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Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan
Chords & TabKeyGintermediate
4.9(102)

Chords in this song18

Intro

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Verse 1

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I would love to tour the southland...
In a travelling minstrel show,    
Yes, I'd love to tour the southland...
...In a travelling minstrel show,    
Yes, I'm dying to be a star, and make them laugh,
Sound just like a record on a phono - graph,
Those days are gone for- ever, over a long time a- go
Oh, yeah! | / /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ |

Verse 2

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I have never met Na - poleon,
...But I plan to find the time,    
I have never met Na - poleon,
...But I plan to find the time  
Yes, I do,  
'Cause he looks so fine u - pon that hill,
They tell me he was lonely, he's lonely still,
Those days are gone for- ever, over a long time a- go
Oh, yeah! | / /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ |

Break

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Bridge

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Am7 N.C. Am7 Am7 N.C.
I stepped upon the platform, the man gave me the news
^ ^ ^
Am7 N.C.
He said, 'You must be joking, son,
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Where did you get those shoes-------------? 
Where did you get those shoes?'   

Verse 3

Well, I've seen 'em on the TV, the movie show,
They say the times are changing but I just don't know
These things are gone for - ever,
Over a long time a - go,
Oh, yeah! | / /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ |

Coda - Repeat

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Suggestion for ending

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/ = Slide notes up

Intro

Am7 Bm7/A Am7 Am7 Bm7/A Am7
e|-----|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----|------3----/5------|------3----/5------|
G|-----|------4----/5------|------4----/5------|
D|--2--|------4----/5---2--|------4----/5---2--|
A|-----|--0-0--------------|--0-0--------------|
E|-----|-------------------|-------------------|
Am7 Bm7/A Am7 Am7 Bm7/A Am7
      e|-------------------|-------------------|
      B|------3----/5------|------3----/5------|
      G|------4----/5------|------4----/5------|
      D|------4----/5---2--|------4----/5---2--|
      A|--0-0--------------|--0-0--------------|
      E|-------------------|-------------------|

Verse Riff

Am7 Bm7/A Am7 Am7 Bm7/A Am7
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|------3----/5----------|------3----/5----------|
G|------4----/5----------|------4----/5----------|
D|------4----/5----------|------4----/5----------|
A|--0-0-0-----0--0--0-0--|--0-0-0-----0--0--0-0--|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below fifteen of the diagrams
Am7 Bm7/A G/F Fmaj7
<25 of 46> <23 of 34> <5 of 13> <8 of 19>
Em7/D Dm7 D/E
<3 of 16> <2 of 36> <4 of 25>
C/D D/G Dadd4 G G4
<2 of 11> <4 of 13> <6 of 11> <9 of 27> <19 of 20>
D G/B A/C#
<3 of 18> <10 of 21> <7 of 20>
The remaining chord boxes can be the default first
option and don't need any reselecting. As long as you
are logged into your account, these choices will be
saved automatically for every time you view this tab

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