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.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
( probably better tackled on a keyboard. The maj7-5 chords over bass notes one semi-tone lower than the root aren't really meant to be played on guitar! )
|D5(7) | | | |
|D5(7) | |D7/Eb | |
|D7/Eb |D7+9 |Ebmaj7-5/D | |
|Ebmaj7-5/D | | | |
Ebmaj7-5/D My coat is black and the moon is yellow Here is where I get off As you can see for yourself old girl in the Green Book Cm6/9 I tango down to the smoky lobby My eyes adjust to the light Dbmaj7-5/C The new cashier looks like Jill St. John Dbmaj7-5Bmaj7-5G7sus4/D Can that be right? Abmaj7-5/G I'm rolling into the bar at Joey's They're getting ready to close Eb6Am7-5 Here she comes very "Kiss Me Deadly" F7sus4 /C Eb7sus4 /Bb D7sus4 Eb13add9 Eb9 My life, my love, my third hand rose Ebmaj7-5/D Flash ahead to a yummy playback Just you and me in a room Dbsus4/AbEb7Gsus4/DEbmaj7-5/D Double dreaming a page at a time in the Green Book
|Cm9 |Gmaj9 |Cm9 /F |D7D7sus4 |
|Ebmaj7 |D7 |Gbmaj7-5 | -2/4-
Ebmaj7-5/D The torso rocks and the eyes are keepers Now where'd we sample those legs? I'm thinking Marilyn 4.0 in the Green Book Cm6/9 I like the neon I love the music Anachronistic but nice Dbmaj7-5/C The seamless segue from fun to fever Dbmaj7-5Bmaj7-5G7sus4/D It's a sweet de vice Abmaj7-5/G I'm so in love with this dirty city This crazy grid of desire Eb6Am7-5 The festive icons along the way F7sus4 /C Eb7sus4 /Bb D7sus4D7 Eb13add9 Eb9 The boardwalk, the lovers, the house on fire
Ebmaj7-5/D She's kind of cute but a little younger She's got the mood and the moves Dbsus4/AbEb7G7sus4/DEbmaj7-5/D It's kinda scary to dig your self in the Green Book.
|D5(7) | | | | ^ ^ |D7/Eb | | |E7+9 |
|Fmaj7-5/E | | | |
|Fmaj7-5/E | | | |
|Dm6/9 | | | |
|Ebmaj7-5/D | |Ebmaj7-5Dbmaj7-5A7sus4/E| |
Abmaj7-5/G I'm so in love with this dirty city This crazy grid of desire Eb6Am7-5 The festive icons along the way F7sus4 /C Eb7sus4 /Bb D7sus4D7 Eb13add9 Eb9 The boardwalk, the lovers, the house on fire Ebmaj7-5/D She's kind of cute but a little younger She's got the mood and the moves Dbsus4/AbEb7G7sus4/DEbmaj7-5/D It's kinda scary to dig your self in the Green Book.
|Cm9Gmaj9 | |Cm9Bbmaj7 | | Green book |Ebmaj7D7Gbmaj7-5| |