Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat Chords

The intro and the first two verses can be played as the 
following as tabbed-which may require a certain degree 
of co-ordination, or the use of a sequencer to record 
the bass line. Throughout the verses it could be played
with the Em and Dm chords over a G bass..or simply with
just a G7 or G9 throughout ( as would be the case in most
commercially released sheet music.) And with any format 
such as this, it is recommended one initially play along
with the recording a few times 
in order to get the timing down.


 (G7no3)N.C.

       
(G7no3)Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3)Em  Dm   Em  Dm


(G7no3)
Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3)Em  Dm   Em  Dm

continue similie with lyrics:

High above Manhattan town 
What floats and has a shape like that 
Fans like us who watch the skies 
We know it's the Morph the Cat 

Gliding like a big blue cloud 
Beyond the park to Sugar Hill 
Stops a minute for latte' 

   Em7
He oozes down the heating duct 
Swims like seaweed down the hall 
He briefly digs your wiggy pad 
And seeps out through the wall 


Cm6/D     Gmaj7/D   D9         Em/D
Kind  of  like an   arc   tic  mind  bath 


Cm6/D  D7  Em7/D     D7         Em7
Cool   and sweet and slight  ly rough 


G/C      D9       G7/D     E7sus4 Am/D
Li  quid light on New York Ci     ty 


A9/C#             Dadd9 D   B7+9+5  C9
Chris tmas  with  out   the chintzy stuff 


       
(G7no3)Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7)Em   Dm   Em  Dm
 
continue simile with lyrics:

What exactly does he want 
This Rabelasian puff of smoke 
To make you feel all warm and cozy 
Like you heard a good joke 

Like you heard an Arlen tune 
Or bought yourself a crazy hat 
Like you had a Mango Cooler 
Ooh- Morph the Cat 

     Em7
He's all the talk in shops and schoolyards 
Sutton Place - the Automat 
Players playin' in da Bronx 
Respect to Morph the Cat 


Cm6/D     Gmaj7/D   D9         Em/D
Kind  of  like an   arc   tic  mind  bath 


Cm6/D  D7  Em7/D     D7         Em7
Cool   and sweet and slight  ly rough 


G/C      D9       G7/D     E7sus4 Am/D
Li  quid light on New York Ci     ty 

A9/C#                Dadd9 D  B7+9+5  C9
Chris tmas  with  out  the chintzy  stuff 

   Am7/D   D7       Am7/D
So rich is his char isma 
                       Cmaj7
You can almost hear it sing 

   F#m7/B    B7
He skims the roofs 
                          
    F#m7/B         Em    F#m/E   Em   F#m/E  Em  
And bells begin to sing.. 


F#m/E  Em   F#m/E   Em   F#m/E  Em   F#m/E  Em Cmaj7  Eb/F#  F#m7/B 

.as verse,guitar with muted trumpet,
     
(G7no3)Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3)Em   Dm   Em  Dm
        
(G7no3) Em    Dm    Em     Dm             (G7no3)Em  Dm   Em  Dm

 G7no3) Em    Dm    Em     Dm             G7no3)Em  Dm   Em  Dm    
        
(G7no3) Em    Dm    Em     Dm            (G7no3)Em  Dm   Em  Dm
     Em7
Chi nese cashiers can feel it now 
Grand old gals at evening mass 
Young racketeers 
And teenage models 
Laughing on the grass 


Cm6/D     Gmaj7/D   D9       Em/D
Bles sed  Yan  kees have  an ally 


Cm6/D   Em7/D      D7        Em7
When   this fe    line comes to  bat 


G/C       D9     G7/D     E7sus4 Am/D
Brin ging joy to old  Man hat    tan 

A9/C#           Dadd9 D   B7+9+5  C9
All watch the skies for Morph the Cat
 
        
(G7no3) Em    Dm    Em     Dm              (G7no3) Em  Dm   Em  Dm

 repeat and fade