Biography:
Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band which formed in 1972. The band was formed by Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) and Walter Becker (guitar, bass), who met in 1967 while both attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and began a songwriting partnership shortly thereafter.
Their music is characterized by dark, witty lyrical narratives, obscure lyrical allusions and complex, jazz-influenced instrumentation and chord sequences, overlying more ordinary popular song structures.
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Other songs:
- Barrytown
- Brooklyn (owes The Charmer Under Me)
- Deacon Blues
- Dirty Work
- Fire In The Hole
- My Old School
- Rikki Don't Lose That Number
- Aja
- Almost Gothic
- Any Major Dude Will Tell You
- Any World That Im Welcome To
- Babylon Sisters
- Bad Sneakers
- Barry Town
- Black Cow
- Black Friday
- Blues Beach
- Bodhisattva
- Boston Rag
- Brooklyn
- Cant Buy A Thrill
- Chain Lightning
- Change Of The Guard
- Charlie Freak
- Cousin Dupree
- Daddy Dont Live In That New York City No More
- Dallas
- Do It Again
- Doctor Wu
- Dont Take Me Alive
- Dr Wu
- Everything Must Go
- Everything You Did
- Fm No Static At All
- Gaucho
- Glamour Profession
- Green Book The
- Haitian Divorce
- Hey Nineteem
- Hey Nineteen
- Home At Last
- I Got The News
- Janie Runaway
- Josie
- Kid Charlemagne
- King Of The World
- Kings
- Let George Do It
- Lunch With Gina
- Midnight Cruiser
- Monkey In Your Soul
- My Rival
- Night By Night
- Only A Fool Would Say That
- Parkers Band
- Pearl Of The Quarter
- Peg
- Pixeleen
- Pretzel Logic
- Razor Boy
- Reelin In The Years
- Rikki Dont Lose That Number
- Sail The Waterway
- Show Biz Kids
- Sign In Stranger
- Slang Of Ages
- The Caves Of Altamira
- The Fez
- The Last Mall
- The Royal Scam
- Things I Miss The Most
- Third World Man
- Through With The Buzz
- Throw Back The Little Ones
- Turn That Heartbeat Over Again
- What A Shame About Me
- With A Gun
- You Go Where I Go
- Your Gold Teeth
- Your Gold Teeth Ii
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Hi - This was graciously transcribed and posted by Howard Wright some time
ago. My thanks go to him for all his expertise and efforts! It might
have been edited a bit from his original for my own use.
Haitian Divorce - Steely Dan
----------------------------
INTRO:
Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / E / G#m7 A
B F#m E C#m7
Babs and clean willy were in love they said
Amaj7 G#m7 B6 C#m7
So in love the preachers face turned red
B6 F#m E C#m7
Soon every-body knew the thing was dead
Amaj7 Amaj7/Bb E A G#m7
He shouts she bites they wrangle through the night
F#m7 B F#m7 B
Semi mo-jo who's this kinky so and so, papa go...
A (flat 5th) Bbm11
He shouts she bites ....
CHORUS:
Em D6 C6 G7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Em7
Oh - oh - oh No hesi - tation no tears & no hearts breakin' no remorse
Em D6 Am G13 Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7
Oh - oh - oh... Con - grat-u- lations this is your Hai-itian
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 E G#m7 A
Divorce
Now it goes back to the second verse- same as the first (but different words!)
