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Steely Dan Database: transcriptions of "Darkling down"

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Darkling down

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Intro:

Em/Ab    Eb/G    Dm/Gb    Db/F    C/E    Cmajb5/Gb    Fm#7     Gsus4/F


Asus 4                  A7          Asus4                            A7
Well along in the 21st hour when the whole damn grid goes down

Asus 4             A7                    Asus4                      A7
This is how a party gets started in for a penny â?? in for a pound

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Asus 4                          A7                  Asus4                      A7
All at once the whole joint goes quiet and all the wavy lines go straight

Asus 4                  A7                       Asus4                       A7
One fool among fools is wondering what happens if I die too late?

F/A                            G7                       F/A                         G7
Get back with your dimestore nihilism Big Daddyâ??s on a glory run

F/A                               G7               C                            C/Db
Gettinâ?? down on the cellular level just in case I got to call someone

                Dm   C                         Bdim       Am
Darkling down â?? on a darkling plain

                             Am   G                                      Am         G
In the dim dank night         of the pissinâ??-down rain

                  Dm   C                                       Bdim    Am
Darkling down     â??      on the balls of his ass

                                   Am    G                                 Am    G
While he prays and waits          for the storm to pass

Dbm7(b5)     Gb7(b9)      Bm7(b5)     E7(b9)

Lemme show you where the good thing happens itâ??s a barbershop in Inglewood
Too bad we wonâ??t get past the bouncer sadly Iâ??ve been banned for good
Thereâ??s a coffee shop right â??round the corner the proprietor knows my name
Cup of joe and a Vicks inhaler now youâ??re ready for the big boy game
Steady son come seven come eleven, if either one of us can count that high
Muscatel if the deal gets dicey, milk and honey in the by and by

Darkling down â?? itâ??s a damn disgrace
Going round and round in a very small place
Darkling down â?? with a hole in his soul
That he canâ??t explain and he canâ??t control

Dbm7(b5)     Gb7(b9)   Ebm7(b5)   Ab7(b9)

Solo:

Dbsus4    Db7    Dbsus4    Db7
Absus4    Ab7    Absus4    Ab7
Dbsus4    Db7    Dbsus4    Db7
Absus4    Ab7    Absus4    Ab7
Ebsus4    Eb7    Dbsus4    Db7

Asus4           A7                      Asus4                        A7
For the fun or for the money. For the fuck of it or just because

Asus4                        A7                   Asus4                                 A7
Listen, friend, this is no damn picnic but letâ??s imagine for a minute that it was

Asus4                              A7                      Asus4                             A7
Who will feast on this buzzardâ??s banquet? Who will render my heroic bust?

Asus4                               A7                           Asus4                    A7
Who will choke on my lachrymose musings? Who will eat my zero dust?

F/A                         G7                              F/A                                      G7
Who will wear this puke-streaked tunic? Who shall gorge on this cup of spleen?

F/A                                    G7                           C                                C/Db
Who will sing about the good bad and ugly? And all and everything in between?

Darkling down â?? this is godâ??s good man
On his hands and knees livinâ?? godâ??s good plan
Darkling down â?? and we donâ??t know still
When heâ??ll come around if he ever will
Darkling down â?? on a zero-G dive
And we just canâ??t say will the fool survive
Darkling down â?? in a seven-G turn
Glowing like a coal in the afterburn

Transcriptions by Matthew Kerns
	
	

Authors

Person Music Lyrics
View the picture Walter Becker Yes Yes
Larry Klein Yes No

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