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Midnight Cruiser - Steely Dan
"Can't Buy a Thrill"
Standard Tuning
F/C: x33211 Dm7: xx0211 Bb: 113331
C: x32010 Bbmaj7: 113231 F: 133211
Gm7: 353333 C/D: x3x232
Am7: x02010 G: 355433
F/C C
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
Dm7
Dm7Thelonius, C/Dmy old friend
BbStep on Am7in and let me Gshake your hand
Dm7So glad that you're C/Dhere again
For Bbone more Am7time let your Gmadness run with Gm7mine
Streets still unCseen we'll find someGm7how
No time is Fbetter than Gnow
[Chorus]
FTell Gme Cwhere are you drivin' Gmidnight cruiser
BbWhere is your bounty of Ffortune and fame
CI am another Ggentleman loser
BbDrive me to Harlem or Fsomewhere the Am7sameG  F  
F/C   C   Gm7(x2)
Dm7
The Dm7world that we C/Dused to know
BbPeople Am7tell me it don't Gturn no more
Dm7The places we C/Dused to go
FaBbmiliar Am7faces that ain't Gsmilin' like beGm7fore
The time of our Ctime has come and Gm7gone
I fear we been Fwaiting too Glong
[Chorus]
TFell Gme Cwhere are you drivin' Gmidnight cruiser
BbWhere is your bounty of Ffortune and fame
CI am another Ggentleman loser
BbDrive me to Harlem or Fsomewhere the Am7sameG  F  
F/C   C   Gm7(x9)
F/C C F G
FTell Gme Cwhere are you drivin' Gmidnight cruiser
BbWhere is your bounty of Ffortune and fame
CI am another Ggentleman loser
BbDrive me to Harlem or Fsomewhere the Am7sameG  F  
FTell Gme Cwhere are you drivin' Gmidnight cruiser
BbWhere is your bounty of Ffortune and fame
CI am another Ggentleman loser
BbDrive me to Harlem or Fsomewhere the Am7same G   F..fade
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The story behind the song

"Midnite Cruiser" comes from the debut album by Steely Dan, a band known for blending rock, jazz, Latin, R&B, and blues with sophisticated production. The duo behind Steely Dan, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, were celebrated for their cryptic and irony-infused lyrics. Playing this song means stepping into the world of a band that was once dubbed "the perfect musical antiheroes for the seventies." It plays like a journey through their unique musical landscape.

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