On The Dunes chords by Donald Fagen

Chords with lyrics

small case letters above chord symbols
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C majorC above middle C majorC
c3: C majorC below middle C majorC etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line


f#3  f   e   e4 e  e e a     db5  b4
DMaj9Dmaj9 DbMaj9Dbmaj9 CMaj9Cmaj9        Gb7Gb7+9+5  Gbm7Gbm7 Abm/Db

 b3  c#4   e   f#
E minor 7Em7  F#m7F#m7  Em/A  DMaj9Dmaj9

g4   e e  e e  a     db5  b4
CMaj9Cmaj9        Gb7Gb7+9+5  Gbm7Gbm7 Abm/Db

 b3  c#4   e   f#
E minor 7Em7  F#m7F#m7  Em/A  DMaj9Dmaj9

a5.......  f#4 f#
CMaj13Cmaj13    A13-9-5

Dmaj7Dmaj7
    Drive along the sea

       G9G9
Far from the city's twitch and smoke

f#4     e
Bm7Bm7    Abmaj7Abmaj7+5/Bb
To a misty beach

         e4       eb     f
        Am7addD    Ab7-5   Ab13-5
That's where my life became a joke

     e4    d   f     f
    G13sus4G13sus4  G7G7  G13sus4G13sus4 G7/d
On the dunes

    Bm7Bm7
On the dunes
            d4    e    g
  Am7Am7  Am7/D    D/G  Db7Db7+9  Gb7-9
(Became a joke on the dunes)

          d5 b f#
        Bm7Bm7   E9E9
Where rents are high

       A7A7+5
And seabirds cry

     e4    d   f     a   g   f#
    E/D   F13F13  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7  f/eb eb/a Dmaj7Dmaj7
On the dunes


As you spoke you must have known

     G9G9
It was a kind of homicide

 Bm7Bm7         Abmaj7Abmaj7+5/Bb
I stood and watched my happiness

   Am7addD      Ab7-5  Ab13-5
Drift outwards with the tide

     e4    d  f     f
    G13sus4G13sus4  G7G7  G13sus4G13sus4  G7/d
On the dunes

    Bm7Bm7
On the dunes
          d4   e    g
 Am7Am7 Am7/D    GMaj9Gmaj9  Db7Db7+9 Gb7-9
(Homi cide on the dunes)

         g2 f# e
      Bm7Bm7     E9E9
It wasn't fair

         A7A7+5
   It's brutal there

    DMaj9Dmaj9  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7+5/C D6D6
On the dunes

D13D13
Pretty boats

D7D7         D7/F#D7/F#  d/eb
Sweeping along the shore

 d4  e           f#   g f  f#  e
 Gmaj7Gmaj7 G6G6          Gmaj7Gmaj7  G13G13 F#13F#13 F13F13 E13E13
      In the faltering light

    F#m7sus4
Pretty women

      Gm(maj7-5)     E7sus4/b
With their lovers   by their side

   E13-9   Gmaj9/a   A13A13
It's like an  awful dream

      Em7sus4  D/G  G/AG/A  A13-9-5
I have most every   night

    DMaj9Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells


      G9G9
Join in the search for sun and sand

  Bm7Bm7      Abmaj7Abmaj7+5/Bb
For me it's just a joyless place

      Am7addD  Am7/D
Where this loneliness began

         e4    d   f    f
 Ab13-5     G13sus4G13sus4  G7G7  G13sus4G13sus4 G7/d
O-o-on  the   dunes

    Bm7Bm7
On the dunes

 Am7Am7  Am7/D    GMaj9Gmaj9  Db7Db7+9  Gb7-9+5
(Loneli ness on the dunes)

       Bm9Bm9
  I'm pretty tough

E9E9         A7A7+5
  But the wind is rough

    DMaj9Dmaj9  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7+5/C  Dmaj9/6
On the dunes

D13D13
Pretty boats

D7D7         D7/F#D7/F#  d/eb
Sweeping along the shore

 d4  e           f#   g f  f#  e
 Gmaj7Gmaj7 G6G6          Gmaj7Gmaj7  G13G13 F#13F#13 F13F13 E13E13
      In the faltering light

    F#m7sus4
Pretty women

      Gm(maj7-5)     E7sus4/b
With their lovers   by their side

   E13-9   Gmaj9/a   A13A13
It's like an  awful dream

      Em7sus4  D/G  G/AG/A  A13-9-5
I have most every   night

    DMaj9Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells

      G9G9
Join in the search for sun and sand

  Bm7Bm7      Abmaj7Abmaj7+5/Bb
For me it's just a joyless place

      Am7addD  Am7/D
Where this loneliness began

      e4    d   f    f
 Ab13-5  G13sus4G13sus4  G7G7 G13sus4G13sus4 G7/d
On  the dunes     aah ha

    Bm7Bm7
On the dunes

 Am7Am7  D9D9     GMaj9Gmaj9  Db7Db7+9  Gb7-9+5
(Loneli ness on the dunes)

     Bm7Bm7
 pretty tough

E9E9         A7A7+5
  But the wind is rough

    DMaj9Dmaj9  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7+5/C  Dmaj9/6
On the dunes       ohh on the dunes


f#3  f   e   e4 e  e e a     db5  b4
DMaj9Dmaj9 DbMaj9Dbmaj9 CMaj9Cmaj9        Gb7Gb7+9+5  Gbm7Gbm7 Abm/Db

 b3  c#4   e   f#
E minor 7Em7  F#m7F#m7  Em/A  DMaj9Dmaj9


g4   e e  e e  a     db5  b4
CMaj9Cmaj9        Gb7Gb7+9+5  Gbm7Gbm7 Abm/Db

 b3  c#4   e   f#
E minor 7Em7  F#m7F#m7  Em/A  DMaj9Dmaj9