{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":84135,"song":"Dont Take Me Alive","artist":"Steely Dan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/84135-dont-take-me-alive-chords-by-steely-dan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/84135?type=chord","rating":4.85105,"votes":70,"content":"From: Bruce & Peggy Mackinnon\r\n\r\n \"DON'T TAKE ME ALIVE\"\r\n Steely Dan\r\n The Royal Scam\r\n\r\n\r\nThis old thing from The Royal Scam album has some tricky parts\r\nin it, a lot of electric guitar shots etc. which tend to moderate\r\nthe sound of the chord, but I've tried to make it playable, while\r\nstaying as true to the actual song as possible. Note that there\r\nis a syncopation to this song which makes it difficult to place\r\nthe chords over the words as they change, or present it in the\r\nform of an even 4/4 bar count. My advice is play the chart along\r\nwith the record if you get confused.\r\n\r\nAlso, I've included two different shapes for an F/G chord to be played\r\nat different times. One will be called F/G*, and the other F/G**.\r\n\r\nThis tune is one of my favorite examples of brilliant Steely Dan\r\nlyrics and their usual superbly crafted music.\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO:\r\nFirst slowly strum out a G7#9 with this shape: EADGBE\r\n 355466\r\nThis may look like an impossibility, like a cruel, unusual and\r\nunplayable chord, but it can be done. You must use the power\r\nof the force. First you use your ring (3rd) finger to cover\r\nBOTH the 4th and 5th strings on the 5th fret (straight down on\r\nthe fingertip, not barred), and next you use the baby finger to\r\nbarr both the 1st and 2nd strings on the 6th fret. Of course your\r\nindex finger is on the 6th string, 3rd fret, and your middle\r\nfinger is on the 3rd string, 4th fret. Once you've let it ring\r\nfor a few seconds you quickly play Eb/Ab and F/G* (shapes shown\r\nbelow) as the last two beats of a lead-in bar, and you're into\r\nthe intro, which is a guitar solo over:\r\n\r\n ||| |\r\n| [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]F/G[/ch]** | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n\r\n || | |\r\n|[ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch]* |\r\n\r\n ||| |\r\n| [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]F/G[/ch]** | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n\r\n ||| |\r\n| [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Gm7/C[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\nVs. I\r\n ||| |\r\n[tab] | [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Cm7[/ch] |\r\n Agents of the law[/tab]\r\n ||| |\r\n[tab] | [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] |\r\n Luckless pe destrians[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Fm7[/ch] |\r\n I know you're out there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] | [ch]Bb/Eb[/ch] [ch]C/F[/ch] | [ch]D/G[/ch] |\r\n With rage in your eyes and your megaphones[/tab]\r\n ||| |\r\n[tab] |[ch]Eb/Ab[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Cm7[/ch] |\r\n Saying all is forgiven[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] | [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] |\r\n Mad Dog sur render[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] | [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]Fm7[/ch] |\r\n How can I answer?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] | [ch]Bb/Eb[/ch] [ch]C/F[/ch] | [ch]D/G[/ch] |\r\n A man of my mind can do anything.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n Chorus: \r\n[tab] |[ch]Eb/Ab[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch]* |[ch]Cm[/ch] |\r\n I'm a book keeper's son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] | [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]F/G[/ch]** | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n I don't want to shoot no one[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nWell, I crossed my old man back in Oregon, don't take me [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] \r\n A live [/tab]\r\n\r\n ||\r\n[tab] [ch]F/G[/ch] |[ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] |\r\n Got a case of dyna mite[/tab]\r\n[tab] | [ch]F/G[/ch]** | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n I could hold out here all night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] | [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] |\r\nWell, I crossed my old man back in Oregon, don't take me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] |\r\n a live[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVs. II \r\n[tab] [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\n Can you hear the evil crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n The lies and the laughter [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\n I hear my insides,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb/Eb[/ch] [ch]C/F[/ch] [ch]D/G[/ch] [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch] \r\n The mechanized hum of a nother world[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F/G[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\n Where no sun is shining[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n No red light flashing[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\n Here in this darkness[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb/Eb[/ch] [ch]C/F[/ch]\r\n I know what I've done[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D/G[/ch] [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]\r\n I know all at once who I am[/tab]\r\n\r\n * CHORUS *\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F/G[/ch]* |[ch]Cm[/ch] |\r\n I'm a book keeper's son[/tab]\r\n[tab] | [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]F/G[/ch]** | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n I don't want to shoot no one[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nWell, I crossed my old man back in Oregon, don't take me [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] \r\n Alive [/tab]\r\n\r\n ||\r\n[tab] [ch]F/G[/ch] |[ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] |\r\n Got a case of dyna mite[/tab]\r\n[tab] | [ch]F/G[/ch]** | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n I could hold out here all night[/tab]\r\n[tab] | [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] |\r\nWell, I crossed my old man back in Oregon, don't take me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Csus4[/ch] |\r\n alive[/tab]\r\n\r\nBRIDGE: There is some keyboard and guitar work here which\r\nmostly is played over a 'C' bass note, and although it would\r\nbe messy to try to write it out note for note, I think you\r\ncan get away with playing these chords: (formations shown below).