Black Cow Chords by Steely Dan
Tempo:
94.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Em
C#m
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[Dm] [E]
[Dm] [G]
[C] In the [Gm] corner, I saw you in rudies.
[C] You were [Gm] very [A] hot.
You [C] were hot.
[D] [Em] It was a crying disgrace.
[D#] They saw you were fit.
On [Gm] the counter.
[C] By [Gm] your key.
Was a handbook of numbers.
[C] [Gm] And your remedies.
[A] One [C] of these.
[Em] Surely will screen out sorrow.
[D#] But where are you [D] tomorrow?
[E] I can't cry anymore.
[Bm] I knew that I'd [C] [A]
[G] break [F#m] away.
[E] Just when [C#m] it [D#] seemed so clear.
That [Bm] it's [E] over.
So now, [A] drink your [D] big black cow.
And [C] get out of here.
[Em]
[D#]
[G#m] Down [C] to Green [Gm] Street.
[C] There you [Gm] go.
[C] Looking so [Gm] outrageous.
[C] And they tell you so.
[G] You [C] should know.
[Em] How all the pros play the game.
[Gm] You change your name.
Like a gangster.
[C] On a [Gm] rock.
[C] Will stagger [Gm] home.
[C] Who your precious [A] want?
I [C] am the one.
[Em] Who must make everything right.
[Gm] Talk it out.
[D] Till daylight.
[Bm] [F#]
[D] [F#m] [Bm] [C#m] I don't care anymore.
[G] Are you gonna [Em] die?
[C#m] [Em] Break [F#m] away.
[E] Just when [C#m] it [F#] seemed so clear.
That [D] it's [A] over now.
Drink [F#m] your big black [D] cow.
And [G] get out of here.
[C] [D#]
[G]
[Dm]
[Em] [D] [C#] [A]
[G] [C#m] [D#] [Em] [D#m]
[F#]
[C] I [G#]
[E] [A#] [G] [D#]
[D] [F#] [D]
[C#m] can't cry anymore.
[G] Are you gonna die?
[Bm] [Em]
[E] [Em] [F#m] Break away.
[E] [C#m] Just when it seemed [F#] so [F#m] clear.
[D] That [A] it's over now.
Drink your big [D] black cow.
[C#m] And get out of here.
[Em]
[C] [C#m]
[Em] [E] [F#m] [C#m] [D] I can't.
[Em] [Am] [C] [E]
[G] [A] [G]
[C] [C#m]
[G] [C#m] [C#m] So [G] I [Bm] leave.
[G] [C] [Am] [Em] [E]
[G] [E] [G]
[C] [C#m]
[G] [E] Low.
Hey.
[D] Baby.
[C] [Em] [C#m]
[G] [E] [G]
[C] [A]
[G] [A]
[Dm] [E]
[Dm] [G]
[C] In the [Gm] corner, I saw you in rudies.
[C] You were [Gm] very [A] hot.
You [C] were hot.
[D] [Em] It was a crying disgrace.
[D#] They saw you were fit.
On [Gm] the counter.
[C] By [Gm] your key.
Was a handbook of numbers.
[C] [Gm] And your remedies.
[A] One [C] of these.
[Em] Surely will screen out sorrow.
[D#] But where are you [D] tomorrow?
[E] I can't cry anymore.
[Bm] I knew that I'd [C] [A]
[G] break [F#m] away.
[E] Just when [C#m] it [D#] seemed so clear.
That [Bm] it's [E] over.
So now, [A] drink your [D] big black cow.
And [C] get out of here.
[Em]
[D#]
[G#m] Down [C] to Green [Gm] Street.
[C] There you [Gm] go.
[C] Looking so [Gm] outrageous.
[C] And they tell you so.
[G] You [C] should know.
[Em] How all the pros play the game.
[Gm] You change your name.
Like a gangster.
[C] On a [Gm] rock.
[C] Will stagger [Gm] home.
[C] Who your precious [A] want?
I [C] am the one.
[Em] Who must make everything right.
[Gm] Talk it out.
[D] Till daylight.
[Bm] [F#]
[D] [F#m] [Bm] [C#m] I don't care anymore.
[G] Are you gonna [Em] die?
[C#m] [Em] Break [F#m] away.
[E] Just when [C#m] it [F#] seemed so clear.
That [D] it's [A] over now.
Drink [F#m] your big black [D] cow.
And [G] get out of here.
[C] [D#]
[G]
[Dm]
[Em] [D] [C#] [A]
[G] [C#m] [D#] [Em] [D#m]
[F#]
[C] I [G#]
[E] [A#] [G] [D#]
[D] [F#] [D]
[C#m] can't cry anymore.
[G] Are you gonna die?
[Bm] [Em]
[E] [Em] [F#m] Break away.
[E] [C#m] Just when it seemed [F#] so [F#m] clear.
[D] That [A] it's over now.
Drink your big [D] black cow.
