Black Cow chords by Steely Dan

Chords with lyrics

Black Cow - Steely Dan
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        From the album AJA


                 Arranged by Howard Wright
                 [email protected]


                 Helped with lyrics by Richard Kunert

VERSE 1:
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    C9C9
In ..

A7#9A7#9   C/DC/D         E7#9E7#9          Bb/Eb
You ...


    C9C9
On ...


A7#9A7#9   C/DC/D        E7#9E7#9
One ..


  Bb/Eb      D/ED/E
But ...

CHORUS:
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    Amaj7Amaj7          G/AG/A            C/DC/D (2)    Amaj7Amaj7
I ...


Gmaj7Gmaj7  F#m7F#m7         C#m/E  Eb7Eb7        D/ED/E (2)  Aadd2/C#
Break ..


      F#m7F#m7 (2) E MajorE   Dmaj7Dmaj7     C/DC/D (2)         Eb/FEb/F
Drink ..

VERSE 2
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Bb9Bb9  B9B9  C9C9
 Down ....

(The rest is as for verse 1)

 ....lookin' ..

 You ..

 (You ..

 Like ..

 You ..

 I'm ..

 Talk ..

CHORUS 2
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I ..

Break ..

Drink ..

INSTRUMENTAL BIT :
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 G9G9              A9A9

 Eb/BbEb/Bb C6/9  Bb7sus4Bb7sus4

 D9D9              E9E9

 Bb/FBb/F G/AG/A (2) Eb/FEb/F      D/ED/E

LAST CHORUS
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This last chorus is the same as the others except for the last bit which goes :


      F#m7F#m7 (2) E MajorE   Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7       G/AG/A
Drink ..


C/DC/D (2)   Amaj7Amaj7  G+G 6/9

Amaj7Amaj7 (2) G/AG/A   C/DC/D (2)   Amaj7Amaj7 (2)  G+G 6/9  (Repeat this line to fade)



Chord shapes :
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Don't be put off beacause there are a lot of shapes - there are some unusual
chords, but quite a few are really duplicates (e.g Bb9,B9,C9) and some chords
have two shapes to choose from (C/D,D/E)

*** Note for convenience I've written a for 10 and b for 11 ***


EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
8X878X   57X688   X5555X   07678X   X6333X   X7X775   5X665X

 C9C9     A7#9A7#9    C/DC/D    E7#9E7#9    Bb/Eb   D/ED/E    Amaj7Amaj7


EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
5X543X   X5X553   3X443X   242222   X766XX   X656XX   x7777x

 G/AG/A    C/DC/D (2)   Gmaj7Gmaj7   F#m7F#m7    C#m/E   Eb7Eb7    D/ED/E (2)


EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
x4x455   x9b9a9   x79997   x57675   x8x886   6x656x   7x767x

Aadd2/C#  F#m7F#m7 (2)   E MajorE     Dmaj7Dmaj7   Eb/FEb/F    Bb9Bb9     B9B9


EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
3x323x   5x545x   6xx88x   x5445x   6x68xx   x5455x   x7677x

 G9G9     A9A9     Eb/BbEb/Bb   C6/9   Bb7sus4Bb7sus4   D9D9     E9E9


EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
X8Xaxa   x0x7x7   3xx455   x07654

 Bb/FBb/F   G/AG/A (2)   G+G 6/9   Amaj7Amaj7 (2)


If I left any chord shapes out let me know.

Hope you enjoy it!

Howard