Bad Sneakers
Words & Music:
Donald Fagan & Walter
Becker
E6
DM7 D6 E6 D7 C#m7
F#m7
E
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B
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G
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D
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A
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E |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E6
D6 E6
D6
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VERSE VAMP: DM7 A DM7 A
[alt: A Bm7(no 5) Bm7 A as below]
Names Hear
Mine
Here
A
Bm7(no5)
Bm7
A
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Five names that I can hardly stand
to hear:
Including yours and mine and
one more chump who isn't here.
I can see the ladies talkin'
how the times were getting' hard.
and that fearsome excavation on Magnolia Boulevard
PRE-CHORUS:
DM7 C#m7 F#m7 E6 DM7
C#m7
F#m7 E6
Yes, I'm going insane----- and
I'm laughing at the frozen rain.
DM7 C#m7 F#m7 E6 DM7
C#m7 Bm7 D/E
And I'm so
a---lone------. Honey, when they
gonna send me home?
CHORUS: [alt. chords in italics]
FM7(8) Em7(7)
C
Am
Bad sneakers and a pi–a
colada, my friend.
Dm7(10)
C(8)
F
F/G G11
Stomping on the avenue by
Radio City.
FM7(8) Em7(7)
C
Am
With a transistor and a large
sum of money to spend.
Fill:
E6 D6 E6
D6
B-------------------5-------------
G--5b6----4----5b6------6-5--4----
DM7 A
DM7
A
You fella, you tear up the
street.
You wear that white tuxedo, how
you gonna beat the heat?
Do you take me for a
fool? Do you think that I don't
see?
That ditch out in the valley
that they're digging just for me?
CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL OVER VERSE &
PRE-CHORUS:
PRE-CHORUS:
CHORUS:
OUTRO:
This solo:
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Over:
A
Bm7(no5)
Bm7
A/C#
Bm7
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--0-h-2----------0-h-2--------0-h-2----------2--------------------------2--
Bm7(no5)
Bm7
A
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