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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G6G11 She’s from a small town F6F11 somewhere upstate G6G11Ab6Ab11 I guess she’s somewhere between 19 and 38 GD7/GEb6Eb11 She stays up all night – she drives too fast Db7 I say easy baby- baby slow down It’s never gonna happen (single notes/unison with bass): f gb ab g g g G7 On Pla net D’Rhon da
G6G11 When we go out dancin’ baby F6F11 – she's always the star G6G11 When she does the Philly Dog Ab6Ab11 – I gotta have CPR GD7/G She put on a dress last night made of Eb6Eb11 Plastic wrap Db7 It was off the hook – crazy sweet What everybody’s wearin’ (single notes/unison with bass): f gb ab g g g G7 On Pla net D’Rhon da
G6G11G6 My friends say Jim C6 – you’re on a deadly spree A9A13A9G9 They just can’t un der stand that D’s my F9Eb9D9 Vitamin X Y Z G6G11 She’s always frantic now F6F11 She’s never calm G6G11 She’s not the type of girl Ab6Ab11 You wanna bring home to mom GD7/G But when you need big lovin’ Eb6Eb11 She never stops Db7 Yes it's Monkey Time – twenty four –seven Then of the planet: (single notes/unison with bass): f gb ab g g g G7 Pla net D’Rhon da
|G6A/G | |F6G/F | |
|G6A/G | |Ab6Bb/Ab | |
|Gmaj7Gmaj7-5| |Eb9 | | single notes/unison with bass: |Db9 | | |f gb ab g g g|G7 |
G6A/G | |F6G/F | |
|G6A/G | |Ab6Bb/Ab | |
|Gmaj7Gmaj7-5| |Eb9 | |
single notes/unison with bass: |Db9 | | |f gb ab g g g |G7 |
G6G11G6 My friends say Jim C6 – you’re on a deadly spree A9A13A9G9 They just can’t un der stand that D’s my F9Eb9D9 Vitamin X Y Z
G6G11 Sometimes she’s vicious F6F11 sometimes rude G6G11 You got to be a mind reader to guess Ab6Ab11 to guess her mood GD7/G But when you need big lovin’ Eb6Eb11 She never stops Db7 Yes it's Monkey Time – twenty four –seven
Then of the planet: (single notes/unison with bass): f gb ab g g g G7 On Pla net D’Rhon da
|G6A/G | |F6G/F | |
|G6A/G | |Ab6Bb/Ab | |
|Gmaj7Gmaj7-5| |Eb9 | | single notes/unison with bass: |Db9 | | |f gb ab g g g|G7 |
|G6A/G | |F6G/F | |
|G6A/G | |Ab6Bb/Ab | |
|Gmaj7Gmaj7-5| |Eb9 | |
single notes/unison with bass: |Db9 | | |f gb ab g g g|G7 |