"Josie" (W. Becker - D. Fagen) Intro: v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---7---6-------3-|---4-------------|---7---6-------3-|-----------2-----| |-------4-------1-|---2-------------|-------4-------1-|-------4---0-----| |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-------2---------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
v v v v |-----------------| |---------------0-| |----2--1-0-------| |-2----------4----| |-----------------| |-----------------| ~~~3~~~ ~~~3~~~ (1/4-note triplets) Fmaj7 F#7#9 Gmaj7 G#maj7/6 Verse 1: Em7 We're .. We're .. A/D G/C When .. D/G C/F We're .. Em7 Sleep.. A7 G/C D/G C/F Throw .. Em7 D/G E/A Em7 Lay .. Chorus 1: C/F F#7#9 B7#9#5 Em7 C/F When ..so good F#7#9 B7#9#5 Em7 A7 She's .. Am7 D7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 She's .. F#7#9 B7#9#5 She .. Verse 2: Chorus 2: Instrumental break (2:15 - 2:31): Play 3X (guitar is doubled by bass): v v v v v v v v |-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|----------------| |-5-7-------------|---5------------| |-----------5---7-|----------------| |-----------------|---------5-7----| ^^^ 2nd time only F#7#9 B7#9#5 (guitar solo over verse chords) (repeat chorus 1) (repeat intro) Outro: guitar solo over Em7 to fade Chord fingerings: G#maj7/6: xx6563 A/D: x57655 B7#9#5: x21233 C/F: xx3553 D/G: xx5775 E/A: xx7997 F#7#9: 242355 G/C: x35433 (On the record, those X/Y chords are almost certainly played as a standard X chord on guitar, with the bass covering the Y note; the fingerings suggested above are for anyone who wants to replicate the overall sound of those chords on a single guitar. And, incidentally, Laura Nyro was using major triads with the fourth in the bass when Don and Walt were still playing frat parties at Bard.) -- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Josie by Steely Dan