Steely Dan – Almost Gothic (Guitar)

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Transcription and chart Peter Kruger [email protected] [intro]
|Amaj7   C#m7   |C#m7           |Amaj7   C#m7   |C#m7         |
 *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *  

|Amaj7   B7     |Amaj7   C#m7   |F#sus2/A# Bsus2  |Bsus2         |
 *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *   *   *  
[Verse 1]
Eb13               Db13              Gm7 
    I'm working on gospel time these days

     Dm7    Gm7      Dm7    Gm7             Dm7      
(The summer      the summer      this could be

    Gm7              Dm7
the cool part of the summer)

Dbmaj7                              Cm7                    
      The sloe-eyed creature in the reckless room

       Bbmaj7
 she's so severe

  Ebo                    Dm11
A wise child walks right out of here
[Chorus]
Dmaj7                     Cmaj7-5  Cmaj7
     I'm so excited I can barely   cope

    Bmaj7            Amaj7-5
I'm sizzling like an isotope

       Emaj7   G#m7        Emaj7              
I'm on fire so cut me some slack

G#m7            Gmaj7   D6             Gmaj7   D6
First she's way gone    then she comes back

Gmaj7          D6            Gmaj7          F#m7
     She's all business then she's ready to play

Bmaj7             D#m11       G#sus2/C  C#sus2
     She's almost gothic in a natural   way 

|Amaj7   Emaj7  |Amaj7-5      |
 *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   
[Verse 2]
Eb13                  Db13               Gm7 
     This house of de sire is built four square

     Dm7    Gm7     Dm7   Gm7       Dm7      Gm7           Dm7
(The city -     the city        the cleanest kitten in the city)

Dbmaj7                              Cm7             Bbmaj7
      When she speaks it's like the slickest song I ever heard

    Ebo            Dm11
I'm hanging on her every word

Dmaj7                      Cmaj7-5    Cmaj7
     As if I'm not already blazed  en ough

    Bmaj7            Amaj7-5
She hits me with the cryptic stuff

           Emaj7      G#m7    Emaj7
That's her style - to jerk me around

G#m7            Gmaj7  D6/9           Gmaj7    Dmaj9
First she's all feel   then she cools down

Gmaj7           D6/9           Gmaj7           F#m7
     She's pure science with a splash of black cat

Bmaj7             D#m11         G#sus2/C     C#sus2
     She's almost gothic and I  like it like that
[Bridge]
  Am9      D9        Fmaj7-5/A  D9            
        In this dark place so   thrilling  and 

|Am9       D9       |Fmaj7-5/A D9     |
 *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *  
new It's
 Gm7     C9       Gm7      C9    Amaj7/B
 kind of like the opposite of an aerial view

   Fmaj9            C9      
Un less I'm totally wrong

Bbmaj7-5            Amadd9              |E9       |D6/9    |
         I hear her rap and brother it's strong 
[Muted trumpet]
|Abm11     Db/Eb    |Abm11     Db/Eb    |Abm11     Db/Eb    |Abm11     Db/Eb  |
 *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *  

|Gm11      C/D      |Gm11      C/D      |Gm11      C/D      |Gm11      C/D    |
 *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    * 
[Chorus]
Dbmaj7                                Cm7           Bbmaj7
      I'm pretty sure that what she's telling me is mostly lies

    Ebo                Dm11
But I just stand there hypnotized

Ebmaj7                          Dbmaj7
      I'll just have to make it work somehow

    Cmaj13      Bbmaj7-5
I'm in the amen corner now

          Fmaj7      Am7         Fmaj7   
's called love -   I spell L -U- V 

Am7             Abmaj7   Ebmaj13          Abmaj7   Ebmaj13
First she's all buzz     then she's noise-free

Abmaj7                Ebmaj13           Abmaj7     Gm7
      She's bubb ling over then there's nothing to say

Cmaj7             Em11        Asus2/C#  Dadd9   
     She's almost gothic in a natural   way

|Bbmaj7    Fmaj7    |Bbmaj7 
 *    *    *    *    She's old                           

Abmaj7   Ebmaj13         Abmaj7  Ebmaj13
school   then she's like young

Abmaj7         Ebmaj13       Abmaj7          Ebmaj13
      Little   Eva meets the Bleecker Street brat

Cmaj7             Em11            Asus2/C#    Dadd9
     She's almost gothic but it's better than that
[Closing sequence]
|Bbmaj7    Fmaj7    |Bbmaj7    Fmaj7    |E13                |D13               |Dmaj7  Gm11 .......... 
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