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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:40:06 -0500
From: Charles Seymour
Subject: f/fagen_donald/the_nightfly.crd
Artist: Donald Fagen
Song: The Nightfly
Album: The Nightfly
Transcribed by: Charles Seymour
INTRO
Am7 Em C
G D F6
B7 Em
C9 Am7 F#aug
STANZA 1
Gmadd9 G
I'm Lester...
Gmaj7 G6
Hello...
Gsus4 Am Em
Won't you...
Am Em
Respect...
D G G Em C Em C G F#aug
STANZA 2
as stanza 1 except drop the final F#aug
CHORUS 1
Em D C
An independent...
G D F6
WJAZ
B7 Em
With jazz...
C9 Am7 Em G6
>From the...
A G
Sweet...
F#7 B7#5 E Esus
Tonight...
A Am
Late line...
G6 G Gmaj7/6
Til the sun...
F#m Am D Gmaj7 C Am F#aug
STANZAS 3 & 4
As stanzas 1 & 2 respectively
CHORUS 2
As chorus 1 except last line; after the Gmaj7/6,
play this: F#m Am C C#dim
BRIDGE
B7 F#madd9
You'd never...
B7 E6 E
But once...
Ebm7 E
When love...
C#m Bmaj7 Absus7 F#6
Bmaj7 Cm7b5
I sometimes...
F#/C# B A
What happened...
Ebm7 E
The answer's...
Abm Ebm Baug F#m
It was you, you
E D
It was you
A6 Cdim Em A Eb C F#aug
Tonight...
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
per stanzas 1 & 2
CHORUS 3
As chorus 1 except after the Gmaj7/6 end on F#m.
Definitions:
Gmadd9 {3x0335}
Gsus {3x001x}
F#aug {xx4332}
Gmaj7/6 {3x4430}
F#madd9 {2xx224}
Absus7 {464644}
Cm7b5 {x3434x}
F#/C# {x44322}
Baug {x2x443}