Donald Fagen - On The Dunes Chords & Tabs

 

On The Dunes Chords & Tabs

Donald Fagen Chords & Tabs

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On The Dunes Chords

   
On The Dunes

small case letters above chord symbols 
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C above middle C
c3: C below middle C  etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated 
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line


f#3 f e      e4 e    e e   a        db5   b4   
      Cmaj9               Gb7+9+5   Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#     
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9


g4      e e    e e   a         db5   b4   
Cmaj9                Gb7+9+5   Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#     
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9

a5.......    f#4 f#
Cmaj13       A13-9-5

Dmaj7
       Drive along the sea

             G9
Far from the city's twitch and smoke

f#4         e
Bm7        Abmaj7+5/Bb
To a misty beach

                 e4             eb         f
                Am7addD       Ab7-5     Ab13-5
That's where my life became a joke

         e4       d     f         f
        G13sus4   G7    G13sus4  G7/d
On the dunes

       Bm7
On the dunes
                       d4       e       g 
    Am7   Am7/D       D/G    Db7+9   Gb7-9
(Became a joke on the dunes)

                    d5 b f#
                Bm7      E9
Where rents are high


             A7+5     
And seabirds cry

         e4       d      f          a     g     f#
        E/D      F13    Bbmaj7    f/eb  eb/a  Dmaj7
On the dunes


As you spoke you must have known

         G9
It was a kind of homicide

  Bm7                  Abmaj7+5/Bb  
I stood and watched my happiness

      Am7addD           Ab7-5   Ab13-5
Drift outwards with the tide

         e4       d   f          f
       G13sus4   G7   G13sus4    G7/d
On the dunes

       Bm7
On the dunes
                   d4      e       g
 Am7  Am7/D       Gmaj9    Db7+9  Gb7-9
(Homi cide on the dunes)

                 g2 f# e
           Bm7         E9           
It wasn't fair

                 A7+5
     It's brutal there

        Dmaj9   Bbmaj7+5/C  D6
On the dunes

D13    
Pretty boats

D7                 D7/F#   d/eb
Sweeping along the shore
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  d4    e                      f#      g  f    f#    e
 Gmaj7  G6                   Gmaj7    G13 F#13 F13 E13 
           In the faltering light

       F#m7sus4   
Pretty women

            Gm(maj7-5)         E7sus4/b  
With their lovers      by their side

     E13-9     Gmaj9/a     A13
It's like an   awful dream

            Em7sus4    D/G   G/A    A13-9-5     
I have most every      night

       Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells


            G9  
Join in the search for sun and sand

    Bm7            Abmaj7+5/Bb  
For me it's just a joyless place

           Am7addD    Am7/D  
Where this loneliness began

                  e4        d     f        f
  Ab13-5          G13sus4   G7    G13sus4  G7/d
O-o-on    the     dunes

       Bm7
On the dunes

 Am7    Am7/D       Gmaj9    Db7+9   Gb7-9+5
(Loneli ness on the dunes)

              Bm9
   I'm pretty tough

E9                 A7+5
   But the wind is rough

       Dmaj9   Bbmaj7+5/C    Dmaj9/6
On the dunes

D13    
Pretty boats

D7                 D7/F#   d/eb
Sweeping along the shore

  d4    e                      f#      g  f    f#    e
 Gmaj7  G6                   Gmaj7    G13 F#13 F13 E13 
           In the faltering light

       F#m7sus4   
Pretty women

            Gm(maj7-5)         E7sus4/b  
With their lovers      by their side

     E13-9     Gmaj9/a     A13
It's like an   awful dream

            Em7sus4    D/G   G/A    A13-9-5     
I have most every      night

       Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells

            G9  
Join in the search for sun and sand

    Bm7            Abmaj7+5/Bb  
For me it's just a joyless place

           Am7addD    Am7/D  
Where this loneliness began

           e4        d     f        f
  Ab13-5   G13sus4   G7  G13sus4  G7/d
On    the  dunes          aah ha

       Bm7
On the dunes

 Am7    D9          Gmaj9    Db7+9   Gb7-9+5
(Loneli ness on the dunes)

          Bm7
  pretty tough

E9                 A7+5
   But the wind is rough

       Dmaj9   Bbmaj7+5/C    Dmaj9/6
On the dunes              ohh on the dunes

f#3 f e      e4 e    e e   a        db5   b4   
      Cmaj9               Gb7+9+5   Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#     
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9


g4      e e    e e   a         db5   b4   
Cmaj9                Gb7+9+5   Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#     
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9