Steely Dan

Rikki Dont Lose That Number(Chords)

Steely Dan

Key: E

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	        Intro E (notes: E-B-B-E-E...) 

D              A               E 
We hear you're leaving, that's OK. 
D                    A                    E C# B D 
I thought our little wild time had just begun. 
D                    A                   E 
I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run. 
F#m7                  A		    RUN - (notes B-D#-G#-A-D-Ab-A-E) 
But if you have a change of heart, 


E                                              G 
CHORUS: Rikki don't lose that number, you don't wanna call nobody else. 
|     A                  G             D 
|	Send it off in a letter to your self. 
|     C                                     Em 
|	Rikki don't lose that number it's the only one you own. 
|                C                 D  A  (tacet)                  E 
|	You might use it if you feel better    when you get home. 


D        A                               E 
I have a friend in town, he's heard your name. 
D             A                    E C# B D 
We can go out driving on slow hand row. 
D                   A             E 
We could stay inside and play games I don't know. 
F#m7                      A             RUN - (B F# Ab A D Ab A) 
And you could have a change of heart, 


E                                              G 
CHORUS: Rikki don't lose that number, you don't wanna call nobody else. 
|     A                  G             D 
|	Send it off in a letter to your self. 
|     C                                     Em 
|	Rikki don't lose that number it's the only one you own. 
|                C                 D  A  (tacet)                  E 
|	You might use it if you feel better    when you get home. 


LEAD  : D  A  E  D  A  G  F  G  F  E  D  A  E 


Amaj7                     G#m7 
You tell yourself you're not my kind, 
Amaj7               C#m7 
But you don't even know your mind. 
F#m7                    A              RUN - (B F# Ab A D Ab A) 
And you could have a change of heart, 


E                                              G 
CHORUS: Rikki don't lose that number, you don't wanna call nobody else. 
|     A                  G             D 
|	Send it off in a letter to your self. 
|     C                                     Em 
|	Rikki don't lose that number it's the only one you own. 
|                C                 D  A  (tacet)                  E 
|	You might use it if you feel better    when you get home. 

	        

Written by The Definitive Collection, Donald Fagen / Walter Becker

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