Chords for steely dan blues beach
Tempo:
121.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Gm
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [Gm] [D]
[G] [C]
[Em] [F] [G]
I'm a scraping bottom, roping in the dark.
It takes a custom punch to really beat the [Ab] mean spits of a [Fm] medicine part.
So [D] I shifted left, and I looked down, [Gm] and I came out my heels,
[Eb] and I thought [Cm] I'd walk [G] into a sketch.
I'm crying, [Am]
[G] sizzling in a merciful maze, [Em] and the long snaps are there before they resign.
[C] [Bb] [G] [Bb]
[G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
I went to Central Station, [C]
[G] to catch that early bus.
[C]
[G] They were gassed, one in every which [Ab] way, but unhappily not [Fm] for us.
[D] He'd come clean up, try to bribe.
I [Gm] said, he'd be the hero, and I cut right [Cm] through his [G] speech.
It's raining, [C]
I'm [G] chilling at the manatee bar.
[Em] Where the stone salt would break for the early resign.
[Bm] We could read the paranymphic liner, [Em] my hypothetical friend,
and we [F] could sail [Ab] through the [E] fantasy land.
[Gm]
[C] [Bb]
[Cm] [F] [G]
I grabbed, big dog, a [Eb] blanket [C] warming up [G] the angel of my [C] heart.
[G] Things may get [Cm] a whole [G] lot worse [Ab] before suddenly falling [Fm] apart.
[D] Give your roommate, he's on a raid.
[Gm] So I'm saying I [G] gotta close [C] the screen.
[G] I'm dying, [Am]
[G] sizzling in a merciful maze, and [C] the long snaps [Em] are there before they resign.
I'm dying, [Gm] sizzling
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] in a merciful maze, and the long snaps are there before suddenly falling apart.
I'm dying, sizzling in a merciful maze, and the long snaps are there before suddenly falling apart.
[C] Blue's Beach, [D] [C]
[Gm] Black's Blues, [G] Blue, [C] Blue's Beach,
You know that [Dm] we mentioned, [G]
[C] Blue's Beach,
[G] [C] No slack in [G] invention, [Bb] [A] [G]
Blue's Beach,
[C]
[G] Everyone's calling there,
[C] [Em] Blue's [G] Beach,
[C] It's a [G] wannabe on the scene,
[Am] Blue's [G] Beach,
[C] Great, sweet [G] little Mary,
[C] Blue's Beach,
[G] Great, [C] sweet [G] little Mary, [F] [G]
[C] Blue's Beach,
It comes [G] home, [C] Blue's [Bm] Beach,
[C] Have I felt the [G] ball, [C]
Blue's Beach,
[G] [C] [G]
[N]
[G] [Dm] [Gm] [D]
[G] [C]
[Em] [F] [G]
I'm a scraping bottom, roping in the dark.
It takes a custom punch to really beat the [Ab] mean spits of a [Fm] medicine part.
So [D] I shifted left, and I looked down, [Gm] and I came out my heels,
[Eb] and I thought [Cm] I'd walk [G] into a sketch.
I'm crying, [Am]
[G] sizzling in a merciful maze, [Em] and the long snaps are there before they resign.
[C] [Bb] [G] [Bb]
[G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
I went to Central Station, [C]
[G] to catch that early bus.
[C]
[G] They were gassed, one in every which [Ab] way, but unhappily not [Fm] for us.
[D] He'd come clean up, try to bribe.
I [Gm] said, he'd be the hero, and I cut right [Cm] through his [G] speech.
It's raining, [C]
I'm [G] chilling at the manatee bar.
[Em] Where the stone salt would break for the early resign.
[Bm] We could read the paranymphic liner, [Em] my hypothetical friend,
and we [F] could sail [Ab] through the [E] fantasy land.
[Gm]
[C] [Bb]
[Cm] [F] [G]
I grabbed, big dog, a [Eb] blanket [C] warming up [G] the angel of my [C] heart.
[G] Things may get [Cm] a whole [G] lot worse [Ab] before suddenly falling [Fm] apart.
[D] Give your roommate, he's on a raid.
[Gm] So I'm saying I [G] gotta close [C] the screen.
[G] I'm dying, [Am]
[G] sizzling in a merciful maze, and [C] the long snaps [Em] are there before they resign.
I'm dying, [Gm] sizzling
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] in a merciful maze, and the long snaps are there before suddenly falling apart.
I'm dying, sizzling in a merciful maze, and the long snaps are there before suddenly falling apart.
[C] Blue's Beach, [D] [C]
[Gm] Black's Blues, [G] Blue, [C] Blue's Beach,
You know that [Dm] we mentioned, [G]
[C] Blue's Beach,
[G] [C] No slack in [G] invention, [Bb] [A] [G]
Blue's Beach,
[C]
[G] Everyone's calling there,
[C] [Em] Blue's [G] Beach,
[C] It's a [G] wannabe on the scene,
[Am] Blue's [G] Beach,
[C] Great, sweet [G] little Mary,
[C] Blue's Beach,
[G] Great, [C] sweet [G] little Mary, [F] [G]
[C] Blue's Beach,
It comes [G] home, [C] Blue's [Bm] Beach,
[C] Have I felt the [G] ball, [C]
Blue's Beach,
[G] [C] [G]
[N]
Key:
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ I'm a scraping bottom, _ _ _ roping in the dark. _
It takes a custom punch to really beat the [Ab] mean spits of a [Fm] medicine part.
