Steely Dan

Reelin' In The Years(Chords)

Steely Dan

Key: G

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	        Intro: G   A (x8) 


Verse: 1 

  D                A/C#          Bm             A 

Your everlasting summer you can see it fading fast 

    D                    A/C#              Bm              A 

So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last 

       G                   D/F#          F6               A/E 

Well, you wouldn't know a diamond if you held it in your hand 

       D                   A/C#     Bm              A 

The things you think are precious, I can't understand 


G Are you reelin' in the years? A Stowin' away the time? G Are you gatherin' up the tears? A Have you had enough of mine? G Are you reelin' in the years? A Stowin' away the time? G Are you gatherin' up the tears? F#m Have you had enough of mine?
Verse: 2 D A/C# Bm A You been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen D A/C# Bm A In all the years I've known you, I still don't know what you mean G D/F# F6 A/E The weekend in the college didn't turn out like you planned D A/C# Bm A The things that pass for knowledge, I can't understand
G Are you reelin' in the years? A Stowin' away the time? G Are you gatherin' up the tears? A Have you had enough of mine? G Are you reelin' in the years? A Stowin' away the time? G Are you gatherin' up the tears? F#m Have you had enough of mine?
Solo: G A {verse 3} D A/C# Bm A I spend a lot of money and I spent a lot of time D A/C# Bm A The trip we made to Hollywood is etched upon my mind G D/F# F6 A/E After all the things we've done and seen, you find another man D A/C# Bm A The things you think are useless, I can't understand
G Are you reelin' in the years? A Stowin' away the time? G Are you gatherin' up the tears? A Have you had enough of mine? G Are you reelin' in the years? A Stowin' away the time? G Are you gatherin' up the tears? F#m Have you had enough of mine?
Instrumental Outro G A

Written by Walter Becker/Donald Fagen

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