Don't Take Me Alive chords by Steely Dan

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: Cm

Intro Guitar:
G7#9

Intro:

        Eb/Ab F/G •  •  •        •  :

 Cm7    Dm7/C Cm7    Cm7    Cm7 Dm7/C    F/G    F/G G    G   G  F G •  •  •        •  | •  •  •        •  | •  •  •    •  | •  •  •  •  :

 Fm7   Gm7     Abmaj7  Bb       Cm7add11             Eb/Ab F/G •  •  •  •  | •   •   •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •         •  :

 Cm7    Dm7/C Cm7    Cm7    Cm7 Dm7/C    F/G    F/G G    G   G  F G •  •  •        •  | •  •  •        •  | •  •  •    •  | •  •  •  •  :

 Fm7   Gm7     Abmaj7  Bb       Cm7add11 •  •  •  •  | •   •   •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  :

Verse 1:
              Cm7                Gm7
Agents of the law
luckless pedestrian
              Fm7             Bb/Eb        C/F           D/G
I know you're out there, with rage in your eyes and your megaphones
Eb/Ab        F/G        Cm7                  Gm7
      Saying all is forgiven
mad dog surrender
          Fm7          Bb/Eb     C/F         D/G         Eb/Ab
How can I answer
a man of my mind can do anything

Chorus 1:
Eb/Ab F/G  Cm7    Dm7/C Cm7   Cm7
I'm   a    book - kee - per's son
Cm7  Dm7/C  F/G         G  G         G  F G
I    don't  wanna shoot no one
     Fm7          Gm7          Abmaj7        Bb             Cm7add11
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive

Eb/Ab F/G  Cm7     Dm7/C Cm7  Cm7
Got   a    case of dy -  na - mite
Cm7  Dm7/C  F/G           G   G        G  F G
I    could  hold out here all night
     Fm7          Gm7          Abmaj7        Bb             (Cm7add11)
Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive

Break:
  Cm7add11 •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  :

Verse 2:
                 Cm7                             Gm7
Can you hear the evil crowd
the lies and the laughter
          Fm7             Bb/Eb      C/F     D/G
I hear my inside
the mechanized hum of another world
Eb/Ab       F/G       Cm7                   Gm7
      Where no sun is shining, no red light flashing
             Fm7            Bb/Eb          C/F     D/G                    Eb/Ab
Here in this darkness
I know what I've done, I know all at once who I am

Chorus 2:
Eb/Ab F/G  Cm7    Dm7/C Cm7   Cm7
I'm   a    book - kee - per's son
Cm7  Dm7/C  F/G         G  G         G  F G
I    don't  wanna shoot no one
     Fm7          Gm7          Abmaj7        Bb             Cm7add11
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive

Eb/Ab F/G  Cm7     Dm7/C Cm7  Cm7
Got   a    case of dy -  na - mite
Cm7  Dm7/C  F/G           G   G        G  F G
I    could  hold out here all night
     Fm7          Gm7          Abmaj7        Bb             (Cm7add11)
Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive

Break:
  Cm7add11 •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  :

Interlude:
       Cm9     Dm7/C   Dm7/C  Cm9       Cm9     Dm7/C   G/A  F/G •  •  •  •  | •   •   •     •  | •  •  •  •  | •   •   •   •  :
       Cm9     Dm7/C   G/A  F/G •  •  •  •  | •   •   •   •  :

  C/F          D/G            Eb/Ab         Eb/Ab  Eb/Ab •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  : •      •

Chorus 3:
Eb/Ab F/G  Cm7    Dm7/C Cm7   Cm7
I'm   a    book - kee - per's son
Cm7  Dm7/C  F/G         G  G         G  F G
I    don't  wanna shoot no one
     Fm7          Gm7          Abmaj7        Bb             Cm7add11
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive

Eb/Ab F/G  Cm7     Dm7/C Cm7  Cm7
Got   a    case of dy -  na - mite
Cm7  Dm7/C  F/G           G   G        G  F G
I    could  hold out here all night
     Fm7          Gm7          Abmaj7        Bb              (Fm7)
Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
don't take me alive

Outro:
 Fm7   Gm7     Abmaj7  Bb      Fm7   Gm7     Abmaj7   Bb      Cm7add11 •  •  •  •  | •    •  •  •  | •  •  •  •  | •    •  •  •  : •
                    Don't take me alive