Steely Dan
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Deacon Blues
Album:"Aja"
Written By:W.Becker/D.Fagen
Bass Player:Walter Becker
Transcription By:Simon Merrick
Walter Becker takes over bass duties from Chuck Rainey on this
track and you can really tell the difference. Not that Walter
Becker is a bad bass player because he isn't, but their is not
really any real solid structure to this bass line like Chuck
would have done.
Intro
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|3-------2--------|1-------0--------|5--------4-------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|1------------2---|-----------------||
A:|3-------2--------|-----------------|-----------------||
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------||
Verse
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|5----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|--5--------------|-----------------|------3----------|
E:|----3-----------0|1---------------4|5-------1--------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|--------3---5----|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|----3-5-------5-2|3---------------2|1---------------4|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|----------------3|
A:|---------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|5------5---------|---------2---3---|1----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|2----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|0---------------0|1----------------|
E:|--------0--------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|----------------1|2---------------1|2-----2----------|
E:|0----------------|-----------------|--------0--------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|----2h3p2--------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------0-----|3---------------0|1---------------4|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|--------------3-4|5---------------4|
A:|------3----------|-----------3-----|-----------------|
E:|5-------1--------|-------3-5-------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|----2-3-4---2----|
D:|3----------------|-----------------|----------2---2--|
A:|-----------------|2--------2-------|-----------------|
E:|----------------0|-------2---------|----------------0|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-------2---------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|0---------------0|
E:|1---------------1|0----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------5---4---|3----------------|2----------------|
A:|-----------------|----------------3|----------------3|
E:|3----3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|----------5--5---||
A:|5---------------5|-----------------||
E:|-----------------|3------3--------3||
Chorus
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|----------------6|7-------7-7------|5-------5-5-----2|
E:|5-------5-5------|----------------5|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|3-------3-3-----0|1-------1-1------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|----------------4|5-------5-3-----3|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|----------------3|2----------------|-----------------|
A:|--------------33-|--------3--------|-----------------|
E:|2----1-----------|----------1-----3|5-------5-5-----5|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|----------------5|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|------------3/5--|
A:|7-------7-7------|5-------5-5------|3-------3-3------|
E:|----------------5|----------------3|-----------------|
G:|3-------3-3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|----------------3|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|--------------33-|
E:|----------------6|5-------5-3-----3|2----1-----------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|2----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|--------3--------|-----------------|7-------7-7-----3|
E:|----------1-----3|5-------5-5------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|----------------3|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|1----------------|
A:|5-------5-4-----4|3-------3-2------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------||
D:|-----------------||
A:|-----------------||
E:|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-2-||
Then go back to the verse(w/ad.lib's), Chorus(w/ad.lib's),
without the buils up in the last bar. Then to this...
M8
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|3-------3-3-----3|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|0-------0-0-----0|5-------5-5----57|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|5-----5--5-------|-----------------|
A:|5-------5-5----57|-------------5-3-|2-------2-2-----2|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|2-------2-2------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|--------------2-1|0-------0-0---00-|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|----------------0|1-------2--------|
G:|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|| repeat w/ad.lib's
A:|--------2--------||
E:|3----------------||
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|2----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|--------2--------|1-------0--------|5-------4--------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|1----------------|2----------------||
A:|3-------2--------|-----------------|-----------------||
E:|-----------------|-----------------|--------0--------||
Verse 3 (different chords)
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|5----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|--5--------------|-----------------|--------3--------|
E:|----3-----------0|1---------------4|5---------1------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|--------------0--|-----------------|----------------0|
E:|------------2---2|3---------------2|1----------------|
G:|------0--2h4-----|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|0--2-------------|-------2--4-2-4-2|3---------------3|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|-------------0---|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|2-------2-2------|-----------------|----------5--4---|
A:|----------------1|0-------0-0-----0|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|3------3---------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|3-------3-3-----3|2---2------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|5------5-5------5|
E:|-----------------|------0---------5|-----------------|
G:|-----------------||
D:|-----------------||
A:|-----------------||
E:|3------3-3----3-4||
Then back to the chorus, then repeat the verse until it fades.
All with ad.lib's.
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