Steely Dan – Blues Beach (Ukulele)

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Chords

|G7 | | C | F/C C | |G7 | | C | F/C C |

G7
I was scrapin'  bottom

Gropin' in the dark It takes a crusty punk to really beat

          Ab                  Ab6
The mean streets of Medicine Park

      D7
So I shifted left for out of town

       Gm                       Eb7   Eb6
Then I clicked my heels and I doubled down to

      G7
Blues Beach

I'm frying Sizzlin' in the merciful rays

             Cmaj7
And it's the long sad Sunday

                        Gb7+9
Of the early resigned

|G7 | | C | F/C C |

  G7
I went to Central Station

To catch the early bus They were gassed and runnin' every which way

      Ab              Ab6
But unhappily not for us

D7
Here comes Trina-the child bride

       Gm                    Eb7   Eb6
I said hey pretty girl-can I cop a ride to

      G7
Blues Beach

It's rainin' I'm chillin' at the Manatee Bar

            Cmaj7
Well it's a stone soul picnic

                        Bm7
For the early resigned

We could rent a paranymphic glider

   Cmaj7
My hypothetical friend

               Fmaj9     B13
  and we could sail     away

         Emaj9      Bb13
'Til the bending    end

| C | Bb | Eb | F | | G7 | |

G7
Grab Big Dog a blanket

Angel of my heart Things may get a whole lost worse

        Ab                Ab6
Before suddenly falling apart

D7                       
Give your roommate Yvonne a ring

               Gm                     Eb7
'Cause if she still wants in I gotta pull

     Eb6
some strings

          G7
On Blues Beach

I'm dying Freezin' in the merciful rays

             Cmaj7
And it's the long sad Sunday

                        Gb7+9
Of the early resigned

| G7 | | C Bm7 | Am7 C/D | | G7 | | C Bm7 | Am7 C/D | repeat |