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Dirty Work by Steely Dan - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3

            Sorry I lost the name of the person who posted some Steely Dan
- including "Any Major Dude"  -  because I wanted to say thanks.
Anyway, here's my attempt at "Dirty Work".

Dirty Work                             Steely Dan
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[Intro]
                                 ^^ ^ 
|C      |F      |Am      |Bb     Bb B|
                                 ^^ ^
|C      |F      |Am      |Bb     Bb B|
                                 ^^ ^
|C      |F      |Am      |Bb     Bb B|

|C      |F      |

Am7            Dm7            G                C
    Times are hard,  you're a fraid to pay the fee
Cmaj7  F             Bb               C              G/B   Am   G
So you find yourself somebody who can do the job for free
F        Am7           Dm7               G             C
When you need a bit of lovin' cause your man is out of town
Cmaj7      F               Bb              C            Dm
That's the time you get me runnin' and you know I'll be around.


[Chorus]

C       F               Am
  I'm a fool to do your dirty work
        ^^ ^  ^
   Bb   Bb B  C
Oh yeah
        F               Am
I don't want to do your dirty work
       ^^ ^  ^  
   Bb  Bb B  C
No more
      F               Am
I'm a fool to do your dirty work
       ^^ ^   ^
   Bb  Bb B  |C     |F     | 
Oh yeah


Am7          Dm7             G             Cmaj7
   Light the candle, put the lock upon the door
         F                  Bb            C              G/B   Am    G
You have sent the maid home runnin like a thousand times befoo-o-o-o-ore
F      Am7         Dm7         G        Cmaj7
Like a castle in a corner in a medieval game
      F            Bb            C                  Dm
I for see terrible trouble and I stay here just the same


[Chorus]
C       F               Am
  I'm a fool to do your dirty work
         ^^ ^  ^
   Bb    Bb B  C
Oh yeah
        F               Am
I don't want to do your dirty work
        ^^ ^  ^  
   Bb   Bb B  C
No more
      F               Am
I'm a fool to do your dirty work
        ^^ ^   ^
   Bb   Bb B  |C     |F     | 
Oh yeah

sax:
   |G    |G     |Em    |Em      |

   |G    |G     |Em    |Em      |

   |F    |F     |G     |G       |

   |Dm   |

C       F               Am
  I'm a fool to do your dirty work
         ^^ ^  ^
   Bb    Bb B  C
Oh yeah
        F               Am
I don't want to do your dirty work
        ^^ ^  ^  
   Bb   Bb B  C
No more
      F               Am
I'm a fool to do your dirty work
        ^^ ^   ^
   Bb   Bb B  C     
Oh yeah

  F                Am
I don't want to do your dirty work
        ^^ ^  ^  
   Bb   Bb B  C
No more
      F               Am
I'm a fool to do your dirty work
        ^^ ^  ^
   Bb   Bb B  C   ..fade  
Oh yeah 
        

We also have 25 songs by Steely Dan

• Aja
• Any Major Dude Will Tell You
• Babylon Sisters
• Black Cow
• Black Friday
• Deacon Blues
• Dirty Work
• Do It Again
• Dont Take Me Alive
• Fire In The Hole
• Gaucho
• Haitian Divorce
• Hey Nineteen
• Home At Last
• Josie
• Kid Charlemagne
• Midnight Cruiser
• My Old School
• Only A Fool Would Say That
• Pearl Of The Quarter
• Peg
• Pretzel Logic
• Reelin In The Years
• Rikki Dont Lose That Number
• The Caves Of Altamira

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