Biography:
Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter (along with partner Walter Becker) of Steely Dan.
Fagen is known for his use of complex jazz harmonies, elaborate arrangements, and exacting attention to detail and launched his successful, if sporadic solo career in 1982.
Fagen penned a group of songs based on his experiences as a young man in 1950's America
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- Brite Nightgown
- Centurys End
- Countermoon
- Florida Room
- Good Stuff
- Goodbye Look
- Great Pagoda Of Funn
- Green Flower Street
- H Gang
- I
- Igy
- Im Not The Same Without You
- Mary Shut The Garden Door
- Maxine
- Memorabilia
- Miss Marlene
- Morph The Cat
- New Frontier
- On The Dunes
- Out Of The Ghetto
- Planet Drhonda
- Ruby Baby
- Security Joan
- Slinky Thing
- Snowbound
- Springtime
- Teahouse On The Tracks
- The New Breed
- The Night Belongs To Mona
- The Nightfly
- The Weather In My Head
- Tomorrows Girls
- Trans
- True Companion
- Walk Between The Raindrops
- What I Do
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SPRINGTIME
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
B bass:
| ^ ^ ^ ^|^ ^ ^ ^|
Bm A/B Bm A/B Bm
Here at Laugh ing Pines
Gmaj7 F#7-9+5 Bm
Where the party never ends
Gmaj7 F#13-9+9 Bm Emadd9/B
There's a spicy new at traction
Bsus4 F#7sus4/B
On the Funway
Bm A/B Bm A/B Bm
You can scan your self
Cmaj7/D D13-9 Gmaj9
For traces of old heartaches
F#7-9+5 Bmaj9 Am9
The details of desire
Em7/A F#7-9+5 F#7-9-5 (C7/F#)
Shimmering - shimmering
D7
Yowie! - It's Connie Lee
At the wheel of her Shark-de-Ville
We're cruisin' at about a thousand miles an hour
But the car is standin' still
So good to hear that crazy laugh
To hear her whisper hold me tight
To learn to love all over again
On that warm wet April night
G7
Swing out
A7
To Lake Nostalgia
D7 G7
Route 5 to Laughing Pines (laughing pines )
Bb/C
Get off at Funway West
D7 D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
D7
Easter Break - '66
A shack on Cape Sincere
Mad Mona bakin' gospel candy
It was a radical year
We get a little silly
And fall into microspace
It's even better this time around
With Coltrane on the K.L.H.
G7
Swing out
A7
To Lake Nostalgia
D7
Route 5 to Laughing Pines
G7 Bb/C
Get off at Funway West
D7 D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
|A7 | | | |
|G7 | |A7 | |
|D | | | |
Hoo hoo
|D | | | |
Hoo hoo
D7
It's you and me honey, in a crowded booth
At the Smokehouse in the Sand
I'm dragging out some bad old gag
When you touch my hand
At 4 a.m. we go out of this place
You look absurdly sweet
We hike downtown to Avenue A
Like we own the street
G7
Swing out
A7
To Lake Nostalgia
D7
Route 5 to Laughing Pines
G7 Bb/C
Get off at Funway West
D7 D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
G7
Swing out
A7
To Lake Nostalgia
D7 G7
Route 5 to Laughing Pines (laughing pines )
Bb/C
Get off at Funway West
D7 D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
Etc…
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
B bass:
| ^ ^ ^ ^|^ ^ ^ ^|
Bm A/B Bm A/B Bm
Here at Laugh ing Pines
Gmaj7 F#7-9+5 Bm
Where the party never ends
Gmaj7 F#13-9+9 Bm Emadd9/B
There's a spicy new at traction
Bsus4 F#7sus4/B
On the Funway
Bm A/B Bm A/B Bm
You can scan your self
Cmaj7/D D13-9 Gmaj9
For traces of old heartaches
F#7-9+5 Bmaj9 Am9
The details of desire
Em7/A F#7-9+5 F#7-9-5 (C7/F#)
Shimmering - shimmering
D7
Yowie! - It's Connie Lee
At the wheel of her Shark-de-Ville
We're cruisin' at about a thousand miles an hour
But the car is standin' still
So good to hear that crazy laugh
To hear her whisper hold me tight
To learn to love all over again
On that warm wet April night
G7
Swing out
A7
To Lake Nostalgia
D7 G7
Route 5 to Laughing Pines (laughing pines )
Bb/C
Get off at Funway West
D7 D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
D7
Easter Break - '66
A shack on Cape Sincere
Mad Mona bakin' gospel candy
It was a radical year
We get a little silly
And fall into microspace
It's even better this time around
With Coltrane on the K.L.H.
G7
Swing out
A7
To Lake Nostalgia
D7
Route 5 to Laughing Pines
G7 Bb/C
Get off at Funway West
D7 D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
|A7 | | | |
|G7 | |A7 | |
|D | | | |
Hoo hoo
|D | | | |
Hoo hoo
D7
It's you and me honey, in a crowded booth
At the Smokehouse in the Sand
I'm dragging out some bad old gag
When you touch my hand
At 4 a.m. we go out of this place
You look absurdly sweet
We hike downtown to Avenue A
Like we own the street
G7
Swing out
A7
To Lake Nostalgia
D7
Route 5 to Laughing Pines
G7 Bb/C
Get off at Funway West
D7 D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
G7
Swing out
A7
To Lake Nostalgia
D7 G7
Route 5 to Laughing Pines (laughing pines )
Bb/C
Get off at Funway West
D7 D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
D7+9 D7
Drive into Springtime
Etc…
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