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Junkie Girl

by Walter Becker from the album 11 Tracks of Whack
INTRO: gtr1: E5 G#5 E5 G#5 B/C# C# B (vii)* gtr2: e--7/9--9---7--- b--7/9--9---7--- g--9/11-11--9--- repeat this figure once VERSE1: E5 G#5 A5 B5 C#5(ix) in the good old bad part of this college town E5 G#5 D5 C#5(iv)g--6\4/6----------- men in business suits, the drive you down d--6\4/6----------- E5 G#5 A5 B5 C#5 you take their money just like you take mine F#5 E5 you send it bubblin' down the thin blue line A5 D5 B5(ii) it doesnt matter how it got this way A5 E5 A5 D5 cause we could make it through this thing together A5 D5 B5(ii) i know you laughing but i got to say A5 E5 D5 A5 B5 now i still want you, maybe more than ever CHORUS C#5(ix) F#5 B5(ii) Bmaj7 B5(ii) no foolin, its a fucked-up world E/F# F# E5 B5(ii) E5 A5 riff1: b-5/7--7---5------- be cool, my little junkie girl g-4/6--6---4------- ...now repeat the intro figure once.... VERSE2: same as first the cops are out to shut the district down i comb the ruins of your stomping grounds stanton street looking like that third world war you come up blazing like an open sore now, i believe you, but i got to know how come the right side of your brain is hurting so take me with you baby when you go through to the white side of your china curtain CHORUS repeat, then play riff1 twice. *SOLO: E/A Eb/Ab D/G Cmaj7 D5 Cmaj7/E Bb7 F#m/A Dmaj7 E5 Dmaj7/F# Dm/F Cmaj7/E D5 C5 Em711 D5 C5 ...then to the intro riff a couple times... in the good old bad part of this college town gray men in limousines, they drive you down you take their money just like you take mine what does it do you on that thin blue line now i can hardly hear you anymore your eyes are empty and your voice is hollow i see you waving from a distant shore and where youre going i dont dare to follow CHORUS: C#5(ix) F#5 B5(ii) Bmaj7 B5(ii) no foolin, its a fucked-up world B5(ii) E5 A5 be cool, my little junkie girl play riff1 over the A5 chord as long as you want (the song fades here) CHORD SHAPES: a=10 b=11 c=12 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 022XXX 466XXX 577XXX 799XXX X466XX 9bbXXX X577XX 244XXX X243XX E5 G#5 A5 B5 C#5(iv) C#5(ix) D5 F#5 Bmaj7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 5X4454 4X3343 3X2232 X354XX X7a787 E/A Eb/Ab D/G Cmaj7 Cmaj7/E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE X1X134 X0X222 X576XX X9c9a9 X8X9aa X7a787 X355XX 022233 Bb7 F#m/A Dmaj7 Dmaj7/F# Dm/F Cmaj7/E C5 Em11 *Generously offered by Chris Smalt.