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Haitian Divorce

Steely Dan
ChordsKeyEmadvanced
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Chords in this song29

Intro

Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / E / G#m7 A

Verse 1

Babs and Clean Willy were in love they said
So in love the preacher's face turned red
Soon everybody knew the thing was dead
He shouts, she bites, they wrangle through the night
She go crazy, got to make a getaway, papa say

Chorus

Oh - oh - oh No hesi - tation no tears & no hearts breakin' no remorse
Oh - oh - oh... Con - grat-u- lations this is your Hai-itian 
Divorce    

Verse 2

She takes the taxi to the good hotel
Bon marché as far as she can tell
She drinks the zombie from the cocoa shell
She feels alright, she get it on tonight, yeah
Mister driver take me where the music play, papa say

Chorus

Oh - oh - oh No hesi - tation no tears & no hearts breakin' no remorse
Oh - oh - oh... Con - grat-u- lations this is your Hai-itian 
Divorce   

Middle 8

(Em6) Cmaj7 Em7 D7
At the grotto in the greasy chair sits the Charlie with the lotion and the
kinky hair, when she smiled she said it all
The band was hot so they danced the famous merangue, now we
dolly back, now we fade to black
[Instrumental] (Guitar Solo)
G / F7 / C / Bb7 A7 (play three times)
Cmaj7 / / Bm7 Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / E / G#m7 A

Verse 3

Tearful reunion in the U – S - - - A
Day by day those memories fade away
Some babies grow in a peculiar way
It changed, it grew, and everybody knew, yeah
Semi-mojo, who's this kinky so-and-so, Papa go

Chorus

Oh - oh - oh No hesi - tation no tears & no hearts breakin' no remorse
Oh - oh - oh... Con - grat-u- lations this is your Hai-itian 
Divorce   
[Instrumental] (Guitar Solo)
G / F7 / C / Bb7 A7 (play three times)
Fmaj7 / / / Em7 / Em6 /
and repeat this line as much as you want (the song fades here)
For some chords I've put alternative shapes for the same chord. Take your pick
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x7x787 x79787 x7x687 022100 464444 577655
(use the first Em7 shape for the intro bit with Em7 and Em6) 
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
799877 244222 242222 x46454 x02120
     
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24444 x1212x 355433 353433 353453 3x3455
      
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x57777 x35555 x0764x 6x664x x79987 x24232
D6 C6 A flat5 Bbm11 Em Bm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x35453 131211 575655 x35353 x57575
     

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