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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Other songs:
- 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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Miss Marlene
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
|Db/Eb |D/G Bmaj13 |Gbmaj7 A/D | |
|Db/Eb |D/G Bmaj13 |Gm9 F/G |Cm9 |
^ ^ ^ ^
|Gm9 F/G |Cm9 |Gm9 F/G |Cm9 |
|Gm9 F/G |Cm9 |
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Back in double-oh-se ven
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Miss M was queen
Gm9 F/G Cm9
She could roll like a pro rolls
Gm9 F/G Cm9
When she was seventeen
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Wheteher straight or ha mmered
Gm9 F/G Cm9
She was the best in town
Gm9 F/G Cm9
When she release the red ball
Gm9 F/G Cm9
All pins fall down
Chorus
Cm7/F Bbmaj13/F
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
F/Eb G/F F/Eb
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
Cm11 Bb/Eb
Miss Marlene--we’re still bowling
Eb/Ab Gm9 F/G Cm9
Every Saturday night
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Saturday night
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Your move to the lane child
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Played on my heartstrings
Gm9 F/G Cm9
With you long skinny legs child
Gm9 F/G Cm9
And your hoop earrings
Gm9 F/G Cm9
When the stakes were sky- high
Gm9 F/G Cm9
That’s when you’d always shine
Gm9 F/G Cm9
The ball would ride a moon beam
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Down the inside lane
Chorus
Cm7/F Bbmaj13/F
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
F/Eb G/F F/Eb
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
Cm11 Bb/Eb
Miss Marlene we’re bowling
Eb/Ab Gm9 F/G Cm9
Every Saturday night
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Saturday night
bridge
G/C D7+5-9
And then one night
Dbmaj13 Dbm9
Something came apart
Gb13
You were thrown back hurricanes
Bmaj9
And we knew some
Cdim7 Ebm(maj9) D7+5+9
Had played with your heart
Gm9 F/G Cm9
You ran into the dark street
Gm9 F/G Cm9
At University Place
Gm9 F/G Cm9
The cab came up so fast then
Gm9 F/G Cm9
We saw your laughin’ face
Cm7/F Bbmaj13/F
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
Chorus
F/Eb G/F F/Eb
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
Cm11 Bb/Eb
Miss Marlene we’re bowling
Eb/Ab Gm9 Cm9
Every Saturday night
|Db/Eb |D/G Gb/B |Db/Gb Dmaj7-5 | |
|Db/Eb |D/G Gb/B |Gm7addC | |
Sometimes on a
Gm9 F/G Cm9
league night
Gm9 F/G Cm9
I catch her scent again
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Her hand guiding my hand
Gm9 F/G Cm9
We drop the seven-ten
Cm7/F Bbmaj13/F
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
F/Eb G/F F/Eb
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
Cm7 Bb/Eb
Miss Mar lene we’re bowling
Eb/Ab Gm9 Cm9
Every Saturday nite
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Saturday night
Gm9 Bb/Eb Eb/Ab Gm9 F/G Cm9
Every Saturday night
Gm9 Bb/Eb Eb/Ab Gm9 F/G Cm9
Every Saturday night
. . . Repeat
Transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
|Db/Eb |D/G Bmaj13 |Gbmaj7 A/D | |
|Db/Eb |D/G Bmaj13 |Gm9 F/G |Cm9 |
^ ^ ^ ^
|Gm9 F/G |Cm9 |Gm9 F/G |Cm9 |
|Gm9 F/G |Cm9 |
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Back in double-oh-se ven
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Miss M was queen
Gm9 F/G Cm9
She could roll like a pro rolls
Gm9 F/G Cm9
When she was seventeen
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Wheteher straight or ha mmered
Gm9 F/G Cm9
She was the best in town
Gm9 F/G Cm9
When she release the red ball
Gm9 F/G Cm9
All pins fall down
Chorus
Cm7/F Bbmaj13/F
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
F/Eb G/F F/Eb
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
Cm11 Bb/Eb
Miss Marlene--we’re still bowling
Eb/Ab Gm9 F/G Cm9
Every Saturday night
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Saturday night
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Your move to the lane child
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Played on my heartstrings
Gm9 F/G Cm9
With you long skinny legs child
Gm9 F/G Cm9
And your hoop earrings
Gm9 F/G Cm9
When the stakes were sky- high
Gm9 F/G Cm9
That’s when you’d always shine
Gm9 F/G Cm9
The ball would ride a moon beam
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Down the inside lane
Chorus
Cm7/F Bbmaj13/F
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
F/Eb G/F F/Eb
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
Cm11 Bb/Eb
Miss Marlene we’re bowling
Eb/Ab Gm9 F/G Cm9
Every Saturday night
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Saturday night
bridge
G/C D7+5-9
And then one night
Dbmaj13 Dbm9
Something came apart
Gb13
You were thrown back hurricanes
Bmaj9
And we knew some
Cdim7 Ebm(maj9) D7+5+9
Had played with your heart
Gm9 F/G Cm9
You ran into the dark street
Gm9 F/G Cm9
At University Place
Gm9 F/G Cm9
The cab came up so fast then
Gm9 F/G Cm9
We saw your laughin’ face
Cm7/F Bbmaj13/F
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
Chorus
F/Eb G/F F/Eb
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
Cm11 Bb/Eb
Miss Marlene we’re bowling
Eb/Ab Gm9 Cm9
Every Saturday night
|Db/Eb |D/G Gb/B |Db/Gb Dmaj7-5 | |
|Db/Eb |D/G Gb/B |Gm7addC | |
Sometimes on a
Gm9 F/G Cm9
league night
Gm9 F/G Cm9
I catch her scent again
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Her hand guiding my hand
Gm9 F/G Cm9
We drop the seven-ten
Cm7/F Bbmaj13/F
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
F/Eb G/F F/Eb
Can’t you hear the balls rum ble
Cm7 Bb/Eb
Miss Mar lene we’re bowling
Eb/Ab Gm9 Cm9
Every Saturday nite
Gm9 F/G Cm9
Saturday night
Gm9 Bb/Eb Eb/Ab Gm9 F/G Cm9
Every Saturday night
Gm9 Bb/Eb Eb/Ab Gm9 F/G Cm9
Every Saturday night
. . . Repeat
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