Take The A Train Chords by Duke Ellington

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Thank you.
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Thank you for _ Harlem and all the kids in the band.
And as I said before, they all want you to know that we do love you madly.
I did forget to mention about Harlem that we're_
There are a lot of nice people in Harlem.
There are a lot of naughty people too.
But we are represented in Congress by a minister.
_ Another great distinguished, _ _ rather eminent _ personage happens to be with us tonight.
Well, he's _ one of the most important _ people in our group.
He's very seldom seen in public appearances, but he's always heard.
It's my pleasure to introduce the eminent composer, _ orchestrator, Billy Strayhorn.
A flat, [C] A flat for Billy Strayhorn.
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[G] _ _ _ _ Billy Strayhorn, my writing and arranging companion.
He wrote our theme, _ Take the A Train.
And now we'd like to do a very special operatic version of _ Take the A Train. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ Hey, [D] hey, [Ab] hey, hey, take the A train.
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If you wanna get [F] to Harlem [C] in a hurry, [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ you _ [Ab] take the Z train.
If [Dm] _ you wanna get [A] to Bronx, baby [C] in a hurry. _ _
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_ [E] wanna get to Harlem in a [A] hurry, you take the Z train.
If you wanna get to Bronx, [F] _ _
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baby in a [A] _ _ hurry.
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Ernie Shepard, Ernie Shepard. _ _
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