Blue Train
by John Coltrane
🎷 Jazz
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
The title track from Coltrane's 1957 Blue Note debut as a leader. This hard bop blues in Eb features a powerful, riff-based melody with a three-note ascending motif that drives relentlessly forward like a locomotive.
e|---6---8---11---8---6----6---8---11---8---6------|
B|---8---8---11---8---8----8---8---11---8---8------|
G|---8---8---10---8---8----8---8---10---8---8------|
D|---8---8---11---8---8----8---8---11---8---8------|
A|---6---8---11---8---6----6---8---11---8---6------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|---11--8---6---4---6---8---11--13--11--8---6-----|
B|---11--8---8---4---8---8---11--13--11--8---8-----|
G|---10--8---8---5---8---8---10--12--10--8---8-----|
D|---11--8---8---6---8---8---11--13--11--8---8-----|
A|---11--8---6---4---6---8---11--13--11--8---6-----|
E|------------------------------------------------|