Biography:
Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band which formed in 1972. The band was formed by Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) and Walter Becker (guitar, bass), who met in 1967 while both attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and began a songwriting partnership shortly thereafter.
Their music is characterized by dark, witty lyrical narratives, obscure lyrical allusions and complex, jazz-influenced instrumentation and chord sequences, overlying more ordinary popular song structures.
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Other songs:
- Barrytown
- Brooklyn (owes The Charmer Under Me)
- Deacon Blues
- Dirty Work
- Fire In The Hole
- My Old School
- Rikki Don't Lose That Number
- Aja
- Almost Gothic
- Any Major Dude Will Tell You
- Any World That Im Welcome To
- Babylon Sisters
- Bad Sneakers
- Barry Town
- Black Cow
- Black Friday
- Blues Beach
- Bodhisattva
- Boston Rag
- Brooklyn
- Cant Buy A Thrill
- Chain Lightning
- Change Of The Guard
- Charlie Freak
- Cousin Dupree
- Daddy Dont Live In That New York City No More
- Dallas
- Do It Again
- Doctor Wu
- Dont Take Me Alive
- Dr Wu
- Everything Must Go
- Everything You Did
- Fm No Static At All
- Gaucho
- Glamour Profession
- Green Book The
- Haitian Divorce
- Hey Nineteem
- Hey Nineteen
- Home At Last
- I Got The News
- Janie Runaway
- Josie
- Kid Charlemagne
- King Of The World
- Kings
- Let George Do It
- Lunch With Gina
- Midnight Cruiser
- Monkey In Your Soul
- My Rival
- Night By Night
- Only A Fool Would Say That
- Parkers Band
- Pearl Of The Quarter
- Peg
- Pixeleen
- Pretzel Logic
- Razor Boy
- Reelin In The Years
- Rikki Dont Lose That Number
- Sail The Waterway
- Show Biz Kids
- Sign In Stranger
- Slang Of Ages
- The Caves Of Altamira
- The Fez
- The Last Mall
- The Royal Scam
- Things I Miss The Most
- Third World Man
- Through With The Buzz
- Throw Back The Little Ones
- Turn That Heartbeat Over Again
- What A Shame About Me
- With A Gun
- You Go Where I Go
- Your Gold Teeth
- Your Gold Teeth Ii
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Only A Fool Would Say That
By Steely Dan (Becker/Fagen)
Off the album "Can't Buy a Thrill"
Transcribed by Joe Hankin ([email protected])
Chord shapes:
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Dm7: xx0211 C: 332010 C6: 330210 N.C.: xxxxxx Am: x02210
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
F: 133211 Em7: 022030 Am/G: 302210 D/F#: 200232 Am/F: 1022x0
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Am/E: 002210 E7sus4: 020200 E7: 020100 E: 022100 D: xx0232
[Intro]Dm7 C/C6 2x
[Verse 1]
N.C. Dm7
A world become one of salads and sun
C/C6
Only a fool would say that
Dm7
A boy with a plan; a natural man
C/C6
Wearin' a white Stetson hat
Am F
Unhand that gun begone
Em7 Dm7
There's no one to fire upon
Dm7 Am
If he's holding it high, he's telling a lie
[Chorus]
Dm7
I heard it was you
Am Am/G D7/F#
Talkin' 'bout a world where all is free
F
It just couldn't be
C C6
And only a fool would say that
[Verse 2]
Dm7
The man in the street, draggin' his feet
C/C6
Don't wanna hear the bad news
Dm7
Imagine your face there in his place
C/C6
Standin' inside his brown shoes
Am F
You do his nine to five,
Em7 Dm7
Drag yourself home half-alive
Dm7 Am
And there on the screen, a man with a dream
[Chorus]
Dm7
I heard it was you
Am Am/G D7/F#
Talkin' 'bout a world where all is free
F
It just couldn't be
C6 C6/G
And only a fool would say that
[Bridge]
Bm E7 Am Am/G Am/F Am/E
Anybody on the street has murder in his eyes
F Em7 Am Dm7 Dm7/G C/C6
You'll feel no pain, and you're younger than you realize
Dm7
Only a fool would say that
Am Am/G Am/F Am/E Dm7
Only a foooooooooooooooooool
[Guitar Solo] Dm7 Am7 Em7 Dm7 C6
Dm7
I heard it was you
Am Am/G D/F#
Talkin' 'bout a world where all is free
F
It just couldn't be
C C6
And only a fool would say that
Dm7
Only a fool would say that
F C6
Only a fool would say that
By Steely Dan (Becker/Fagen)
Off the album "Can't Buy a Thrill"
Transcribed by Joe Hankin ([email protected])
Chord shapes:
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Dm7: xx0211 C: 332010 C6: 330210 N.C.: xxxxxx Am: x02210
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
F: 133211 Em7: 022030 Am/G: 302210 D/F#: 200232 Am/F: 1022x0
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Am/E: 002210 E7sus4: 020200 E7: 020100 E: 022100 D: xx0232
[Intro]Dm7 C/C6 2x
[Verse 1]
N.C. Dm7
A world become one of salads and sun
C/C6
Only a fool would say that
Dm7
A boy with a plan; a natural man
C/C6
Wearin' a white Stetson hat
Am F
Unhand that gun begone
Em7 Dm7
There's no one to fire upon
Dm7 Am
If he's holding it high, he's telling a lie
[Chorus]
Dm7
I heard it was you
Am Am/G D7/F#
Talkin' 'bout a world where all is free
F
It just couldn't be
C C6
And only a fool would say that
[Verse 2]
Dm7
The man in the street, draggin' his feet
C/C6
Don't wanna hear the bad news
Dm7
Imagine your face there in his place
C/C6
Standin' inside his brown shoes
Am F
You do his nine to five,
Em7 Dm7
Drag yourself home half-alive
Dm7 Am
And there on the screen, a man with a dream
[Chorus]
Dm7
I heard it was you
Am Am/G D7/F#
Talkin' 'bout a world where all is free
F
It just couldn't be
C6 C6/G
And only a fool would say that
[Bridge]
Bm E7 Am Am/G Am/F Am/E
Anybody on the street has murder in his eyes
F Em7 Am Dm7 Dm7/G C/C6
You'll feel no pain, and you're younger than you realize
Dm7
Only a fool would say that
Am Am/G Am/F Am/E Dm7
Only a foooooooooooooooooool
[Guitar Solo] Dm7 Am7 Em7 Dm7 C6
Dm7
I heard it was you
Am Am/G D/F#
Talkin' 'bout a world where all is free
F
It just couldn't be
C C6
And only a fool would say that
Dm7
Only a fool would say that
F C6
Only a fool would say that
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