Reelin In The Years - Steely Dan
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
This is what I dug out from Nevada. The first two lines are fine...
But C#/E, C/Eb etc for the third and fourth lines?
If you try these chords, they sound pretty weird. C# with an E bass?
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SUGGESTION:
There are three things to try to combine. There is a drone on the 'A' note
through each chord which is important, there is a guitar climbdown and
there is a bass climbdown.
Try:
e|------------
B|-8---8-7---7
G|-9---9-8---8
D|-7---7-7---7
A|-0---0-0---0
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-6---6-5---
-7---7-6---
-7---7-7---
-0---0-0---
--(following the bass line)
--(both drone
-- on the 'A')
or add another
e|-9---9-8---8
B|-8---8-7---7
G|-9---9-8---8
D|-7---7-7---7
A|-0---0-0---0
string like this if you prefer it with a higher emphasis:
-7---7-5---
-6---6-5---
-7---7-6---
-7---7-7---
-0---0-0---
If you want that as chords it could be: [ A7 Adim Dm6 A ] played up around the
7th fret.
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02020 x01313 x00201 x02220
or as we said above:
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x07989 x07878 x07767 x07655
That fits roughly both with what the guitar is playing as
its climbdown at the same time:
e|----5------5
B|-8----8-7---
G|-9----9-8---
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
-------5------
-7-6-----6-5--
-8-7-----7-6--
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(that's in principle, the top A drone stretch can't easily be done on one guitar.)
and the bass c
A|-7-7--6-6--5
limbdown on th
-5--4-4--5-5--
e bass A string (which is simplified but the idea is there):
4-4--2-2--0-
I really think that line is almost beyond defining as chords as it works because
of the two climbdowns working together with the A.
Albert Burton
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If you try E with a C# bass it's almost right though I prefer these chorts :
you wouldn't e
ven know a di
/
amond if you
held it in
your hand
Probably it was a slip up when it was typed in, cos' everything except this
line is Ok.
[Chord shapes]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x79787 x6987x x57565 x4765x
[Verse 1]
Your ever la
stin' summer,
you can see it
fadin' fast,
So you grab
a piece of som
ethin' that yo
u think is gon
na last.
Well,
you wouldn't e
ven know a dia
mond if you he
ld it in your
hand;
The things y
ou think are p
recious I can'
t understand.
[Chorus
] Are you reel
in' in the yea
rs, stowin awa
y the time?
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Are you gath
erin' up the t
ears, have you
had enough of
mine
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Are you reel
in' in the yea
rs, stowin awa
y the time?
|
|
Are you gath
erin' up the t
ears, have you
had enough of
mine
|
|
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|
Are you reel
in' in the yea
rs, stowin awa
y the time?
|
|
Are you gath
erin' up the t
ears, have you
had enough of
mine
|
|
Are you reel
in' in the yea
rs, stowin awa
y the time?
|
_
Are you gath
erin' up the t
ears, have you
had enough of
mine
[Verse 2]
You been tel
lin' me you're
a genius sinc
e you were sev
enteen;
In all the t
ime I've known
you I still d
on't know what
you mean.
The weekend
at the college
didn't turn o
ut like you pl
anned;
The things t
hat pass for k
nowledge I can
't understand.
[Chorus
] Are you reel
in' in the yea
rs, stowin awa
y the time?
|
|
Are you gath
erin' up the t
ears, have you
had enough of
mine
|
|
Are you reel
in' in the yea
rs, stowin awa
y the time?
|
_
Are you gath
erin' up the t
ears, have you
had enough of
mine
[Verse 3]
I've spent a
lot of money
and I spent a
lot of time;
That trip we
made to Holly
wood is etched
upon my mind.
After all th
e things we've
done and seen
you find anot
her man;
The things y
ou think are u
seless I can't
understand.
[Chorus
] Are you reel
in' in the yea
rs, stowin awa
y the time?
|
|
Are you gath
erin' up the t
ears, have you
had enough of
mine
|
|
Are you reel
in' in the yea
rs, stowin awa
y the time?
|
_
Are you gath
erin' up the t
ears, have you
had enough of
mine