[C#m] And get out of here.
[Em]
[C] [C#m]
[Em] [E] [F#m] [C#m] [D] I can't.
[Em] [Am] [C] [E]
[G] [A] [G]
[C] [C#m]
[G] [C#m] [C#m] So [G] I [Bm] leave.
[G] [C] [Am] [Em] [E]
[G] [E] [G]
[C] [C#m]
[G] [E] Low.
Hey.
[D] Baby.
[C] [Em] [C#m]
[G] [E] [G]
[C] [A]
[G] [A]
Key:
C
G
Em
C#m
E
C
G
Em
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] In the [Gm] corner, _ _ _ _ I saw you in rudies.
[C] You were [Gm] very [A] hot.
You [C] were hot.
_ [D] [Em] It was a crying disgrace.
[D#] They saw you were fit.
On [Gm] the counter. _
[C] By [Gm] your key.
Was a handbook of numbers.
[C] [Gm] And your remedies.
[A] One [C] of these.
_ [Em] Surely will screen out sorrow.
[D#] But where are you [D] tomorrow? _ _ _ _
_ [E] I can't cry anymore.
[Bm] I knew that I'd [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] break [F#m] away.
_ [E] Just when [C#m] it [D#] seemed so clear.
That [Bm] it's [E] over.
So now, [A] drink your [D] big black cow.
And [C] get out of here.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] Down [C] to Green [Gm] Street.
_ [C] There you [Gm] go.
_ [C] Looking so [Gm] _ outrageous.
[C] And they tell you so.
[G] You [C] should know.
_ [Em] How all the pros play the game.
[Gm] You change your name.
Like a gangster.
_ [C] On a [Gm] rock.
_ [C] Will stagger [Gm] home.
[C] Who your precious [A] want?
I [C] am the one.
_ [Em] Who must make everything right. _
[Gm] Talk it out.
[D] Till daylight.
[Bm] _ [F#] _
[D] _ [F#m] _ [Bm] [C#m] I don't care anymore.
[G] Are you gonna _ [Em] die? _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [Em] Break [F#m] away.
_ [E] Just when [C#m] it [F#] seemed so clear.
That [D] it's [A] over now.
Drink [F#m] your big black [D] cow.
And [G] get out of here. _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ [C#m] _ [D#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ I _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A#] _ _ [G] _ _ [D#] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C#m] can't cry anymore.
[G] Are you gonna die?
[Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] [F#m] Break away.
_ [E] [C#m] Just when it seemed [F#] so [F#m] clear.
[D] That [A] it's over now.
Drink your big [D] black cow.
[C#m] And get out of here.
_ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [C#m] [D] I can't.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [C#m] So [G] I [Bm] leave.
_ [G] _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] Low.
Hey.
[D] Baby.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] In the [Gm] corner, _ _ _ _ I saw you in rudies.
[C] You were [Gm] very [A] hot.
You [C] were hot.
_ [D] [Em] It was a crying disgrace.
[D#] They saw you were fit.
On [Gm] the counter. _
[C] By [Gm] your key.
Was a handbook of numbers.
[C] [Gm] And your remedies.
[A] One [C] of these.
_ [Em] Surely will screen out sorrow.
[D#] But where are you [D] tomorrow? _ _ _ _
_ [E] I can't cry anymore.
[Bm] I knew that I'd [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] break [F#m] away.
_ [E] Just when [C#m] it [D#] seemed so clear.
That [Bm] it's [E] over.
So now, [A] drink your [D] big black cow.
And [C] get out of here.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] Down [C] to Green [Gm] Street.
_ [C] There you [Gm] go.
_ [C] Looking so [Gm] _ outrageous.
[C] And they tell you so.
[G] You [C] should know.
_ [Em] How all the pros play the game.
[Gm] You change your name.
Like a gangster.
_ [C] On a [Gm] rock.
_ [C] Will stagger [Gm] home.
[C] Who your precious [A] want?
I [C] am the one.
_ [Em] Who must make everything right. _
[Gm] Talk it out.
[D] Till daylight.
[Bm] _ [F#] _
[D] _ [F#m] _ [Bm] [C#m] I don't care anymore.
[G] Are you gonna _ [Em] die? _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [Em] Break [F#m] away.
_ [E] Just when [C#m] it [F#] seemed so clear.
That [D] it's [A] over now.
Drink [F#m] your big black [D] cow.
And [G] get out of here. _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ [C#m] _ [D#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ I _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A#] _ _ [G] _ _ [D#] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C#m] can't cry anymore.
[G] Are you gonna die?
[Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] [F#m] Break away.
_ [E] [C#m] Just when it seemed [F#] so [F#m] clear.
[D] That [A] it's over now.
Drink your big [D] black cow.
[C#m] And get out of here.
_ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [C#m] [D] I can't.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [C#m] So [G] I [Bm] leave.
_ [G] _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] Low.
Hey.
[D] Baby.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _