FAGEN DONALD - "the nightfly" Tablature

Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:40:06 -0500
From: Charles Seymour <charlesseymour@yahoo.com>
Subject: f/fagen_donald/the_nightfly.crd

Artist: Donald Fagen
Song: The Nightfly
Album: The Nightfly
Transcribed by: Charles Seymour
<charlesseymour@yahoo.com>

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}