Axel F
Harold Faltermeyer
From the film Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Standard Tuning

First Theme

e|-------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|---|
B|-------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|---|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|----------10------------------------|---|
D|-----6---------8---------|------10---------11--10------|-------10---------------------------|---|
A|--8-----8----8----8--6---|---8-----8---8-----------11--|----8--------8--------------10--8---|---|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------11--11---8----------|---|

Second Theme

e|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------5----5----5--8-----8--8----6----6----|--------5----5----5--8------8--6------------|
D|-------7----7----7--8-----8--8----8----8----|--------7----7----7--8------8--8------------|
A|-------8----8----8--10----10-10---8----8----|--------8----8----8--10-----10-8------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------1----1----1----1--3----3--5--3--3--|-----3----5----5----5----3--5----5----5--------|
D|-------3----3----3----3--5----5-----5--5--|-----5----7----7----7----5--7----7----7--------|
A|-------4----4----4----4--6----6-----6--6--|-----6----8----8----8----6--8----8----8--------|
E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

Fills

e|----1----|
B|----1----|
G|----3----| play across 2 bars
D|----1----|
A|---------|
E|---------|
                        
e|----13------11------------|----------------------|------------------|-------|
B|----------------------13--|-(13)-----11----------|------------------|-------|
G|--------------------------|----------------13----|--10--------------|-------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------|------------------|-------|
A|--------------------------|----------------------|------------------|-------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------|------------------|-------|

Third Theme

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|____________ 
D|-------------------------------------|            \  1
A|-----11--------11--------11----------|             \
E|----------11--------11-------11------|              \
                                                    play 4 times each, 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
e|-------------------------------------|              /
B|-----9---------9---------9-----------|             /
G|----------8---------8--------8-------|____________/  2
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----8--5---------------5--8----5--------------| play 2 times
D|-----------8--6----8-----------------8----6----|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----8--6---------------6--8----6--------------| play 4 times
D|-----------8--6----8-----------------8----6----|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|



Structure

First Theme x2
First Theme x2 tacet
Second Theme x2
First Fill
First Theme tacet
Second Fill
First Theme x2
Third Theme
Second Theme x2
3rd and 4th bars of Second Theme
First Theme x2