ACTIVITY
Yakety Axe
Chet Atkins
"Yakety Sax" (From The "Essential Chet Atkins" Version)
Tabbed By: TheLoser (17 Years Old =)
e-mail me with any suggestions, though I'm sure this is 100% right, except for that
one chord name.
b= bend
p= Pull-Off
AU=Arpeggio Up
/=Slide
Section I
Part A
G
|------3---------------------------3--------3---------------|
|-7b8---5-3-3-3-5-3----------3-5-3-----7b8---5-3-3-3-5-3----|
|----------4-------4---2-3/4--------------------4-------4---|
|-------------------5-5----------------------------------5--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A Gmaj7 G
|--------5----------3-3-----3-3----3-3----3-3-------|
|-3-5-6-7-7p5-----------6/8----6/8----6/8----5-3----|
|-------------7---------------------------------4-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
C7 G A Gmaj7 G
|-----------------3-5-3-6-3--3/76/76/7-10-6-7--12-------------|
|----1-1---1-1-3/5-----------------------------8---12-----------|
|-3/5---3/5------------------------------------------14-12-14-12|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Section I
Part B (Same Chords as Part A)
|------3---------------------------3------10-10--------------|
|-7b8---5-3-3-3-5-3----------3-5-3-----/12-----12-10-----8-8-|
|----------4-------4---2-3/4------------------------12-/9----|
|-------------------5-5--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-------|
|--------------10----------6/8---6/8---6/8---5-3----|
|-9-7--7-7-9/11--119-7-------------------------4-0-|
|----9----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-5-3-6-3--3/76/76/7-10-6-7--12-------------|
|----1-1---1-1-3/5-----------------------------8---12-----------|
|-3/5---3/5------------------------------------------14-12-14-12|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Section II
Part A
C
|--------7----------------------------------------------------|
|-12b13---10-9-10-9-8-7-8--10-9-8-9-8-7----------------8-10-8-|
|--------------------------------------10-9-8-9---7-8/9-------|
|-----------------------------------------------10------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gmaj7 C C7
|-8-8----------------10--------------8-----8-8-8-8------|
|----10-8---8-8-10/12---1210-8-----8-----8--8----10-8--|
|--------9-------------------------9-----9---9--------9-|
|--------------------------------10----10----10---------|
|-------------------------------(AU)—-(AU)--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
F Fm C Gmaj7 C
|-----8-----8-8-8-8----------------------------8-8--------|
|----8-----8--8----10-8----------8-------8-10-8---10-8----|
|---8-----8---8--------8----7-8/9--7-9/10-------------9---|
|-10----10----10----------10---------------------------10-|
|(AU)--(AU)-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Section II
Part B (Same Chords as Part A)
|-------------------------5---------------------------5--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--0-5-5-0-5-5-0-5-5-0-5--5-5-0-5-5-0-5-5-0-5-5-0-5----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
(I like to play this whole Part B of Section II Palm-Muted, listen to the CD for the
technique, the goal is to make it sound like a chicken)
|---------3--------5----------3---------5----------8--------6-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-0-5---5-5-0-5---4-4-0-4---4-4-0-4----5-5-0-5---5-5-0-5--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------5---------8------------------------8-8--------|
|----------------------------8-------8-10-8----10-8----|
|-5-5-0-5---8-8-0-8----7-8/9--7-9/10---------------9---|
|--------------------10-----------------------------10-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
And that's all folks. This is the order the song is in:
Section I: Part A
Section I: Part B
Section II: Part A
Section II: Part B
Section I: Part B
Section I: Part A
Outro
The Outro:
B|------------------------------|
G|---12---12--------------11-12-|
D|-12-------12-12-12-14-12------|
The Chords:
(The chords are all with the basic country style playing:
Dominant, sub-dominant, there are pauses in the song, they're just right after/before
each section, look to the tabs above to see where the chords progress)
G: 355433
G7: 353463
Gmaj7?: 353463
A: 577655
C: x32010
C7: x32310
F: 133211
Fm: 133111
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