Babylon Sisters Chords by Steely Dan

Tempo:
61.525 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Dm

Cm

Ab

Bbm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Steely Dan   Babylon Sisters chords
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[Gb] [B] [Ab]
[Am] [E] [Abm] [Ebm] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Gb] [B] [Ab] [B]
[E] [Eb] [Bbm]
[E] [Eb]
[Bb] [Bbm] Drive west [Cm] on sunset [Db] to the sea.
Turn that [Ab] jungle music [Db] down.
[C] Just [Gb] until we're out of town.
[Bbm] This [Cm] is no one [Dm] night stand.
It's a [Bbm] real occasion.
Close your [Cm] eyes and you'll be there.
[Bb] It's everything they say.
[E] The end of a [Eb] perfect day.
[F] Distant lights from across the [A] bay.
[Dm] Babylon's [G]
[Eb] dispersed.
[Dm] [Am] [E] Babylon's [Eb] dispersed.
[Dm] [C] So [Cm] fine, so young.
[Bb] Tell me [Bbm] I'm the [Eb] only [D] one.
[F] [Eb] [Bb] [Gb] [Ab] [Bb]
[Gb] [Ebm] Here [Db] comes the sun and [B] the wind [E] again.
[A]
[Ebm] [Bbm] [Ebm] [Eb] [Ebm]
[Bb] Will [Cm] Jogwind show [Ab] Fulgonce?
Drink [Db] kush fossil from a shell?
[Ab] San [Gb] Francisco show it [Bbm] still?
Well [Cm] I should know [Dm] by now
that [Bbm] it's just a spasm like a [Cm] Sunday in D.J.
That it's cheap but [Bb] it's not free.
[E] That I'm not what I [Eb] used to be.
[F] And that love's not a game for [A] me.
[G] Babylon's dispersed.
[Eb] [Cm] [Eb]
[Dm] Babylon's [E] [Eb] dispersed.
[C] So [Cm] fine, so young.
[Bb] Tell me [Db] I'm the [G] only [D] one.
[Eb]
[Gb] [Ab] [Bb] [Ebm] Here [Db] comes the sun and the [B] wind again.
[Dbm] [F] [Bbm] [Cm]
[Eb] My [Ab] [C] [Gb]
[Bbm] [Cm] friends say now,
[D] go for [Bbm] that cotton candy.
[Eb] [Fm] Son, [Cm] you're playing with fire.
[Bb] The [Cm] kid will [Bb] live and learn
[E] as he watches [Eb] his bridges burn
[F] from the point of the war.
[B] [G] Babylon's dispersed.
[Eb]
[Dm] [Am] Babylon's [Gm] [Eb] dispersed.
[Am] So [F] fine, so young.
[Dm] [Bb] Tell me [Db] I'm the [G] only [G] one.
[D] [Eb]
[Dm] [F]
[Eb] [Dm] [Eb]
[Ab] [D] [Dm] [F] [Dm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Eb] [Eb] You got to shake [Ab] it baby, got to [D] shake it baby, got to shake it.
[Dm] [F]
[Eb] [Dm] [Eb] You got to shake it [Ab] baby.
Got to shake it.
[Dm] You got to shake it.
[F] [Eb] [Dm] [Eb]
[Ab] [D] [N]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Dm
2311
Cm
13421113
Ab
134211114
Bbm
13421111
Eb
12341116
Dm
2311
Cm
13421113
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Let's start jamming Steely Dan - Babylon Sisters chords, practice the chord sequence F, Eb, Dm, Bbm, Cm, Dm, Eb and Eb. Ease into the song by practicing at 30 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 62 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: Bb Major.

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[Gb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Am] _ [E] _ [Abm] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bbm] _ _
[Eb] _ [Gb] _ _ _ [B] _ [Ab] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] Drive west [Cm] on sunset [Db] to the sea.
_ Turn that [Ab] jungle music [Db] down.
[C] Just [Gb] until we're out of town.
[Bbm] _ _ This [Cm] is no one [Dm] night stand.
It's a [Bbm] real occasion.
Close your [Cm] eyes and you'll be there.
[Bb] It's everything they say.
[E] The end of a [Eb] perfect day.
[F] Distant lights from across the [A] bay.
[Dm] Babylon's [G] _
[Eb] dispersed.
_ _ [Dm] _ [Am] [E] Babylon's [Eb] dispersed.
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] So [Cm] fine, so young.
[Bb] Tell me [Bbm] I'm the [Eb] only [D] one. _ _ _
[F] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
[Gb] [Ebm] Here [Db] comes the sun and [B] the wind [E] again.
[A] _
[Ebm] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ebm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
[Bb] _ _ Will [Cm] Jogwind show [Ab] Fulgonce? _
Drink [Db] kush fossil from a shell?
[Ab] San [Gb] Francisco show it [Bbm] still?
_ Well [Cm] I should know [Dm] by now
that [Bbm] it's just a spasm like a [Cm] Sunday in D.J.
That it's cheap but [Bb] it's not free.
[E] That I'm not what I [Eb] used to be.
[F] And that love's not a game for [A] me.
[G] Babylon's dispersed.
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] _
[Dm] _ Babylon's [E] [Eb] dispersed. _ _ _
[C] So [Cm] fine, so young.
[Bb] Tell me [Db] I'm the [G] only [D] one.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] Here [Db] comes the sun and the [B] wind again.
[Dbm] _ [F] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ My [Ab] _ _ [C] _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Cm] friends say now,
[D] go for [Bbm] that cotton candy.
[Eb] [Fm] Son, [Cm] you're playing with fire.
[Bb] The [Cm] kid will [Bb] live and learn
[E] as he watches [Eb] his bridges burn
[F] from the point of the war.
_ [B] [G] Babylon's dispersed.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ [Am] Babylon's [Gm] [Eb] dispersed. _
_ _ [Am] So [F] fine, so young.
[Dm] [Bb] Tell me [Db] I'm the [G] only [G] one.
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
[Eb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Eb] You got to shake [Ab] it baby, got to [D] shake it baby, got to shake it.
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ You got to shake it [Ab] baby.
Got to shake it.
[Dm] You got to shake it.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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This song was composed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

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