VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by UkeleleUprising
To learn Steely Dan - Black Cow chords with lyrics, your first step should be understanding these chords: C#m, G, C, C#m, G, A, C, Gm, C. For best results, commence at 47 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 95. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of G.
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C _ _
A _ _
C _ _ _ .
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_ _ _
Am _ _ _
C _ _ .
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D _ _ _ _ _
G _ _ .
Gm In the corner I _ _ _ _ saw you enrooted.
You were very high.
A You
C were high.
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D It
Em was a crying disgrace.
D# They saw your affair.
Gm On the counter _
C Gm by your key _ was their book of numbers.
C And your
Gm A remedies, one
C of these, _ surely
Em will screen out sorrow.
D# But where are you _
D tomorrow?
_ _ _ .
_ _
E Can't cry anymore,
Bm I knew that a lie.
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C _ _ _ _
A _ .
_ _
G F#m Break away,
E just
C#m when it seemed
D# so clear.
That
Bm it's
E over now.
Drink your big
F#m black cow
C and get out of here.
Em _ _ .
_ _ _ _
D# _ _ _ _ .
_ _
G#m Down
Gm to Green Street.
C There you go,
Gm _ _ looking so outraged.
C And they tell you so.
A You
C should know how
Em all the pros play the game.
Cm You change
D# your name
Am like a
Gm gangster _
C on a
Gm wrong run.
C You will stagger
Gm home
C to your precious ones.
A I am the
C one _ who
Em must make everything right.
D# Talk it out
D till daylight.
F# _ .
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D _
F#m _
Bm I
C#m don't care anymore, I
G knew that a lie.
Em _ _ _ .
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C#m _ _ _
Em F#m Break away, _
E.
just
C#m when it seemed
F#m so clear.
A That it's over now.
Drink your big
F#m black cow
C and get out of here.
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D# _ _ _ .
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G _ _ _ .
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C _
Dm _ _ _ .
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Em _
D _ _
A _ _ _ .
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G _
C#m _
D# _ _
Em _ .
Bm _
D#m _ _ _ _
F# _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
Bm _
C _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
G# _ _ _ .
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E _ _
A# _ _
D _ .
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D# _ _ _ _
D _ _ _ .
F# _
Bm _ _ _
C#m I can't cry anymore,
G I knew that a
D lie.
Em _ _ _ .
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C#m _ _ _
Em F#m Break away,
E just
C#m when it seemed
D# so clear.
D That it's
A over now.
Drink your big
D black cow
E and get out of here.
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G _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ .
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C#m _ _ _
G _
C#m _ _ _ .
So I
D made it through.
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G _ _
Am _ .
C _
C#m _ _ _
G _
A _ _ _ .
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G _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ .
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C#m _ _ _
G _
A _ _ _ .
G So I made it
A through.
G _
C _ _
D _ .
Em _
C#m _ _ _
G _
E _ _ _ .
_
G _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ .
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C#m _ _ _
G _
E Now I've
Em D made it through.
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C _ _
D _ .
Em _
C#m _ _ _
G _
A _ _ _ .
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G _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ .
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A _ _
G _ _
A _ _
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