Chords for Guitar Lesson: Reelin' in the Years by Steely Dan HD

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[Am] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ How you doing?
We're talking about the song Reeling in the Years by the band Steely Dan.
_ Rumor has it this solo was done in one take.
Starts out on the 7th position on the B string with our 3rd finger.
We'll chromatically go down to the 5th fret _
[F#] [Em] and _ [F#] _ _ then back up.
So 7-6-5, 5-6-7, _ and then the 5th fret on the high E string. _ _ _ _
_ Then 5. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Then we get 2 ghost notes before sliding back into that 7th fret on the B string again.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
And now we're going to move down the neck.
So 5, hammering the 7th fret, [B] and then 5th fret on the G string, bending it [G#] slightly,
_ and [E] then down to the 7th fret A string.
_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ So that [E] part.
_ [F#] _ _
_ [A] _ [B] _ Now we're going to [Em] shift back to the 4th fret on the G string with our 1st finger.
[B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Those hammer pull-off action between 4 and 5, and then your pinky's reaching down to
the 7th fret on the D string. _ _ _ _ _
_ Now [G#m] _ [F#] roll, 4th fret, D string.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ [C#] _ [A] _ _
[F#] _ [A] Now [F#] this part, the key is the timing.
So once we roll here, our pinky hits the 7th fret, 5th, and then we move to the 5th and
4th fret all on the A string.
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [C#]
Now it kind of goes into this triplet [A] feel where you're doing open A, then you're hitting
the open E, _ _ _ _ [F#] _
2nd [A] fret, _ [F#] _ [A] back to A, sliding [N] with our 3rd finger into the [C#] 4th fret, _ barring
with our 1st finger on the 2nd fret D and [E] G string, [A] _ _ _
sliding with our 2nd finger into
the 4th fret on the G [G#m] string, and then completing this G major triad, we'll use our 1st finger
to bar the 3rd fret on the B and E string.
[G] _
_ [D] Now our 2nd finger slides into the 7th fret on the G string, [A#] and with our 2nd finger in
our right hand and our 3rd finger in our left hand, we're going to play the 7th fret on
the G and E string.
[Bm] _
_ _ Sliding up with our 2nd finger to the 11th fret, and then our 1st finger on the high
E string, 10th fret.
_ [N] _ _ So let's go through that whole phrase one [A] more time.
_ [F#] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ Now sliding up to the 15th fret on our E string, and the pattern changes as we move down the
neck here, listen for the pick pattern.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ And then right here at the 9th fret it kind of goes into this gallop.
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] So _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [E] that's just 15, 14, 12, 10, 9, 7, 5, [G] 3. _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Bm] Then a hammer pull off action with open in 3 on the high E string, down to the 3rd [Em] fret
on the B string.
_ [G] _
Same thing here, _ _ but instead we're going to hit the open G string afterwards, [A#] then [D] open
D and G, [G] _ _ then [A] A string, _ [Dm] and then chromatically going up 2, 3, 4, 5.
Listen to the rhythm here.
[G] _ [C] _ [C#] _ [G] _ _ [D] It's kind of like an old school jazz bop rhythm.
So D, G, open A, [G] _ [C] _ [C#] _ [G] _
_ then we go 2, 3, 4, 5, back to the 5th fret on the D string.
_ [B] Now sliding from the 5th to the 7th fret on the D [A] string, [C] reaching up for the 5th fret
on the G string, and then to finish it off we'll go 7th fret, 5th fret, and 4th fret
all on [E] the A string.
[D] _ [C#] _ [D#] And then [G#m] end it on a big [A] A5, _ _ [D] _ _ [G#] and then a D major chord up here.
_ So let's roll it back one more time from the top. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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Good luck, we'll see you next time. _ _ _ _ _
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