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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- 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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THE NIGHTFLY
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
|Am9 A/B |Cmaj9 |Em7 D6 |Fmaj9 |
|B7 |G6 |C9 |Am7 D9+5 |
Gm6/9 G9
I'm Lester the Nightfly
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
Hel lo Baton Rouge
Am/E Em B7 Am/E Em/G
Won't you turn your rad io down
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em7
Respect the seven second delay we use
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G D7+5
Gm6/9 G9
So you say there's a race
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
Of men in the trees
Am/E Em
You're for tough legislation
B7 Am Em/G
Thanks for calling
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em
I wait all night for calls like these
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G
Am9 A/B Cmaj9
An inde pendent station
Em7 D6 F6/9
W J A Z
B7 G6
With jazz and con versation
C9 A/B Em7 Em7/D
From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
B9sus4/E Em7
Sweet mu sic
F#7 B7+5+9
To night the night is mine
E7 E7sus4 A13 Am7 Abm7+5 Gmaj9 Cmaj9
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj13 F#/A
through the skylight
C/D D/E G/A C/D Am7 D9+5
Gm6/9 G9
I've got plenty of java
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
And Chesterfield Kings
Am/E Em B7 Am G6
But I feel like crying
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em7
I wish I had a heart of ice
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G D7+5
Heart like ice
Gm6/9 G9
If you want your honey
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
To look super swell
Am/E Em B7 Am Em
You must spring for that little blue jar
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em7
Patton's Kiss And Tell
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F/A C/E G
Kiss And Tell
Am9 A/B Cmaj9
An inde pendent station
Em7 D6 F6/9
W J A Z
B7 G6
With jazz and con versation
C9 A/B Em7 Em7/D
From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
B9sus4/E Em7
Sweet mu sic
F#7 B7+9+5
To night the night is mine
E7 E7sus4 A13 Am7 Abm7+5 Gmaj9 Cmaj9
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj9 F#/A
comes through the skylight
C/D Am7 F#7+5-9
Bmaj9 F#7+5+9
You'd never believe it
B13 Emaj13
But once there was a time
Eb7 Emaj13 Bmaj9 Bb7+5+9 Eb7+5+9
When love was in my life
Abm9 Ab9
I sometimes wonder
Ebm7/Ab Badd9/F# Amaj9
What happened to that flame
Eb7 Emaj13
The answer's still the same
Abm7 Eb7 Abm/B Ab/B Ab/F Emaj13 Gmaj7/A
It was you you it was you
Ebm7 F/Ab Dbm9 E/F# Eb/F Am7 D9+5
To night you're still on my mind
|Gm6/9 G9 |Gmaj7 G7 |F/G |
|Am/E Em B7 |Am Em/G Cmaj7 |B7 B7 Em |
| D7sus4 Cmaj7 | Am7 Gmaj7 |Gm/C F C/E G D+5 |
|Gm6/9 G9 |Gmaj7 G7 |F/G |
|Am/E Em B7 |Am Em/G Cmaj7 |B7 B7 Em |
| D7sus4 Cmaj7 | Am7 Gmaj7 |Gm/C F C/E G |
Am9 A/B Cmaj9
An inde pendent station
Em7 D6 F6/9
W J A Z
B7 G6
With jazz and con versation
C9 A/B Em7 Em7/D
From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
B9sus4/E Em7
Sweet mu sic
F#7 B7+5+9
To night the night is mine
E7 E7sus4 A13 Am7 Abm7+5 Gmaj13 Cmaj9
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj13 Gmaj9 Cmaj9
comes through the skylight
|Gmaj9 Cmaj9 |Gmaj9 Cmaj9 |F#/A . .( increasing in pitch )
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
|Am9 A/B |Cmaj9 |Em7 D6 |Fmaj9 |
|B7 |G6 |C9 |Am7 D9+5 |
Gm6/9 G9
I'm Lester the Nightfly
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
Hel lo Baton Rouge
Am/E Em B7 Am/E Em/G
Won't you turn your rad io down
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em7
Respect the seven second delay we use
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G D7+5
Gm6/9 G9
So you say there's a race
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
Of men in the trees
Am/E Em
You're for tough legislation
B7 Am Em/G
Thanks for calling
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em
I wait all night for calls like these
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G
Am9 A/B Cmaj9
An inde pendent station
Em7 D6 F6/9
W J A Z
B7 G6
With jazz and con versation
C9 A/B Em7 Em7/D
From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
B9sus4/E Em7
Sweet mu sic
F#7 B7+5+9
To night the night is mine
E7 E7sus4 A13 Am7 Abm7+5 Gmaj9 Cmaj9
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj13 F#/A
through the skylight
C/D D/E G/A C/D Am7 D9+5
Gm6/9 G9
I've got plenty of java
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
And Chesterfield Kings
Am/E Em B7 Am G6
But I feel like crying
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em7
I wish I had a heart of ice
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G D7+5
Heart like ice
Gm6/9 G9
If you want your honey
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
To look super swell
Am/E Em B7 Am Em
You must spring for that little blue jar
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em7
Patton's Kiss And Tell
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F/A C/E G
Kiss And Tell
Am9 A/B Cmaj9
An inde pendent station
Em7 D6 F6/9
W J A Z
B7 G6
With jazz and con versation
C9 A/B Em7 Em7/D
From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
B9sus4/E Em7
Sweet mu sic
F#7 B7+9+5
To night the night is mine
E7 E7sus4 A13 Am7 Abm7+5 Gmaj9 Cmaj9
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj9 F#/A
comes through the skylight
C/D Am7 F#7+5-9
Bmaj9 F#7+5+9
You'd never believe it
B13 Emaj13
But once there was a time
Eb7 Emaj13 Bmaj9 Bb7+5+9 Eb7+5+9
When love was in my life
Abm9 Ab9
I sometimes wonder
Ebm7/Ab Badd9/F# Amaj9
What happened to that flame
Eb7 Emaj13
The answer's still the same
Abm7 Eb7 Abm/B Ab/B Ab/F Emaj13 Gmaj7/A
It was you you it was you
Ebm7 F/Ab Dbm9 E/F# Eb/F Am7 D9+5
To night you're still on my mind
|Gm6/9 G9 |Gmaj7 G7 |F/G |
|Am/E Em B7 |Am Em/G Cmaj7 |B7 B7 Em |
| D7sus4 Cmaj7 | Am7 Gmaj7 |Gm/C F C/E G D+5 |
|Gm6/9 G9 |Gmaj7 G7 |F/G |
|Am/E Em B7 |Am Em/G Cmaj7 |B7 B7 Em |
| D7sus4 Cmaj7 | Am7 Gmaj7 |Gm/C F C/E G |
Am9 A/B Cmaj9
An inde pendent station
Em7 D6 F6/9
W J A Z
B7 G6
With jazz and con versation
C9 A/B Em7 Em7/D
From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
B9sus4/E Em7
Sweet mu sic
F#7 B7+5+9
To night the night is mine
E7 E7sus4 A13 Am7 Abm7+5 Gmaj13 Cmaj9
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj13 Gmaj9 Cmaj9
comes through the skylight
|Gmaj9 Cmaj9 |Gmaj9 Cmaj9 |F#/A . .( increasing in pitch )
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