Song Help Request Baker Street - sax solo and intro anyone?

Hiddencross

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I have the chords to accompany the lyrics, but would like at least the chords (tab would be nice too) for the sax solo and introduction. If you don't know the song I'm talking about it is this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgQWjQZydY0

Thanks
 
I'll have to listen to the song again to figure out the very first bit, but the sax melody for the intro I'd play something like this:

F D F D
|----0-8-7-5---|-5---------|------0-8-7-5---|-0------------|
|------5-----8-|-5---------|--------5-----8-|-2-------------|
|------5-------|-6---------|--------5-------|-2-------------|
|--------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|

F C A7 G F
|----0-8-7-5---|-3---------|-0-----0-8-7-5---|-5/7\5---------|
|------5-----8-|-3---------|-0--------------8-|-7--------------|
|------5-------|-4---------|-1----------------|-7-------7---5--|
|--------------|-0---------|-0----------------|-0--------------|

There's other voicings for the chords you could use, or just use the top notes in the tab for the melody.
 
Hmmm...the chords got bunched up, I'll try again:

..........F.............D........................ F.............D
|----0-8-7-5---|-5---------|------0-8-7-5---|-0------------|
|------5-----8-|-5---------|--------5-----8-|-2-------------|
|------5-------|-6---------|--------5-------|-2-------------|
|--------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|

..........F.............C............. A7........................G...............F
|----0-8-7-5---|-3---------|-0-----0-8-7-5---|-5/7\5---------|
|------5-----8-|-3---------|-0--------------8-|-7--------------|
|------5-------|-4---------|-1----------------|-7-------7---5--|
|--------------|-0---------|-0----------------|-0--------------|
 
OK, now I've had a listen and couldn't resist the challenge - here's how I'd play the full intro: (really surprised there weren't already decent tabs out there for guitar etc)

..G.....................Eb....................F(F6).............................
|-2-----------0---|---1------------ |------0--------- |-----------------|
|------------------|-3---3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------3-------- |-2-------------- |-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

..G.....................Eb....................Fsus2.............................
|-------2---------|-------1---------|---------------- |---------------0-|
|-----------------|------------------|---------3-------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-3---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------- |

..G.....................Eb.....................F..................................F...........
|-2h3h2-------0-|---1---------5-3-|-5-----3-0-----3-|-0-----0-8-7-5----|
|-----------------|-3---3------------|----------------- |--------- 5------8-|
|-----------------|--------3-------- |----------------- |----------5---------|
|-----------------|----------------- |------------------ |--------------------|

..D...............................F.............D...............................F.......
|-5h7p5---------|-------0-8-7-5----|-0---------------|-------0-8-7-5----|
|-5-------------- |---------5------8-|-5s4s5--------- |-------- 5-------8--|
|-6---------------|---------5--------|-6s5s6-----------|---------5---------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------- |-------------------|

..C.....................A7......................G........................G7..............
|-3---------------|-0-----0-8-7-5---|-5h7p5------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-0--------------8-|-7------------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-1----------------|-7-------5h7-5-2---|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-0----------------|-0-------------------|-----------------|

Cheers...Bertie
 


I've been playing Baker Street for a couple of years. I got chords for the verse off of Ultimate-Guitar.com, and figured out the rest on my own. I did this video right after Gerry Rafferty died (I only had time for a couple of takes during 20 quiet minutes while my family was out of the house). My version isn't much different than what the other video guy came up with, and it's pretty close to Bertie's. On the third line, I do the third measure in the lower octave before jumping up for the sax part. On the last line, I play A instead of A7 and go back to the F chord again before proceeding to G.
 
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