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"Josie"
			 (W. Becker - D. Fagen)

Intro:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    |---7---6-------3-|---4-------------|---7---6-------3-|-----------2-----|
    |-------4-------1-|---2-------------|-------4-------1-|-------4---0-----|
    |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-------2---------|
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

v   v   v   v
    |-----------------|
    |---------------0-|
    |----2--1-0-------|
    |-2----------4----|
    |-----------------|
    |-----------------|
      ~~~3~~~ ~~~3~~~	(1/4-note triplets)

Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7   Chord diagramF#7#9F#7#9   Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7   Abmaj7/6

Verse 1:

Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
    We're gonna break out the hats and hooters when Josie comes home

We're gonna rev up the motorscooters
                     A/D     G/C
    When Josie comes home to stay
                D/G         Chord diagramC/FC/F
    We're gonna park in the street
    Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
    Sleep on the beach and make it
    Chord diagramA7A7                          G/C   D/G Chord diagramC/FC/F
    Throw down the jam 'til the girls say when
    Chord diagramE minor 7Em7                  D/G           E/A         Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
    Lay down the law and break it when Josie comes home

Chorus 1:

Chord diagramC/FC/F        Chord diagramF#7#9F#7#9  B7#9#5    Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramC/FC/F
    When Josie comes home         so good
              Chord diagramF#7#9F#7#9        B7#9#5       Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  Chord diagramA7A7
    She's the pride of the neighborhood
              Chord diagramAm7Am7  Chord diagramD7D7       Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7 Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
    She's the raw flame, the live wire
        Chord diagramF#7#9F#7#9                      B7#9#5
    She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire

Verse 2:

Jo who'd you love to scrapple, she'll never say no
    Shine up the battle apple
    We'll shake 'em all down tonight
    We're gonna mix in the street
    Strike at the stroke of midnight
    Dance on the bones 'til the girls say when
    Pick up what's left by daylight when Josie comes home

Chorus 2:

When Josie comes home, so bad
    She's the best friend we never had
    She's the raw flame, the live wire
    She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire

Instrumental break (2:15 - 2:31):

Play 3X (guitar is doubled by bass):

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
    |-----------------|----------------|
    |-----------------|----------------|
    |-----------------|----------------|
    |-5-7-------------|---5------------|
    |-----------5---7-|----------------|
    |-----------------|---------5-7----|
                                ^^^ 2nd time only

Chord diagramF#7#9F#7#9  B7#9#5

(guitar solo over verse chords)

(repeat chorus 1)

(repeat intro)

Outro:

guitar solo over Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 to fade

Chord fingerings:

Abmaj7/6: xx6563
	A/D:	  x57655
	B7#9#5:	  x21233
	C/F:	  xx3553
	D/G:	  xx5775
	E/A:	  xx7997
	F#7#9:	  242355
	G/C:	  x35433

(On the record, those X/Y chords are almost certainly played as a standard X
chord on guitar, with the bass covering the Y note; the fingerings suggested
above are for anyone who wants to replicate the overall sound of those chords
on a single guitar.  And, incidentally, Laura Nyro was using major triads
with the fourth in the bass when Don and Walt were still playing frat parties
at Bard.)

Other versions of Josie

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Josie (Ver. 2) by Steely Dan

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Josie (Ver. 2)Tabs

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