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Josie by Steely Dan - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2
            From: Andrew Rogers 

                                "Josie"
                         (W. Becker - D. Fagen)


Intro:

      v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    |---7---6-------3-|---4-------------|---7---6-------3-|-----------2-----|
    |-------4-------1-|---2-------------|-------4-------1-|-------4---0-----|
    |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-------2---------|
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

      v   v   v   v
    |-----------------|
    |---------------0-|
    |----2--1-0-------|
    |-2----------4----|
    |-----------------|
    |-----------------|
      ~~~3~~~ ~~~3~~~   (1/4-note triplets)


    Fmaj7   F#7#9   Gmaj7b5   G#maj7b5


Verse 1:

                Em7
    We're gonna break out the hats and hooters when Josie comes home

    We're gonna rev up the motorscooters
                     A/D     G/C
    When Josie comes home to stay
                D/G         C/F
    We're gonna park in the street
    Em7
    Sleep on the beach and make it
    A7                          G/C   D/G C/F
    Throw down the jam 'til the girls say when
    Em7                  D/G           E/A         Em7
    Lay down the law and break it when Josie comes home


Chorus 1:

         C/F         F#7+9  B7+5+9    Em7   C/F
    When Josie comes home         so good
              F#7+9        B7+5+9       Em7  A7
    She's the pride of the neighborhood
              Am7  D7        Gmaj7  Cmaj7
    She's the raw flame, the live   wire
        F#7+9                       B7+5+9        Em7
    She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire


Verse 2:

    Em7
    Jo who'd you love to scrapple, she'll never say no

    Shine up the battle apple
                    A/D         G/C
    We'll shake 'em all down to night
                D/G        C/F
    We're gonna mix in the street
    Em7
    Strike at the stroke of midnight
    A7                          G/C   D/G  C/F
    Dance on the bones 'til the girls say  when
    Em7                    D/G           E/A         Em7
    Pick up what's left by daylight when Josie comes home


Chorus 2:

         C/F         F#7+9    B7+5+9     Em7    C/F
    When Josie comes home,            so bad
              F#7+9          B7+5+9     Em7  A7
    She's the best friend we never had
              Am7    D7         Gmaj7  Cmaj7
    She's the raw    flame, the live   wire
        F#7+9                       B7+5+9
    She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire


Instrumental Break (2:15 - 2:31):

    Play x3 (guitar is doubled by bass):

      v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
    |-----------------|----------------|
    |-----------------|----------------|
    |-----------------|----------------|
    |-5-7-------------|---5------------|
    |-----------5---7-|----------------|
    |-----------------|---------5-7----|
                                ^^^ 2nd time only

    F#7#9  B7#9#5


(Repeat Chorus 1)

(Repeat Intro)


Outro:

    Guitar Solo over Em7 to fade



Chord fingerings:

        Gmaj7b5:  xx5422
        G#maj7b5: xx6533
        A/D:      x57655
        B7#9#5:   x21233
        C/F:      xx3553
        D/G:      xx5775
        E/A:      xx7997
        F#7#9:    242355
        G/C:      x35433

(On the record, those X/Y chords are almost certainly played as a standard X
chord on guitar, with the bass covering the Y note; the fingerings suggested
above are for anyone who wants to replicate the overall sound of those chords
on a single guitar.)
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