4---|
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


    Cm7         F7        D7			to [A]	
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .  
 |----------------------|---------------------||
 |----------------------|-------------------1-||
 |----0-----------------|---------------0-3---||
 |--1-----1---------3-1-|-0-----------0-------||
 |----------3---0-3-----|---------------------||
 |----------------------|---------------------||



			Part [C] one octave higher than [A]
                            Gm7         Dm7       Gm7         Dm7
    , . , . , . , . , .     , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . ,   .   , . 
 |------------------6-8-||--9-109-8-6-----------|-------------------------|
 |----------------8-----||------------------6---|-8-----------10h11p10----|
 |--------------7-------||*-------------7-------|---------------------10--|
 |----------------------||*---------------------|-------------------------|
 |----------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
 |----------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|


    Gm7         Dm7           Gm7         ---------1st time only
    , . , . , . ,   .   , .   , . , . , . , . , .  
 |--------------------------|-----------------6-8--||
 |--------------------------|---------------8------||
 |--12----------10h12p10----|-------------7-------*||
 |----------------------10--|-12------------------*||
 |--------------------------|----------------------||
 |--------------------------|----------------------||


Part [D] one octave higher than [B]
    Eb          Cm6       Dm          Gm7       Cm7         F7 
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , . 
||----6-----------------|---5-----------------|---3-----------------|
||--8-----8---------4-5-|-6-----6---------2-3-|-4-----4-----------2-|
||----------8---5-7-----|---------7---3-5-----|---------5---2-3-5---|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


    Bbmaj7      Bb        Eb          Cm6       Dm          Gm7
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , . 
 |----------------------|---6-----------------|---5-----------------|
 |--3-2-3-4-6---6-5-6-7-|-8-----8---------4-5-|-6-----6---------2-3-|
 |----------------------|---------8---5-7-----|---------7---3-5-----|
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 |----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


    Cm7         F7        D7 			to [C]
    , . , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , . , .  
 |----3-------------1---|-----------------6-8-||
 |--4-----4-------1---4-|-3-------------8-----||
 |----------5---2-------|-------------7-------||
 |----------------------|---------------------||
 |----------------------|---------------------||
 |----------------------|---------------------||



Posted by: Risto Virtanen  ()
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 02:51:11 GMT


Somebody asked for this a while ago, so here's my version. 
This includes tabs for melody, accompaniment and bass + chords.
Key is not original:-(       Comments welcome...

