Steely Dan – Negative Girl (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gm9 Ebm9 Fm9 Dbm9 [First Verse]
      G/C  E/C
She's lost  -  she's late

                             D/E
She's zooming on a couch somewhere

   G/C  E/C
Or high  -  or home

                             F9
I'm not supposed to call her there

  Bbmaj7 C/Bb
I wait  -  I smoke

  Csus4/F
I stare into my coke

     Bbmaj7 C/Bb Am7
It's happen-ing again

Bbm9                    Gm9      C7#5   Abmaj7  Ab6
I tell myself that it's over and done, amen
Gbmaj7(b5) Fmaj7 Emaj7(b5) [Second Verse]
    G/C  E/C
Her skin  -  like milk

                               D/E
It's like she's never seen the sun

     G/C  E/C
Some hearts  -  to crunch

                         F9
Is more like her idea of fun

  Bbmaj7 C/Bb
I know  -  she's ill

    Csus4/F
I'm cruising for a spill

    Bbmaj7  C/Bb     Am7
I'm hanging just the same

Bbm9                Gm7
I need to be in the heat

       C7#5       Abmaj7  Ab6
Of her cold white flame
Gbmaj7(b5) Fmaj7 Emaj7(b5) Ebmaj7 Gmaj7 Ebmaj7(b5) [Chorus]
Gb      D9
Another negative girl

                   Bm7
At the edge of the frame

  Abm7      C9
Deliciously toxic

     G7              D/C
The original classic thing

Ebmaj9      D/C
More of the same
Ebm7 [Bridge]
      G/A
She's in the zone

D/E
Crying on the phone

Am7        E/A    Cmaj7
I need you here

Am7        C9
I'm on the street again

Am7        D9           Gbm7        Bm7        Gmaj7  G6
Staggering out into the burn of the brain dead dawn

    Fmaj7            F/Db     Gmaj7       Fmaj7
To arrive in time to find her gone
[Third Verse]
      G/C  E/C
She's on  -  the train

                           D/E
To somewhere up by Fordham Road

    G/C  E/C
Her rep - tile brain

                                F9
Locked down and ready in combat mode

     Bbmaj7 C/Bb
Some cash  -  a key

     Csus4/F
This guy she has to see

  Bbmaj7 C/Bb     Am7
A doctor friend uptown

Bbm9                  Gm7
And maybe she gets to me

         C7#5       Abmaj7   Ab6
When she comes back down
Gbmaj7(b5) Fmaj7 Emaj7(b5) Ebmaj7 Gmaj7 Ebmaj7(b5) [Chorus]
Gb      D9
Another negative girl

                    Bm7
Spinning out of the frame

  Abm7      C9
Exquisitely limpid

     G7              D/C
The original classic thing

Ebmaj9      D/C
More of the same
[Instrumental Break] D9 Db7 D9 F9 [Second Bridge]
  Bbmaj7 C/Bb
A goof  -  a buzz

   Csus4/F
If that is what it was

     Bbmaj7 C/Bb   Am7
Then how do you explain

Bbm9
The way she looks when she's

Gm7                C7(#5)          Gm/F
Dragging me out to dance with her

Gbm/E   Fm/Eb  Em/D    Dbmaj7
In the  Sum  - mer     rain
Gbmaj7(b5) Fmaj7 Emaj7(b5) Ebmaj7 Gmaj7 Ebmaj7(b5) [Chorus]
Gb      D9
Another negative girl

                   Bm7
At the edge of the frame

  Abm7         C9
Exhausting and luscious

     G7              D/C
The original classic thing

Ebmaj9      D/C
More of the same

Ebmaj9      D/C
More of the same
[Outro] Ebm11