After the second chorus, it goes to a middle eight type thing with the words:
"At the grotto, in the easy chair, sits the Charlie...." etc
Going in to this, the last line of the chorus is slightly different in that you
don't play the E, G#m7 and A chords but go straight from Em6 to :
MIDDLE 8:
(Em6) Cmaj7 Em7 D7
At the grotto in the easy chair sits the Charlie with the lotion and the
G G7 Cmaj7
kinky hair when she laughed she said it all
F7 G7 F7 G7
The band was hot so they danced a famous merango (?) now we
A7 C7
dolly back now we fade to black
INSTRUMENTAL (Guitar solo):
G / F7 / C / Bb7 A7 (play three times)
Cmaj7 / / Bm7 Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / E / G#m7 A
Next it goes to another verse (verse 3)
Same chords as before
Then another chorus
At the end of the third chorus, play as for the second chorus i.e miss out
the E G#m7 and A chords
Instead of these go straight into another instrumental bit, same as above
for the first threee lines (i.e the three repetition of the first line)
but then play:
Fmaj7 / / / Em7 / Em6 /
and repeat this line as much as you want (the song fades here)
For some chords I've put alternative shapes for the same chord. Take your pick
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x7x787 x79787 x7x687 022100 464444 577655
Em7 Em7 Em6 E G#m7 A
(use the first Em7 shape for the intro bit with Em7 and Em6)
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
799877 244222 242222 x46454 x02120
B F#m F#m7 C#m7 Amaj7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24444 x1212x 355433 353433 353453 3x3455
B6 Amaj7/Bb G G7 G13 G13
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x57777 x35555 x0764x 6x664x x79987 x24232
D6 C6 A flat5 Bbm11 Em Bm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x35453 131211 575655 x35353 x57575
Cmaj7 F7 A7 C7 D7
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Hi - This was graciously transcribed and posted by Howard Wright some time
ago. My thanks go to him for all his expertise and efforts! It might
have been edited a bit from his original for my own use.
Haitian Divorce - Steely Dan
----------------------------
INTRO:
Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / E / G#m7 A
B F#m E C#m7
Babs and clean willy were in love they said
Amaj7 G#m7 B6 C#m7
So in love the preachers face turned red
B6 F#m E C#m7
Soon every-body knew the thing was dead
Amaj7 Amaj7/Bb E A G#m7
He shouts she bites they wrangle through the night
F#m7 B F#m7 B
Semi mo-jo who's this kinky so and so, papa go...
A (flat 5th) Bbm11
He shouts she bites ....
CHORUS:
Em D6 C6 G7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Em7
Oh - oh - oh No hesi - tation no tears & no hearts breakin' no remorse
Em D6 Am G13 Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7
Oh - oh - oh... Con - grat-u- lations this is your Hai-itian
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 E G#m7 A
Divorce
Now it goes back to the second verse- same as the first (but different words!)
After the second chorus, it goes to a middle eight type thing with the words:
"At the grotto, in the easy chair, sits the Charlie...." etc
Going in to this, the last line of the chorus is slightly different in that you
don't play the E, G#m7 and A chords but go straight from Em6 to :
MIDDLE 8:
(Em6) Cmaj7 Em7 D7
At the grotto in the easy chair sits the Charlie with the lotion and the
G G7 Cmaj7
kinky hair when she laughed she said it all
F7 G7 F7 G7
The band was hot so they danced a famous merango (?) now we
A7 C7
dolly back now we fade to black
INSTRUMENTAL (Guitar solo):
G / F7 / C / Bb7 A7 (play three times)
Cmaj7 / / Bm7 Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / E / G#m7 A
Next it goes to another verse (verse 3)
Same chords as before
Then another chorus
At the end of the third chorus, play as for the second chorus i.e miss out
the E G#m7 and A chords
Instead of these go straight into another instrumental bit, same as above
for the first threee lines (i.e the three repetition of the first line)
but then play:
Fmaj7 / / / Em7 / Em6 /
and repeat this line as much as you want (the song fades here)
For some chords I've put alternative shapes for the same chord. Take your pick
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x7x787 x79787 x7x687 022100 464444 577655
Em7 Em7 Em6 E G#m7 A
(use the first Em7 shape for the intro bit with Em7 and Em6)
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
799877 244222 242222 x46454 x02120
B F#m F#m7 C#m7 Amaj7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24444 x1212x 355433 353433 353453 3x3455
B6 Amaj7/Bb G G7 G13 G13
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x57777 x35555 x0764x 6x664x x79987 x24232
D6 C6 A flat5 Bbm11 Em Bm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x35453 131211 575655 x35353 x57575
Cmaj7 F7 A7 C7 D7
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