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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 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  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   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.      Chord diagramE MajorE S S    S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE 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 Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S   S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE 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 Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S     S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE 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 Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S   S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE 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 Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------7-----------||
|---7-------------7---------9-||
|-----9---9---7-9-----7-9---9-||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||


 1st & 2nd Verses
    Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD
  S  e  S S  e  S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE 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--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


    Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramEsus4Esus4           Chord diagramE 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-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


    Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD
  S  e  S S  e  S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE 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----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|


    Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD 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
    Chord diagramEsus2Esus2       Chord diagramD#mD#m            Chord diagramG/BG/B         Chord diagramA/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--|
|-------------------------||------------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------------|


    Chord diagramG/DG/D                   Chord diagramA/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--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


    Chord diagramG/BG/B         Chord diagramA/C#A/C#              Chord diagramG/DG/D                   Chord diagramA/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--|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


    Chord diagramG/BG/B         Chord diagramA/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-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


    Chord diagramG/DG/D                   Chord diagramA/C#A/C#    Chord diagramEsus2Esus2
  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
    Chord diagramD#mD#m                       Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramAm7/GAm7/G     Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD 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   Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramAm/GAm/G         G°7B
  E. S Q  E. S Q    E. S Q  E. S E. S   S S Chord diagramE 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  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    H    Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   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  Chord diagramE MajorE S S
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------9-|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|


                                                      Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Gtr I
  S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S   S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE 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--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|


    Chord diagramEsus2Esus2                     Chord diagramD#mD#m
  S e S S e S S e S S e S   S e S S e S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE 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
    Chord diagramG/BG/B           Chord diagramC majorC
    Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S  S S S  Chord diagramE 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-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|


                    Chord diagramD/AD/A                         Chord diagramG/BG/B
  S  S S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE 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.
    Chord diagramC majorC               Em/A#           Chord diagramD#mD#m
  S  S S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S S S Chord diagramE 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.
    Chord diagramC majorC                             Chord diagramD#mD#m           B5/C#         F#/C#
                                 2/4           4/4
  S  S S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S   Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S    Chord diagramE MajorE S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S  Chord diagramE 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      Chord diagramBb/DBb/D            Chord diagramEb MajorEb
   Chord diagramE MajorE S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S      Chord diagramE MajorE S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S S  S S S  Chord diagramE 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--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|


                    Chord diagramF/CF/C                               Chord diagramEb MajorEb
  S  S S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S S  S S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S  S S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S S  S S S  Chord diagramE 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  Chord diagramE MajorE S S S  S S S  Chord diagramE 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
   Chord diagramE MajorE S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S  S S S  Chord diagramE MajorE S S S  S S S  Chord diagramE 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; Chord diagramE 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

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