Chord/Tab song: I'm Not the Same Without You

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 [ch]Dsus2/F[/ch] Em11 Dadd2


Verse 1

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[Am7]Since you?ve been gone an [G7]awesome cha[C7]nge has come about

Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 [ch]Ab/Bb[/ch] G/A
My life is different now I?m not the same without you

I?m [Am7]evolving at a r[G7]eally asto[C7]unding rate of speed

Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 [ch]Ab/Bb[/ch] G/A
Into something way cooler than what I was before


Verse 2

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[Am7]I feel much stronger [G7]than I [C7]have in years

Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 [ch]Ab/Bb[/ch] G/A
My mind is sharp and my spirit?s sound

[Am7]Now people tell me the [G7]shape of my [C7]face is changing

Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 [ch]Ab/Bb[/ch] 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

[ch]Ab/Bb[/ch]


Verse/Bridge

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[Am7]I can hold my breath for a [G7]really long [C7]time now

I can hold my [Bbmaj7(b5)]own

[E7sus4]I?m not the same without [Dm9]you[G7][Dm9][G7][Dm9][G7][Dm9][G7]

F#m11 [ch]Dsus2/F[/ch] Em11 Dadd2


Solo
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(Verse chords)

[Am7] [G7] [C7]
Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 [ch]Ab/Bb[/ch] G/A

[Am7] [G7] [C7]
Bbmaj7(b5) E7sus4 [ch]Ab/Bb[/ch] 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

[ch]Ab/Bb[/ch]


Verse/Bridge

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[Am7]Since you?ve been gone, it?s l[G7]ike somebody[C7] switched the stars back on

I can see into [Bbmaj7(b5)]everybody?s heart [E7sus4] and everybody?s [G/A]dreams girl

[Am7]I don?t need sleep anymore [G7] but if I [C7]close my eyes

I'd sleep the [Bbmaj7(b5)]sleep of the gods


[E7sus4]I?m not the same without [Dm9]you [G7] [Dm9] no[G7], n[Dm9]o, n[G7]o[Dm9][G7]

F#m11 [ch]Dsus2/F[/ch]


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]2xx200 [EADGBE]1xx230 [EADGBE]x7x785 [EADGBE]xx0975

F#m11 [ch]Dsus2/F[/ch] Em11 Dadd2


[EADGBE]5x555x [EADGBE]3x343x [EADGBE]x3535x [EADGBE]6x775x [EADGBE]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]6x654x [EADGBE]5x543x

[ch]Ab/Bb[/ch] G/A


[EADGBE]x5777x [EADGBE]x3555x [EADGBE]x8x887 [E]x [A]7 [D]9 [G]7 [B]10 [E]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]x79797 [E]x [A]8 [D]10 [G]9 [B]10 [E]8 [EADGBE]xx9887 [EADGBE]x0564x

E7(vii) Fmaj7(viii) Baug A7b5


[EADGBE]xx0563 [EADGBE]3x353x [EADGBE]x3545x [EADGBE]1x221x [EADGBE]07x775

[Dm11] [G7sus4] [Cmaj7] [Fmaj7][D/E]

[EADGBE]x5355x [EADGBE]13124x [EADGBE]02013x [EADGBE]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