Earth Wind And Fire
Fantasy Tab
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 E E Q E E Q E E Q E 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 S S S S S S S E S S E S S E 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 S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E 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 S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E 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 S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E 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 S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------7-----------||
|---7-------------7---------9-||
|-----9---9---7-9-----7-9---9-||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
C D C D
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-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 D Esus4 E
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 D C D
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-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 D
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
Esus2 D#m G/B 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/D 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/B A/C# G/D 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/B 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/D A/C# Esus2
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#m Em7 Am7/G C D
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 Em Am/G G°7B
E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q E. S E. S S S E +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 E Q E E Q E E H Q E 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 S S
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------9-|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
A
Gtr I
S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E 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--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
Esus2 D#m
S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-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/B C
E S S E S S S S S S E 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/A G/B
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E 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 Em/A# D#m
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E 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 D#m B5/C# F#/C#
2/4 4/4
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E 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/D Eb
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E 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/C Eb
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E 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 S S S S S S E 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 S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E 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 - 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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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
