Earth, Wind & Fire – Fantasy (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire (From the 1977 Album ALL 'N ALL) Words and Music by Maurice White, Verdine White & Eddie Del Barrio Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar ' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Synthesizer arr. for Gtr.' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Synthesizer arr. for Gtr.' Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Brass arr. for Gtr.' Intro 1 Q=80 N.C. 4/4 Gtrs II, III (Synth. arr. for Gtr.) Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|-5----5-3--5---|-5----5-3------|-------4------|
|----5--------5-|----5------5-4-|-6--4-----6---|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
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| Gtr IV (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| H      H        H      H        H     H
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|-2-------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------2------|-3-------------|-0-----2------|
|---------------|--------3------|--------------|

                                Intro 2
               faster Q=86
                                 N.C.
                            Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
  H    Q  Q     H.      E S S    S S S S S E S S E S S E S
|------------|----------------||----------------------------|
|-5----5--5--|--5-------------||-----------------7----------|
|------------|--------------9-||---7-------------7-------9--|
|-7----6--4--|--6-------------||-----9---9---7-9---7-9---9--|
|------------|----------------||----------------------------|
|------------|----------------||----------------------------|
|
| W            +H.      Q        W
|------------|----------------||----------------------------|
|------------|----------------||----------------------------|
|------------|----------------||----------------------------|
|------------|----------------||----------------------------|
|------------|----------------||----------------------------|
|-0----------|-(0)------------||----------------------------|

  S S S S S E S S S S S S E S   S S S S S E S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------7-----------|-----------------7-----------|
|---7-------------7---------9-|---7-------------7---------9-|
|-----9---9---7-9-----7-9---9-|-----9---9---7-9-----7-9---9-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

                                 Intro 3 & Interlude
                                  N.C.
  S S S S S E S S S S S S E S     S S S S S E S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------7-----------||o-----------------7-----------|
|---7-------------7---------9-||----7-------------7---------9-|
|-----9---9---7-9-----7-9---9-||------9---9---7-9-----7-9---9-|
|-----------------------------||o-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|

  S S S S S E S S S S S S E S   S S S S S E S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------7-----------|-----------------7-----------|
|---7-------------7---------9-|---7-------------7---------9-|
|-----9---9---7-9-----7-9---9-|-----9---9---7-9-----7-9---9-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

  S S S S S E S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------7-----------||
|---7-------------7---------9-||
|-----9---9---7-9-----7-9---9-||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||

 1st & 2nd Verses
    C               D             C               D
  S  e  S S  e  S S E S S E S   S  e  S S  e  S S e S S e S
|-----------------x-9---x-9---|-----------------x-----x------|
|-x--8--8-x--8--8-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x--8--8-x--8--8-x-7-7-x-7-7--|
|-x--9--9-x--9--9-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x--9--9-x--9--9-x-7-7-x-7-7--|
|-x-10-10-x-10-10-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x-10-10-x-10-10-x-7-7-x-7-7--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|

    C               D             Esus4           E
  S  e  S S  e  S S e S S e S   S  e  S S  e  S S e S S e S
|-----------------x-----x-----|-----------------x-----x-----|
|-x--8--8-x--8--8-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x-10-10-x-10-10-x-9-9-x-9-9-|
|-x--9--9-x--9--9-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x--9--9-x--9--9-x-9-9-x-9-9-|
|-x-10-10-x-10-10-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x--9--9-x--9--9-x-9-9-x-9-9-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

    C               D             C               D
  S  e  S S  e  S S E S S E S   S  e  S S  e  S S e S S e S
|-----------------x-9---x-9---|-----------------x-----x--------|
|-x--8--8-x--8--8-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x--8--8-x--8--8-x-7-7-x-7-7----|
|-x--9--9-x--9--9-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x--9--9-x--9--9-x-7-7-x-7-7----|
|-x-10-10-x-10-10-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x-10-10-x-10-10-x-7-7-x-7-7----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

    C               D
  S  e  S S  e  S S e S S e S
|-----------------x-----x-----|
|-x--8--8-x--8--8-x-7-7-x-7-7-|
|-x--9--9-x--9--9-x-7-7-x-7-7-|
|-x-10-10-x-10-10-x-7-7-x-7-7-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

                            Pre-Chorus
    Esus2       D#m            G/B         A/C#
  S e S S e S S e S S e S    S e S S e S S  e  S S  e  S
|-------------------------||------------------------------|
|-x-7-7-x-7-x-x-7-7-x-7-7-||-x-8-8-x-8-8-x-10-10-x-10-10--|
|-x-9-9-x-9-x-x-8-8-x-8-8-||-x-7-7-x-7-7-x--9--9-x--9--9--|
|-x-7-7-x-7-x-x-7-7-x-7-7-||-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-11-11-x-11-11--|
|-------------------------||------------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------------|

    G/D                   A/C#
  S  e  S S  e S S  e S S  e.
|-x-------x------x------------|
|-x-12-12-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-10--|
|-x-12-12-x-12-x-x-12-x-x--9--|
|-x-12-12-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-11--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

    G/B         A/C#              G/D                   A/C#
  S e S S e S S  e  S S  e  S   S  e  S S  e S S  e S S  e.
|-----------------------------|-x-------x------x------------|
|-x-8-8-x-8-8-x-10-10-x-10-10-|-x-12-12-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-10--|
|-x-7-7-x-7-7-x--9--9-x--9--9-|-x-12-12-x-12-x-x-12-x-x--9--|
|-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-11-11-x-11-11-|-x-12-12-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-11--|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

