Countermoon Chords by Donald Fagen

_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ On a night like this, you look up at the lava, _ like you're in some old cartoon.
_ _ Then you detect scented faded roses up in the sky.
It's that cruel kind of moon.
[G] Could that be murder?
You [Dm] see in her [Em] [D] eyes, a fire long and desperate to miss.
[F] _ _ [Em] You [G] can't escape it, that thing is [A] shouting for [D] you.
On a night like this, the story [C] is told.
[Em] And the wind will bless, [G] and the man [D] will [Bm] call.
You got those [D] shutters, that shoot in [Am] the air.
[B] There's a cataclysm [G] coming all [Bm] the way.
[D] _ _ _
_ Hand in hand, you walk along the river.
You stop to question the reason.
[C] _ [D] A cloud of living comes sweeping off the water.
You go, you know much, much that you would [Am] guess.
[G] Bright waves are crashing, [B] the sunshine will tell.
[Bm] It's the nasty world of 4 July.
[F] _
_ [Em] Last [G] night you loved her, tonight you [A] wonder why.
[D] On a night like this, _ the story [C] is told.
[B] And the wind will bless, and the [D] man will [G] call.
[D] You got those shutters, that shoot in the [Am]
air.
[Em] There's a _ [B] cataclysm coming all [Bm] the way.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ [G] And there's a people, [B] there's somebody crying.
[D] _ All the streets will stick with peace.
[F]
When [Em] you see that parade, [B] there's a hot place running away.
[E] On a night like this, the [Bm] story is told.
[A] And the wind will bless, and the man will [E]
call.
You got those shutters, that [D] shoot in the air.
[C#] There's a [A] cataclysm coming [Am] all the way.
On a [E] night like this, the [D] story is told.
And [G] the wind will bless, [A] and the man will [E]
call.
You got those shutters, that shoot [D] in the air.
[C#] There's a cataclysm coming [E] all the way.
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ [B] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] All [E] the way.
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G#] All _
[Bm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] [E] the way.
_ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] [Em] All [F#] _ [B] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] the way. _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
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[E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ All the way.