Steely Dan – Josie (Guitar)

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Artist: Steely Dan Song: Josie [Chords] G#maj7add13: xx6563 A/D: x57655 B7#5#9: x21233 C/F: xx3553 D/G: xx5775 E/A: xx7997 F#7#9: 242355 G/C: x35433 (On the record, those X/Y chords are almost certainly played as a standard X chord on guitar, with the bass covering the Y note; the fingerings suggested above are for anyone who wants to replicate the overall sound of those chords on a single guitar. And, incidentally, Laura Nyro was using major triads with the fourth in the bass when Don and Walt were still playing frat parties at Bard.)

[Intro]
   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---7---6-------3-|---4-------------|---7---6-------3-|-----------2-----|
D|-------4-------1-|---2-------------|-------4-------1-|-------4---0-----|
A|-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-------2---------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   v   v   v   v
e|-----------------|
B|---------------0-|
G|----2--1-0-------|
D|-2----------4----|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
      ~~~3~~~ ~~~3~~~   (1/4-note triplets)

[Intro] Fmaj7 F#7#9 Gmaj7 G#maj7add13 [Verse 1]

            Em7
We're gonna break out the hats and hooters when Josie comes home

We're gonna rev up the motorscooters

                 A/D     G/C
When Josie comes home to stay

            D/G         C/F
We're gonna park in the street

Em7
Sleep on the beach and make it

A7                          G/C   D/G C/F
Throw down the jam 'til the girls say when

Em7                  D/G           E/A         Em7
Lay down the law and break it when Josie comes home

[Chorus 1]

     C/F        F#7#9  B7#5#9    Em7   C/F
When Josie comes home         so good

          F#7#9        B7#5#9       Em7  A7
She's the pride of the neighborhood

          Am7  D7       Gmaj7 Cmaj7
She's the raw flame, the live wire

    F#7#9                      B7#5#9
She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire

[Verse 2]

            Em7
Jo would you love to scrapple, she'll never say no

Shine up the battle apple

                 A/D     G/C
We'll shake 'em all down tonight

            D/G         C/F
We're gonna mix in the street

Em7
Strike at the stroke of midnight

A7                          G/C   D/G C/F
Dance on the bones till the girls say when

Em7                  D/G           E/A         Em7
Pick up what's left by daylight when Josie comes home

[Chorus 2] When Josie comes home, so bad She's the best friend we never had She's the raw flame, the live wire She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire [Instrumental] (2:15 - 2:31) Play x3 (guitar is doubled by bass):

   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
e|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-5-7-------------|---5------------|
A|-----------5---7-|----------------|
E|-----------------|---------5-7----|
                                ^^^ 2nd time only

F#7#9 B7#5#9 [Chorus 1]

     C/F        F#7#9  B7#5#9    Em7   C/F
When Josie comes home         so good

          F#7#9        B7#5#9       Em7  A7
She's the pride of the neighborhood

          Am7  D7       Gmaj7 Cmaj7
She's the raw flame, the live wire

    F#7#9                      B7#5#9
She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire

[Instrumental] Fmaj7 F#7#9 Gmaj7 G#maj7add13 [Outro] (Guitar solo over Em7 to fade)