Negative Girl - Steely Dan

Negative Girl

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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
 
|Gm7 | % |Ebm7 | % |
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|F11 | % |
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|C#m9 | % |C#m7 | % |
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VERSE 1
G/C E/C
She's lost she's late
Bm/E
She's zooming on a couch some where
G/C E/C
Or high or home
F13
I'm not supposed to call her there
C/Bb
I wait I smoke
C/F
I stare into my coke
C/Bb Am11
It's happening a gain
Bbm9 Bbm6 C7sus4/G C7+9 Abmaj7 Ab6
I tell my self that it's over and done, a men
 
VERSE 2
Gbmaj7 Fmaj7 Emaj7-5 G/C E/C
Her skin like milk
E11
It's like she's never seen the sun
G/C E/C
Some hearts to crunch
F13
Is more like her idea of fun
C/Bb
I know she's ill
C/F
I'm cruising for a spill
C/Bb Am11
I'm hanging just the same
Bbm9 Bbm6 C7sus4/G
I need to be in the heat
C7+9 Abmaj7 Ab6
Of her cold white flame
 
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Gbmaj7 Fmaj7 Emaj7-5 Ebmaj7 ....
 
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Ebmaj7-5 D/Eb
 
CHORUS:
Dadd9
Another negative girl
Bm9
At the edge of the frame
G#m7 C6add9
De liciously toxic
G7 Dadd9/C Ebmaj7 Dadd9/C
The o rig inal classic thing more of the same
 
|Ebm9 | % | % | % |
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BRIDGE
Gmaj7/A
She's in the zone
E11
Crying on the phone
G/A G13 Cmaj7
I need you here
Am7 C9 Am7
I'm on the street again
D7 F#m7 B7+5+9 Gmaj7 G6
Staggering out into the burn of the brain dead dawn
Fmaj7 F/C# F+5
To ar rive in time to find her
 
|Gmaj7 |Fmmaj7 Fm6 |
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gone She's
 
G/C E/C
on the train
E11
To somewhere up by Fordham Road
G/C E/C
Her rep tile brain
F13
Locked down and ready in combat mode
C/Bb
Some cash a key
C/F
This guy she has to see
C/Bb Am11
A doctor friend up town
Bbm9 Bbm6 C7sus4/G C7+9 Abmaj7 Ab6
And maybe she gets to me when she comes back down
 
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Gbmaj7 Fmaj7 Emaj7-5 Ebmaj7 ....
 
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Ebmaj7-5 D/Eb
 
CHORUS:
D Dsus2
Another negative girl
Bm9
Spinning out of the frame
G#m7 C6add9
Ex quisitely limpid
G7 Dadd9/C Ebmaj7 Dadd9/C
The o riginal classic thing more of the same
 
[Vibraphone]
 
|D9 |D9 |D9 |D9 |
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|D9 |D9 |F9 |F9 |
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VERSE 3
C/Bb
A goof a buzz
C/F
If that is what it was
C/Bb Am11
Then how do you ex plain
Bbm9 Bbm6
The way she looks when she's
C7sus4/G C7+9
Dragging me out to dance with her
Gm/F Fm/Eb Em/D Dbmaj7
In the sum mer rain
 
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Gbmaj7 Fmaj7 Emaj7-5 Ebmaj7 ....
 
^ ^ ^
Ebmaj7-5 D/Eb
 
CHORUS:
D Dsus2
Another negative girl
Bm9
At the edge of the frame
G#m7 C6add9
Ex hausting and luscious
G7 Dadd9/C Ebmaj7 Dadd9/C Ebmaj7 Dadd9/C
The o riginal classic thing more of the same more of the same
 
CODA
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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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