Almost Gothic chords by Steely Dan

Almost Gothic

|C#m7      |            |



|Bsus2      |


Eb13add9              Db13add9          Gm7
       I'm working on gospel time these days

      Dm7
(The summer      the summer      this could be

    Dm7
the cool part of the summer)

Cm7
      The sloe-eyed creature in the reckless room

       Bbmaj7
 she's so severe

  D
A wise child walks right out of here

Cmaj7
I'm so excited I can barely   cope

    Amaj7-5
I'm sizzling like an isotope

       Emaj7
I'm on fire so cut me some slack

D6
First she's way gone    then she comes back

F#m7
She's all business then she's ready to play

Dbsus2
She's almost gothic in a natural way

|Amaj7-5      |


Eb13add9           Db13add9             Gm7
     This house of desire is built foursquare

     Dm7
(The city -      the cleanest kitten in the city)

Bbmaj7
       When she speaks it's like the slickest song I ever heard

    D
I'm hanging on her every word

Cmaj7
As if I'm not already blazed  en ough

    Amaj7-5
She hits me with the cryptic stuff

           Emaj7
That's her style - to jerk me around

D6
First she's all feel   then she cools down

F#m7
She's pure science with a splash of black cat

Dbsus2
    She's almost gothic and I  like it like that


  D9    |
        In this dark place so   thrilling  and new

|D9     |


     B
It's kind of like the opposite of an aerial view

  C9
Unless I'm totally wrong

D6/9    |
         I hear her rap and brother it's strong


|Abm7sus4  Eb     |


|Gm7sus4     C/D     |


Bbmaj7
     I'm pretty sure that what she's telling me is mostly lies

    D
But I just stand there hypnotized

Dbmaj7
    I'll just have to make it work somehow

    Bbmaj7-5
I'm in the amen corner now

          Fmaj7
's called love -   I spell L -U- V

CHORUS:



Ebmaj9/6
First she's all buzz     then she's noise-free

Gm7
    She's bubbling over then there's nothing to say

Dadd9
   She's almost gothic in a natural   way


|Bbmaj7
                             She's old

Ebmaj9/6
school   then she's like young

Ebmaj9/6
Little   Eva meets the Bleecker Street brat

Dadd9
       She's almost gothic but it's better than that


|Bb6     |E13add9        |


|D13add9               |Dmaj7   Gm7addC…….


Transcription  and chart

Peter Kruger
casparus50@yahoo.ca