Steely Dan – I Cant Write Home About You (Guitar)

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As recorded by Steely Dan (1980 outtake from the sessions for the Album GAUCHO) [Intro] Amaj7 F#m7 Amaj7 F#m7 Amaj7 F#m7 Amaj7 F#m7 [Verse 1]
Amaj7       F#m7
Here in the heart of the city

          Amaj7        F#m7
The night world has no name

Amaj7     F#m7
I wrote a letter last night

      Amaj7          F#m7
And I tried to explain

Amaj7          F#m7                 A7
Here, they say life is reckless and free

      G7         F# E7
And I guess that I agree

       F#m7
It was hard to say

  B7
I found a way

    E   A#
But oh, no...
[Chorus]
  G#m7                   D#m
I can't write home about you

  G#m7                   D#m
I can't write home about you

G#7
Folks back home

            Bmaj7      A#7
They got a four-letter word about it

G#m A#7         D#m   Cm7 F7  A#m Bm7 E7
I   heard about you
[Verse 2]
Amaj7                   F#m7
Bitch girls bring their money downtown

   Amaj7                F#m7
To hear those cat-house blues

Amaj7           F#m7
Thin men with a dollar three-eighty

     Amaj7          F#m7
With nothing to lose

  Amaj7       F#m7                A7
Tonight, I'll find myself in this all

          G7        F#7 E7
Then I'll know that I belong

         F#m7
My whole world is here

     B7
I'll make it clear?

    E   A#
But oh, no...
[Chorus]
  G#m7                   D#m
I can't write home about you

  G#m7                   D#m
I can't write home about you

G#7
Folks back home

           Bmaj7       A#7
They got a four-letter word about it

G#m A#7         D#m  G#m A# D#m  Emaj7
I   heard about you
[Bridge]
G#m7    F#m7 B7 C#m
Gin and roses   hold on

      D#m7   G#7
We'll spiral down

C#m7         Bm       E7
Soul dancing at the cafe

D      D#m7   G#m7   E
Bottom of the underground
[Piano Solo] F#maj7 D#m7 F# D#m7 F# D#m7 F#maj7 D#m7 [Verse 3]
  Amaj7       F#m7                A7
Tonight, I'll find myself in this all

          G         F#  E7
Then I'll know that I belong

         F#m7
My whole world is here

     B7
I'll make it clear

        A#
But oh, no...
[Chorus]
  G#m7                   D#m
I can't write home about you

  G#m                    D#m
I can't write home about you

G#7
Folks back home

           Bmaj7       A#7
They got a four-letter word about it

G#m A#7         D#m E
I   heard about you

  G#m7        A#7        D#m
I can't write home about you

  G#m                    D#m
I can't write home about you

G#7
Folks back home

           Bmaj7       A#7
They got a four-letter word about it

G#m A#7         D#m
I   heard about you

G#m A#7         D#m
I   heard about you
[Outro] G#m7 A#m7 D#m