On the Dunes Chords & Lyrics by Donald Fagen
On the Dunes
guitar chords lyrics
On The Dunes
small case letters above chord symbols
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C above middle C
c3: C below middle C etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line
f#3 f e e4 e e e a db5 b4
Cmaj9 Gb7+9+5 Gbm7 Abm/Db
b3 c#4 e f#
Em7 F#m7 Em/A Dmaj9
g4 e e e e a db5 b4
Cmaj9 Gb7+9+5 Gbm7 Abm/Db
b3 c#4 e f#
Em7 F#m7 Em/A Dmaj9
a5....... f#4 f#
Cmaj13 A13-9-5
Dmaj7
Drive along the sea
G9
Far from the city's twitch and smoke
f#4 e
Bm7 Abmaj7+5/Bb
To a misty beach
e4 eb f
Am7addD Ab7-5 Ab13-5
That's where my life became a joke
e4 d f f
G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/d
On the dunes
Bm7
On the dunes
d4 e g
Am7 Am7/D D/G Db7+9 Gb7-9
(Became a joke on the dunes)
d5 b f#
Bm7 E9
Where rents are high
A7+5
And seabirds cry
e4 d f a g f#
E/D F13 Bbmaj7 f/eb eb/a Dmaj7
On the dunes
As you spoke you must have known
G9
It was a kind of homicide
Bm7 Abmaj7+5/Bb
I stood and watched my happiness
Am7addD Ab7-5 Ab13-5
Drift outwards with the tide
e4 d f f
G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/d
On the dunes
Bm7
On the dunes
d4 e g
Am7 Am7/D Gmaj9 Db7+9 Gb7-9
(Homi cide on the dunes)
g2 f# e
Bm7 E9
It wasn't fair
A7+5
It's brutal there
Dmaj9 Bbmaj7+5/C D6
On the dunes
D13
Pretty boats
D7 D7/F# d/eb
Sweeping along the shore
d4 e f# g f f# e
Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 G13 F#13 F13 E13
In the faltering light
F#m7sus4
Pretty women
Gm(maj7-5) E7sus4/b
With their lovers by their side
E13-9 Gmaj9/a A13
It's like an awful dream
Em7sus4 D/G G/A A13-9-5
I have most every night
Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells
G9
Join in the search for sun and sand
Bm7 Abmaj7+5/Bb
For me it's just a joyless place
Am7addD Am7/D
Where this loneliness began
e4 d f f
Ab13-5 G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/d
O-o-on the dunes
Bm7
On the dunes
Am7 Am7/D Gmaj9 Db7+9 Gb7-9+5
(Loneli ness on the dunes)
Bm9
I'm pretty tough
E9 A7+5
But the wind is rough
Dmaj9 Bbmaj7+5/C Dmaj9/6
On the dunes
D13
Pretty boats
D7 D7/F# d/eb
Sweeping along the shore
d4 e f# g f f# e
Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 G13 F#13 F13 E13
In the faltering light
F#m7sus4
Pretty women
Gm(maj7-5) E7sus4/b
With their lovers by their side
E13-9 Gmaj9/a A13
It's like an awful dream
Em7sus4 D/G G/A A13-9-5
I have most every night
Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells
G9
Join in the search for sun and sand
Bm7 Abmaj7+5/Bb
For me it's just a joyless place
Am7addD Am7/D
Where this loneliness began
e4 d f f
Ab13-5 G13sus4 G7 G13sus4 G7/d
On the dunes aah ha
Bm7
On the dunes
Am7 D9 Gmaj9 Db7+9 Gb7-9+5
(Loneli ness on the dunes)
Bm7
pretty tough
E9 A7+5
But the wind is rough
Dmaj9 Bbmaj7+5/C Dmaj9/6
On the dunes ohh on the dunes
f#3 f e e4 e e e a db5 b4
Cmaj9 Gb7+9+5 Gbm7 Abm/Db
b3 c#4 e f#
Em7 F#m7 Em/A Dmaj9
g4 e e e e a db5 b4
Cmaj9 Gb7+9+5 Gbm7 Abm/Db
b3 c#4 e f#
Em7 F#m7 Em/A Dmaj9
