| C6 | C6 | D7#11 | D7#11 |You must take the "A" Train| Dm7 | G7 | C6 | Dm7 G7 |To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
| C6 | C6 | D7#11 | D7#11 |If you miss the A train| Dm7 | G7 | C6 | Dm7 G7 |You'll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem
| F | F | F | F |Hurry, get on, now it's coming| D7 | D7 | Dm7 | G7 G7b9 |Listen to those rails a-humming
| C6 | C6 | D7#11 | D7#11 |All aboard, get on the A train| Dm7 | G7 | C6 | Dm7 G7 |Soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem
| C6 | C6 | D7#11 | D7#11 || Dm7 | G7 | C6 | Dm7 G7 |
| C6 | C6 | D7#11 | D7#11 || Dm7 | G7 | C6 | Dm7 G7 |
| F | F | F | F || D7 | D7 | Dm7 | G7 G7b9 |
| C6 | C6 | D7#11 | D7#11 || Dm7 | G7 | C6 | Dm7 G7 |
| C6 | C6 | D7#11 | D7#11 |You must take the "A" Train| Dm7 | G7 | C6 | Dm7 G7 |To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
| C6 | C6 | D7#11 | D7#11 |If you miss the A train| Dm7 | G7 | C6 | Dm7 G7 |You'll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem
| F | F | F | F |Hurry, get on, now it's coming| D7 | D7 | Dm7 | G7 G7b9 |Listen to those rails a-humming
| C6 | C6 | D7#11 | D7#11 |All aboard, get on the A train| Dm7 | G7 | C6 | Dm7 G7 |Soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem
