Donald Fagen - The nightfly
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The Nightfly
Am9 Bm7 Cmaj9 Em7 D6 Fmaj9
B7 G6 C9 Am7 D9+5
Gm6/9 G9
I'm Lester the Nightfly
Hel Gmaj7lo Baton G7Rouge F/G
Won't you turn your Am/Erad Emio down B7 Am/E Em/G
Respect the Cmaj7seven second deB7lay we B7use Em7
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G D7+5
Gm6/9 G9
So you say there's a race
Of Gmaj7men in the G7trees F/G
You're for tough legislatAm/Eion Em
Thanks for calB7ling Am Em/G
I wait all Cmaj7night for B7calls like these B7 Em
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G
An Am9inde Bm7pendent Cmaj9station
Em7W D6J A F6/9Z
With B7jazz and con verG6sation
C9 From the A/Bfoot of Mt. BelEm7zoni Em7/D
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 Cmaj9/6 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
And Gmaj7Chesterfield G7Kings F/G
But I feel like Am/EcryinEmg B7 Am G6
I wish I had aCmaj7 heart of B7ice B7 Em7
Heart like iD7sus4ce Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G D7+5
Gm6/9 G9
If you want your honey
To Gmaj7look super G7swell F/G
You must spring for that Am/ElittlEme blue jar B7 Am Em
Patton's Cmaj7Kiss And B7Tell B7 Em7
Kiss And D7sus4Tell Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F/A C/E G
Am9 An inde Bm7pendent Cmaj9station
Em7W D6J A F6/9Z
With B7jazz and con verG6sation
C9 From the A/Bfoot of Mt. BelEm7zoni Em7/D
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
comes tGmaj9hrough Cmaj9 Gmaj9 the Cmaj9skylight Gmaj9 Cmaj9 F#/A
C/D Am7 F#7-9+5
Bmaj9 F#7+9+5
You'd never believe it
But B13once there was a Emaj13time
Eb7 Emaj13 Bmaj9 Bb7+9+5 Eb7+9+5
When love was in my life
Abm9 I sometimes Ab9wonder
Ebm7/Ab What happened Badd9/F#to that Amaj9flame
The Eb7answer's still the Emaj13same
It was Abm7you Eb7you Abm/B Ab/B Ab/F it was Emaj13you Gmaj7/A
Ebm7 F/Ab Dbm9 E/F# Eb/F Am7 D9+5
To night you're still on my mind
|Bbmaj7-5/G 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 |
|Bbmaj7-5/G 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 An inde Bm7pendent Cmaj9station
Em7W D6J A F6/9Z
With B7jazz and con verG6sation
C9 From the A/Bfoot of Mt. BelEm7zoni Em7/D
B9sus4/E Em7
Sweet mu sic
F#7 B7+9+5
To night the night is mine
E7 E7sus4 A13 Am7 Abm7+5 Gmaj9/6 Cmaj9
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj9/6 Gmaj9 Cmaj9
comes through the skylight
|Gmaj9 Cmaj9 |Gmaj9 Cmaj9 |F#/A . .( increasing in pitch )
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Peter Kruger
casparus50@yahoo.ca