def overlapped_bar(df, show=False, width=0.9, alpha=.5,
                   title='', xlabel='', ylabel='', **plot_kwargs):
    """Like a stacked bar chart except bars on top of each other with transparency"""
    xlabel = xlabel or df.index.name
    N = len(df)
    M = len(df.columns)
    indices = np.arange(N)
    colors = ['steelblue', 'firebrick', 'darksage', 'goldenrod', 'gray'] * int(M / 5. + 1)
    for i, label, color in zip(range(M), df.columns, colors):
        kwargs = plot_kwargs
        kwargs.update({'color': color, 'label': label})
        plt.bar(indices, df[label], width=width, alpha=alpha if i else 1, **kwargs)
        plt.xticks(indices + .5 * width,
                   ['{}'.format(idx) for idx in df.index.values])
    plt.legend()
    plt.title(title)
    plt.xlabel(xlabel)
    if show:
        plt.show()
    return plt.gcf()