Pretzel Logic

Words & Music:

Steely Dan

 

Am7                                     FM7                Am7

I would love to tour the Southland in a traveling minstrel show.

         Dm7                                                Am7

Yes, I'd love to tour the Southland in a traveling minstrel show.

         D             E        C         D

Yes, I'm dying to be a star and make them laugh.

D                 E             C    D

Sound just like a record on the phonograph.

      D                AM7   C      D          C   FM7    G

Those days are gone forever, over a long time ago, oh, yeah

 

I have never met Napoleon, but I plan to find the time.

I have never met Napoleon, but I plan to find the time, yes I do.

'Cause he looks so fine upon that hill.

They tell me he was lonely, he's lonely still.

Those days are gone forever, over a long time ago, oh, yeah.

 

  Am7                          FM7

I stepped up on the platform; a man gave me the news.

   Am7                                   Am      Am/B    Am/C Am/C#  Dm

He said, "You must be joking, son, where did you get those shoes?

      Am7

Where did you get those shoes?"

        D               E         C     D

Well, I seen him on the T.V., the movie show.

     D                 E              C          D

They say the times are changin' but I just don't know.

      D                  AM7   C      D        C    Fm7 G    Am

These things are gone forever, over a long time ago, oh, yeah.