On the Dunes Donald Fagen
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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
Far from the [G9]city's twitch and smoke
f#4 e
[Bm7]To a misty [Abmaj7+5/Bb]beach
e4 eb f
That's where my [Am7addD]life became a [Ab7-5]joke[Ab13-5]
e4 d f f
On the d[G13sus4]unes[G7] [G13sus4] [G7/d]
On the [Bm7]dunes
d4 e g
(Bec[Am7]ame a [Am7/D]joke on the [D/G]dunes)[Db7+9] [Gb7-9]
d5 b f#
Where rents are [Bm7]high[E9]
And seabirds [A7+5]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
It was a [G9]kind of homicide
I [Bm7]stood and watched my [Abmaj7+5/Bb]happiness
Drift [Am7addD]outwards with the [Ab7-5]tide[Ab13-5]
e4 d f f
On the [G13sus4]dunes[G7] [G13sus4] [G7/d]
On the [Bm7]dunes
d4 e g
([Am7]Homi [Am7/D]cide on the [Gmaj9]dunes)[Db7+9] [Gb7-9]
g2 f# e
It wasn't f[Bm7]air[E9]
It's brutal [A7+5]there
On the d[Dmaj9]unes[Bbmaj7+5/C] [D6]
[D13]Pretty boats
D7 D7/F# d/eb
Sweeping along the shore
d4 e f# g f f# e
[Gmaj7] [G6] In the faltering l[Gmaj7]ight[G13] [F#13] [F13] [E13]
Pretty [F#m7sus4]women
With their l[Gm(maj7-5)]overs by their[E7sus4/b] side
It's [E13-9]like an [Gmaj9/a]awful dream[A13]
I have most [Em7sus4]every [D/G]night[G/A] [A13-9-5]
In the [Dmaj9]summer all the swells
Join in the [G9]search for sun and sand
For [Bm7]me it's just a [Abmaj7+5/Bb]joyless place
Where this [Am7addD]loneliness [Am7/D]began
e4 d f f
O-[Ab13-5]o-on the [G13sus4]dunes[G7] [G13sus4] [G7/d]
On the [Bm7]dunes
([Am7]Loneli [Am7/D]ness on the [Gmaj9]dunes)[Db7+9] [Gb7-9+5]
I'm pretty [Bm9]tough
[E9] But the wind is [A7+5]rough
On the [Dmaj9]dunes[Bbmaj7+5/C] [Dmaj9/6]
[D13]Pretty boats
D7 D7/F# d/eb
Sweeping along the shore
d4 e f# g f f# e
[Gmaj7] [G6] In the faltering l[Gmaj7]ight[G13] [F#13] [F13] [E13]
Pretty [F#m7sus4]women
With their l[Gm(maj7-5)]overs by their[E7sus4/b] side
It's [E13-9]like an [Gmaj9/a]awful dream[A13]
I have most [Em7sus4]every [D/G]night[G/A] [A13-9-5]
In the [Dmaj9]summer all the swells
Join in the [G9]search for sun and sand
For [Bm7]me it's just a [Abmaj7+5/Bb]joyless place
Where this [Am7addD]loneliness [Am7/D]began
e4 d f f
On[Ab13-5] the [G13sus4]dunes [G7] [G13sus4] aah ha[G7/d]
On the [Bm7]dunes
([Am7]Loneli [D9]ness on the [Gmaj9]dunes)[Db7+9] [Gb7-9+5]
pretty t[Bm7]ough
[E9] But the wind is [A7+5]rough
On the [Dmaj9]dunes [Bbmaj7+5/C] ohh[Dmaj9/6] 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]
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