Green Flower Street — Donald Fagen
Chords and lyrics for Green Flower Street by Donald Fagen (key of Am).
Verse 1
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
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intro and verse simile:
..elec. piano ( very sparsely ):
|Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |
..band in:
|Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |
|Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |
Up [Am][E7]town [Am]
It's murder [Am] [E7] [Am] out in the [Am][E7][Am]street[Am][E7][Am]
Up [Am][E7]town [Am]
It's [Am][E7]murder[Am] out in the [Cmaj7][F#7]street[E7+5][Fmaj7]
[Am] [E7][Am]That's where I found my [Am][E7]mandarin [Am]plum
[Am7/D] That's where you'd [D]be if [C/D]you found [F/G]one
Where the [Fmaj7]nights are [B7+5+9]bright
And [Em7]joy is com [D7sus4/G]plete
[Fmaj7]Keep my [E7+5]squeeze on [Am7/D]Green Flower Street
|Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |
Since [Am][E7]May[Am]
There's [Am]trouble[E7] [Am] most every [Am][E7][Am]night[Am][E7][Am]
Since [Am][E7]May[Am]
There's [Am][E7]trouble [Am] most every
[Cmaj7]night [F#7][Fmaj7][Am6][E7+5]
(trou ble ev ry night
[Am][E7]Where [Am]once we danced our sweet routine
[Am7/D] It reeks of [D]wine and [C/D]kero [F/G]sene
Where the [Fmaj7]nights are [B7+5+9]bright
And [Em7]joy is com [D7sus4/G]plete
[Fmaj7]Keep my [E7+5]squeeze on [Am7/D]Green Flower Street
|Am6 E7 Am |Am E7 Am |
|Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |
[Gm9] There's a special [C9]place for lovers
[Fmaj13]One we under [Dm7]stand
[G9] There where neon [Gm7/C]bends in daylight [A/F][Dm/F]sky[Dm/A][A]
[Cm7/F] In that sunny [F9]room she [Eb/F]soothes me
[Bbmaj7] Cools me with her [Ebmaj7]fan
We're [Bm7]drifting
A [B7/D#]thousand [B7]years roll [Bb/E]by
..guitar:
|C9 C13 C9 |C9 C13 C9 |C9 C13 C9 |C9 C13 C9 |
|C9 C13 C9 |C9 C13 C9 |C9 C13 C9 |C9 C13 C9 |
|F/G | |C6/9 Cmaj9 |C9 C6/9 |
|Eb/F F |Eb/F Ab/Bb |Abmaj7 D7+9 |Gm7 F7sus4/Bb |
|Fmaj7 E7+5 |Am7/D |Bm7/E |
|Am E7 Am |Am E7 Am |
Lou [Am][E7]Chang[Am]
Her brother [Am] [E7] [Am] he's burning with [Am][E7][Am]rage[Am][E7][Am]
Lou [Am][E7]Chang[Am]
Her brother [Am] [E7] [Am]he's burning with
Cmaj7 F#7 Fmaj7 E7+5 Am . . . . .
rage
(Lou Chang burns with rage )
I'd like to [Am][E7]know [Am]what's on his mind
[Am7/D] He says hey [D]buddy you're [C/D]not my [F/G]kind
Where the [Fmaj7]nights are [B7+5+9]bright
And [Em7]joy is com [D7sus4/G]plete
[Fmaj7]Keep my [E7+5]squeeze on [Am7/D]Green Flower [F#7-5]Street
Where the [Fmaj7]nights are [B7+5+9]bright
And [Em7]joy is com [D7sus4/G]plete
[Fmaj7]Keep my [E7+5]squeeze on [Am7/D]Green Flower Street
|Am E7 Am |Am(maj9) . . .
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