The Nightfly Chords & Lyrics by Donald Fagen
The Nightfly
guitar chords lyrics
The Nightfly
b4 a g b4 c5 b4 a g a
Am9 Bm7 Cmaj9 Em7 D6 Fmaj9
eb4 e e e e e e
B7 G6 C9 Am7 D9+5
Bbmaj7-5/g G9
I'm Lester the Nightfly
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
Hel lo Baton Rouge
a4 g f# a e
Am/E Em B7 Am/E Em/G
Won't you turn your rad io down
f#4 g
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em7
Respect the seven second delay we use
d4 c c b3 bb3 a e g bb
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/c F C/E g D7+5
Bbmaj7-5/g G9
So you say there's a race
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
Of men in the trees
Am/E Em
You're for tough legislation
f#4 a g
B7 Am Em/G
Thanks for calling
f#4 g
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em
I wait all night for calls like these
d4 c c b3 bb3 a e g
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/c F C/E g
Am9 Bm7 Cmaj9
An inde pendent station
Em7 D6 F6/9
W J A Z
B7 G6
With jazz and con versation
C9 A/B Em7 Em7/D
From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
B9sus4/e Em7
Sweet mu sic
F#7 B7+9+5
To night the night is mine
E7 E7sus4 A13 Am7 Abm7+5 Gmaj9 Cmaj9
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
f#4
Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj9/6 f#/a
through the skylight
e4 f# d e e e
C/D D/E G/A C/D Am7 D9+5
Bbmaj7-5/g G9
I've got plenty of java
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
And Chesterfield Kings
a4 g f# a e
Am/E Em B7 Am G6
But I feel like crying
f#4 g
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em7
I wish I had a heart of ice
d4 c c b3 bb3 a e g bb
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/c F C/E g D7+5
Heart like ice
Bbmaj7-5/g G9
If you want your honey
Gmaj7 G7 F/G
To look super swell
a4 g f# a g
Am/E Em B7 Am Em
You must spring for that little blue jar
f#4 g
Cmaj7 B7 B7 Em7
Patton's Kiss And Tell
d4 c c b3 bb3 a e g
D7sus4 Cmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7 Gm/c F/A C/E g
Kiss And Tell
Am9 Bm7 Cmaj9
An inde pendent station
Em7 D6 F6/9
W J A Z
B7 G6
With jazz and con versation
C9 A/B Em7 Em7/D
From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
B9sus4/e Em7
Sweet mu sic
F#7 B7+9+5
To night the night is mine
E7 E7sus4 A13 Am7 Abm7+5 Gmaj9 Cmaj9
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
f#4
Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj9 f#/a
comes through the skylight
e4 e g
C/D Am7 F#7-9+5
Bmaj9 F#7+9+5
You'd never believe it
B13 Emaj13
But once there was a time
ab4 f# db f#
Eb7 Emaj13 Bmaj9 Bb7+9+5 Eb7+9+5
When love was in my life
Abm9 Ab9
I sometimes wonder
Ebm7/Ab Badd9/f# Amaj9
What happened to that flame
Eb7 Emaj13
The answer's still the same
b4 c5 c
Abm7 Eb7 Abm/B Ab/B Ab/F Emaj13 Gmaj7/a
It was you you it was you
Ebm7 F/Ab Dbm9 E/F# Eb/F Am7 D9+5
To night you're still on my mind
|Bbmaj7-5/g 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 |
|Bbmaj7-5/g 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 Bm7 Cmaj9
An inde pendent station
Em7 D6 F6/9
W J A Z
B7 G6
With jazz and con versation
C9 A/B Em7 Em7/D
From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
B9sus4/e Em7
Sweet mu sic
F#7 B7+9+5
To night the night is mine
E7 E7sus4 A13 Am7 Abm7+5 Gmaj9/6 Cmaj9
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
Gmaj9 Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Cmaj9/6 Gmaj9 Cmaj9
comes through the skylight
|Gmaj9 Cmaj9 |Gmaj9 Cmaj9 |f#/a . .( increasing in pitch )
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
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