Reelin In The Years - Steely Dan

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Song: Reelin' in the years
Artist: Steely Dan
Composers: Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
Album: Can't buy a thrill
Tabbed by DJ  30th Mar 2020

To hear the track, copy and paste this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaH25Sghoqc

TAB VERSION 1 - (NO CAPO)

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e |-----------
B |-----------
G |-----------
D |------0--h2
A |---4-------
E |-----------

f)
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  = x02220      = x24232     = xx4432     = 3x0202
  = xx0232                      = xx3201      = 242222

N.C. = No chords    h = Hammer-on note   ^ = Emphasise the beats

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[Intro]
             
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[Verse 1]
             
   Your ever l

          
astin' summer,

           
 you can see i

                
t fading fast,
             
So you grab a 

          
piece of somet

              
hin' that you 

           
think is gonna

       
 last,
          
Well, you woul

             
dn't even know

         
 a diamond if 

         
you held it in

      
 your hand,
             
The things you

           
 think are pre

#             
cious I can't 

          
understand

[Chorus]
          
Are you reelin

         
' in the years

              
, stowin' away

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?
          
Are you reelin

         
' in the years

              
, stowin' away

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?

[Verse 2]
             
    You been t

          
ellin' me you'

            
re a genius si

             
nce you were s

       
even - teen,
             
In all the tim

          
e I've known y

            
ou, I still do

             
n'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

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?
          
Are you reelin

         
' in the years

              
, stowin' away

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?

[Break]
             
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[Verse 3]
             
   I spent a l

          
ot of money, a

           
nd I spent a l

             
ot of time,
             
The trip we ma

          
de to Hollywoo

              
d is etched u 

              
- pon 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

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?
          
Are you reelin

         
' in the years

              
, stowin' away

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?

[Coda]
             
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t]

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TAB VERSION 2 - (WITH CAPO)

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e |-----------
B |-----------
G |-----------
D |-----------
A |------0--h2
E |---3-------

f)
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CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of D)

Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically
suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:

  = 133211     = x20033      = xx3434       = xx0003
  = 320033     = x02213       = xx2210     = xx3010
  = x32013                     = xx1213       = 022030

N.C. = No chords    h = Hammer-on note   ^ = Emphasise the beats

Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
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[Intro]
             
||:  /  /  /  

              
/  |  /  /  / 

       
 /  |  /  /  /

  /  |  /  /  

/  /  :|| [x4]

[Verse 1]
             
   Your ever l

           
astin' summer,

           
 you can see i

                
t fading fast,
             
So you grab a 

           
piece of somet

              
hin' that you 

           
think is gonna

       
 last,
          
Well, you woul

             
dn't even know

          
 a diamond if 

        
you held   it 

          
in your hand,
             
The things you

           
 think are pre

              
cious I can't 

          
understand

[Chorus]
          
Are you reelin

         
' in the years

              
, stowin' away

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?
          
Are you reelin

         
' in the years

              
, stowin' away

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?

[Verse 2]
             
      You been

             
 tellin' me yo

              
u're a genius 

           
since you were

         
 seven - teen,
             
In all the tim

             
e I've known y

            
ou, I still do

             
n't know what 

         
you mean,
         
The weekend in

          
 the college d

        
idn't turn   o

            
ut like you pl


anned,
             
The things tha

           
t pass for kno

              
wledge I can't

           
 understand

[Chorus]
          
Are you reelin

         
' in the years

              
, stowin' away

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?
          
Are you reelin

         
' in the years

              
, stowin' away

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?

[Break]
             
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/  / | /  /  /

            
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/_/  / | /  / 

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    ^ ^     ^ ^                   ^ ^     ^ ^
             
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/  |  /  /  / 

       
 /  |  /  /  /

  /  |  /  /  

/  /  :||[x4]

[Verse 3]
             
   I spent a l

           
ot of money, a

           
nd I spent a l

              
ot of time,
             
The trip we ma

           
de to Hollywoo

              
d is etched u 

              
- pon my mind,
         
After all the 

             
things we've d

           
one and seen, 

        
you find   ano

     
ther man,
             
The things you

           
 think are use

              
less, I can't 

           
understand

[Chorus]
          
Are you reelin

         
' in the years

              
, stowin' away

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?
          
Are you reelin

         
' in the years

              
, stowin' away

     
 the time?
              
Are you gather

           
in' up the tea

            
rs?  Have you 

              
had enough of 


mine?

[Coda]
             
||: /  /  /  /

              
  |  /  /  /  

      
/  |  /  /  / 

 /  |  /  /  /

  / :|| [Repea

t]

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