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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- Any World That Im Welcome To
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- Bad Sneakers
- Barry Town
- Black Cow
- Black Friday
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- Cant Buy A Thrill
- Chain Lightning
- Change Of The Guard
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- Daddy Dont Live In That New York City No More
- Dallas
- Do It Again
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- Dr Wu
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- Everything You Did
- Fm No Static At All
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- Hey Nineteem
- Hey Nineteen
- Home At Last
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- Josie
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- Kings
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- Midnight Cruiser
- Monkey In Your Soul
- My Rival
- Night By Night
- Only A Fool Would Say That
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- Pearl Of The Quarter
- Peg
- Pixeleen
- Pretzel Logic
- Razor Boy
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- 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
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Tabbed by: Ted Barchetta ([email protected])
Hello! I love Steely Dan and I thought I'd do the UG community a justice and tab out
this great jam.
The main chord used throughout the song is a Bb6/9, Fretted as such: xx8788
Listen to the song to get the timing for the chords in the verses and choruses.
Key: C minor
Intro and verses: Bb6/9
FIRST VERSE:
Bb6/9 (throughout the verse)
Got a feeling I've been here before
Watching as you cross the killing floor
You know you'll have to pay it all
You'll pay today or pay tomorrow
You fasten up your beaded gown
Then you try to tie me down
Do you work it out one by one
Or played in combination
F Eb F
You throw out your gold teeth
E7 A7 D7
Do you see how they roll
|Abm7 Db7 Cm7|F7 |
Mini guitar solo 1 (bluesy)
SECOND VERSE:
Bb6/9 (throughout the verse)
I have seen your iron and your brass
Can't you see it shine behind the glass
Your fortune is your roving eye
Your mouth and legs
Your gift for the runaround
Torture is the main attraction
I don't need that kind of action
You don't have to dance for me
I've seen your dance before
F Eb F
You throw out your gold teeth
E7 A7 D7
Do you see how they roll
|Abm7 Db7 Cm7|F7 |
Mini guitar solo 2 (same as before)
CHORUS:
Ab Eb
Tobacco they grow in Peking
Ab
In the Year of the Locust
A7 Bb
You'll see a sad thing
Db
Even Cathy Berberian knows
Gbmaj7 G7 Abmaj7
There's one roulade she can't sing
Dbmaj7
Dumb luck my friend
Eb/Ab F
Won't suck me in this time
SOLO SECTION:
Just have your soloists jam one by one in C minor over the Bb6/9 chord. Let loose.
CHORUS:(same as before)
FINAL VERSE:
Bb6/9 (throughout the verse)
Got a feeling I've been here before
Won't you let me help you find the door
All you got to do is use
Your silver shoes
A gift for the runaround
Use your knack darlin'
Take one step back darlin'
There ain't nothing in Chicago
For a monkey woman to do
F Eb F
You throw out your gold teeth
E7 A7 D7
Do you see how they roll
|Abm7 Db7 Cm7|F7 |
Ride out the rest of the song vamping on the Bb6/9 chord. Everybody go nuts!
I hope you find the tab useful! Email me if you have any suggestions for changes! Good luck!
Hello! I love Steely Dan and I thought I'd do the UG community a justice and tab out
this great jam.
The main chord used throughout the song is a Bb6/9, Fretted as such: xx8788
Listen to the song to get the timing for the chords in the verses and choruses.
Key: C minor
Intro and verses: Bb6/9
FIRST VERSE:
Bb6/9 (throughout the verse)
Got a feeling I've been here before
Watching as you cross the killing floor
You know you'll have to pay it all
You'll pay today or pay tomorrow
You fasten up your beaded gown
Then you try to tie me down
Do you work it out one by one
Or played in combination
F Eb F
You throw out your gold teeth
E7 A7 D7
Do you see how they roll
|Abm7 Db7 Cm7|F7 |
Mini guitar solo 1 (bluesy)
SECOND VERSE:
Bb6/9 (throughout the verse)
I have seen your iron and your brass
Can't you see it shine behind the glass
Your fortune is your roving eye
Your mouth and legs
Your gift for the runaround
Torture is the main attraction
I don't need that kind of action
You don't have to dance for me
I've seen your dance before
F Eb F
You throw out your gold teeth
E7 A7 D7
Do you see how they roll
|Abm7 Db7 Cm7|F7 |
Mini guitar solo 2 (same as before)
CHORUS:
Ab Eb
Tobacco they grow in Peking
Ab
In the Year of the Locust
A7 Bb
You'll see a sad thing
Db
Even Cathy Berberian knows
Gbmaj7 G7 Abmaj7
There's one roulade she can't sing
Dbmaj7
Dumb luck my friend
Eb/Ab F
Won't suck me in this time
SOLO SECTION:
Just have your soloists jam one by one in C minor over the Bb6/9 chord. Let loose.
CHORUS:(same as before)
FINAL VERSE:
Bb6/9 (throughout the verse)
Got a feeling I've been here before
Won't you let me help you find the door
All you got to do is use
Your silver shoes
A gift for the runaround
Use your knack darlin'
Take one step back darlin'
There ain't nothing in Chicago
For a monkey woman to do
F Eb F
You throw out your gold teeth
E7 A7 D7
Do you see how they roll
|Abm7 Db7 Cm7|F7 |
Ride out the rest of the song vamping on the Bb6/9 chord. Everybody go nuts!
I hope you find the tab useful! Email me if you have any suggestions for changes! Good luck!
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