The Nightfly chords by Donald Fagen

Chords with lyrics

Artist: Donald Fagen
Song: The Nightfly
Album: The Nightfly
Transcribed by: Charles Seymour


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


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}