Steely Dan – Babylon Sisters (Guitar)
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(4)
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Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
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[Intro]
|Gb5 |B Ab7 |E Abm7 |Ebm7 Ebs4 Ebm7 Ebs4 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Gb5 B |Ab7 B |E F#/E A7-5|Ebm7 Ebs4 Ebm7 Ebs4 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |E F#/E A7-5|Ebm7 Ebs4 Ebm7 Ebs4|Ebsus4 |Bb7sus4 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * --2/4--- [Verse 1] Bb7sus4 Cm7 Eb13 Drive west on sunset to the sea Dbmaj9 Turn that jungle music down Ab13 Gbmaj13 Bbm7 Just until we're out of town Cm7 Dm11 This is no one night stand Bbm7 It's a real oc casion Cm7 Close your eyes and you'll be there Eb/F Bbmaj7 It's everything they say E7-5 Ebmaj13 The end of a perfect day A7+5+9 Dm7 Distant lights from across the bay
[Chorus]
Eb F/Eb Babylon sisters shake it Dm7 Eb F/Eb Babylon sisters shake it C9 F13 So fine so young Bbmaj7 Bbm7 Eb9 Tell me I'm the only one
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|Dm7 C9 |Eb F/Eb |B/E Gb/E Db/Gb Ab/Gb Bb7-9 * * * * * * * * Ebm7 Db6 Here come those Santa Ana winds |Bmaj7 B7 E6/9 A13-5 | * * * *
a gain ba-a-d ne-e-ews
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|Ebm7 Ebm9 Ebm7 Ebm7-5 Ebmmaj7 Ebm7-5 Ebs4 Bb7s4 * *
[Verse 2]
Cm7 Eb13 We'll jog with show folk on the sand Dbmaj9 Drink kirschwasser from a shell Ab13 Gbmaj13 Bbm7 San Francisco show and tell Cm7 Dm11 Well I should know by now Bbm7 Eb/Bb That it's just a spasm Fm/Bb Cm7 Like a Sunday in T.J. Eb/F Bbmaj9 That it's cheap but it's not free E7-5 Ebmaj7 That I'm not what I used to be A7+5+9 Dm And that love's not a game for three
[Chorus]
Dm7 Eb F/Eb Babylon sisters shake it Dm7 Eb F/Eb Babylon sisters shake it C9 F13 So fine so young Bbmaj7 Bbm7 Eb9 Tell me I'm the only one
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|Dm7 C9 |Eb F/Eb |B/E Gb/E Db/Gb Ab/Gb Bb7-9 * * * * * * * * Ebm7 Db6 Here come those Santa Ana winds |Bmaj7 B7 E6/9 A13-5 | * * * *
a gain
|Bbm7 Cm7 |Eb13 |Dbmaj9 Ab13 |Gbmaj9 |Bbm7 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
-- My friends say
[Verse 3]
Cm7 Dm11 no don't go Bbm7 Eb/Bb For that cotton candy Fm/Bb Cm7 Son you're playing with fire F11 Bbmaj7 The kid will live and learn E7-5 Ebmaj13 As he watches his bridges burn A7+5+9 Dm7 From the point of no re turn
[Chorus]
Eb F/Eb Babylon sisters shake it Dm7 Eb F/Eb Babylon sisters shake it C9 F13 So fine so young Bbmaj7 Bbm7 Eb9 Tell me I'm the only one
[Coda]
|Dm7 C9 |Eb F/Eb |Dm7 |G/F Fmaj7 Ebmaj7 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Dm7 |Eb F/Eb Ab7-5|Dm7 |G/F Fmaj7 Ebmaj7 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Dm7 |Eb F/Eb Ab7-5 * * * * You got to shake it baby you got to shake it baby you got to |Dm7 |G/F Fmaj7 Ebmaj7| * * * * * * * *
sha-ake it
|Dm7 |Eb F/Eb Ab7-5 * * * * You got to shake it baby you got to shake it baby you got to |Dm7 |G/F Fmaj7 Ebmaj7| * * * * * * * *
sha-ake it
|Dm7 |Eb F/Eb Ab7-5 * * * * You got to shake it baby you got to shake it baby you got to
...fade