Tabs
Dr Wu - Steely Dan ------------------ From the album "Katy Lied" Transcribed/arranged by Howard Wright [email protected] It's difficult to find a way to make all the chord changes of the original piano part work smoothly on the guitar. I've written out the basic changes, with the chord names above the tablature. In places where it's not too hard for the guitar to play some of the piano fills and variations I've written in suggested changes. If you want to keep things simple, you can just play the first chord written out for each chord name and ignore the "extras". On the original, for each chord there are often a lot of different chord voicings used. Sometimes different voicings are used in succession to build parts of the song up (e.g near the end of the first verse: "... the last piaster I could borrow" - differentC/DC/D voicings are used that slowly rise in pitch). At other times, different voicings are used to create more varied changes between chords. The chord voicings I've written below aim for an authentic sound, and reasonably smooth changes between shapes. You could try different voicings if you prefer a slightly different sound, or if you find a way to play it that suits you better. For the verses and choruses, I've just written out the chord shape once in the tablature. Listen to the original for ideas for strumming patterns.
Intro: ------D/ED/E
C/FC/F G/C
Em11Em11
D6/ED6/E E------------------------------------7------------------ B-----8---8---8---------8---8---8-------7--------------- G-----7---7---7---------7---7---7----7------------------ D-----7---7---7---------7---7---7----------------------- A-----7---7---7---------7---7---7----------------------- E--0-----------------0----------------------------------
Verse 1: --------E minorEm
C majorC
E minor 7Em7
Am11Am11
Bm7Bm7
Am7Am7 E----------7-----------0------------------------------------------ B----------8-----------8----------7----5-------------------------- G----------7-----------7----------7----5-------------------------- D----------9-----------10---------7----5-------------------------- A----------7-----------0------------------------------------------ E---------------------------------7----5-------------------------- (you could also play Am7: x 0 10 9 8 0 instead of
G+G
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Gmaj7Gmaj7
Dm7Dm7
Bb majorBb etc. 2nd guitar plays: Bass note:
Eb MajorEb E------------------------------------------------------------------- B---3---5---7--7--7--8--7----3---5---6--6---6---8--10--6--6--10---6- G---4---5---7--7--7--9--7----4---5---7--7---7---8--10--7--7--10---7- D---4---5---7--7--7--9--7----4---5---7--7---7---8--10--7--7--10---8- A------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------- The "one guitar" version is: D/G
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 E--------2------------------------------------------------ B--------3----------------------6------------------------- G--------2----------------------7------------------------- D-------------------------------7------------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------- E--------3----------------------6------------------------- Bb/Eb
Gm7Gm7
Cm7Cm7
F/CF/C E-------------------------------------------------------- B--6---------------3--------------8------------8--------- G--7---------------3--------------8------------8--------- D--8---------------3--------------8------------8--------- A--6-------------------------------------------8--------- E------------------3--------------8---------------------- D/G
Fmaj7Fmaj7
