Reelin In The Years - Steely Dan

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[Intro]
    x8


[Verse 1]
             
Your everlasti

          
ng summer you 

            
can see it fad

      
ing fast
             
So you grab a 

           
piece of somet

#             
hing that you 

            
think is gonna

   
 last
             
Well, you woul

             
dn't know a di

/          
amond if you h

             
eld it in your

  
 hand
             
The things you

             
 think are pre

/         
cious, I can't

          
 understand


[Chorus]
              
Are you reelin

           
' in the years

?
              
Stowin' away t

    
he time?
              
Are you gather

            
in' up the tea

rs?
              
Have you had e

          
nough of mine?
              
Are you reelin

            
' in the years

?
              
Stowin' away t

     
he time?
              
Are you gather

            
in' up the tea

rs?
              
Have you had e

          
nough of mine?


[Verse 2]
             
You been telli

              
n' me you're a

          
 genius since 

            
you were seven

 
teen
             
In all the yea

          
rs I've known 

              
you, I still d

            
on't know what

     
 you mean
             
The weekend in

          
 the college d

            
idn't turn out

             
 like you plan

/
ned
             
The things tha

             
t pass for kno

/         
wledge, I can'

           
t understand


[Chorus]
              
Are you reelin

            
' in the years

?
              
Stowin' away t

     
he time?
              
Are you gather

              
in' up the tea


rs?
              
Have you had e

           
nough of mine?
              
Are you reelin

            
' in the years

?
              
Stowin' away t

     
he time?
              
Are you gather

              
in' up the tea


rs?
              
Have you had e

            
nough of mine?


[Solo]
  

[Verse 3]
             
I spend a lot 

          
of money and I

            
 spent a lot o

   
f time
             
The trip we ma

          
de to Hollywoo

            
d is etched up

       
on my mind
             
After all the 

              
things we've d

          
one and seen, 

            
you find anoth

    
er man
             
The things you

           
 think are use

#           
less, I can't 

       
understand


[Chorus]
              
Are you reelin

             
' in the years

?
              
Stowin' away t

     
he time?
              
Are you gather

              
in' up the tea


rs?
              
Have you had e

          
nough of mine?
              
Are you reelin

           
' in the years

?
              
Stowin' away t

      
he time?
              
Are you gather

              
in' up the tea


rs?
              
Have you had e

           
nough of mine?


[Instrumental Outro]
  


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