Chords for Steely Dan - Black Cow - (Aja, 1977)
Tempo:
94.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
A
D
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
C
G
A
D
C#m
C
G
A
[C] [A] [C] .
.
[Am] [C] .
[D] [G] .
[Gm] In the corner I saw you enrooted.
You were very high.
[A] You [C] were high.
[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.
[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#] .
[D] [F#m] [Bm] I [C#m] don't care anymore, I [G] knew that a lie.
[Em] .
[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.
[D#] .
[G] .
[C] [Dm] .
[Em] [D] [A] .
[G] [C#m] [D#] [Em] .
[Bm] [D#m] [F#] .
[Bm] [C] .
[G#] .
[E] [A#] [D] .
[D#] [D] .
[F#] [Bm] [C#m] I can't cry anymore, [G] I knew that a [D] lie.
[Em] .
[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.
[G] [C] .
[C#m] [G] [C#m] .
So I [D] made it through.
[G] [Am] .
[C] [C#m] [G] [A] .
[G] [C] .
[C#m] [G] [A] .
[G] So I made it [A] through.
[G] [C] [D] .
[Em] [C#m] [G] [E] .
[G] [C] .
[C#m] [G] [E] Now I've [Em] [D] made it through.
[C] [D] .
[Em] [C#m] [G] [A] .
[G] [C] .
[A] [G] [A] [N].
.
[Am] [C] .
[D] [G] .
[Gm] In the corner I saw you enrooted.
You were very high.
[A] You [C] were high.
[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.
[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#] .
[D] [F#m] [Bm] I [C#m] don't care anymore, I [G] knew that a lie.
[Em] .
[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.
[D#] .
[G] .
[C] [Dm] .
[Em] [D] [A] .
[G] [C#m] [D#] [Em] .
[Bm] [D#m] [F#] .
[Bm] [C] .
[G#] .
[E] [A#] [D] .
[D#] [D] .
[F#] [Bm] [C#m] I can't cry anymore, [G] I knew that a [D] lie.
[Em] .
[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.
[G] [C] .
[C#m] [G] [C#m] .
So I [D] made it through.
[G] [Am] .
[C] [C#m] [G] [A] .
[G] [C] .
[C#m] [G] [A] .
[G] So I made it [A] through.
[G] [C] [D] .
[Em] [C#m] [G] [E] .
[G] [C] .
[C#m] [G] [E] Now I've [Em] [D] made it through.
[C] [D] .
[Em] [C#m] [G] [A] .
[G] [C] .
[A] [G] [A] [N].