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Black Friday Steely Dan Tab

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JB

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Jan 31, 2002, 11:06:37 PM1/31/02
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Might be asking the wrong group(s) .........but here goes-
Does anybody here know what the chords are to Black Friday
by Steely Dan? In particular the part that goes: A, G6, F#7,
G6 then three more chords ending on a B dominant something.
Have to play it Sat night.
Any help appreciated.

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Richard

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Jan 31, 2002, 11:16:58 PM1/31/02
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I hear it: Eb7#9 D B

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Not A Speck Of Cereal

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Feb 1, 2002, 2:59:34 AM2/1/02
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As Richard <hud...@earthlink.net> so eloquently put:

[] JB (jbi...@xtra.co.nz) wrote:
[] > Might be asking the wrong group(s) .........but here goes-
[] > Does anybody here know what the chords are to Black Friday
[] > by Steely Dan? In particular the part that goes: A, G6, F#7,
[] > G6 then three more chords ending on a B dominant something.
[] > Have to play it Sat night.
[] > Any help appreciated.
[]
[] I hear it: Eb7#9 D B

My book has it like so (fixed pitch font):


A F#7 Em/G D#m7
When black friday falls -- you know it's got to be

Dmaj7 B E
Don't let it fall on me ____


However, I don't hear the Em/G quite right, and I feel
that there's another chord just before it not mentioned.

Chris

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Richard

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Feb 1, 2002, 10:02:35 AM2/1/02
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Not A Speck Of Cereal (Xchriss...@Xattbi.comX) wrote:
> As Richard <hud...@earthlink.net> so eloquently put:
> [] JB (jbi...@xtra.co.nz) wrote:
> [] > Might be asking the wrong group(s) .........but here goes-
> [] > Does anybody here know what the chords are to Black Friday
> [] > by Steely Dan? In particular the part that goes: A, G6, F#7,
> [] > G6 then three more chords ending on a B dominant something.
> [] > Have to play it Sat night.
> [] > Any help appreciated.
> []
> [] I hear it: Eb7#9 D B
>
> My book has it like so (fixed pitch font):
>
>
> A F#7 Em/G D#m7
> When black friday falls -- you know it's got to be
>
> Dmaj7 B E
> Don't let it fall on me ____

Well, Em/G is G6, and D#m7 is not drastically unlike Eb7#9--but sounds
more correct than Eb7#9 if you play a Dmaj7 instead of a D triad.

There should be a G6 on top of "friday," too, since the chords follow the
bass line.

I did a quick record of the two variations (Eb7#9 D B vs D#m7 DM7 B) and
posted it. The original poster can use the one he thinks sounds right.

http://home.earthlink.net/~huddler/bf.mp3

I actually like the D#m7 to DM7 better than the Eb7#9 to D, but I think
the D to B sounds better than the DM7 to B. Weird.

Grant

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Feb 1, 2002, 10:23:35 AM2/1/02
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> > A F#7 Em/G D#m7
> > When black friday falls -- you know it's got to be
> >
> > Dmaj7 B E
> > >
> Well, Em/G is G6, and D#m7 is not drastically unlike Eb7#9--but sounds
> more correct than Eb7#9 if you play a Dmaj7 instead of a D triad.
>
> There should be a G6 on top of "friday," too, since the chords follow the
> bass line.


It was transcribed in Guitar Player as:

A G6 F#7 G6


When black friday falls -- you know it's got to

Eb7#9 Dmaj7 A/B E
be Don't let it fall on me


Grant


JB

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Feb 1, 2002, 5:36:44 PM2/1/02
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I think I like this one too.
Cheers.
JB

sgcim

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Feb 2, 2002, 4:58:51 PM2/2/02
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"JB" <jbi...@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message news:<0uo68.5303$Lv.7...@news.xtra.co.nz>...
There's a great website that has the guitar changes to all SD tunes.
It's called "Howard Wright Music and Guitar".
He's an English dude with a great ear.

recruiterman

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Feb 2, 2002, 10:43:55 PM2/2/02
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I've seen Howard's site, looks pretty good, has lots of SD tunes transcribed
as far as chords. Does anyone know where I can get tab for all of the lead
guitar parts in "My Old School"?

Mikey


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