I'm Not The Same Without You - Donald Fagen
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From the album "Sunken Condos"
Transcribed/arranged by Howard Wright
hakwright (at) gmail (dot) com
This wonderfully lively track from Donald Fagen's new album
works nicely on the guitar, and the chord shapes and changes
are all fairly comfortable. The main exception is the
sequence with the crisp changes between Dm9 and G7 in the
verse/bridge sections - they're just a bit too quick to manage
easily. If the bass notes are dropped from the chords the fast
changes for that sequence are much more straight forward.
All chord shapes given at the end.
Intro
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[F#m11] [Dsus2/F] [Em11] [Dadd2]
Verse 1
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[Am7] [G7] [C7]
Since you’ve been gone an awesome change has come about
[Bbmaj7(b5)] [E7sus4] [Ab/Bb] [G/A]
My life is different now I’m not the same without you
[Am7] [G7] [C7]
I’m evolving at a really astounding rate of speed
[Bbmaj7(b5)] [E7sus4] [Ab/Bb] [G/A]
Into something way cooler than what I was before
Verse 2
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[Am7] [G7] [C7]
I feel much stronger than I have in years
[Bbmaj7(b5)] [E7sus4] [Ab/Bb] [G/A]
My mind is sharp and my spirit’s sound
[Am7] [G7] [C7]
Now people tell me the shape of my face is changing
[Bbmaj7(b5)] [E7sus4] [Ab/Bb] [G/A]
I’ve grown an inch taller since July What in the world is going on?
Please tell me
Chorus
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D C F9b5(no3rd) E7sus4(vii)
Without you, I now have eyes to see
E7(vii) Fmaj7(viii)
Some other destiny
[Baug] [Em11] [A7b5] [Dm11] [G7sus4] [G7] [Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [D/E]
A futurescape of bright arcades in which I bring off heroic escapades
[Ab/Bb]
Verse/Bridge
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[Am7] [G7] [C7]
I can hold my breath for a really long time now
[Bbmaj7(b5)]
I can hold my own
[E7sus4] [Dm9] [G7] [Dm9] [G7] [Dm9] [G7] [Dm9] [G7]
I’m not the same without you
[F#m11] [Dsus2/F] [Em11] [Dadd2]
Solo
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(Verse chords)
[Am7] [G7] [C7]
[Bbmaj7(b5)] [E7sus4] [Ab/Bb] [G/A]
[Am7] [G7] [C7]
[Bbmaj7(b5)] [E7sus4] [Ab/Bb] [G/A]
Chorus
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D C F9b5(no3rd) E7sus4(vii)
Without you, I now have eyes to see
E7(vii) Fmaj7(viii)
Some other destiny
[Baug] [Em11] [A7b5] [Dm11] [G7sus4] [G7] [Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [D/E]
A futurescape of bright arcades in which I bring off heroic escapades
[Ab/Bb]
Verse/Bridge
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[Am7] [G7] [C7]
Since you’ve been gone, it’s like somebody switched the stars back on
[Bbmaj7(b5)] [E7sus4] [G/A]
I can see into everybody’s heart and everybody’s dreams girl
[Am7] [G7] [C7]
I don’t need sleep anymore but if I close my eyes
[Bbmaj7(b5)]
I'd sleep the sleep of the gods
[E7sus4] [Dm9] [G7] [Dm9] [G7] [Dm9] [G7] [Dm9] [G7]
I’m not the same without you no, no, no
[F#m11] [Dsus2/F]
Outro
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[Am7] [F7] [E7] [Fmaj7] [E7]*
[Am7] [F7] [E7] [Fmaj7] [E7]*
I’m not the same without you
(repeat and fade)
Chord shapes
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
2xx200 1xx230 x7x785 xx0975
[F#m11] [Dsus2/F] [Em11] [Dadd2]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
5x555x 3x343x x3535x 6x775x 0x775x
[Am7] [G7] [C7] [Bbmaj7(b5)] [E7sus4]
Substituting a C9 shape (x32333) in place of some of the C7 shapes works
well and gives some variety. You can also try the idea below, taken from
some of the piano figures used, where the note on the B string is "rolled"
up from D to D# to E (use hammer-ons with 2nd and 4th fingers).
E---------|
B--3h4h5--|
G--3------|
D--5------|
A--3------|
E---------|
You might also want to try using a fuller shape for the E7sus4: 077700.
When the Bbmaj7(b5) chord is used the b5 (the top E) isn't always prominent
(hence the brackets), though it is usually implied. You can either play the
full chord with the E or omit it (giving a sparser sounding Bmaj7: 6x77xx)
EADGBE EADGBE
6x654x 5x543x
[Ab/Bb] [G/A]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE [E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]
x5777x x3555x x8x887 x 7 9 7 10 7
D C F9b5(no3rd) E7sus4(vii)
The F9b5(no3rd) chord, as played on the keyboards, includes a D at the top
making it F13b5(no3rd). Unfortunately this chord doesn't fit nicely on the
guitar, so the simpler F9 shape has to be used.
EADGBE [E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] EADGBE EADGBE
x79797 x 8 10 9 10 8 xx9887 x0564x
E7(vii) Fmaj7(viii) Baug A7b5
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0563 3x353x x3545x 1x221x 07x775
[Dm11] [G7sus4] [Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [D/E]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x5355x 13124x 02013x 02010x
[Dm9] [F7] [E7] [E7]*
For a sparser sound on the F7 and E7 shapes (which I prefer)
mute the A string and use shapes 1x124x, 0x013x and 0x010x
