Biography:
Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band which formed in 1972. The band was formed by Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) and Walter Becker (guitar, bass), who met in 1967 while both attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and began a songwriting partnership shortly thereafter.
Their music is characterized by dark, witty lyrical narratives, obscure lyrical allusions and complex, jazz-influenced instrumentation and chord sequences, overlying more ordinary popular song structures.
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Other songs:
- Barrytown
- Brooklyn (owes The Charmer Under Me)
- Deacon Blues
- Dirty Work
- Fire In The Hole
- My Old School
- Rikki Don't Lose That Number
- Aja
- Almost Gothic
- Any Major Dude Will Tell You
- Any World That Im Welcome To
- Babylon Sisters
- Bad Sneakers
- Barry Town
- Black Cow
- Black Friday
- Blues Beach
- Bodhisattva
- Boston Rag
- Brooklyn
- Cant Buy A Thrill
- Chain Lightning
- Change Of The Guard
- Charlie Freak
- Cousin Dupree
- Daddy Dont Live In That New York City No More
- Dallas
- Do It Again
- Doctor Wu
- Dont Take Me Alive
- Dr Wu
- Everything Must Go
- Everything You Did
- Fm No Static At All
- Gaucho
- Glamour Profession
- Green Book The
- Haitian Divorce
- Hey Nineteem
- Hey Nineteen
- Home At Last
- I Got The News
- Janie Runaway
- Josie
- Kid Charlemagne
- King Of The World
- Kings
- Let George Do It
- Lunch With Gina
- Midnight Cruiser
- Monkey In Your Soul
- My Rival
- Night By Night
- Only A Fool Would Say That
- Parkers Band
- Pearl Of The Quarter
- Peg
- Pixeleen
- Pretzel Logic
- Razor Boy
- Reelin In The Years
- Rikki Dont Lose That Number
- Sail The Waterway
- Show Biz Kids
- Sign In Stranger
- Slang Of Ages
- The Caves Of Altamira
- The Fez
- The Last Mall
- The Royal Scam
- Things I Miss The Most
- Third World Man
- Through With The Buzz
- Throw Back The Little Ones
- Turn That Heartbeat Over Again
- What A Shame About Me
- With A Gun
- You Go Where I Go
- Your Gold Teeth
- Your Gold Teeth Ii
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[Chord Formations]
Most of the chords in the verses are fairly basic so I'll just lay out the ones in the chorus:
E/Ab C7/G D/F# Bb7/F C/E Ab7/Eb Dm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
4X645X 3X535X 2X423X 1X313X 0X201X X6454X XX0211
[Intro] | C G | F Em7 | Dm7 Bb | C |
[Verse 1]
| C G | F Em7 |
On the water down in New Orleans
| C G | F Em7 |
My baby's the pearl of the Quarter
| C G | F Em7 |
She's a charmer like you've never seen
| Dm7 Bb | Am7 |
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
[Verse 2]
| C G | F Em7 |
Where the sailor spends his hard-earned pay
| C G | F Em7 |
Red beans and rice for a quarter
| C G | F Em7 |
You can see her almost any day
| Dm7 Bb | Am7 |
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
[Chorus]
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F | Am7/E
And if you hear from my Louise
Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Won't you tell her I say hello
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F |
Please make it clear when her
| Am7/E Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Day is done she's got a place to go
(DO INTRO FOR TURNAROUND)
(Chords for vs. 3 & 4 same as for vs. 1 & 2)
Verse 3
I walked alone down the miracle mile
I met my baby by the shrine of the martyr
She stole my heart with her cajun smile
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
Verse 4
She loved the million-dollar words I say
She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her
She said she loved me and was on her way
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
[Chorus]
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F | Am7/E
And if you hear from my Louise
Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Won't you tell her I say hello
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F |
Please make it clear when her
| Am7/E Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Day is done she's got a place to go
[Lead Break] | F C | G | F C | G |
| Dm7 Em7 | F G |(2/4) G |
| Dm7 Bb | C Csus4 C |
[Chorus]
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F | Am7/E
And if you hear from my Louise
Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Won't you tell her I say hello
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F |
Please make it clear when her
| Am7/E Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Day is done she's got a place to go
(End on "C")
Most of the chords in the verses are fairly basic so I'll just lay out the ones in the chorus:
E/Ab C7/G D/F# Bb7/F C/E Ab7/Eb Dm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
4X645X 3X535X 2X423X 1X313X 0X201X X6454X XX0211
[Intro] | C G | F Em7 | Dm7 Bb | C |
[Verse 1]
| C G | F Em7 |
On the water down in New Orleans
| C G | F Em7 |
My baby's the pearl of the Quarter
| C G | F Em7 |
She's a charmer like you've never seen
| Dm7 Bb | Am7 |
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
[Verse 2]
| C G | F Em7 |
Where the sailor spends his hard-earned pay
| C G | F Em7 |
Red beans and rice for a quarter
| C G | F Em7 |
You can see her almost any day
| Dm7 Bb | Am7 |
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
[Chorus]
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F | Am7/E
And if you hear from my Louise
Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Won't you tell her I say hello
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F |
Please make it clear when her
| Am7/E Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Day is done she's got a place to go
(DO INTRO FOR TURNAROUND)
(Chords for vs. 3 & 4 same as for vs. 1 & 2)
Verse 3
I walked alone down the miracle mile
I met my baby by the shrine of the martyr
She stole my heart with her cajun smile
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
Verse 4
She loved the million-dollar words I say
She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her
She said she loved me and was on her way
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
[Chorus]
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F | Am7/E
And if you hear from my Louise
Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Won't you tell her I say hello
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F |
Please make it clear when her
| Am7/E Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Day is done she's got a place to go
[Lead Break] | F C | G | F C | G |
| Dm7 Em7 | F G |(2/4) G |
| Dm7 Bb | C Csus4 C |
[Chorus]
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F | Am7/E
And if you hear from my Louise
Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Won't you tell her I say hello
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F |
Please make it clear when her
| Am7/E Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Day is done she's got a place to go
(End on "C")
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