Steely Dan – The Second Arrangement (Guitar)

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Chord Fingering (Recommended, Not Required): Em7 x79787 Am7 5x5555 D x5777x Bm7 7x777x G6 3xx000 D13 x54500 Cmaj7 8x998x B7#5 7x788x D/E x7777x Bm11 7x775x Fmaj7 1x221x F#7#5 2x233x G13 3x345x F/G xx5565 F13 111231 D6/9 x5445x C#7#9 x4345x Dm7 x57565 Fmaj7* 1xx210 E7 x7675x Dmaj7 x5767x G#7sus4 4x657x C#maj7 x4656x G7sus4 3x546x G/A x0x787 Am x0x555 Caug/D xx0554 D/G xx5775
B7        7-x-9-8-10-x
Gmaj7     x-10-12-11-12-x
C#7       9-x-11-10-12-x

C6/9      x3223x
Gmaj7*    3x443x (no3)
C#m11 9x997x F#7 x9897x Bmaj7 7x887x B7b9 x21212 C9 x32330 G6/9 3x0200 A/B 7x765x [Intro] Em7 Am7 Em7 D Bm7 Am7 G6 Em7 Am7 Em7 Em7 D13 [Verse 1]
Cmaj7    B7#5    D/E
   Pour out the wine, little girl

         Am7                      Bm11
I've got just two friends in this whole wide world

Fmaj7     F#7#5    G13
Here's to reckless lovers

   Cmaj7              Em7  F/G
We all need somebody

Cmaj7      B7#5   D/E
   Stashed in the yellow jag

            Am7                   Bm11
I've got my life and laundry in a Gladstone bag

Fmaj7      F#7#5    G13
You should know the program

     Cmaj7              F13
Just one red rose and a tender goodbye

Bm7  Am7  D6/9  C#7#9
(One last goodbye)
[Chorus]
      Fmaj7             Am7
And I run to the second arrangement

     Dm7  Em7    Fmaj7*  G6 Am7
It's on - ly the nat - ural thing

    Bm11       E7       Am7   B7#5
The roue steps out with no regrets

  Dmaj7     G#7sus4
A sparkling conscience

  C#maj7   G7sus4
A new   address

       Fmaj7             Am7
When I run to the second arrangement

    Dm7  Em7  Fmaj7* G6   Am7
The home of a mu  -  tual friend

Bm11      E7      G/A  Am   Caug/D
Now's the time to re - de - fine

D/G Fmaj7    B7        Gmaj7  C#7
The first arrangement again
Cmaj7 Am7 D6/9 C6/9 [Bridge]
Em7         Am7        F#7#5
     It's a sticky situation

  Gmaj7*     C#m11   F#7
A serious affair

  Bmaj7   Am7        Dmaj7
I must explain it to you somehow

B7b9  Em7       D   Bm7  Am7  G6  Em7
Right now I'll just move back one square
[Instrumental] Em7 Am7 Em7 D Bm7 Am7 G6 Em7 Am7 C9 Am7 Em7 Am7 Em7 D Bm7 Am7 G6 Em7 Am7 Em7 Em7 D13 [Verse 2]
Cmaj7    B7#5      D/E
   Here comes that noise again

  Am7                             Bm11
Another scrambled message from my last best friend

Fmaj7     F#7#5 G13
Something I can dance to

  Cmaj7                  Em7  F/G
A song with tears in it

Cmaj7  B7#5    D/E
   Old friends abandon me

              Am7                  Bm11
It's just the routine politics of jealousy

Fmaj7   F#7#5 G13
Someday we'll remember

     Cmaj7            F13
That one red rose and one last goodbye

Bm7  Am7  D6/9  C#7#9
(One last goodbye)
[Chorus 2]
       Fmaj7             Am7
Then I run to the second arrangement

     Dm7  Em7    Fmaj7*  G6 Am7
It's on - ly the nat - ural thing

    Bm11       E7       Am7   B7#5
The roue steps out with no regrets

  Dmaj7     G#7sus4
A sparkling conscience

  C#maj7  G7sus4
A new   address

       Fmaj7             Am7
When I run to the second arrangement

    Dm7  Em7  Fmaj7* G6   Am7
The home of a mu  -  tual friend

Bm11      E7      G/A  Am   Caug/D
Now's the time to re - de - fine

D/G Fmaj7    B7        Gmaj7  C#7
The first arrangement again
Cmaj7 Am7 D6/9 C6/9 Am7 C9 Am7 [Outro] Em7 Am7 Em7 D Bm7 Am7 G6 Em7 Fmaj7 G6/9 B7b9 Em7 Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 A/B (repeat/fade)