Chet Atkins – Yakety Axe tab

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.
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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--3/7\6/7\6/7-10-6-7--12-------------||----1-1---1-1-3/5-----------------------------8---12-----------||-3/5---3/5------------------------------------------14-12-14-12||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------|
Section IPart 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--11\9-7-------------------------4-0-||----9----------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-5-3-6-3--3/7\6/7\6/7-10-6-7--12-------------||----1-1---1-1-3/5-----------------------------8---12-----------||-3/5---3/5------------------------------------------14-12-14-12||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------|
Section IIPart 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---12\10-8-----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 IIPart 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 thetechnique, 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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