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Green Flower Street

Donald Fagen
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 
  intro and verse simile:
 
 
 
 Uptown
 It's murder out in the street
 Uptown
 It's murder out in the street
 continue similie:
 That's where I found my mandarin plum
 That's where you'd be  if you  found one
  +9+5
 Where the nights are bright
 And joy  is complete
Keep  my squeeze  on Green  Flower Street
 continue similie
 Since May
 There's trouble most every night
 Since May
 There's trouble most every
 night
  (trou ble ev ry night
 continue similie
 Where once we danced our sweet routine
It  reeks of wine  and kerosene
  +5+9
 Where the nights are bright
 And joy  is com plete
Keep  my squeeze  on Green  Flower Street
 
 
 
 
 
 
 There's a special place  for lovers
 Fmaj6/9
 One we under stand
 
 There where neon bends  in daylight sky
 In that sunny room  she soothes me
 Cools me with her fan
 We're drifting
 A thousand years  roll by
  ..etc.
 
 
 
 |  | |  |  |
 
 
 
 |  |  |..etc
 
 repeat figure:
 Lou Chang
 Her brother he's burning with rage
 Lou Chang
 Her brother he's burning with
  rage
  (Lou Chang burns with rage )
 repeat figure:
 I'd like to know what's on his mind
 He says hey buddy  you're not  my kind
  +5+9
 Where the nights are bright
 And joy  is com plete
 Keep my squeeze on Green Flower Street
  +5+9
 Where the nights are bright
 And joy  is com plete
Keep  my squeeze  on Green  Flower Street
 
 
 

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Readable chord sheet for Green Flower Street by Donald Fagen

[A3] [A] [A] [A] [A]        [A3] [A] [A] [A] [A]
 [A2]               [A2]

 intro and verse simile:

     [Csus4]   [D]   [C]           [C]   [D]    [C]
    [Am6]  [E7]  [Am6]          [Am6] [E7]  [Am6]
 [A2] [A]    [B]   [C3]  [B] [A] [F#]    [A]  [B]   [A]

Uptown
It's murder out in the street
Uptown

It's murder out in the [Cmaj7]street  [F#7]        [Fmaj7]                [E7+5]

continue similie:

That's where I found my mandarin plum

[Am7/D]    That's where you'd [D]be if [C/D]you found [F/G]one

          [Fmaj7]      [B7]+9+5
Where the nights are bright

And [Em7]joy is comp[D7sus4]lete   [G]

[Fmaj7]Keep my [E7+5]squeeze on [Am7/D]Green Flower Street

continue similie

Since May
There's trouble most every night
Since May
There's trouble most every

ni[Cmaj7]ght     [F#7]          [Fmaj7]                 [E7+5]                        [Am6]
  (trou   ble  ev     ry     night

continue similie

Where once we danced our sweet routine

[Am7/D]It reeks of [D]wine and [C/D]kerosene  [F/G]

          [Fmaj7]      [B7]+5+9
Where the nights are bright

And [Em7]joy is com [D7sus4]plete  [G]

[Fmaj7]Keep my [E7+5]squeeze on [Am7/D]Green Flower Street

     [Csus4]   [D]   [C]           [C]   [D]    [C]
    [Am6]  [E7]  [Am6]          [Am6] [E7]  [Am6]
 [A2] [A]    [B]   [C3]  [B] [A] [F#]    [A]  [B]   [A]

     [Csus4]   [D]   [C]           [C]   [D]    [C]
    [Am6]  [E7]  [Am6]          [Am6] [E7]  [Am6]
 [A2] [A]    [B]   [C3]  [B] [A] [F#]    [A]  [B]   [A]

[Gm9]      There's a special [C9]place for lovers

Fmaj6/9      [Dm7]
One we under stand
                                        [Esus4] [E] [E] [E]  [F]       [E] [E] [E] [E] [F]
[G9]     There where neon [Gm7/C]bends in daylight [A/F]sky        [Dm]           [F]               [A]                        [Dm]                           [A]

[Cm7/F]     In that sunny [F9]room she sooth[Eb]es [F]me

[Bbmaj7]        Cools me with her [Ebmaj7]fan

We're [Bm7]drifting

A [B7]tho[Eb]usand [B7]years roll [Bb]by [E]

 [Gsus4]  [A]  [G]..etc.
 [C9] [C13] [C9]      [C9] [C13] [C9]       [C9] [C13] [C9]      [C9] [C13] [C9]

 [C9] [C13] [C9]      [C9] [C13] [C9]       [C9] [C13] [C9]      [C9] [C13] [C9]

                                 [C5]      [Bsus4]     [Bb]     [A]
|[F/G]           |               |[C6/9]   [Cmaj9]   |[C9]    [C6/9]    |

 [Gsus4]      [F]       [G]       [Ab]
 [Eb] [F]    [F]      [Eb] [F]    [Ab] [Bb]   [Abmaj7]  [D7+9]    [Gm7]    [F7sus4] [Bb]

 [Fmaj7]   [E7+5]   [Am7/D]           [Bm7] [E]

|   [Am6]  [E7]  [Am6]        | [Am6] [E7]  [Am6]      |..etc
 [A2] [A]    [B]   [C3]  [B] [A] [F#]    [A]  [B]   [A]

repeat figure:

Lou Chang

Her brother he's burning with rage

Lou Chang

Her brother he's burning with

 [Cmaj7]rage     [F#7]           [Fmaj7]                   [E7+5]                          [Am6]
  (Lou   Chang  burns   with   rage )

repeat figure:
I'd like to know what's on his mind

[Am7/D]    He says hey [D]buddy you're [C/D]not my [F/G]kind

          [Fmaj7]      [B7]+5+9
Where the nights are bright

And [Em7]joy is com [D7sus4]plete  [G]

[Fmaj7]   [E7+5]       [Am7/D]        [F#7-5]
Keep my squeeze on Green Flower Street

          [Fmaj7]      [B7]+5+9
Where the nights are bright

And [Em7]joy is com [D7sus4]plete  [G]

[Fmaj7]Keep my [E7+5]squeeze on [Am7/D]Green Flower Street

                       [Bsus4]
    [Am6]  [E7]  [Am6]       [Am]
 [A2] [A]    [B]   [C3]  [B]

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