Steely Dan – Brooklyn Owes The Charmer Under Me (Guitar)

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This is to expand upon the work of the first tabber. Some have complained that it's to read and I'm putting it in the usual UG format with chord diagrams: Intro: |C11 |F |Am7 |D | |C11 |F |C Csus4|C |
  Fmaj7          Em7        Dm7    C
A race of angels bound with one  a nother

  Fmaj7           Em7          Dm7    G      Gsus4 G
A dish of dollars laid out for all to see

  Em7           Gm7            C       Bb       A7
A tower room at Eden Rock, his golf at noon for free

C11               F             Am7  D
Brooklyn owes the charmer under me

C11               F             C     Csus4 C
Brooklyn owes the charmer under me

    Fmaj7            Em7     Dm7   C
His lady's aching to bring a body down

    Fmaj7             Em7       Dm7      G      Gsus G
She daily preaches on where she wants to be

   Em7            Gm7            C       Bb       A7
An evening with a movie queen, a face we all have seen

C11               F             Am7  D
Brooklyn owes the charmer under me

C11               F             C    Csus4 C
Brooklyn owes the charmer under me
|Fmaj7 |Em7 Dm7 |C Csus4|C | |Fmaj7 |Em7 Dm7 |G Am7 |Bbdim G/B | |Em7 |Gm7 |C Bb |A7 | |C11 |F |Am7 |D | |C11 |F |C Csus4|C |
  Fmaj7        Em7     Dm7       C
A case of aces done up loose for dealing

  Fmaj7           Em7     Dm7    G     
A piece of island coolin' in the sea

    Em7              Gm7               C       Bb       A7
The whole of time we gain or lose, and power e nough to choose

C11               F             Am7  D
Brooklyn owes the charmer under me

C11               F             C
Brooklyn owes the charmer under me

C11               F             Am7  D
Brooklyn owes the charmer under me

C11               F             C
Brooklyn owes the charmer under me
|C11 |F |Am7 |D | |C11 |F |C Csus4|C | Chord Diagrams: C11 - x33333 F - 133211 Am7 - 002010 C - x32010 Fmaj7 - 133210 Em7 - 022033 Dm7 -x00211 G - 320033 Gm7 - 3x3333 Bb - x13331 A7 - x02020 This is how I play it--maybe not exactly how it sounds on the original recording, but darn close. I find it difficult to play Bb so I sometimes use the fifth and when I'm adventurous I use Bb13 (x20233). A flashy technique I also like is to bar the C11 chord your thumb then quckly jump back to the barred F chord during he chorus. Listen to the over and over and you'll get the rhythm. I play it a little more uptempo than the Dan.