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Steely Dan - Charlie Freak Chords

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Charlie Freak Chords

(ver. 1)
Steely Dan
|Emadd9    |        |        |         |
                                              
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Emadd9  G6        C       D        Am       |Emadd9 |    C D |
Charlie Freak had but one thing to call his own

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Emadd9       G6         C      D       Am       |Emadd9 |    C D |
Three weight ounce pure golden ring no precious stone 

Cmaj7               D/C         Bm7       
     Five nights without a bite 

   Am7      C/G     B7sus4
No place to lay his head 

Emadd9          G6   C         D
       And if nobody takes him in

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        Am      |Emadd9    |       C  D|
  He'll soon be dead 

|Emadd9    |        |        |         |

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Emadd9 G6        C        D      Am        |Emadd9 |    C D |
On the street he spied my face I heard him hail 


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Emadd9 G6        C        D    Am       |Emadd9 |    C D |
In our plot of frozen space he told his tale


Cmaj7              D/C             Bm7
      Poor man, he showed his hand

    Am                B7sus4
 So righteous was his need 

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Emadd9    G6     C          D         Am      |Emadd9 |    C D |
And me so wise I bought his prize For chicken feed


|Emadd9    |        |        |         |


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Emadd9   G6          C       D       Am      |Emadd9 |    C D |
Newfound cash soon begs to smash a state of mind 



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Emadd9   G6      C        D        Am       |Emadd9 |    C D |
Close inspection fast revealed his favorite kind 


Cmaj7              D/C     Bm7
      Poor kid, he overdid 

  Am         C/G       B7sus4
Embraced the spreading haze 

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    Emadd9   G6          C    D       Am     |Emadd9 |    C D |
And while he sighed his body died In fifteen ways


|Emadd9    |        |        |         |


|Emadd9    |        |        |         |

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Emadd9 G6      C         D      Am      |Emadd9 |    C D |
When I heard I grabbed a cab to where he lay 

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 Emadd9    G6      C       D        Am  |Emadd9 |    C D |
'Round his arm the plastic tag read D. O .A.


Cmaj7             D/C           Bm7
      Yes Jack, I gave it back 


    Am               B7sus4
The ring I could not own 

                                            
Emadd9      G6          C         D        Am        Em     
How come my friend I'll take your hand and lead you home 

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Em    C   Em/B   Am   Cmaj7/G  Fmaj9 . . . . . .
            
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