Cigarette smoke lounging inside of city cab, meandering out the cracked window like a 2am drunkard slithering the rain slicked streets. Puddles reflect neon signing, endless always distant chattering.
1. Nightime Call
Intro is D-13 clashey chords including the minor 9. On guitar these chords word particularly well: xx9960 and xx7968 and xx10 10 8 12. Guitar plays some sliding 4th riffs. Horn (trumpet I think) introduced on G# to G, highlighting the #4 blue note.
When the vocals kick in:
||: D-13 | F maj9 Eb maj9 | D-11 | :||
After a few repeats:
||: C-7 Fmaj | C-7 Fmaj | C-7 Fmaj | D-7 G7 |
| D-7 | | | ||
Lots of big bad D- extensions in this one. Almost modal like So What.
2. Sweet Little Mistery
Super mo town progression, Ab maj to F-, Db maj to Eb7.
B section is Bb-7 for a few bars to F-7 for a few bars.
Second verse uses the same chord progression as intro but each chord holds double the length.
3. Gas Service Station
Main part: Open E string on a lot of these chords. Voicings below chord symbols.
||: A maj9 | E-7 | D maj C maj | A- :||
||: x07650 | 0x5430 | open voicings for these last chords :||
Woorrrkinn Woorrkiiin~
|| A- sort of A major blues thing | | |F13 E7alt |
| A- | ||
Fun voicing for F13: x8788 10
Fun voicing for E7alt: 0x6788
4. Complicated Life
Intro D ma7 and G maj7.
When vocals come in:
||: D maj7 | G maj7 | D maj7 | G maj7 |
| D maj7 | A-9 | E-9 | A13 :||
After a few repeats:
||: Gmaj add9 | B7alt | E-9 A13 | D maj7 :||
B7alt chord has like half a measure.
5. Angel of the Night
D maj and C maj and then form when vocals start:
|| D maj | C maj7 | D maj | C maj7 |
|| E-7 | D maj | E-7 | D maj ||
| A7 sus ||
During the E-7 to D maj chorus, guitar is strumming D major triad on 10th fret.
6. Nervous Everytime it Rains
Intro has A to F# trills on guitar, ends with open A note.
Super simple. First section chord progression is F-7 to Bb7 back and forth.
Second section is C-7 to F7 back and forth.
7. Shoes Full of Rain
||: Bb maj7 | C-7 | Bb maj7 | C-7 F7 :||
|| Bb maj7 | A7 | E-7 A7 | D maj7 |
| E-7 A7 | D maj7 | E-7 A7 | F#- B- |
| E-7 A7 | E-7 A7 | spacey chord then repeat ||
8. Get It On
First part is like D maj7, A maj, E-7, with a lot of A in the bass.
Second part is C-7 to Bb maj7, repeat then A 7sus.
Chorus is C maj7/G to C maj7 a few times back and forth, then surprise Eb maj7, resolve C maj7.
9. No One Cares
Intro is D major pentatonic stuff over D maj and A7.
Verse is D maj, B-7 to G maj, A7/G in bass…F#- to B-, G maj, A maj, repeat.
I, vi, IV, V, iii, vi, IV, V.
