The Nightfly chords by Donald Fagen

Guitar chords

Album: The Nightfly
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INTRO

Am7Am7   E minorEm  C majorC
G+G  D MajorD  F6F6
B7B7   E minorEm
C9C9  Am7Am7  F#augF#aug

STANZA 1

Gmadd9Gmadd9        G+G
I'm Lester...

Gmaj7Gmaj7     G6G6
Hello...

Gsus4Gsus4         A minorAm E minorEm
Won't you...

           A minorAm     E minorEm
Respect...

D MajorD G+G     G+G E minorEm      C majorC E minorEm   C majorC G+G F#augF#aug


STANZA 2

as stanza 1 except drop the final F#augF#aug

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CHORUS 1

E minorEm      D MajorD        C majorC
An independent...

G+G D MajorD F6F6
WJAZ

     B7B7     E minorEm
With jazz...

C9C9         Am7Am7  E minorEm  G6G6
>From the...

         A augmentedA  G+G
Sweet...

F#7F#7         B7#5    E MajorE  EsusEsus
Tonight...

A augmentedA           A minorAm
Late line...

G6G6       G+G     Gmaj7/6
Til the sun...

F# minorF#m A minorAm D MajorD Gmaj7Gmaj7 C majorC A minorAm F#augF#aug


STANZAS 3 & 4

As stanzas 1 & 2 respectively



CHORUS 2

As chorus 1 except last line; after the Gmaj7/6,
play this:  F# minorF#m  A minorAm  C majorC  C#dimC#dim


BRIDGE

B7B7            F#madd9F#madd9
You'd never...

B7B7         E6E6  E MajorE
But once...

     EbM7Ebm7     E MajorE
When love...

C# minorC#m   BMaj7Bmaj7  Absus7  F#6F#6

BMaj7Bmaj7        Cm7b5Cm7b5
I sometimes...

F#/C#            BB  A augmentedA
What happened...

    EbM7Ebm7      E MajorE
The answer's...

        AbmAbm  EbmEbm  BaugBaug F# minorF#m
It was you, you

       E MajorE   D MajorD
It was you

A major 6A6      CdimCdim  E minorEm  A augmentedA  Eb MajorEb  C majorC F#augF#aug
Tonight...


INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
per stanzas 1 & 2


CHORUS 3
As chorus 1 except after the Gmaj7/6 end on F#m.


Definitions:

Gmadd9Gmadd9 {3x0335}
GsusGsus {3x001x}
F#augF#aug {xx4332}
Gmaj7/6 {3x4430}
F#madd9F#madd9 {2xx224}
Absus7 {464644}
Cm7b5Cm7b5 {x3434x}
F#/C# {x44322}
BaugBaug {x2x443}