Biography:
Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter (along with partner Walter Becker) of Steely Dan.
Fagen is known for his use of complex jazz harmonies, elaborate arrangements, and exacting attention to detail and launched his successful, if sporadic solo career in 1982.
Fagen penned a group of songs based on his experiences as a young man in 1950's America
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- Brite Nightgown
- Centurys End
- Countermoon
- Florida Room
- Good Stuff
- Goodbye Look
- Great Pagoda Of Funn
- Green Flower Street
- H Gang
- I
- Igy
- Im Not The Same Without You
- Mary Shut The Garden Door
- Maxine
- Memorabilia
- Miss Marlene
- Morph The Cat
- New Frontier
- On The Dunes
- Out Of The Ghetto
- Planet Drhonda
- Ruby Baby
- Security Joan
- Slinky Thing
- Snowbound
- Springtime
- Teahouse On The Tracks
- The New Breed
- The Night Belongs To Mona
- The Nightfly
- The Weather In My Head
- Tomorrows Girls
- Trans
- True Companion
- Walk Between The Raindrops
- What I Do
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ON THE DUNES
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
Dmaj9 Dbmaj9|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
|Cmaj13 |A13-5-9 |
Dmaj7
Drive along the sea
G9
Far from the city's twitch and smoke
Bm7 Bb13-5
To a misty beach
Am7addD Ab7-5 Ab13-5
That's where my life became a joke
G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/D
On the dunes
Bm7
On the dunes
Am7 Am7/D D/G Db7+9 Gb7-9
(Became a joke on the dunes)
Bm7 E9
Where rents are high
A7+5
And seabirds cry
E/D F13 Bbmaj7 F/Eb Eb/A Dmaj7
On the dunes
As you spoke you must have known
G9
It was a kind of homicide
Bm7 Bb13-5
I stood and watched my happiness
Am7addD Ab7-5 Ab13-5
Drift outwards with the tide
G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/D
On the dunes
Bm7
On the dunes
Am7 Am7/D Gmaj9 Db7+9 Gb7-9
(Homi cide on the dunes)
Bm7 E9
It wasn't fair
A7+5
It's brutal there
Dmaj9 C13-5 D6
On the dunes
D13
Pretty boats
D7 D7/F# D/Eb
Sweeping along the shore
Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 G13 F#13 F13 E13
In the faltering light
F#m7sus4
Pretty women
Gm(maj7-5) E7sus4/B
With their lovers by their side
E13-9 Gmaj9/A A13
It's like an awful dream
Em7sus4 D/G G/A A13-9-5
I have most every night
Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells
G9
Join in the search for sun and sand
Bm7 Bb13-5
For me it's just a joyless place
Am7addD Am7/D
Where this loneliness began
Ab13-5 G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/D
O-o-on the dunes
Bm7
On the dunes
Am7 Am7/D Gmaj9 Db7+9 Gb7-9+5
(Loneli ness on the dunes)
Bm9
I'm pretty tough
E9 A7+5
But the wind is rough
Dmaj9 C13-5 Dmaj9/6
On the dunes
D13
Pretty boats
D7 D7/F# D/Eb
Sweeping along the shore
Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 G13 F#13 F13 E13
In the faltering light
F#m7sus4
Pretty women
Gm(maj7-5) E7sus4/B
With their lovers by their side
E13-9 Gmaj9/A A13
It's like an awful dream
Em7sus4 D/G G/A A13-9-5
I have most every night
Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells
G9
Join in the search for sun and sand
Bm7 Bb13-5
For me it's just a joyless place
Am7addD Am7/D
Where this loneliness began
Ab13-5 G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/D
On the dunes aah ha
Bm7
On the dunes
Am7 D9 Gmaj9 Db7+9 Gb7+5-9
(Loneli ness on the dunes)
Bm7
pretty tough
E9 A7+5
But the wind is rough
Dmaj9 C13-5 Dmaj13
On the dunes ohh on the dunes
Dmaj9 Dbmaj9|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
..repeat
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
Dmaj9 Dbmaj9|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
|Cmaj13 |A13-5-9 |
Dmaj7
Drive along the sea
G9
Far from the city's twitch and smoke
Bm7 Bb13-5
To a misty beach
Am7addD Ab7-5 Ab13-5
That's where my life became a joke
G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/D
On the dunes
Bm7
On the dunes
Am7 Am7/D D/G Db7+9 Gb7-9
(Became a joke on the dunes)
Bm7 E9
Where rents are high
A7+5
And seabirds cry
E/D F13 Bbmaj7 F/Eb Eb/A Dmaj7
On the dunes
As you spoke you must have known
G9
It was a kind of homicide
Bm7 Bb13-5
I stood and watched my happiness
Am7addD Ab7-5 Ab13-5
Drift outwards with the tide
G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/D
On the dunes
Bm7
On the dunes
Am7 Am7/D Gmaj9 Db7+9 Gb7-9
(Homi cide on the dunes)
Bm7 E9
It wasn't fair
A7+5
It's brutal there
Dmaj9 C13-5 D6
On the dunes
D13
Pretty boats
D7 D7/F# D/Eb
Sweeping along the shore
Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 G13 F#13 F13 E13
In the faltering light
F#m7sus4
Pretty women
Gm(maj7-5) E7sus4/B
With their lovers by their side
E13-9 Gmaj9/A A13
It's like an awful dream
Em7sus4 D/G G/A A13-9-5
I have most every night
Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells
G9
Join in the search for sun and sand
Bm7 Bb13-5
For me it's just a joyless place
Am7addD Am7/D
Where this loneliness began
Ab13-5 G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/D
O-o-on the dunes
Bm7
On the dunes
Am7 Am7/D Gmaj9 Db7+9 Gb7-9+5
(Loneli ness on the dunes)
Bm9
I'm pretty tough
E9 A7+5
But the wind is rough
Dmaj9 C13-5 Dmaj9/6
On the dunes
D13
Pretty boats
D7 D7/F# D/Eb
Sweeping along the shore
Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 G13 F#13 F13 E13
In the faltering light
F#m7sus4
Pretty women
Gm(maj7-5) E7sus4/B
With their lovers by their side
E13-9 Gmaj9/A A13
It's like an awful dream
Em7sus4 D/G G/A A13-9-5
I have most every night
Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells
G9
Join in the search for sun and sand
Bm7 Bb13-5
For me it's just a joyless place
Am7addD Am7/D
Where this loneliness began
Ab13-5 G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/D
On the dunes aah ha
Bm7
On the dunes
Am7 D9 Gmaj9 Db7+9 Gb7+5-9
(Loneli ness on the dunes)
Bm7
pretty tough
E9 A7+5
But the wind is rough
Dmaj9 C13-5 Dmaj13
On the dunes ohh on the dunes
Dmaj9 Dbmaj9|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
|Cmaj9 | | Gb7+5+9| |Gbm7 Abm/Db| |
|Em7 F#m7 |Em/A Dmaj9|
..repeat
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