Negative Girl Chords by Steely Dan

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She's lost, she's late, zooming on a couch [A] somewhere.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [E] Or high, or home, I'm not supposed to call [A] her there.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] I [C] wait, I smoke, [F] I stare and do my [G] coat.
[Bb] It's [C] happening _ _ [G] [Dm] again.
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I [G] tell myself that it's over [C] and [Ab] done, amen.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Eb] [E] Her skin's like milk, like she's never [A] seen the sun.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Some hearts, deep crunch, small like her idea [G] of fun.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] I know she's ill [F] and cruising for a spill.
[Bb] [C] I'm hanging just the [G] same.
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[Bbm] I need to be in the heat of [C] a cold [Cm] white [F] flame.
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_ [D] _ _ Not a negative girl at the edge of the frame.
[Gb] _ [Bm] Deliciously toxic, _ [G] original [Gb] classic theme.
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More [D] of the [Gb] same.
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She's _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] in the zone, [D]
crying on the phone.
I [Em] need to hear. _ _
_ _ _ [C] I'm [Gm] on the street [C] again, [Gb] staggering out [Gbm] into the burn [B] of the [G] braided lawn.
[Em] _ [Am] To arrive in [F] time to [A] find [Bm] her gone.
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ She's on train, somewhere up by [A] Thawtom [Bm] Road.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Her reptile brain locked down and ready in [A] combat mode.
_ [Gm] Some _ _ _ [C]
cash, a key, [F] this guy she has to see.
[Bb] [C] A doctor friend, [G] a clown.
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[G] And maybe she gets [Bb] to me when she [Cm] comes back down.
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_ [D] _ _ Another negative girl spinning out of the frame.
[B] Exquisitely [Dm]
limpid, original [A] classic theme.
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[C] More [Bm] of the same. _ _ _ _
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[E] _ [Am] A [A] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] goof, a buzz, [F]
that is what it was.
[C] How do you explain?
_ _ _ [Fm] The way [G] she looks when [Gm] she's dragging me [C] out to dance [Gm] with her [Fm] in the [Em] summer [Fm]
rain.
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[D] _ _ _ Another negative girl at the edge of the frame.
[B] Exhausting [Bm] and luscious, [Dm]
original [Gb] classic theme.
_ _ _ [G] More of the same.
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