Steely Dan

Haitian Divorce(Chords)

Steely Dan

Key: B

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	        INTRO: 
 
 Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / E / G#m7 A 
 
 B             F#m             E              C#m7 
Babs and clean willy were in  love  they   said 
 
 Amaj7      G#m7        B6                  C#m7 
So      in  love the  preachers face turned red 
 
 B6           F#m              E            C#m7 
Soon    every-body  knew the  thing  was  dead 
 
   Amaj7        Amaj7/Bb           E                    A  G#m7 
 He shouts  she bites    they   wrangle  through the  night 
 
 F#m7      B         F#m7                 B 
Semi    mo-jo       who's  this kinky  so  and so,  papa go... 
 
 
 A (flat 5th)    Bbm11 
He shouts    she bites   .... 
 
CHORUS: 
 
 Em       D6     C6            G7        Cmaj7              Bm7         Em7 
Oh - oh - oh     No   hesi -  tation  no tears & no hearts breakin' no remorse 
 
 Em       D6     Am            G13       Cmaj7           Bm7 Cmaj7     Bm7 
Oh - oh - oh...  Con - grat-u- lations   this is your    Hai-itian 
 
      Em7   Em6   Em7   Em6   E     G#m7  A 
 Divorce 
 
 
Now it goes back to the second verse- same as the first (but different words!) 
After the second chorus, it goes to a middle eight type thing with the words: 
'At the grotto, in the easy chair, sits the Charlie....' etc 
Going in to this, the last line of the chorus is slightly different in that you 
don't play the E, G#m7 and A chords but go straight from Em6 to : 
 
MIDDLE 8: 
 
(Em6)     Cmaj7       Em7                 D7 
At the  grotto in the easy chair sits the Charlie with the lotion and the 
 
 G                        G7                   Cmaj7 
kinky hair  when she    laughed  she said it   all 
 
 F7            G7               F7                 G7 
  The band was hot so  they    danced a famous   merango (?) now we 
 
 A7                    C7 
dolly back  now  we    fade to black 
 
INSTRUMENTAL (Guitar solo): 
 
G  /  F7 / C / Bb7 A7    (play three times) 
 
Cmaj7 / / Bm7    Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / E / G#m7 A 
 
Next it goes to another verse (verse 3) 
Same chords as before 
Then another chorus 
 
At the end of the third chorus, play as for the second chorus i.e miss out 
the E G#m7 and A chords 
Instead of these go straight into another instrumental bit, same as above 
for the first threee lines (i.e the three repetition of the first line) 
but then play:
	        

Written by Walter Becker/Donald Fagen

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