Negative Girl chords by Steely Dan

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Gm9
Ebm9
Fm9
Dbm9


First Verse:
      G/C  E/C
She's lost  -  she's late
                             D/E
She's zooming on a couch somewhere
   G/C  E/C
Or high  -  or home
                             F9
I'm not supposed to call her there

  Bbmaj7 C/Bb
I wait  -  I smoke
  Csus4/F
I stare into my coke
     Bbmaj7 C/Bb Am7
It's happen-ing again
Bbm9                    Gm9      C7#5   Abmaj7  Ab6
I tell myself that it's over and done, amen

Gbmaj7(b5)    Fmaj7    Emaj7(b5)


Second Verse:
    G/C  E/C
Her skin  -  like milk
                               D/E
It's like she's never seen the sun
     G/C  E/C
Some hearts  -  to crunch
                         F9
Is more like her idea of fun


  Bbmaj7 C/Bb
I know  -  she's ill
    Csus4/F
I'm cruising for a spill
    Bbmaj7  C/Bb     Am7
I'm hanging just the same
Bbm9                Gm7
I need to be in the heat
       C7#5       Abmaj7  Ab6
Of her cold white flame

Gbmaj7(b5)    Fmaj7    Emaj7(b5)   Ebmaj7
Gmaj7    Ebmaj7(b5)


Chorus:
Gb      D9
Another negative girl
                   Bm7
At the edge of the frame
  Abm7      C9
Deliciously toxic
     G7              D/C
The original classic thing
Ebmaj9      D/C
More of the same

Ebm7


Bridge:
      G/A
She's in the zone
D/E
Crying on the phone
Am7        E/A    Cmaj7
I need you here

Am7        C9
I'm on the street again
Am7        D9           Gbm7        Bm7(#5)    Gmaj7  G6
Staggering out into the burn of the brain dead dawn
    Fmaj7            F/Db     Gmaj7       Fmaj7
To arrive in time to find her gone


Third Verse:
      G/C  E/C
She's on  -  the train
                           D/E
To somewhere up by Fordham Road
    G/C  E/C
Her rep - tile brain
                                F9
Locked down and ready in combat mode

     Bbmaj7 C/Bb
Some cash  -  a key
     Csus4/F
This guy she has to see
  Bbmaj7 C/Bb     Am7
A doctor friend uptown
Bbm9                  Gm7
And maybe she gets to me
         C7#5       Abmaj7   Ab6
When she comes back down

Gbmaj7(b5)    Fmaj7    Emaj7(b5)   Ebmaj7
Gmaj7    Ebmaj7(b5)


Chorus:
Gb      D9
Another negative girl
                    Bm7
Spinning out of the frame
  Abm7      C9
Exquisitely limpid
     G7              D/C
The original classic thing
Ebmaj9      D/C
More of the same


Instrumental Break:
D9
Db7
D9
F9


Second Bridge:
  Bbmaj7 C/Bb
A goof  -  a buzz
   Csus4/F
If that is what it was
     Bbmaj7 C/Bb   Am7
Then how do you explain
Bbm9
The way she looks when she's
Gm7                C7(#5)          Gm/F
Dragging me out to dance with her
Gbm/E   Fm/Eb  Em/D    Dbmaj7
In the  Sum  - mer     rain
Gbmaj7(b5)    Fmaj7    Emaj7(b5)   Ebmaj7

Gmaj7    Ebmaj7(b5)


Chorus:
Gb      D9
Another negative girl
                   Bm7
At the edge of the frame
  Abm7         C9
Exhausting and luscious
     G7              D/C
The original classic thing
Ebmaj9      D/C
More of the same
Ebmaj9      D/C
More of the same


Outro:
Ebm11