Fantasy tab by Earth Wind & Fire

Tabs

FANTASY

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 MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Synthesizer arr. for Gtr.'
Gtr III (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Synthesizer arr. for Gtr.'
Gtr IV (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Brass arr. for Gtr.'

 Intro 1
 Q=80
 N.C.
 4/4
 Gtrs II, III (Synth. arr. for Gtr.)
 Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E  Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E  Q Q Q Q
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|-5----5-3--5---|-5----5-3------|-------4------|
|----5--------5-|----5------5-4-|-6--4-----6---|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|
| 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 MajorE S S  S S S S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE 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 MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S  S S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE 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 MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S   S S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE 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 MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S  S S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE 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 MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------7-----------||
|---7-------------7---------9-||
|-----9---9---7-9-----7-9---9-||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||


 1st & 2nd Verses
  C majorC        D MajorD       C majorC        D MajorD
 S e S S e S S E MajorE S S E MajorE 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 majorC        D MajorD       Esus4Esus4      E MajorE
 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 majorC        D MajorD       C majorC        D MajorD
 S e S S e S S E MajorE S S E MajorE 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 majorC        D MajorD
 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
  Esus2Esus2    D#mD#m      G/BG/B     A/C#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/DG/D          A/C#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/BG/B     A/C#A/C#       G/DG/D          A/C#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/BG/B     A/C#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/DG/D          A/C#A/C#  Esus2Esus2
 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#mD#m            E minor 7Em7   Am7/GAm7/G   C majorC    D MajorD
 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  E minorEm    Am/GAm/G     G°7B
 E. S Q E. S Q  E. S Q E. S E. S  S S E MajorE +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 MajorE E  Q  E MajorE E Q  E MajorE E  H  Q  E MajorE 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 MajorE S S
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------9-|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|


                           A augmentedA
 Gtr I
 S S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S  S S S S S E MajorE S S E MajorE 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--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|


  Esus2Esus2           D#mD#m
 S e S S e S S e S S e S  S e S S e S S S E MajorE S S E MajorE
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-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/BG/B      C majorC
  E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE 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/AD/A             G/BG/B
 S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S  S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE 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 majorC        Em/A#      D#mD#m
 S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S  S S S S E MajorE 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 majorC               D#mD#m      B5/C#     F#/C#
                 2/4      4/4
 S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S  E MajorE S S E MajorE S S  E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE 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/DBb/D      Eb MajorEb
  E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S   E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE 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/CF/C                Eb MajorEb
 S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE S S  S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE 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 MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE 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 MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S  S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE 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 MajorE - 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