Steely Dan - Pearl Of The Quarter guitar tab
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 20:26:48 -0300
From: Bruce & Peggy Mackinnon
Subject: s/steely_dan/pearl_of_the_quarter.crd
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PEARL OF THE QUARTER Steely Dan
-------------------- Countdown To Ecstasy
Intro: | C G | F Em7 | Dm7 Bb | C |
| C G | F Em7 |
Vs. I. On the water down in New Orleans
| C G | F Em7 |
My baby's the pearl of the Quarter
| C G | F Em7 |
She's a charmer like you've never seen
| Dm7 Bb | Am7 |
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
| C G | F Em7 |
Vs. II. Where the sailor spends his hard-earned pay
| C G | F Em7 |
Red beans and rice for a quarter
| C G | F Em7 |
You can see her almost any day
| Dm7 Bb | Am7 |
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F | Am7/E
Chorus: And if you hear from my Louise
Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Won't you tell her I say hello
| Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F |
Please make it clear when her
| Am7/E Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C |
Day is done she's got a place to go
(DO INTRO FOR TURNAROUND)
(Chords for vs. 3 & 4 same as for vs. 1 & 2)
Vs.III. I walked alone down the miracle mile
I met my baby by the shrine of the martyr
She stole my heart with her cajun smile
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
Vs. IV. She loved the million-dollar words I say
She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her
She said she loved me and was on her way
Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
* CHORUS * (NO TURNAROUND)
Lead Break: | F C | G | F C | G |
| Dm7 Em7 | F G |(2/4) G |
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| Dm7 Bb | C Csus4 C |
* TO CHORUS*
* TURNAROUND*
(End on "C")
Chord Formations: Most of the chords in the verses are fairly basic
so I'll just lay out the ones in the chorus:
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
4X645X 3X535X 2X423X 1X313X 0X201X X6454X XX0211
E/Ab C7/G D/F# Bb7/F C/E Ab7/Eb Dm7
"I'd rather a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy" -who knows
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Bruce
