Chord/Tab song: Yakety Axe

"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
AUArpeggio Up
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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 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--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 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---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 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