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Version 1
            AJA
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
 
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Bmaj13                      B11
Up on the hill people never stare
     B/F#  Emaj7  
They just  don't 
|Bm11      |  %  |Cmaj7    |   %   |
 care
|Dmaj13    |  %  |
E9   E6   Bm/E     E6   G    A/G  G
Chi  nese music un der  ban  yan  trees
G    A/G  G   Gb7  Eb7     Eb7-9    Ab7
Here at   the dude ranch a bove the sea
E11               D/C   C    D/C     C
Aja   when all my dime  dan  cin' is through
  Fmaj7  Gadd9  Dbmaj7-5   Cmaj7-5
I run    to     you
|Bmaj13    |           |          |            |
Bmaj13                              B11
Up on the hill, they've got time to burn
        B9  Emaj7   
There's no  re  
|Bm11      |  %  |Cmaj7    |   %   |
 turn
|Dmaj13    |  %  |
E9   E6  Bm/E     E6  G   A/G  G
Dou  ble helix in the sky to   night
G     A/G G   Gb7    Eb7         Eb7-9  Ab7
Throw out the hard   ware, let's do it  right
E11                D/C   D    D/C     C
Aja    when all my dime  dan  cin' is through
  Fmaj7   Gadd9  Dbmaj7-5   Cmaj7-5
I run     to     you
|B11  Em11  |             |
|A   Gmaj7   |A   Gmaj7    |A   Gmaj7   |A   Gmaj7    |
|A   Gmaj7   |A   Gmaj7    |A   Gmaj7   |A   Gmaj7    |
|A   Gmaj7   |A   Gmaj7    |A   Gmaj7   |A    |
                                        --2/4-
|G   Fmaj7   |G   Fmaj7    |Gb11        |          |
|A   Gmaj7   |A   Gmaj7    |A   Gmaj7   |A    |
                                        --2/4-
|G   Fmaj7   |G   Fmaj7    |Gb11        |                |
|G           |             |Cmaj7  D/C  |Cmaj7    D/C    |
|Cmaj7  D/C  |Cmaj7   |E7sus4    |           |
              --2/4---
|F#  G   A   |  G       |F#11            |G/F     Fmaj7    |
             ----3/4---- ------6/4-------
|      G     |A   Gmaj7    |A   Gmaj7   |A   Gmaj7    |
|A   Gmaj7   |A   Gmaj7    |A   Gmaj7   |A    |
                                        --2/4-
|G   Fmaj7   |G   Fmaj7    |Gb11        |          |
|A   Gmaj7   |A   Gmaj7    |A   Gmaj7   |A    |
                                        --2/4-
|G   Fmaj7   |G   Fmaj7    |Gb11        |          |
|G           |   %   |Cmaj7  D/C  |Cmaj7  D/C    |
|Cmaj7  D/C  |Cmaj7   |E7sus4    |  %  |
              --2/4---
|Gb  G   A   |  G       |Gb11            |G/F     Fmaj7    |
             ----3/4---- ------6/4-------
|     G      |G/F    Fmaj7     |G6    Fmaj13   |Cm11       Bm11|
                                               ------6/4--------
Sax solo
|Bm11        |   %    |   %    |   %    |    %    |    %    |                   |       
|         C11|    Db11   Gb11     |             |
|F11     E11     |Eb11   D11      |Eb11   Gb11  |
|            |G6      Fmaj7     |Cm11         Bm11| %  |  %  |  %   |  %   |   
 
|Bm11        |  %  |  %   |  %  |Bm11     C11|    Db11   Gb11  | 
|            |F11     E11     |Eb11   D11      |Eb11     Gb11       |            |
|Dbmaj7-5    |Cmaj7-5         |   %  | 
|Bmaj13     |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %   |  %  |  %  |  %   |  %   | 
  
Bmaj13                           B11
Up on the hill, they think I'm o kay
   B/F# Emaj7 
Or so   they  
|Bm11      |  %  |Cmaj7    |   %   |
 say
|Dmaj13    |  %  |
E9    E6     Bm/E      E6   G     A/G  G
Chi   nese   music al  ways sets  me   free
G    A/G  G    Gb7  Eb7       Eb7-9   Ab7
Ang  u    lar  ban  jos sound good to me
E11             D/C   C    D/C     C
Aja when all my dime  dan  cin' is through
  Fmaj7  Gadd9   Dbmaj7-5   Cmaj7-5
I run    to      you
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Bm11
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Bm11
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Bm11
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Bm11
  Oh ya! 
Yet another submission by The Master. 
        
                