Steely Dan - Negative girl
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Tuning: E A D G B E
NEGATIVE GIRL
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VERSE 1
She's G/Clost E/C she's late
She's zooming on a couch some Bm/Ewhere
Or G/Chigh E/C or home
I'm not supposed to call her F13there
I C/Bbwait I smoke
I C/Fstare into my coke
It's C/Bbhappening a Am11gain
Bbm9 Bbm6 C7sus4/G C7+9 Abmaj7 Ab6
I tell my self that it's over and done, a men
VERSE 2
Gbmaj7 Fmaj7 Emaj7-5 Her G/Cskin E/C like milk
It's like she's never seen the E11sun
Some G/Chearts E/C to crunch
Is more like her idea of F13fun
I C/Bbknow she's ill
I'm C/Fcruising for a spill
I'm C/Bbhanging just the Am11same
Bbm9 I need to Bbm6be in the C7sus4/Gheat
C7+9 Abmaj7 Ab6
Of her cold white flame
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Gbmaj7 Fmaj7 Emaj7-5 Ebmaj7 ....
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Ebmaj7-5 D/Eb
CHORUS:
Dadd9Another negative girl
At the edge of the Bm9frame
De G#m7liciously C6/9toxic
The o G7rig inal classic Dadd9/Cthing Ebmaj7more of the Dadd9/Csame
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BRIDGE
She's Gmaj7/Ain the zone
E11Crying on the phone
I G/Aneed you G13here Cmaj7
Am7 I'm on the C9street again Am7
D7 F#m7 B7+5+9 Gmaj7 G6
Staggering out into the burn of the brain dead dawn
Fmaj7 F/C# F+5
To ar rive in time to find her
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he's G/Con E/C the train
To somewhere up by Fordham E11Road
Her G/Crep E/C tile brain
Locked down and ready in combat F13mode
Some C/Bbcash a key
This C/Fguy she has to see
A C/Bbdoctor friend up Am11town
Bbm9 Bbm6 C7sus4/G C7+9 Abmaj7 Ab6
And maybe she gets to me when she comes back down
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Gbmaj7 Fmaj7 Emaj7-5 Ebmaj7 ....
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Ebmaj7-5 D/Eb
CHORUS:
D Another Dsus2negative girl
Spinning out of the Bm9frame
Ex G#m7quisitely C6/9limpid
The o G7riginal classic Dadd9/Cthing Ebmaj7more of the Dadd9/Csame
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VERSE 3
A C/Bbgoof a buzz
If C/Fthat is what it was
Then C/Bbhow do you ex Am11plain
Bbm9 The way she Bbm6looks when she's
C7sus4/G C7+9
Dragging me out to dance with her
Gm/F In the Fm/Ebsum Em/Dmer Dbmaj7rain
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Gbmaj7 Fmaj7 Emaj7-5 Ebmaj7 ....
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Ebmaj7-5 D/Eb
CHORUS:
D Another Dsus2negative girl
At the edge of the Bm9frame
Ex G#m7hausting and C6/9luscious
The o G7riginal classic Dadd9/Cthing Ebmaj7more of the Dadd9/Csame Ebmaj7more of the Dadd9/Csame
CODA
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