So [D] I shifted left, and I looked down, [Gm] and I came out my heels,
[Eb] and I thought [Cm] I'd walk [G] into a sketch.
I'm crying, _ [Am] _
[G] _ sizzling in a merciful maze, _ [Em] and the long snaps are there before they resign.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G]
I went to Central Station, [C]
[G] to catch that early bus.
[C] _
[G] They were gassed, one in every which [Ab] way, but _ unhappily not [Fm] for us. _ _
[D] _ He'd come clean up, try to bribe.
I [Gm] said, he'd be the hero, and I cut right [Cm] through his [G] speech.
_ It's raining, _ [C]
I'm [G] chilling at the manatee bar. _
[Em] Where the stone salt would break for the early resign. _
[Bm] _ We could read the paranymphic liner, [Em] my hypothetical _ friend,
and we [F] could sail _ [Ab] _ through the [E] fantasy _ land.
[Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ I _ _ _ grabbed, big dog, a [Eb] blanket [C] warming up [G] the angel of my [C] heart. _
[G] Things may get [Cm] a whole [G] lot worse [Ab] before suddenly falling [Fm] apart. _ _
[D] Give your roommate, he's on a raid.
[Gm] So I'm saying I [G] gotta close [C] the screen.
[G] _ _ _ I'm dying, [Am] _ _
[G] sizzling in a merciful maze, and [C] the long snaps [Em] are there before they resign.
I'm dying, [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ sizzling _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] in a merciful maze, and the long snaps are there before suddenly falling apart.
I'm dying, sizzling in a merciful maze, and the long snaps are there before suddenly falling apart. _ _ _ _
[C] Blue's Beach, [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] Black's Blues, _ _ [G] Blue, _ [C] Blue's Beach,
_ _ You know that [Dm] we mentioned, _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] Blue's Beach,
[G] _ _ [C] _ No slack in [G] invention, _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [G] _
Blue's Beach,
_ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] Everyone's calling there, _ _ _ _
[C] [Em] Blue's [G] Beach,
_ [C] _ It's a [G] wannabe on the scene, _ _ _
[Am] Blue's [G] Beach,
_ [C] _ Great, sweet [G] little Mary, _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Blue's Beach,
[G] Great, [C] _ _ sweet [G] little Mary, _ _ [F] _ [G] _
[C] Blue's Beach,
_ _ _ It comes [G] home, _ _ _ _ _ [C] Blue's [Bm] Beach,
[C] _ Have I felt the [G] ball, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Blue's Beach,
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ I'm a scraping bottom, _ _ _ roping in the dark. _
It takes a custom punch to really beat the [Ab] mean spits of a [Fm] medicine part.
So [D] I shifted left, and I looked down, [Gm] and I came out my heels,
[Eb] and I thought [Cm] I'd walk [G] into a sketch.
I'm crying, _ [Am] _
[G] _ sizzling in a merciful maze, _ [Em] and the long snaps are there before they resign.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G]
I went to Central Station, [C]
[G] to catch that early bus.
[C] _
[G] They were gassed, one in every which [Ab] way, but _ unhappily not [Fm] for us. _ _
[D] _ He'd come clean up, try to bribe.
I [Gm] said, he'd be the hero, and I cut right [Cm] through his [G] speech.
_ It's raining, _ [C]
I'm [G] chilling at the manatee bar. _
[Em] Where the stone salt would break for the early resign. _
[Bm] _ We could read the paranymphic liner, [Em] my hypothetical _ friend,
and we [F] could sail _ [Ab] _ through the [E] fantasy _ land.
[Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ I _ _ _ grabbed, big dog, a [Eb] blanket [C] warming up [G] the angel of my [C] heart. _
[G] Things may get [Cm] a whole [G] lot worse [Ab] before suddenly falling [Fm] apart. _ _
[D] Give your roommate, he's on a raid.
[Gm] So I'm saying I [G] gotta close [C] the screen.
[G] _ _ _ I'm dying, [Am] _ _
[G] sizzling in a merciful maze, and [C] the long snaps [Em] are there before they resign.
I'm dying, [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ sizzling _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] in a merciful maze, and the long snaps are there before suddenly falling apart.
I'm dying, sizzling in a merciful maze, and the long snaps are there before suddenly falling apart. _ _ _ _
[C] Blue's Beach, [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] Black's Blues, _ _ [G] Blue, _ [C] Blue's Beach,
_ _ You know that [Dm] we mentioned, _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] Blue's Beach,
[G] _ _ [C] _ No slack in [G] invention, _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [G] _
Blue's Beach,
_ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] Everyone's calling there, _ _ _ _
[C] [Em] Blue's [G] Beach,
_ [C] _ It's a [G] wannabe on the scene, _ _ _
[Am] Blue's [G] Beach,
_ [C] _ Great, sweet [G] little Mary, _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Blue's Beach,
[G] Great, [C] _ _ sweet [G] little Mary, _ _ [F] _ [G] _
[C] Blue's Beach,
_ _ _ It comes [G] home, _ _ _ _ _ [C] Blue's [Bm] Beach,
[C] _ Have I felt the [G] ball, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Blue's Beach,
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _