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STEELY DAN – CAN'T BUY A THRILL (COMPLETE ALBUM)
DO IT AGAIN
INTRO – PERCUSSION x8
Gm7 x16
Chorus:
Cm7Gm7 xDm72 Ebmaj7 Dm7
Cm7 Dm7 Ebmaj7 Dm7
Gm7 x3 Dm7
Gm7In the mornin you go gunnin'
Gm7For the man who stole your water
Gm7And you fire till he is done in
Gm7But they catch you at the border
Gm7And the mourners are all sangin'
Gm7As they drag you by your feet
Gm7But the hangman isn't hangin'
Gm7And they put you on the street, yeah
You go Cm7back Dm7Jack Ebmaj7do it aDm7gain
Gm7Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go Cm7back Dm7Jack Ebmaj7do it aDm7gain
Gm7 x4
Gm7When you know she's no high climber
Gm7Then you find your only friend
Gm7In a room with your two timer
Gm7And you're sure you're near the end
Gm7Then you love a little wild one
Gm7And she brings you only sorrow
Gm7All the time you know she's smilin'
Gm7You'll be on your knees tomorrow, yeah
You go Cm7back Dm7Jack Ebmaj7do it aDm7gain
Gm7Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go Cm7back Dm7Jack Ebmaj7do it aDm7gain
Gm7 x4
Gtr solo
Gm7 x16
Cm7Gm7 xDm72 Ebmaj7 Dm7
Cm7Gm7 xDm74 Ebmaj7 Dm7
Organ solo
Gm7 x16
Cm7Gm7 xDm72 Ebmaj7 Dm7
Cm7 Dm7 Ebmaj7 Dm7
Gm7 x3 Dm7
Gm7Now you swear and kick and beg us
Gm7That you're not a gamblin' man
Gm7Then you find you're back in Vegas
Gm7With a handle in your hand
Gm7Your black cards can make you money
Gm7So you hide them when you're able
Gm7In the land of milk and honey
Gm7You must put them on the table
You go Cm7back Dm7Jack Ebmaj7do it aDm7gain
Gm7Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go Cm7back Dm7Jack Ebmaj7do it aDm7gain
Gm7 to fade
Dirty Work
Capo 1st Fret
Intro:
C F Am Bb B C 3x
C F
AmTimes are Dmhard
You're afG7raid to pay the fCee
So you fFind yourself someBbbody
C G (walk down to D)
Who can do the job for free
When you Amneed a bit of Dmlovin'
'Cause your G7man is out of Ctown
That's the Ftime you get me Bbrunnin'
And you Cknow I'll be aDmround
CI'm a Ffool to do your Amdirty work, oh Bbyeah B C
CI don'Ft wanna do your Amdirty work, no Bbmore B C
CI'm a Ffool to do your Amdirty work, oh Bbyeah B C
C F
AmLight the Dmcandle
Put the G7lock upon the Cdoor
You have Fsent the maid home Bbearly
C G (walk down to D)
Like a thousand times before
FLike the Amcastle in his Dmcorner
In a meG7dieval Cgame
I foreFsee terrible Bbtrouble
And I Cstay here just the Dmsame
CI'm a Ffool to do your Amdirty work, oh Bbyeah B C
CI don'Ft wanna do your Amdirty work, no Bbmore B C
CI'm a Ffool to do your Amdirty work, oh Bbyeah B C
C F
Sax solo
GF GEm GDm Em(like end of verse)
CI'm a Ffool to do your Amdirty work, oh Bbyeah B C
CI don'Ft wanna do your Amdirty work, no Bbmore B C
CI'm a Ffool to do your Amdirty work, oh Bbyeah B C
repeat chorus to fade
Kings
Intro – Am (piano riff) x4
DNow they lFay his boAmdy down
DSad old meFn who runAm this town
FI still Crecall the way he Gm7led the charge and
F (walk down to D)
saved the day
Dsus/DBlue blood and rain
Bb Am (G F)
I can hear the bugle playing
Em7We seen the lastF of good King CRichard G C
Dm7Ring out the pastG, his name lives onAm and on
Em7Roll out the bones Fand raise up your Cpitcher G C
Dm7 G F (like intro riff)
Raise up your glass to good King John
DWhile he pFlundered Amfar and wide
DAll his sFtarving cAmhildren cried
FAnd though we Csung his fame we aGm7ll went hungry
F (walk down to D)
just the same
Dsus/DHe meant to shine
BbTo the end of the Amline
Em7We seen the lastF of good King CRichard G C
Dm7Ring out the pastG, his name lives onAm and on
Em7Roll out the bones Fand raise up your Cpitcher G C
Dm7 G F x4 (like intro riff – into gtr solo)
Raise up your glass to good King John
G# (like intro riff)
Hey
Am F Am F Dm F
Am Dm F
Am Dm F
Am Dm F
Am
FAnd though we Csung his fame we aGm7ll went hungry
F (walk down to D)
just the same
Dsus/DHe meant to shine
BbTo the end of the Amline
Em7We seen the lastF of good King CRichard G C
Dm7Ring out the pastG, his name lives onAm and on
Em7Roll out the bones Fand raise up your Cpitcher G C
Dm7Raise up your glass Gto good King AmJohn
Dm7Raise up your glass Gto good King AmJohn
Dm7 G F to fade (outro gtr riff)
Raise up your glass to good King John
Midnight Cruiser
F/C C
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
Dm7
Dm7Felonius C/Dmy old friend
Bbmaj7Step on Am7in and let me Gshake your hand
Dm7So glad that you're C/Dhere again
For Bbmaj7one more Am7time let your Gmadness run with Gm7mine
Streets still unsCeen we'll find someGm7how
No time is Fbetter than Gnow
Tell me Cwhere are you drivin' Gmidnight cruiser
BbWhere is your bounty of Ffortune and fame
CI am another Ggentleman loser
BbDrive me to Harlem or Fsomewhere the Am7same Am7
F/C C Gm7 x2
Dm7 x4
-
G-
FThe Dm7world that we C/Dused to know
Bbmaj7People Am7tell me it don't Gturn no more
The Dm7places we C/Dused to go
Bbmaj7Familiar fAm7aces that ain't sGmilin' like befoGm7re
The time of our Ctime has come and Gm7gone
I fear we been Fwaiting too Glong
Tell me Cwhere are you drivin' Gmidnight cruiser
BbWhere is your bounty of Ffortune and fame
CI am another Ggentleman loser
BbDrive me to Harlem or Fsomewhere the Am7same Am7
F/C C Gm7 x9
F/C C F G
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G-
FTell me Cwhere are you drivin' Gmidnight cruiser
BbWhere is your bounty of Ffortune and fame
CI am another Ggentleman loser
BbDrive me to Harlem or Fsomewhere the Am7same Am7
repeat & fade
ONLY A FOOL WOULD SAY THAT
Intro: Dm7 C/C6 2x
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G-
FN.C.
A world become Dm7one of salads and sun Only a C/C6fool would say that A boy with a pDm7lan; a natural man Wearin' a wC/C6hite Stetson hat AmUnhand that gFun begone Em7There's no one to Dm7fire upon If he's Dm7holding it high, he's telling a lAmieI heard it was Dm7you
Talkin' 'bout a wAmorld where Am/Gall is D/F#free
It just couldn't Fbe
And only a foCol would say that C6
The man in the sDm7treet, draggin' his feet
Don't wanna C/C6hear the bad news
Imagine your Dm7face there in his place
Standin' inC/C6side his brown shoes
AmYou do his nFine to five,
Em7Drag yourself home hDm7alf-alive
And Dm7there on the screen, a man with a dream Am
I heard it was Dm7you
Talkin' 'bout a wAmorld where Am/Gall is D/F#free
It just couldn't Fbe
And only a foCol would say that C6
E7sus4Anybody E7on the street has AmmurderAm/G in his Am/Feyes Am/E
You'll Dmfeel Eno Ampain, and you're yoDunger than you rFealize C/C6
Only a Dm7fool would say that
Only a AmfooAm/GoooooAm/FoooooAm/EoooooDm7ool
Guitar Solo
Dm7 Am7 Em7 Dm7 C6
I heard it was Dm7you
Talkin' 'bout a Amworld where Am/Gall is D/F#free
It just couldn't Fbe
And only a fCool would say C6that
Only a fDm7ool would say that
Only a fFool would say that C6
Reelin' in the Years
Intro (chorus figure) – Gmaj9 A x4
DYour ever lastinA/C#' summer, you caBm7n see it fadin' fastA
DSo you grab a piece of sA/C#omethin' that yoBm7u think is gonna lasAt
EmWell, you wouldn't even knoB/Ebw a diamond if you hDmeld it in yourA/C# hand;
DThe things you think aA/C#re precious I caBm7n't understand.A
Are you reelin' in the Gmaj9years, stowin away the tiAme?
Are you gatherin' up the Gmaj9tears, have you had enough of Amine
Are you reelin' in theGmaj9 years, stowin away the tAime?
Are you gatherin' up the Gmaj9tears, have you had enough of F#m7mine
DYou been tellin'A/C# me you're a genBm7ius since you were sAeventeen;
DIn all the time A/C#I've known you I stBm7ill don't know what you meaAn.
EmThe weekend at the college B/Ebdidn't turn out likeDm you planned; A/C#
DThe things that paA/C#ss for knowledge IBm7 can't understAand.
Are you reelin' in the Gmaj9years, stowin away the tiAme?
Are you gatherin' up the Gmaj9tears, have you had enough of Amine
Are you reelin' in theGmaj9 years, stowin away the tAime?
Are you gatherin' up the Gmaj9tears, have you had enough of F#m7mine
Gmaj9 A x4
Guitar riff
Gmaj9 A x4
Guitar solo
DI've spent a lot of moA/C#ney and I speBm7nt a lot of timAe;
DThe trip we made to HoA/C#llywood isBm7 etched upon my minAd.
EmAfter all the things we've B/Ebdone and seen you fiDmnd another manA/C#;
DThe things you think arA/C#e useless I caBm7n't understaAnd.
Are you reelin' in the Gmaj9years, stowin away the tiAme?
Are you gatherin' up the Gmaj9tears, have you had enough of Amine
Are you reelin' in theGmaj9 years, stowin away the tAime?
Are you gatherin' up the Gmaj9tears, have you had enough of F#m7mine
Gmaj9 A x2
Guitar riff
Gmaj9 A to fade
Guitar solo
Fire in the Hole
Intro
Dm7 E7 Gm7 Dm7
Dm7 E7 Gm7 A7
Dm7I decline to E7walk the line they Gm7tell me that IDm7'm lazy
Dm7Worldy-wise I E7realize that eGm7verybody's crDm7azy
A Abwoman's voEbice remBbinds me
to Abserve and Bbnot to Cm7speak
Abmaj7am i myself or Ebmaj7just another Abfreak
you know there's Bbfire in tGsus/Ghe hole
Cm7and nothing lefAbt to burn
I'd Bblove to rFun out Ebnow
there's Ebnowhere Ableft to Bbturn, no, no
Dm7With a cough i sE7hake it off and Gm7work around mDm7y yellow stripe
Dm7Should I hide, orE7 eat my pride orGm7 wait until iDm7t's good & ripe
my Ablife is EbboilingBb over
it's Abhappened oBbnce befCm7ore
I Abmaj7wish someone would Ebmaj7open up the dAboor
don't you know theBbre's fireGsus/G in the hole
Cm7and nothing lefAbt to burn
I'd Bblove to rFun out Ebnow
there's Ebnowhere Ableft to Bbturn
solo over verse chords x2
Dm7 E7 Gm7 Dm7
Dm7 E7 Gm7 Dm7
Ab Eb Bb
Ab Bb Cm7
Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 Ab
Dm7 E7 Gm7 Dm7
Dm7 E7 Gm7 Dm7
Ab Eb Bb
Ab Bb Cm7
Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 Ab
don't you know theBbre's fireGsus/G in the hole
Cm7and nothing lefAbt to burn
I'd Bblove to rFun out Ebnow
there's Ebnowhere Ableft to Bbturn
Dm7 E7 Gm7 Dm7 repeat to fade
yeah
bye bye bye bye bye
Brooklyn
Intro (same as chorus)
Bb F Am7 D Bb F C F/C
FA race of angels Em7bound with Dm7one anoCther
FMaj7A dish of dollars laidEm7 out for Dm7all to Gsee
Em7A tower room at FEden Roc, his Cgolf at Bbnoon for frA7ee
BbBrooklyn owes the Fcharmer under mAm7e D
BbBrooklyn owes the Fcharmer under Cme F/C
FHis lady's aching to Em7bring a Dm7body doCwn
FMaj7She daily preaches on Em7where she Dm7wants to Gbe
Em7An evening with a moFvie queen, a fCace we aBbll have sA7een
BbBrooklyn owes the Fcharmer under Am7me D
BbBrooklyn owes the Fcharmer under Cme
SOLO over verse + chorus
F Em7 Dm7 C
FMaj7 Em7 Dm7 G
Em7 F C Bb A7
Bb F Am7 D
Bb F C F/C
FA case of aces Em7done up Dm7loose for Cdealing
FMaj7A piece of island Em7cooling Dm7in the Gsea
Em7The whole of time we Fgain or lose, and Cpower eBbnough to chA7oose
BbBrooklyn owes the Fcharmer under Am7me D
BbBrooklyn owes the Fcharmer under Cme
Repeat chorus & fade
Change of the Guard
Capo 1st fret
C (riff) x4
C (riff) repeats
If you listen, you can hear it
it's the laughter in the street.
it's the motion in the music
and the fire beneath your feet.
all thEsuse signs are right thisE time
you don't have to Amtry so Gvery hFard.
if you Clive in this Amworld
F G C (riff)
you're feelin' the change of the guard.
Amna na na na na na na Fna
Amna na na na na na na Fna
GC (riff)
C (riff) repeats
All you cowboys and your neighbors,
can you swallow up your pride?
take your guns off if you're willin'
and you know we're on your side.
if you wEsusanna get through the yEears,
it's high Amtime you Gplayed your Fcard
if you Clive in this Amworld
F G C (riff)
you're feelin' the change of the guard.
Amna na na na na na na Fna
Amna na na na na na na Fna
G
Solo Break
Am F D Bb C
Am F D Bb C
AmC (riffF) D Bb F G
if you wEsusanna get through the yEears,
it's high Amtime you Gplayed your Fcard
if you Clive in this Amworld
F G C (riff)
you're feelin' the change of the guard.
Amna na na na na na na Fna
Amna na na na na na na Fna (to fade)
Turn that heartbeat over again
Intro
A D
DWith stocking Dsusface I bought a Dgun
Dmthe plan was sCet the pAlan was dGone
Bm7Looked at my watch and E7started for the door
Now the Am7food here Cm7ain't so Bbgood no Abmore
And they F#maj7closed the package C#maj7store
F#maj7Love your mama,C#maj7 love your brother
F#maj7Love 'em till theyC#maj7 run for cover
F#maj7Turn the light off,C#maj7 keep your shirt on
F#maj7 Cry a jBag on C#me
Oh Ebm7Michael Oh Ab7Jesus you Ebm7know I'm not to Ab7blame
You Ebm7know my reputAb7ation for Ebm7playing a good clean Ab7game C#
Oh MF#maj7ichael Oh JFm7esus I'll Ebm7keep my promise wCm7hen F
You C#turn Fthat F#heartbeat Bover aC#gain B C#
C# B A
DMy poison's Dsusnamed you know my Dbrand
DmSo please make Cmine a Adouble, GSam
Bm7Stir it up nice I'll E7hit it right here
Yeah, this Am7highway Cm7runs from BbParaguayAb
And I've F#maj7just come all the wC#maj7ay
F#maj7Love your mama,C#maj7 love your brother
F#maj7Love 'em till theyC#maj7 run for cover
F#maj7Turn the light off,C#maj7 keep your shirt on
F#maj7 Cry a jBag on C#me
Oh Ebm7Michael Oh Ab7Jesus you Ebm7know I'm not to Ab7blame
You Ebm7know my reputAb7ation for Ebm7playing a good clean Ab7game C#
Oh MF#maj7ichael Oh JFm7esus I'll Ebm7keep my promise wCm7hen F
You C#turn Fthat F#heartbeat Bover aC#gain B C#
Guitar solo
Eb Eb C# B Bbm
Abm Bb Abm Bb
G A G F E Eb F
C Bb C Bb Eb C#
F C F Bb Ab F# Fm
C# Ab B F# C#
C# B A
DWe warned thDsuse corpse of WilliaDm Wright
DmNot to Ccuss and drAink all Gnight
Bm7Ticket in hand we sE7aw him laid to rest
Yeah, but Am7zombie Cm7see and Bbzombie dAbo
He's F#maj7here with me and C#maj7you
F#maj7Love your mama,C#maj7 love your brother
F#maj7Love 'em till theyC#maj7 run for cover
F#maj7Turn the light off,C#maj7 keep your shirt on
F#maj7 Cry a jBag on C#me
Oh Ebm7Michael Oh Ab7Jesus you Ebm7know I'm not to Ab7blame
You Ebm7know my reputAb7ation for Ebm7playing a good clean Ab7game C#
Oh MF#maj7ichael Oh JFm7esus I'll Ebm7keep my promise wCm7hen F
You C#turn Fthat F#heartbeat Bover aAgain
(turn that)
Abmheartbeat oBver aAgain Abm