STEELY DAN - "black cow" Tablature

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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:14:02 +0100
From: spxhaw@astronomy.cardiff.ac.uk (Howard Wright)


Black Cow - Steely Dan
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From the album AJA


Arranged by Howard Wright
H.Wright@astro.cf.ac.uk


Helped with lyrics by Richard Kunert

VERSE 1:
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C9
In ..


A7#9 C/D E7#9 Bb/Eb
You ...


C9
On ...


A7#9 C/D E7#9
One ..


Bb/Eb D/E
But ...

CHORUS:
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Amaj7 G/A C/D (2) Amaj7
I ...


Gmaj7 F#m7 C#m/E Eb7 D/E (2) Aadd2/C#
Break ..


F#m7 (2) E Dmaj7 C/D (2) Eb/F
Drink ..

VERSE 2
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Bb9 B9 C9
Down ....

(The rest is as for verse 1)

....lookin' ..

You ..

(You ..

Like ..

You ..

I'm ..

Talk ..

CHORUS 2
---------

I ..

Break ..

Drink ..

INSTRUMENTAL BIT :
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G9 A9

Eb/Bb C6/9 Bb7sus4

D9 E9

Bb/F G/A (2) Eb/F D/E



LAST CHORUS
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This last chorus is the same as the others except for the last bit which goes :


F#m7 (2) E Dmaj7 Amaj7 G/A
Drink ..


C/D (2) Amaj7 G 6/9

Amaj7 (2) G/A C/D (2) Amaj7 (2) G 6/9 (Repeat this line to fade)




Chord shapes :
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Don't be put off beacause there are a lot of shapes - there are some unusual
chords, but quite a few are really duplicates (e.g Bb9,B9,C9) and some chords
have two shapes to choose from (C/D,D/E)

*** Note for convenience I've written a for 10 and b for 11 ***


EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
8X878X 57X688 X5555X 07678X X6333X X7X775 5X665X

C9 A7#9 C/D E7#9 Bb/Eb D/E Amaj7


EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
5X543X X5X553 3X443X 242222 X766XX X656XX x7777x

G/A C/D (2) Gmaj7 F#m7 C#m/E Eb7 D/E (2)


EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x4x455 x9b9a9 x79997 x57675 x8x886 6x656x 7x767x

Aadd2/C# F#m7 (2) E Dmaj7 Eb/F Bb9 B9


EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x323x 5x545x 6xx88x x5445x 6x68xx x5455x x7677x

G9 A9 Eb/Bb C6/9 Bb7sus4 D9 E9


EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
X8Xaxa x0x7x7 3xx455 x07654

Bb/F G/A (2) G 6/9 Amaj7 (2)



If I left any chord shapes out let me know.

Hope you enjoy it!

Howard

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