Pretzel Logic Chords

Song: Pretzel Logic
Artist: Steely Dan
Composers: Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
Album: Pretzel logic
 
Tabbed by DJ  7th May 20189
 
These chords are intended to be played fingerpicking,
not strummed. The thumb picks the bass notes first,
then pluck the rest of the chord with index, middle
and ring fingers together, with a swing feel.
Hammer-on the C note of the G4 chords from the
open B string.
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
Bm7/A = x0443x               Dadd4 = x5403x or xx0032
Am7   = x0555x               G4    = 32001x
G/F   = 1x000x               G     = 32000x
Fmaj7 = 1x221x               D     = xx0775
Em7/D = xx0453               Am7   = x02010
Dm7   = xx0565               G/B   = x2003x
D/E   = xx2232 or x7777x     C     = x3201x
E/A   = x02100 or x0999x     A/C#  = x4222x
C/D   = xx0553 or xx0010     N.C.  = No Chords
D/G   = xx5775 or 300032     ^     = Accent the beats
 
See the bottom of page for tablature of the main riff
 
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=====================================================
[Intro]
   Am7 Bm7/A Am7          Am7 Bm7/A Am7
||: /   /___/   /   /  |  /    /___/   /   / :|| [x2]
 
[Verse 1]
   Am7 Bm7/A Am7         Am7 Bm7/A Am7
|  /   /___/   /   /  |  /    /___/   /   /  |
 
        Am7     Bm7/A    Am7
I would love to tour the southland...
G/F     Fmaj7               Am7  Bm7/A Am7  Bm7/A Am7
   In a travelling minstrel show,
         Em7/D            Dm7
Yes, I'd love to tour the southland...
Em7/D     Dm7                 Am7  Bm7/A Am7 Bm7/A Am7
  ...In a travelling minstrel show,
         D/E           E/A       C/D       D/G
Yes, I'm dying to be a star, and make them laugh,
D/E               E/A         C/D     D/G
Sound just like a record on a phono - graph,
      D/E                E/A   C6     Dadd4        C6
Those days are gone for- ever, over a long time a- go
C6  G/F  Fmaj7   G G4 G  G4 G  G4 G
Oh, yeah!      | / /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ |
 
[Verse 2]
  Am7 Bm7/A Am7         Am7 Bm7/A Am7
|  /   /___/   /   /  |  /    /___/   /   /  |
 
       Am7       Bm7/A  Am7
I have never met Na   - poleon,
G/F        Fmaj7            Am7  Bm7/A Am7  Bm7/A Am7
  ...But I plan to find the time,
       Em7/D          Dm7
I have never met Na - poleon,
Em7/D      Dm7              Am7  Bm7/A Am7
  ...But I plan to find the time
       Am7  Bm7/A Am7
Yes, I do,
           D/E     E/A      C/D      D/G
'Cause he looks so fine u - pon that hill,
     D/E            E/A          C/D    D/G
They tell me he was lonely, he's lonely still,
      D/E                E/A   C6     Dadd4        C6
Those days are gone for- ever, over a long time a- go
C6  G/F  Fmaj7   G G4 G  G4 G  G4 G
Oh, yeah!      | / /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ |
 
[Break]
  Am7 Bm7/A Am7       Am7 Bm7/A Am7
|  /    /___/  /  / |  /    /___/  /  /  |
 
  Am7 Bm7/A Am7       Am7 Bm7/A Am7
|  /   /___/  /  /  |  /    /___/  /  /  |
 
  G/F  Fmaj7     G/F   Fmaj7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
  Am7 Bm7/A Am7       Am7 Bm7/A Am7
|  /   /___/  /  /  |  /    /___/  /  /  |
 
  Em7/D  Dm7     Em7/D  Dm7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
   Am7 Bm7/A Am7       Am7 Bm7/A Am7
|  /   /___/  /  /  |  /    /___/  /  /  |
 
  D/E  E/A    C/D   D/G    D/E   E/A    C/D   D/G
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
  D/E   E/A     Em7/D  Dm7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
[Bridge]
  Am7 Bm7/A Am7       Am7 Bm7/A Am7
|  /   /___/  /  /  |  /    /___/  /  /  |
 
  Am7 Bm7/A Am7       Am7 Bm7/A Am7   D
|  /   /___/  /  /  |  /    /___/  /  /  |
 
  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,
   ^
      Am7     G/B       C     A/C#   Em7/D   Dm7
Where did you get those shoes-------------?
Em7/D       Dm7               Bm7/A  Am7   Bm7/A  Am7
      Where did you get those shoes?'
 
[Verse 3]
           D/E             E/A     C/D   D/G
Well, I've seen 'em on the TV, the movie show,
     D/E               E/A            C/D        D/G
They say the times are changin' but I just don't know
      D/E                   E/A
These things are gone for - ever,
C6     Dadd4         C6
Over a long time a - go,
C6  G/F  Fmaj7   G G4 G  G4 G  G4 G
Oh, yeah!      | / /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ |
 
[Coda - Repeat]
    Am7 Bm7/A Am7       Am7 Bm7/A Am7
||:  /   /___/  /  /  |  /    /___/  /  /  |
 
   G/F      Fmaj7     G G4 G  G4 G  G4 G
 |  /   /   /   /  |  / /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ :||
 
[Suggestion for ending]
  Am7 Bm7/A Am7         Am7 Bm7/A Am7           D
|  /   /___/   /   /  |  /    /___/   /   /  |  /  ||
=====================================================
 
                   / = 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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