Steely Dan – Barrytown (Guitar)

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Intro A D/A D/A Em/A A D/A G/A A D/A G/A A x2 Verse 1
A              Bm            D         E          A
I'm not one to look behind I know that times must change

A                 Bm             D         E    A
But over there in Barrytown they do things very strange

F#m                      C#m
And though you're not my enemy

  D           C#m       Bm      E
I like things like they used to be

    A                      Bm               
And though you'd like some company

    D        C#m     Bm
I'm standing by myself

   D         C#m      Bm
Go play with someone else

      F#m    E        D     C#m      Bm        E      A
I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown
Interlude/Riff A D/A D/A Em/A A D/A G/A A D/A G/A A Verse 2
A                 Bm          D       E        A
Don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard

A               Bm             D        E       A
I just read the Daily News and swear by every word

    F#m                  C#m
And don't think that I'm out of line

    D        C#m     Bm      E  
For speaking out for what is mine

A                   Bm
I'd like to see you do just fine

     D      C#m       Bm
But look at what you wear

        D       C#m      Bm
And the way you cut your hair

      F#m    E        D     C#m      Bm        E    A
I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown
Riff/2 A D/A D/A Em/A Bridge
F          Am7                        Bbmaj7
  In the beginning we recall that the word was hurled

F           Am7                   Bbmaj7
  Barrytown people got to be from another world
Riff A D/A D/A Em/A A D/A G/A A D/A G/A A Verse 3
A                Bm               D      E        A
Leave me or I'll be just like the others you will meet

A                 Bm             D       E       A
They won't act as kindly if they see you on the street

    F#m                 C#m
And don't you scream or make a shout

     D       C#m     Bm    E  
It's nothing you can do about

A                  Bm
It was there where you came out

       D       C#m     Bm     
It's a special lack of grace

      D      C#m     Bm        
I can see it in your face

      F#m    E        D     C#m      Bm        E    A
I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown
Riff A D/A D/A Em/A x6