ANY MAJOR DUDE - Steely Dan
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From the "Pretzel Logic" album
Transcribed by Howard Wright
Howard@jmdl.com
The electric piano on the original track throws in quite a few
variations on the chords. What I've written here are the "basic"
chords, with a few ideas for the variations.
/ = slide
INTRO:
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E-----------------------------------------------------
B--7--7-7-7--7-8--8-7--8-7---0--0-0-0--0-2--2-0--2-0--
G--7--7-7-7--7-9--9-7--9-7---0--0-0-0--0-2--2-0--2-0--
D--0-------------------------0------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------3------------------------
E---------------------------
B--/7--7-7-7--7-8--8-7-8-7--
G--/7--7-7-7--7-9--9-7-9-7--
D---0-----------------------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------
VERSE 1:
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A Asus2/C# D
I never seen you lookin' so bad my funky one
A Asus2/C# G A/G G A/G G
You tell me that your super-fine mind has come undone
Try mu-major type variations for the A (use x0242x or hammer on
to the C# on the B string from x02200).
On the D chord, the keyboard often uses G/D together with a mixture
of D shapes (e.g try xx0775, xx0433 and xx0232)
CHORUS:
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(You can also use G#m7 and G#7sus4 in place of/as well as the G#m11)
Bm7 F#m7 G#m11
Any major dude with half a heart surely would tell you my friend
Bm7 F#m7 G#m11
Any amount of world that breaks apart falls to - gether again
Bm7 D/E Amaj7
When the demon is at your door
Gmaj7 F#m7 B7 A7
In the morning it won't be there no more
G7 F#m7
Any major dude will tell you
D G7 A5
Any major dude will tell you
RIFF:
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(A5) G5
E---------------7----10-9------------
B--8p7---7-8-10---10------10---------
G------9-----------------------------
D------------------------------------
A------------------------------------
E------------------------------------
A5 G5
E---------------7----10-9------------
B--8p7---7-8-10---10------8----------
G------9--------------------7--------
D-----------------------------7------
A------------------------------------
E------------------------------------
A5 G5 A G A
E---------------7----10-9-7---12--9---9/7--7--7/9------
B--8p7---7-8-10---10-------------10--10/8--8--8/10-----
G------9-----------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
All later Verses and Choruses use the same chords as above. The structure
following this first chorus is:
VERSE 2
CHORUS
RIFF
MIDDLE 8:
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F#m7 G#m7 Amaj7 C#m7
I can tell you all I know, the where to go, the what to do
F#m11 G#m7 Bm7 D/E
You can try to run but you can't hide from what's inside of you
SOLO over Verse chords
CHORUS:
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Bm7 F#m7 G#m11
Any major dude with half a heart surely would tell you my friend
Bm7 F#m7 G#m11
Any amount of world that breaks apart falls to - gether again
Bm7 D/E Amaj7
When the demon is at your door
Gmaj7 F#m7 B7 A7
In the morning it won't be there no more
G7 F#m7
Any major dude will tell you
D G7 B7 D7 F
Any major dude will tell you
G A5
Any major dude will tell you
RIFF
On the last line of the riff, there is a pause after the high E
(12th fret top E) for a drum fill - then the riff finishes over
the final A G A change.
Chord Shapes:
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02220 x4220x xx0232 3x000x 3x222x
A Asus2/C# D G A/G
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24232 24222x 46444x x7777x 5x665x
Bm7 F#m7 G#m7 D/E Amaj7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x443x 2x220x 4x442x 46464x
Gmaj7 F#m11 G#m11 G#7sus4
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
7x78xx 5x56xx 3x34xx 57xxxx 35xxxx
B7 A7 G7 A5 G5
The above shapes for B7, A7, G7, A5 & G5 are fairly "minimal"
voicings - you might prefer the slightly fuller sound of the
chords below.
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x2424x x0202x 35343x x0225x 3x003x
B7 A7 G7 A5 G5
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x46454 x5453x 13321x
C#m7 D7 F