\r\n\r\n || | |\r\n| [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Fsus4/C[/ch] | [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Fsus4/C[/ch] | [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]G/A[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch]* |\r\n\r\n || | | ||| |\r\n| [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Fsus4/C[/ch] | [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]G/A[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch]* | [ch]C/F[/ch] | [ch]D/G[/ch] | [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n| [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch]* |\r\n\r\n * CHORUS *\r\n[tab] [ch]F/G[/ch]* |[ch]Cm[/ch] |\r\n I'm a book keeper's son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] | [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]F/G[/ch]** | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n I don't want to shoot no one[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nWell, I crossed my old man back in Oregon, don't take me [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] \r\n A live [/tab]\r\n\r\n ||\r\n[tab] [ch]F/G[/ch] |[ch]Cm7[/ch] | [ch]Cm7[/ch] |\r\n Got a case of dyna mite[/tab]\r\n[tab] | [ch]F/G[/ch]** | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\n I could hold out here all night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] | \r\n Well I | crossed my old man back in Oregon, don't take me [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]| [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]Cm[/ch] |(hold)\r\na live . . . don't take me alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n * End *\r\n\r\nChord formations: ( 1 to 9 represent fret numbers, but to avoid\r\nconfusion, a=10th fret, b=11th fret etc. )\r\n\r\nEADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE\r\nXbdcbX XaaaaX 8Xa888 8Xaa88 3X321X 3X343X\r\n\r\n[ch]Eb/Ab[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch]* [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] ** [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n\r\nEADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE\r\n1x111X 3X333X 4X554X 6X876X 8X888X 3X433X\r\n\r\n[ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm7[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\nEADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE\r\nX6876X X8a98X XacbaX 8XaabX 8XaaaX XccccX\r\n\r\n[ch]Bb/Eb[/ch] [ch]C/F[/ch] [ch]D/G[/ch] [ch]Fsus4/C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]G/A[/ch]","plain_text":"From: Bruce & Peggy Mackinnon\n\n \"DON'T TAKE ME ALIVE\"\n Steely Dan\n The Royal Scam\n\n\nThis old thing from The Royal Scam album has some tricky parts\nin it, a lot of electric guitar shots etc. which tend to moderate\nthe sound of the chord, but I've tried to make it playable, while\nstaying as true to the actual song as possible. Note that there\nis a syncopation to this song which makes it difficult to place\nthe chords over the words as they change, or present it in the\nform of an even 4/4 bar count. My advice is play the chart along\nwith the record if you get confused.\n\nAlso, I've included two different shapes for an F/G chord to be played\nat different times. One will be called F/G*, and the other F/G**.\n\nThis tune is one of my favorite examples of brilliant Steely Dan\nlyrics and their usual superbly crafted music.\n\n\nINTRO:\nFirst slowly strum out a G7#9 with this shape: EADGBE\n 355466\nThis may look like an impossibility, like a cruel, unusual and\nunplayable chord, but it can be done. You must use the power\nof the force. First you use your ring (3rd) finger to cover\nBOTH the 4th and 5th strings on the 5th fret (straight down on\nthe fingertip, not barred), and next you use the baby finger to\nbarr both the 1st and 2nd strings on the 6th fret. Of course your\nindex finger is on the 6th string, 3rd fret, and your middle\nfinger is on the 3rd string, 4th fret. Once you've let it ring\nfor a few seconds you quickly play Eb/Ab and F/G* (shapes shown\nbelow) as the last two beats of a lead-in bar, and you're into\nthe intro, which is a guitar solo over:\n\n ||| |\n| Cm Csus4 | Cm | F/G** | G7 |\n\n || | |\n|Fm7 Gm7 | Abmaj7 Bb | Csus4 | Csus4 Eb/Ab F/G* |\n\n ||| |\n| Cm Csus4 | Cm | F/G** | G7 |\n\n ||| |\n| Fm7 Gm7 | Abmaj7 Bb | Csus4 | Cm | Cm Gm7/C |\n\n\nVs. I\n ||| |\n\n ||| |\n\n\n\n\n\n ||| |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Chorus: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n ||\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVs. II \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n * CHORUS *\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ||\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE: There is some keyboard and guitar work here which\nmostly is played over a 'C' bass note, and although it would\nbe messy to try to write it out note for note, I think you\ncan get away with playing these chords: (formations shown below).\n\n || | |\n| Cm Fsus4/C | F/C Csus4 | Cm Fsus4/C | F/C G/A F/G* |\n\n || | | ||| |\n| Cm Fsus4/C | F/C G/A F/G* | C/F | D/G | Eb/Ab |\n\n\n| Eb/Ab F/G* |\n\n * CHORUS *\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ||\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n * End *\n\nChord formations: ( 1 to 9 represent fret numbers, but to avoid\nconfusion, a=10th fret, b=11th fret etc. )\n\nEADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE\nXbdcbX XaaaaX 8Xa888 8Xaa88 3X321X 3X343X\n\nEb/Ab F/G* Cm Csus4 F/G ** G7\n\nEADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE\n1x111X 3X333X 4X554X 6X876X 8X888X 3X433X\n\nFm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Bb Cm7 Gm\n\nEADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE\nX6876X X8a98X XacbaX 8XaabX 8XaaaX XccccX\n\nBb/Eb C/F D/G Fsus4/C F/C G/A","chords":["F/G","G7","Eb/Ab","Cm","Csus4","Fm7","Gm7","Abmaj7","Bb","Gm7/C","Cm7","Gm","Bb/Eb","C/F","D/G","A","C","Fsus4/C","F/C","G/A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}