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Don't Take Me Alive Chords

Music by: Steely Dan · 1976
Genre Rock Tone C minor BPM 119 Views 295
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Guitar

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[Intro 1]
[E]
[Am][D][Am]
[E]
[Dm][Em][F][G]
[Am][Am][F][D]
[Am][D][Am]
[E]
[Dm][Em][F][G]
[Am][Am]
[Am][E][Am]

[Verse 1]
Agents of the [Am]law
Luckless pe[Em]des trian
I know you're [Dm]out there
With [C]rage in your [D]eyes
and your [E]megaphones
[F]Saying all[E] is for[Am]given
Mad dog sur[Em]render
How can I [Dm]answer
A [C]man of my [D]mind can do [E]anything[F]
I'm [E]a b[Am]ook

[Chorus 1]
keeper's son
I don't [E]want to shoot no one
Well [Dm]I crossed my ol[Em]d man back in [F]Oregon
[G]Don't take me a[Am]live
[F]Got [E]a c[Am]ase of dynamite
I could [E]hold out here all night
Yes [Dm]I crossed my old[Em] man back in [F]Oregon
[G]Don't take me a[Am]live
[Am][E][Am]

[Verse 2]
Can you hear the [Am]evil crowd
The lies and the [Em]laughter
I hear my [Dm]inside
The [C]mechanized [D]hum of an[E]other world
[F]Where no [E]sun is [Am]shining
No red light [Em]flashing
Here in this [Dm]darkness
I [C]know what I've [D]done
I [E]know all at once who I [F]am
I'm [E]a b[Am]ook

[Chorus 2]
keeper's son
I don't [E]want to shoot no one
Well [Dm]I crossed my ol[Em]d man back in [F]Oregon
[G]Don't take me a[Am]live
[F]Got [E]a c[Am]ase of dynamite
I could [E]hold out here all night
Yes [Dm]I crossed my old[Em] man back in [F]Oregon
[G]Don't take me a[Am]live
[Am][E][Am]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Bm]
[Am][Bm][E][D]
[Am][Bm][E][D]
[D][B][C][C]
I'm [E]a b[Am]ook

[Chorus 3]
keeper's son
I don't [E]want to shoot no [E]one
Well [Dm]I crossed my ol[Em]d man back in [F]Oregon
[G]Don't take me [Am]alive
[F]Got [E]a c[Am]ase of dynamite
I could [E]hold out here all [E]night
Yes [Dm]I crossed my old[Em] man back in [F]Oregon
[G]Don't take me a[Dm]live[Em][F]
Don't [G]take me a[Dm]live[Em][F][G]
[Am]
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