    G/B         A/C#
  S e S S e S S  e  S S  e  S
|-----------------------------|
|-x-8-8-x-8-8-x-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-x-7-7-x-7-7-x--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-11-11-x-11-11-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

    G/D                   A/C#    Esus2
  S  e  S S  e S S  e S S  e.   S e S S e S S e S S e S
|-x-------x------x------------|---------------------------|
|-x-12-12-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-10--|-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7---|
|-x-12-12-x-12-x-x-12-x-x--9--|-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9---|
|-x-12-12-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-11--|-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7---|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|

                             Chorus
    D#m                       Em7     Am7/G     C       D
  S e S S e S S e S S e S     E. S Q  E. S Q    E. S Q  E. S Q
|--------------------------||-7--7-7--5--5-5--|-----------------|
|-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7---o||-8--8-8--5--5-5--|-5--5-5--7--7-7--|
|-x-8-8-x-8-8-x-8-8-x-8-9--||-7--7-7--5--5-5--|-5--5-5--7--7-7--|
|-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7----||-9--9-9--5--5-5--|-5--5-5--7--7-7--|
|-------------------------o||-7--7-7----------|-----------------|
|--------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|

  Bm7/A   Em        Am/G         G°7B
  E. S Q  E. S Q    E. S Q  E. S E. S   S S E +H.
|-7--7-7--7--7-7--|-5--5-5--5--5-6--7-|---7-7-(7)----||
|-7--7-7--8--8-8--|-5--5-5--5--5-5--7-|---7-7-(7)----||
|-7--7-7--9--9-9--|-5--5-5--5--5-6--8-|---8-8-(8)----||
|-7--7-7----------|-5--5-5--5--5-5--9-|---9-9-(9)----||
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------||

 Interlude
  N.C.
  Gtrs II, III
  H     Q  E E   Q   E E Q   E E    H    Q   E E   H    Q  Q
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7------------|-----------------|---------------|-4----4--4-----|
|------11--9-7-|-9-----9-7-------|-------8-------|---------------|
|--------------|------------10-9-|-11-------11-9-|-7----6--4-----|
|--------------|----10-----------|---------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr I
| W              W                  W              H    Q  E S S
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------9-|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|

                                                      A
  Gtr I
  S S S S S E S S S S S S E S   S S S S S E S S E S S E.
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------7-----------|-----------------------5--|
|---7-------------7---------9-|---7-------------7-----6--|
|-----9-7-9---7-9-----7-9---9-|-----9-7-9---7-9-7-7-9-7--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

    Esus2                     D#m
  S e S S e S S e S S e S   S e S S e S S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-|-x-8-8-x-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
|-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-|-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||

   Chorus
    G/B           C
    E S S E S S S  S S S  E S S
||------------------------------|
||o-8-x-x-8-x-x-x--8-x-x--8-x-x-|
||--7-x-x-7-x-x-x--9-x-x--9-x-x-|
||--9-x-x-9-x-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|

                    D/A                         G/B
  S  S S S  E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-x--8-x-x--8-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-|-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-x-8-x-x-8-x-x-|
|-x--9-x-x--9-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-|-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-|
|-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-|-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-x-9-x-x-9-x-x-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

  1.
    C               Em/A#           D#m
  S  S S S  E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S E S S H
|-------------------------------|---------------------||
|-x--8-x-x--8-x-x-x-8-x-x-8-x-x-|-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7----o||
|-x--9-x-x--9-x-x-x-9-x-x-9-x-x-|-x-8-x-x-8-x-x-8-----||
|-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-x-8-x-x-8-x-x-|-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-----||
|-------------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------------|---------------------||

  2.
    C                             D#m           B5/C#         F#/C#
                                 2/4           4/4
  S  S S S  E S S S S S S E S S   E S S E S S    E S S  E S S  E S S  E S S
|-------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
|-x--8-x-x--8-x-x-x-8-x-x-8-x-x-|-7-x-x-7-x-x-|-12-x-x-12-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|
|-x--9-x-x--9-x-x-x-9-x-x-9-x-x-|-8-x-x-8-x-x-|-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|
|-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-x-8-x-x-8-x-x-|-7-x-x-7-x-x-|-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|
|-------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|

                                 Outro
  F#m/C         Am7/C  F#m/C      Bb/D            Eb
   E S S  E S S  E S S  E S S      E S S  E S S S  S S S  E S S
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-||o-11-x-x-11-x-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x--|
|-11-x-x-11-x-x-12-x-x-11-x-x-||--10-x-x-10-x-x-x-12-x-x-12-x-x--|
|-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-||--12-x-x-12-x-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x--|
|-----------------------------||o--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|

                    F/C                               Eb
  S  S S S  E S S S  S S S  E S S   S  S S S  E S S S  S S S  E S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-|-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|
|-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-|-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-|
|-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-|-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

                    Gm/Db
  S  S S S  E S S S  S S S  E S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x---|
|-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-x-12-x-x-12-x-x---|
|-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

  F#m/C                           Gm/D            Gm/Db
   E S S  E S S  E S S  E S S   S  S S S  E S S S  S S S  E S S  4x
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-|-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-o||
|-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-x-12-x-x-12-x-x--||
|-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-|-x-12-x-x-12-x-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x--||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths