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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
C7#9
[Verse 1]
Am G6
While the music played you worked by candle light
F6/9 Bb13
Those San Francisco nights, they were the best in town
Am G6
Just by chance you crossed a diamond with a pearl
F6/9 Bb13
You turned it on the world, that's when you turned the world around
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 Em7 Dm7
Did you feel like Jesus? Did you realise
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
That you were a champion in their eyes?
[Instrumental]
C7#9
[Verse 2]
Am G6
On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
F6/9 Bb13
But yours was kitchen clean. Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolour motorhome
Am G6
Every A-frame had your number on the wall
F6/9 Bb13
You must have had it all. You'd go to LA on a dare and you'd go it alone
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 Em7 Dm7
Could you live forever? Could you see the day?
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
Did you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away?
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7
Get along Kid Charlemagne
[Verse 3]
Am G6
Now your patrons have all left you in the red
F6/9 Bb13
Your low rent friends are dead. This life can be very strange
Am G6
All those day-glo freaks who used to paint their face
F6/9 Bb13
They've joined the human race, some things will never change
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 Em7 Dm7
Son, you were mistaken You are obsolete, look at all the white men on the street
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7
Get along Kid Charlemagne
[Instrumental]
E7#9 A7 Dm7 F/C B7 E7 Am G6
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 B7 Em7 D6 Cmaj7 Em7 D6/E
Am G6 F6/9 Bb13 F G Am G6
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
C7#9
[Verse 4]
Am G6
Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail
F6/9 Bb13
Those test tubes and the scales, just get it all out of here
Am G6
Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car
F6/9 Bb13
I think the people down the hall know who you are
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 Em7 Dm7
Careful what you carry 'cause the man is wise. You are still an outlaw in their eyes
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7
Get along Kid Charlemagne
[Outro]
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7
...etc - keep repeating
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C7#9
[Verse 1]
Am G6
While the music played you worked by candle light
F6/9 Bb13
Those San Francisco nights, they were the best in town
Am G6
Just by chance you crossed a diamond with a pearl
F6/9 Bb13
You turned it on the world, that's when you turned the world around
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 Em7 Dm7
Did you feel like Jesus? Did you realise
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
That you were a champion in their eyes?
[Instrumental]
C7#9
[Verse 2]
Am G6
On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
F6/9 Bb13
But yours was kitchen clean. Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolour motorhome
Am G6
Every A-frame had your number on the wall
F6/9 Bb13
You must have had it all. You'd go to LA on a dare and you'd go it alone
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 Em7 Dm7
Could you live forever? Could you see the day?
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
Did you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away?
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7
Get along Kid Charlemagne
[Verse 3]
Am G6
Now your patrons have all left you in the red
F6/9 Bb13
Your low rent friends are dead. This life can be very strange
Am G6
All those day-glo freaks who used to paint their face
F6/9 Bb13
They've joined the human race, some things will never change
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 Em7 Dm7
Son, you were mistaken You are obsolete, look at all the white men on the street
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7
Get along Kid Charlemagne
[Instrumental]
E7#9 A7 Dm7 F/C B7 E7 Am G6
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 B7 Em7 D6 Cmaj7 Em7 D6/E
Am G6 F6/9 Bb13 F G Am G6
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
C7#9
[Verse 4]
Am G6
Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail
F6/9 Bb13
Those test tubes and the scales, just get it all out of here
Am G6
Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car
F6/9 Bb13
I think the people down the hall know who you are
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 Em7 Dm7
Careful what you carry 'cause the man is wise. You are still an outlaw in their eyes
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7
Get along Kid Charlemagne
[Outro]
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7
...etc - keep repeating
Shapes:
A = 10, B = 11
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x3234x x07555 3x5453 x87788 6x6788
C7#9 Am G6 F6/9 Bb13
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
1x3231 3x5433 x57565 x79787 x8a9a8
F6 G Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x8786x xa9a8x xxa9b8 07678x 5x56xx
F7 G7 C7 E7#9 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
8xaaax 8a8988 x79797 x57777 x35453
F/C B7 E7 D6 Cmaj7
EADGBE EADGBE
x77777 133211
D6/E F
Stellar Kart
Stephan Altman
Stéphane (...)
Stephane Wrembel
Stephanie Bentle (...)
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Speaks
Steppenwolf
Steppes