VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by BridgeBreeze
To learn Steely Dan - Dont Take Me Alive chords with lyrics, centre your learning around these crucial chords: G, F, G, F, Cm, F, G, Cm. A strategic approach would be to train at 29 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's natural tempo of 60. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of Bb.
G _ _
Gm _ _ _ _
Dm _ _ .
F _
Cm _ _ _ _
F _ _
G _ .
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Gm _ _
Ab _ _
Bb _
F _
Cm _ .
_ _
F _
Cm _ _
F _ _
G _ .
A _
Fm _
Bb _
Cm _
Bb _
F _
Cm _ _ .
Gm _
F _
G _
Cm _ _ _ _ _ .
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G _
Bb _
G I
Fm know you're out there
Bb with
C rays in your
D eyes and your megaphone.
Eb F Saying
C all is
Eb forgiven,
Cm _ .
mad dog
F surrender.
G _
F How can I answer?.
Bb A
C man of my
D mind can do anything.
Eb _
Cm I'm a bookkeeper's son,
F I don't
G want to shoot no
G one.
Cm When I
Dm cross my own
Ab land back in
Bb Oregon, don't
F take me alive.
_ _
Cm Got a case of dynamite,
F I could
G hold out here all
G night.
Ab Yes, I'll
Bb cross my own
Ab land back in
Bb Oregon, don't
F take me alive.
Cm _
Gm _
Cm _
B _
Cm _ .
C Can you hear the
Eb evil
C crowd, the
G lies and the
Bb laughter?.
G _ .
Fm I hear my inside, the
F mechanized
D hum of another
Eb world.
F Where
Cm no sun is shining, _
G no red light
Bb flashing,
G _ .
Fm here in this darkness.
Bb I
F know what
D I've done, I know at
Eb once who I
F am.
Cm I'm a bookkeeper's son,
F I don't want
G to shoot no
F one.
A When
Dm I cross my
Ab own land back
Bb in Oregon,
Fm don't take me
Cm alive.
Gm _ .
C Eb Got a case of dynamite,
F I could hold out
G here all
Dm night.
Ab Yes,
Bb I'll cross my
Ab own land back
Bb in Oregon,
F don't take me alive.
C _ .
F _
Cm _ _ _ _ _ _
F _ .
_
Cm _ _
F _
Em _
F _ _ _ .
G _
C _ _
G _ _
Eb _ _ _ .
I'm a bookkeeper's son,
F I don't want
G to shoot no
F one.
A When
Dm I cross my
Ab own land back
Bb in Oregon,
F don't take me alive.
_ .
Cm Got a case of dynamite,
F I could hold out
G here all
F night.
Cm Yes,
Bb I'll cross my
Ab own land back in
Bb Oregon,
Cm don't take me
Dm alive.
Ab.
Bb Don't
A take me
Dm alive.
Ab _
Bb _ _
Cm _ _
Bb _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _ .