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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 20:26:48 -0300
From: Bruce & Peggy Mackinnon
<bpmack@loki.atcon.com>
Subject: s/steely_dan/pearl_of_the_quarter.crd
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PEARL OF THE QUARTER Steely Dan
-------------------- Countdown To Ecstasy
Intro: |
G |
Em7 |
Bb |
C |
|
G |
Em7 |
Vs. I. On the water down in New Orleans
|
G |
Em7 |
My baby's the pearl of the Quarter
|
G |
Em7 |
She's a charmer like you've never seen
|
Bb |
Am7 |
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
|
G |
Em7 |
Vs. II. Where the sailor spends his hard-earned pay
|
G |
Em7 |
Red beans and rice for a quarter
|
G |
Em7 |
You can see her almost any day
|
Bb |
Am7 |
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
|
C#m7/
C7/
G |
Bb7/
F |
Am7/
Chorus: And if you hear from my Louise
Ab7/
Eb |
C |
Won't you tell her I say hello
|
C#m7/
C7/
G |
Bb7/
F |
Please make it clear when her
|
Am7/
Ab7/
Eb |
C |
Day is done she's got a place to go
(DO INTRO FOR TURNAROUND)
(Chords for vs. 3 & 4 same as for vs. 1 & 2)
Vs.III. I walked alone down the miracle mile
I met my baby by the shrine of the martyr
She stole my heart with her cajun smile
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
Vs. IV. She loved the million-dollar words I say
She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her
She said she loved me and was on her way
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
* * (NO
Lead Break: |
C |
G |
C |
G |
|
Em7 |
G |(2/4)
G |
| | ||
|
Bb |
C |
* TO CHORUS*
* TURNAROUND*
(End on "C")
Chord Formations: Most of the chords in the verses are fairly basic
so I'll just lay out the ones in the chorus:
4X645X 3X535X 2X423X 1X313X 0X201X X6454X XX0211
C7/
Bb7/
Ab7/
"I'd rather a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy" -who knows
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Bruce
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