Donald Fagen The NighttflyCONTENTS: 48 10 4 20 33 41 15 60 THE GOODBYE LOOK GREEN FLOWER STREET (WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD) MAXINE NEW FRONTIER THE NIGHTFLY RUBY BABY WALK BETWEEN RAINDROPSPERFORMANCE NOTES Donald Fagen is the most original talent to come along in years. In this, songbook, based on his first solo album, THE NIGHTFLY, he has given us atruly unique collection. Mr. Fagen's songs are arranged for piano/vocal with guitar chord frames that are nearly identical to the recorded version. Instrumental sections, such as the “marimba” intro to THE GOODBYE LOOK, the avant-garde intro to RUBY BABY and the instrumental interludes in I.G.Y. are included to make this songbook very authentic. Singers will find the vocal lines notated at true pitch, not an octave higher, as in most pop arrangements. Another unusual twist is that the piano parts are for accompaniment only, and do not (except for |G.Y. and RUBY BABY) double the melody. The rhythms and harmonies are so intricate, that playing them with the melody would make these arrangements too difficult for the avarage player. Pianists who wish to play the melody can “take a part from the vocal melody line and the chord symbols. As far as interpretation goes, play these charts with alight swinging touch.Fagen's music is greatly influenced by jazz, and players who are familiar with that idiom will have a distinct advantage. Guitarists will ind that we have taken great pains to make the chord diagrams reflect the complete harmony in the piano part. Although this may lead the guitarist to unfamiliar chord formations and complicated fingerings, the richness of the harmony and logic of the progressions will make the effort more than worthwhile. All the arrangements are in the original keys, and can be played along with the record, with the exception of |G.Y. This song was arranged a lz step higher in order to avoid the difficult key of Ab minor (seven flats!). We are proud of the care and attention that has gone into THE NIGHTFLY, Donald Fagen’s first solo songbook, as we are of every Cherry Lane publication1.G.Y. (WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD) Moderate swing d= J 2) Am Dm? Words and Music by DONALD FAGEN Fmai? RG i a A om A =F Pe —— by be > By) Pn gonna steal yon a =| way from all thowegn = SS = = == 3 : Z a eaF = * fg z — (Ru - by, Ru = by, | Ru = by, ta = by) Ru - by, Ru = by = tRus byl Ru = by Ru + by. ba = by) From the sun = ny Bs. FF SS seeow | want you Like a ghost I'm gon + ona haunt you will you be mine.i SF 2 gy be (Ruby, Re - by, Ru + oy ba = ov) va} a =SSSe has give the world just to SS =E= te te oT Ree, = set her heart, a ~ flame, Da SSS aS (Rusby. Ru = by, | Ru = by ba by)— will you be mine} MieWords and Music by DONALD FAGEN Slowly in 4 (#.= 1 beat) SS SI roe cer FETSIC Am) ce ae aa" Fi Th ee E er ee | v = ee m iF Some say that we're reck-less They) say we're. much too young. wo do ight © 1982, 1983 Freeiunket Music (ASCAP) 20 iernatona Cop Seaiod Mose nS A At Behe ResendDm6/F BmlL——Bp9-5 ac. a a Amit ss Bymll AmiT 1 Amit AYED Dh Ht ERR aR ES = 21Am? po+tt Dino/ Talk a+ bout life, the [mean = ing of it all Amt Em? Ebmajo Em7/A AMS Em7/A ADIT es FR RR BP Epmaj D7 ars Fi om es) I.Mex-i co Cit y, 2. bistrumentalGrumaj9/E Nice this year they sey_|— a5 Eb maj? cme ry em ae i sn iti eae ae fit FR. a a : 2 a r J rr let's get off his nigh = way 23a He a = aa —t si str, ho.NEW FRONTIER Words and Music by B? DONALD FAGEN Wood Kockrensihsot‘ee) FE Ceparin 1282, 608 Freounkat Mie ASCAP) IntornatioralCopyiignt Secured Madein U.S.A, Al Fights Reserve 33A sum-mer smok-er un + der ‘Cause hon sey T've been watch - ing Ts just a, dug-out that my 1 hear you're mad a= bout— Fy = = ———— SS ov Incase the Reds de - cide Tike your eyes 1 like to him7 Fj eT We've got pro vi ~ sions and lots of He's an ar = list a pi - oO - key word is sur = vi + val onthe new fron = tier got to have some mu - sic on the «onew fron = tier, a as = es In = tro-duceme to that (Insorumentai) eS 2 nt @ Bate: = Le —————— © Ser = = a bia blonde —_____ She's got a touch of Tues-dayET Amaj7 —— = —— Fl = =e | She loves to lim - bo that be She's got the right dy-nam- ic for the new fron - tier. a7Ama £6 Dmaj7 peTtg Cim7 iz fe rr ste] F a HL s. 4 4 = - — : ee SSS Se eit yo Tn To fin-‘y make up my mind Do you hae a steady Let's pre = tend that it's the ——_ “be : S==5 eS And stay to-geth-er all ngne ————SAnd when 1 real = ly get 10 know you We'll o- pen up the doors and climb in = to the dawnaoe en ed Pre + pare to mect thechal-lenge of the newfron tierTHE NIGHTFLY Words and Music by Moderately. 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Ba ty — — —— = SS Ss SS Co ee ee What happened to that flame. Spe, —" —=— > Annsi9 Pf, wae , —_— ee SSS SSS iy - The an = awefe stl the sane — —— ae = ly = = = ted SS SS SE 48pi7 che ctr Emaj7 — Gmaj7/A a Aa... FL. FR ER HH Sas — = ; 3 4 - EF Am? D945 Ds aene a Ole. FBR. fom} = —- = = ee =e ; cmap mid Gm a cA Fa Je 5 the skylight 4 = $ g— 3 = y 5 so S = = =e ; E ——— = =F a eer ee = z 7 =e Cimaj § Gmajg cmaid Gma msi EHIAKTHE GOODBYE LOOK Words and Music by DONALD FAGEN pd Se (Se SS Copyright © 1982, 1983 reejunke Music (ASCAP) 48 Interratonel Copyright Soowed MadbinUSA. Al Rights RecorvedFe7 Aro Dmil Fmaj7/GBIC Cmaj? a Fi fie SS SS aS ee za z _—__ ee ee ee ere — = Fai? — ‘The laugh - ter andthe steel_— — —,— sc —4 2 —— $ s lew mo : = = Fmajy BT Eo —— = Ss r ae = 51ga # rete = — — — =! at = |S SS SS ES oS Ss = = All the A= mer i+ cm ae go ex cept or two Last night T creamed. of an— old lov + oer dressed. in gray ‘The em been hard — Tye nad this fe ver now. 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