Paging Audrey (chords)
I came to reference my chord chart for Paging Audrey the other day, and I can't find it here. Could it be that I never posted it? To me, this song is as good as anything Walter ever wrote, Steely Dan or otherwise. It's up there with Caves of Altamira, Gaucho, and Deacon Blues for me.
Paging Audrey
Bbm7 BbΔ7 Bbm7 BbΔ7
GbΔ7(#5) Cm/Eb GbΔ7(#5) Cm/Eb
/Bb Bb Cm/Bb Gm/Bb
/G Cm/G Dm Gm11
/F Bb/F Eb/F EbΔ13
/G Bb/G Eb/G Dm/G Cm
Bb Cm/Bb Gm/Bb
In the littlest hours ‘tween the dusk and dawn
Cm/G Dm Gm11
While the nightlight glows with the music on
Bb/F Eb/F EbΔ13
You could climb so high in the dreamtime sky
Bb/G Eb/G Dm/G Cm
And go anywhere
Bb Cm/Bb Gm/Bb
In that sometime place ever lost somehow
Cm/G Dm Gm11
In the here and gone or the there and now
Bb/F Eb/F EbΔ13
Did it all go bust — crumble down in dust
Bb/G Eb/G Dm7 Cm11
Or just slip away
Db/C
Paging Audrey
Eb6
Any random star
Bbm7
Lost and lonely
Fm7
Somewhere very far
C7(#9)
Paging Audrey
DbΔ9
Come in from the cold
(/Ab /Bb /Db /Eb) Ab/Eb Bbm/Eb Gb/Eb
(/Ab /Bb /Db /Eb) Ab/Eb Bbm/Eb Gb/Eb
(/Ab /Bb /Db /Eb) EbΔ7(#11) Eb6/9 DbΔ7 G7(#9no3rd)
Bb Cm/Bb Gm/Bb
In that far-off room drenched in desert sun
Cm/G Dm Gm11
Evil words were spoke — dirty deeds were done
Bb/F Eb/F EbΔ13
Could we sail back there snatch them from the air
Bb/G Eb/G Dm/G Cm
I dare anyone
Bb Cm/Bb Gm/Bb
Can I stand right here, call them back and say
Cm/G Dm Gm11
Those were never meant to be heard that way
Bb/F Eb/F EbΔ13
Let the heavens crack — let the day go black
Bb/G Eb/G Dm7 Cm11
I’d give anything
Db/C
Paging Audrey
Eb6
Somewhere very near
Bbm7
Safe and silent
Fm7
There you are my dear
C7(#9)
Paging Audrey
DbΔ9
Anybody home
(/Ab /Bb /Db /Eb) Ab/Eb Bbm/Eb Gb/Eb
(/Ab /Bb /Db /Eb) Ab/Eb Bbm/Eb Gb/Eb
(/Ab /Bb /Db /Eb) EbΔ7(#11) Eb6/9 DbΔ7 G7(#9no3rd)
/Bb Bb Cm/Bb Gm/Bb
/G Cm/G Dm Gm11
/F Bb/F Eb/F EbΔ13
/G Bb/G Eb/G Dm/G Cm
Bb Cm/Bb Gm/Bb
In a distant room certain things were said
Cm/G Dm Gm11
As the loved one lies on the love-torn bed
Bb/F Eb/F EbΔ13
And the night rolls on and by light of dawn
Bb/G Eb/G Dm7 Cm11
You’re not anywhere
Db/C
Paging Audrey
Eb6
This is who we are
Bbm7
Do remember
Fm7
On any random star
C7(#9)
Paging Audrey
DbΔ9
Coming strong and pure
(/Ab /Bb /Db /Eb) Ab/Eb Bbm/Eb Gb/Eb
(/Ab /Bb /Db /Eb) Ab/Eb Bbm/Eb Gb/Eb
(/Ab /Bb /Db /Eb) EbΔ7(#11) Eb6/9 DbΔ7 G7(#9no3rd)
/Bb Bb Cm/Bb Gm/Bb
/G Cm/G Dm Gm11
/F Bb/F Eb/F EbΔ13
/G Bb/G Eb/G Dm/G Cm (repeat out)
Yeah, I wasn't really sure what to call that. Over that Eb in the bass, I'm playing (A D G) with the right hand on the piano. One of those situations where the actual part isn't complex, but trying to name the thing is more complicated than playing it is.