The Nightfly — Donald Fagen
Chords and lyrics for The Nightfly by Donald Fagen (key of C).
Intro
|Am9 A/B |Cmaj9 |Em7 D6 |Fmaj9
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|B7 |G6 |C9 |Am7 D9+5
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I'm
Verse 1
[Gm6/9]Lester the [G7]Nightfly
Hel [Gmaj7]lo Baton [G7]Rouge [F/G]
Won't you turn your [Am/E]rad [Em]io down [B7] [Am/E] [Em/G]
Respect the [Cmaj7]seven second de [B7]lay we
|B7 Em7 |Gsus2 Am7 |Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G
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D7+5 |
So you
use
Verse 2
So you [Gm6/9]say there's a [G7]race
Of [Gmaj7]men in the [G7]trees[F/G]
You're for tough legisla [Am/E][Em]tion
Thanks for calling [B7] [Am] [Em/G]
I wait all [Cmaj7]night for [B7]calls like these
|B7 Em |D7sus4 Cmaj7 |Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/C F C/E G
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Chorus
An [Am9]inde [A/B]pendent [Cmaj9]station
[Em7]W [D6]J A [F6/9]Z
With [B7]jazz and conver [G6]sation
[C9] From the [A/B]foot of Mt. Bel [Em7]zoni[Em7/D]
Sweet [B9sus4/E]mu [Em7]sic
To [F#7]night the night is [B7+5+9]mine
[E7] [E7sus4] [A13]Late line [Am7] [Abm7+5] till the [Gmaj9]sun [Cmaj9]
(till the sun comes
[Gmaj9]through [Cmaj9] [Gmaj9] the [Cmaj13]skylight[F#/A]
|C/D |D/E G/A |C/D |Am7 D9+5
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I've got
Verse 3
I've got [Gm6/9]plenty of [G7]java
And [Gmaj7]Chesterfield [G7]Kings [F/G]
But I feel like [Am/E][Em][B7][Am]crying [G6]
I wish I had a [Cmaj7]heart of [B7]ice [B7] [Em7]
Heart like [D7sus4][Cmaj7][Am7][Gmaj7]ice[D7+5][G][C/E][F][Gm/C]
If you [Gm6/9]want your [G9]honey
To [Gmaj7]look super [G7]swell [F/G]
You must spring for that [Am/E][Em]little blue jar [B7] [Am] [Em]
Patton's [Cmaj7]Kiss And [B7]Tell [B7] [Em7]
Kiss And [D7sus4][Cmaj7][Am7][Gmaj7]Tell[G][C/E][F/A][Gm/C]
[Am9] An inde [A/B]pendent [Cmaj9]station
[Em7]W [D6]J A [F6/9]Z
With [B7]jazz and con ver [G6]sation
[C9] From the [A/B]foot of Mt. Bel [Em7]zoni[Em7/D]
Sweet [B9sus4/E]mu [Em7]sic
To [F#7]night the night is [B7+5+9]mine
[E7] [E7sus4] [A13]Late line [Am7] [Abm7+5] till the [Gmaj9]sun [Cmaj9]
(till the sun comes
comes [Gmaj9]through [Cmaj9] [Gmaj9] the [Cmaj9][Gmaj9]skylight[F#/A][Cmaj9]
[C/D] [Am7] [F#7+5-9]
[Bmaj9] You'd never [F#7+5+9]believe it
But [B13]once there was a [Emaj13]time
When [D#7]love was in my [Emaj13][Emaj13]life[D#7+5+9][A#7+5+9][Bmaj9]
[G#m9] I sometimes [G#9]wonder
[D#m7/G#] What happened [Badd9/F#]to that flame[Amaj9]
The [D#7]answer's still the [Emaj13]same
It was [G#m7]you [D#7]you [G#m/B] [G#/B] [G#/F] it was [Emaj13]you[Gmaj7/A]
To [D#m7]night [F/G#]you're [C#m9]still [E/F#]on my [Eb/F][Am7]mi-i-ind[D9+5]
|Gm6/9 G9 |Gmaj7 G7 |F/G |
|Am/E Em B7 |Am Em/G Cmaj7 |B7 B7 Em |
| D7sus4 Cmaj7 | Am7 Gmaj7 |Gm/C F C/E G D+5 |
|Gm6/9 G9 |Gmaj7 G7 |F/G |
|Am/E Em B7 |Am Em/G Cmaj7 |B7 B7 Em |
| D7sus4 Cmaj7 | Am7 Gmaj7 |Gm/C F C/E G |
[Am9] An inde [A/B]pendent [Cmaj9]station
[Em7]W [D6]J A [F6/9]Z
With [B7]jazz and con ver [G6]sation
[C9] From the [A/B]foot of Mt. Bel [Em7]zoni[Em7/D]
Sweet [B9sus4/E]mu [Em7]sic
To [F#7]night the night is [B7+5+9]mine
[E7] [E7sus4] [A13]Late line [Am7] [G#m7+5] till the [Gmaj13]sun [Cmaj9]
(till the sun comes
comes [Gmaj9]through [Cmaj9] [Gmaj9] the [Cmaj13][Gmaj9]skylight[Cmaj9]
|Gmaj9 Cmaj9 |Gmaj9 Cmaj9 |F#/A . .( increasing in pitch )
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