Negative Girl chords by Steely Dan

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
Gm9Gm9
Ebm9Ebm9
Fm9Fm9
Dbm9Dbm9


First Verse:
   G/C E/C
She's lost - she's late
               D/ED/E
She's zooming on a couch somewhere
  G/C E/C
Or high - or home
               F9F9
I'm not supposed to call her there

 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb
I wait - I smoke
 Csus4/F
I stare into my coke
   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb Am7Am7
It's happen-ing again
Bbm9Bbm9          Gm9Gm9   C7#5  Abmaj7Abmaj7 Ab6Ab6
I tell myself that it's over and done, amen

Gbmaj7(b5)  Fmaj7Fmaj7  Emaj7(b5)

Second Verse:
  G/C E/C
Her skin - like milk
                D/ED/E
It's like she's never seen the sun
   G/C E/C
Some hearts - to crunch
             F9F9
Is more like her idea of fun


 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb
I know - she's ill
  Csus4/F
I'm cruising for a spill
  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb   Am7Am7
I'm hanging just the same
Bbm9Bbm9        Gm7Gm7
I need to be in the heat
    C7#5    Abmaj7Abmaj7 Ab6Ab6
Of her cold white flame

Gbmaj7(b5)  Fmaj7Fmaj7  Emaj7(b5)  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Gmaj7Gmaj7  Ebmaj7(b5)

Chorus:
GbGb   D9D9
Another negative girl
          Bm7Bm7
At the edge of the frame
 Abm7Abm7   C9C9
Deliciously toxic
   G7G7       D/C
The original classic thing
Ebmaj9Ebmaj9   D/C
More of the same

EbM7Ebm7


Bridge:
   G/AG/A
She's in the zone
D/ED/E
Crying on the phone
Am7Am7    E/A  Cmaj7Cmaj7
I need you here

Am7Am7    C9C9
I'm on the street again
Am7Am7    D9D9      Gbm7Gbm7    Bm7(#5)  Gmaj7Gmaj7 G6G6
Staggering out into the burn of the brain dead dawn
  Fmaj7Fmaj7      F/Db   Gmaj7Gmaj7    Fmaj7Fmaj7
To arrive in time to find her gone


Third Verse:
   G/C E/C
She's on - the train
              D/ED/E
To somewhere up by Fordham Road
  G/C E/C
Her rep - tile brain
                F9F9
Locked down and ready in combat mode

   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb
Some cash - a key
   Csus4/F
This guy she has to see
 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb   Am7Am7
A augmentedA doctor friend uptown
Bbm9Bbm9         Gm7Gm7
And maybe she gets to me
     C7#5    Abmaj7Abmaj7  Ab6Ab6
When she comes back down

Gbmaj7(b5)  Fmaj7Fmaj7  Emaj7(b5)  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Gmaj7Gmaj7  Ebmaj7(b5)


Chorus:
GbGb   D9D9
Another negative girl
          Bm7Bm7
Spinning out of the frame
 Abm7Abm7   C9C9
Exquisitely limpid
   G7G7       D/C
The original classic thing
Ebmaj9Ebmaj9   D/C
More of the same


Instrumental Break:
D9D9
Db7Db7
D9D9
F9F9


Second Bridge:
 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb
A augmentedA goof - a buzz
  Csus4/F
If that is what it was
   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb  Am7Am7
Then how do you explain
Bbm9Bbm9
The way she looks when she's
Gm7Gm7        C7(#5)     Gm/F
Dragging me out to dance with her
Gbm/E  Fm/Eb Em/DEm/D  Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
In the Sum - mer   rain
Gbmaj7(b5)  Fmaj7Fmaj7  Emaj7(b5)  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7

Gmaj7Gmaj7  Ebmaj7(b5)


Chorus:
GbGb   D9D9
Another negative girl
          Bm7Bm7
At the edge of the frame
 Abm7Abm7     C9C9
Exhausting and luscious
   G7G7       D/C
The original classic thing
Ebmaj9Ebmaj9   D/C
More of the same
Ebmaj9Ebmaj9   D/C
More of the same


Outro:
Ebm11Ebm11