Skip to content
Rose Darling cover art

Rose Darling

Steely Dan
Tab
★4.7(15)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Rose Darling

Steely Dan

From The Album-"Katy Lied"

1975

Written by Donald Fagen/Walter Becker

Tabbed by Ray Scheidler

stingray12002@yahoo.com

G5 F5

E-----10---------------------10----------------|
B----------10--8------------------10--8--------|
G-----------------10--7------------------10--7-|
D----------------------------------------------|
A-10----------------------8--------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|

D Em7

Rose darling come to me

C/D G

Snake Mary's gone to bed

Bm A G D

All our steaming sounds of love

A G D

Cannot disturb her in her night

Em7 F#m Gmaj7

Or raise her sleeping head

F#m Em7 Bm

All I ask of you is make my

Cmaj7 G

Wildest dreams come true

F#m Em7 Cmaj7 D

No one sees and no one knows

Em7

Rose darling come to me

C/D G

Snake Mary dreams along

Bm A G D

I would guess she's in Detroit

A G D

With lots of money in the bank

Em7 F#m Gmaj7

Although I could be wrong

F#m Em7

You must know it's right

Bm Cmaj7 G

The spore is on the wind tonight

F#m Em7 Cmaj7 Bm (Riff 1 Below)

You won't feel it till it grows

Bm Am7

E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G--------4-----2--4----------------------------|
D-----4-----4----------------7-----5-----------|
A--2----------------------7-----7-----7--5--3--|
E----------------------5-----------------------|

Gm C Fmaj7 Bb A G A Bm Bm Bm x3

Rose darling(Rose darling) my friend

E C D G

With only you and what I've found

D Em7 G11

We'll wear the weary hours down

Interlude: D Em7 C/D G

D Em7

Rose darling come to me

C/D G

The clock is close at hand

Bm A G D

All my empty words of love

A G D

Can never screen the flash I feel

Em7 F#m Gmaj7

Or make you understand

F#m Em7

Oh honey can't you see

Bm Cmaj7 G

I know it's real it's got to be

F#m Em7 Cmaj7 Bm + Riff 1

Why not chase it where it goes

Gm C Fmaj7 Bb A G A Bm Bm Bm x3

Rose darling(Rose darling) my friend

E C D G

With only you and what I've found

D Em7 G F (G and F with below)

We'll wear the weary hours down

G F (D)

E--10------------------10----------------------|
B-----10--8----------------10--8---------------|
G------------10--7----------------10--7--------|
D----------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

Sign in to join the conversation.

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.