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I'm Not The Same Without You - Donald Fagen -------------------------------------------- From the album "Sunken Condos" Transcribed/arranged by Howard Wright hakwright (at) gmail (dot) com This wonderfully lively track from Donald Fagen's new album works nicely on the guitar, and the chord shapes and changes are all fairly comfortable. The main exception is the sequence with the crisp changes between Dm9 and G7 in the verse/bridge sections - they're just a bit too quick to manage easily. If the bass notes are dropped from the chords the fast changes for that sequence are much more straight forward. All chord shapes given at the end. Intro ------ F#m11 Dsus2/F Em11 Dadd2 Verse 1 --------
Am7Since you’ve been gone aG7n awesome cC7hange has come about Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 Ab/Bb G/A My life is different now I’m not the same without you
I’Am7m evolving at aG7 really asC7tounding rate of speed
Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 Ab/Bb G/A Into something way cooler than what I was before Verse 2 --------
Am7I feel much stronger G7than I C7have in years
Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 Ab/Bb G/A My mind is sharp and my spirit’s sound
Am7Now people tell me the G7shape of my C7face is changing Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 Ab/Bb G/A I’ve grown an inch taller since July What in the world is going on?
Please tell me Chorus ------- D C F9b5(no3rd) E7sus4(vii) Without you, I now have eyes to see
Some E7(vii)other destinyFmaj7(viii) A futureBaugscape of Em11bright arA7b5cades in Dm11which I bring G7sus4 off G7herCmaj7oic Fmaj7escapaD/Edes
Ab/Bb Verse/Bridge -------------
Am7I can hold my breath for a G7really long C7time now Bbmaj7(b5) I can hold my own
E7sus4I’m not the same withouDm9t yoG7u Dm9 G7 Dm9 G7 Dm9 G7
F#m11 Dsus2/F Em11 Dadd2 Solo ----- (Verse chords) Am7 G7 C7 Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 Ab/Bb G/A Am7 G7 C7 Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 Ab/Bb G/A Chorus ------- D C F9b5(no3rd) E7sus4(vii) Without you, I now have eyes to see
Some E7(vii)other destinyFmaj7(viii) A futureBaugscape of Em11bright arA7b5cades in Dm11which I bring G7sus4 off G7herCmaj7oic Fmaj7escapaD/Edes
Ab/Bb Verse/Bridge -------------
Am7Since you’ve been gone, it??G7?s like someC7body switched the stars back on Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 G/A I can see into everybody’s heart and everybody’s dreams girl
Am7I don’t need sleep anymorG7e but if C7I close my eyes
Bbmaj7(b5) I'd sleep the sleep of the gods
E7sus4I’m not the same withouDm9t yoG7u Dm9 G7no,Dm9 no,G7 noDm9 G7 F#m11 Dsus2/F
Outro ------ Am7 F7 E7 Fmaj7 E7* Am7 F7 E7 Fmaj7 E7* I’m not the same without you (repeat and fade) Chord shapes ------------- EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 2xx200 1xx230 x7x785 xx0975 F#m11 Dsus2/F Em11 Dadd2 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 5x555x 3x343x x3535x 6x775x 0x775x Am7 G7 C7 Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 Substituting a C9 shape (x32333) in place of some of the C7 shapes works well and gives some variety. You can also try the idea below, taken from some of the piano figures used, where the note on the B string is "rolled" up from D to D# to E (use hammer-ons with 2nd and 4th fingers). E---------| B--3h4h5--| G--3------| D--5------| A--3------| E---------| You might also want to try using a fuller shape for the E7sus4: 077700. When the Bbmaj7(b5) chord is used the b5 (the top E) isn't always prominent (hence the brackets), though it is usually implied. You can either play the full chord with the E or omit it (giving a sparser sounding Bmaj7: 6x77xx) EADGBE EADGBE 6x654x 5x543x Ab/Bb G/A EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE E A D G B E x5777x x3555x x8x887 x 7 9 7 10 7 D C F9b5(no3rd) E7sus4(vii) The F9b5(no3rd) chord, as played on the keyboards, includes a D at the top making it F13b5(no3rd). Unfortunately this chord doesn't fit nicely on the guitar, so the simpler F9 shape has to be used. EADGBE E A D G B E EADGBE EADGBE x79797 x 8 10 9 10 8 xx9887 x0564x E7(vii) Fmaj7(viii) Baug A7b5 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0563 3x353x x3545x 1x221x 07x775 Dm11 G7sus4 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 D/E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x5355x 13124x 02013x 02010x Dm9 F7 E7 E7* For a sparser sound on the F7 and E7 shapes (which I prefer) mute the A string and use shapes 1x124x, 0x013x and 0x010x