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Doctor Wu

Here is our "Unplugged" arrangement of Steely Dan's 1974 classic Doctor Wu from their "Katy Lied" album. Our unique "Unplugged" arrangements are created for one acoustic guitar and one voice. The song is played in a moderate 4/4 time. The original is essentially a piano tune. I added standard tuning jazz substitutions and changed the key from G to E. You can vamp on the C#m7 chord until you're ready to start. The chord fingerings I use are shown below followed by the A and B sections as well as the Outro chord progressions.

Chord Fingerings

     C#m7   C#11  AMaj7   F#m7   G#m7  EMaj7   B11    Bm7  
E-----4------------------------------------------------------
B-----5------4------5------2------4------4------5------7-----
G-----4------4------6------2------4------4------6------7-----
D-----6------4------6------2------4------6------7------7-----
A-----4------4-------------4------6------7-------------------
E-------------------5------2------4------0------7------7-----

    GMaj7  CMaj7   Em7    Am7    D11    A/D    E/A    A/D*
E-----------------------------------------------0------0-----
B-----3------8------8------5------5------5------0------2-----
G-----4------9------7------5------5------6------1------2-----
D-----4------9------5------5------5------7------2------0-----
A-------------------7-------------5------5------0------------
E-----3------8-------------5---------------------------------

Chord Progression

A

| C#m7  / / / | C#11 / / / | AMaj7 /  /   / | C#11  /  /  / |

| AMaj7 / / / | C#m7 / / / | F#m7  /  /   / | G#m7 / F#m7 / |

| EMaj7 / / / | F#m7 / / / | AMaj7 /  /   / | G#m7 /   /  / |

| F#m7  / / / | C#m7 / / / | B11   /  /   / | /    /   /  / |

| EMaj7 / / / | Bm7  / / / | AMaj7 /  /   / | G#m7 /   /  / |

| F#m7  / / / | C#m7 / / / | AMaj7 / G#m7 / | B11  /   /  / ||

B

| EMaj7 / / / | /  /  /  / | GMaj7 /  /   / | /    /   /  / |

| CMaj7 / / / | Em7  / / / | Am7   /  /   / | D11  /   /  / |

| EMaj7 / / / | G#m7 / / / | AMaj7 /  /   / | EMaj7 /  /  / |

| A/D   / / / | C#11 / / / | /     /  /   / | A/D* / E/A A/D |

| A/D   / / / ||

Outro

| A/D   / / / | C#11 / / / | A/D   /  /   / | C#11 /   /  / ||