Take Five by Dave Brubeck (TAB © by Roisto) Time: 5/4 Key: Em
Notation: |: :| repeat /1. first time /2. second time -3- triplet
Melody: Em Bm7 / Em Bm7 Em -3- e |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------| B |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------| G |--------------------2-|:-3-4-3-2-------------|------------------------| D |----------------2-5---|:---------5-----------|--2----------454-2--0---| A |--------------2-------|:-------------2---5---|------------------------| E |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . \ 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Em -3- /1. Em Bm7 \2.Em Bm7 e |----------------------|-----------------------:|----------------------| B |----------------------|-----------------------:|--------------3-2-3-4-| G |----------------------|--------------------2--:|----------------------| D |--2---------020-------|----------------2-5----:|----------------------| A |----------------2-0---|--2-----------2--------:|--2-------------------| E |----------------------|-----------------------:|----------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . / 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . Bridge C F#m7-5 Bm Em7 Am D7 e |----3-----------------|----2------------------|----------------------| B |--5-----5-----------2-|--3-----3--------------|----5-----------------| G |----------5---2-4-5---|----------4-----2-3-4--|--5-----5-2-------2-3-| D |----------------------|--------------5--------|--------------4-5-----| A |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| E |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . G e |----------------------| B |----------3---3-2-3-4-| G |--4-3-4-5-------------| D |----------------------| A |----------------------| E |----------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . C F#m7-5 Bm Em7 Am D7 e |----3-----------------|----2------------------|----------------------| B |--5-----5-----------2-|--3-----3--------------|----5-------------3---| G |----------5---2-4-5---|----------4-----2-3-4--|--5-----5-2-----2---5-| D |----------------------|--------------5--------|--------------4-------| A |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| E |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Verse F#m7 B7 / Em Bm7 Em -3- e |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------| B |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------| G |-4------------------2-|:-3-4-3-2-------------|------------------------| D |----------------2-5---|:---------5-----------|--2----------454-2--0---| A |--------------2-------|:-------------2---5---|------------------------| E |----------------------|:---------------------|------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . \ 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
-3- /1. /2. e |----------------------|-----------------------:|----------------------| B |----------------------|-----------------------:|----------------------| G |----------------------|--------------------2--:|----------------------| D |--2---------020-------|----------------2-5----:|----------------------| A |----------------2-0---|--2-----------2--------:|--2-------------------| E |----------------------|-----------------------:|----------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . Accompaniment riff: Em Bm7 Em Bm7 e |---------------------| |----------------------| B |----5-----5-------3--| |----8-----8--------7--| G |----4-----4-------2--| or |----9-----9--------7--| D |----5-----5-------4--| |----9-----9--------7--| A |--------------2------| |--7-----7-------------| E |--0-----0------------| |--------------7----10-| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 Bridge: C F#m7-5 Bm Em7 Am D7 e |----0-----0-------5---|----2-----2-------3----|----0-----0-------2---| B |----1-----1-------5---|----3-----3-------3----|----1-----1-------1---| G |----0-----0-------5---|----4-----4-------4----|----2-----2-------2---| D |--------2-----4-------|----4---------2--------|----2-----2---0-------| A |--3-------------------|--2-----5--------------|--0-----3-------------| E |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . /1. G /2. F#m7 B7 e |----------------------|-----------------------| B |----0-----0-----------|----2-----2---4--------| G |----0-----0-----------|----2-----2---2--------| D |----0-----0---5---4---|----2-----2---4--------| A |--------2-------------|------------------2----| E |--3-------------------|--2-----2--------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Bass riff: Em Bm7 or Em Bm7 or Em Bm7 G |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| D |--2---------------0---|--2--------------------|----------------------| A |--------------2-------|--------------2---5----|--7---------------5---| E |----------------------|-----------------------|--------------7-------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . Bridge: C F#m7-5 Bm Em7 Am D7 G |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| D |----------2---4-------|----------0---2--------|--------------0-------| A |--3---------------0---|--2--------------------|--0-------3-----------| E |----------------------|------------------3----|------------------2---| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
G C F#m7-5 Bm Em7 G |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| D |----------------------|----------2---4--------|----------0---2-------| A |----------2---5---2---|--3--------------------|--2-------------------| E |--3-------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Am D7 F#m7 B7 | Em Bm7 G |----------------------|----------2---4--------|----------------------| D |--------------0---2---|--4--------------------|--2-------------------| A |--0-------3-----------|------------------2----|----------------------| E |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
Keep on plucking;-)
========================================
TAKE FIVE (Dave Brubeck Quartet) ========= comp. Paul Desmond, 1960 [Dave's alto saxophonist] fingerstyle rhythm guitar "arrangement": tcg 5/4 [think 1, 2, 3, 1, 2] // Key of Am (CM) // Allegro INTRO:[play 'til sax player finishes his/her beer, feels like playin' "head"] ----- Am7 Em9 Em9 ||---------.----------.------2=====2------|| [3 different voicing- ||---------5----------5------3=====3------|| versions of Am7-Em9 will ||o--------5----------5------4=====4-----o|| be given eventually; feel ||o--------5----------5------------------o|| free to interchange these ||----------------------------------------|| at will. . . .] ||----5----------5-----------0-----3------|| duh DAH duh DAH DAH DAH [rhythmic motif sim thruout-->] 1 & (2) & 3 1 2 [--.-- = staccato] A PART: ------- [<--repeat] Am7 Em9 Am7 Em9 Am7 Em9 Am7 Em9 ||---.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.--------|| ||---5---5--3==3---|----5---5--3==3---|----5---5--7==7---|----5---5--3==3--|| ||o--5---5--4==4---|----5---5--4==4---|----5---5--7==7---|----5---5--4==4-o|| ||o--5---5--4==4---|----5---5--4==4---|----5---5--5==5---|----5---5--4==4-o|| ||-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|| ||-5---5----0--3---|--5---5----0--3---|--5---5----7--0---|--5---5----0--3--|| B PART: -------- FM7 Dm6 Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 CM7 Dm7 Em7 ||----.----.-------|----.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.--.--.---| ||---10---10----10-|----8---8-----5---|----6---6-----3---|----5---5--6--8---| ||----9----9----10-|----7---7-----5---|----5---5-----4---|----4---4--5--7---| ||---10---10-----9-|----9---9-----5---|----7---7-----3---|----5---5--7--9---| ||-8----8----------|--7---7-----------|--5---5-----------|--3---3-----------| ||----------10==10-|-----------5==5---|-----------3==3---|-----------5--7---| D.C.[->A part] FM7 Dm6 Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 Bm7b5 E7 |----.----.--------|----.---.---------|----.---.---------|----.---.--.--.--|| |---10---10----10--|----8---8-----5---|----6---6-----3---|----6---6--5--5--|| |----9----9----10--|----7---7-----5---|----5---5-----4---|----7---7--7--7--|| |---10---10-----9--|----9---9-----5---|----7---7-----3---|----7---7--6--6--|| |-8----8-----------|--7---7-----------|--5---5-----------|-----------7--7--|| |----------10==10--|-----------5==5---|-----------3==3---|--7---7----------|| Possible SEQUENCE: I-A*-B*-(A-B-)-"A"[extended/long improv]-A*-B*-I(fade out)... *=play "head" melody

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