Throw Back The Little Ones chords by Steely Dan

Key: Em

|Em7     Bm7    |Am      Am7 B7 |Em7     Bm7    |Am          Am7 B7 |

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🎸 Verse 1:
Em7         Bm7       Am           B7
Lost in the barrio
I walk like an injun
   Em7             A
So Carlo won't sus pect
                 F#m7         B  A
That something's wrong here
  G     F#m7   Em7       G     Bm7  Cmaj7
I dance in     place and paint my   face
    Em9      F#m7  Gsus2  G/C
And act like I be  long   here

🎸 Chorus:
G#m7           F#m7
Throw back the little ones
    G#m7        F#m7     A
And pan fry the big ones
    G#m7            A      Amaj7
Use tact, poise and reason
    G#m7   E       B    A  B
And gently squeeze them


🎸 Verse 2:
Em7           Bm7
Hot licks and rhetoric
      Am             B7
Don't count much for nothing
   Em7             A            F#m7     B  A
Be glad if you can use what you borrow
     G    F#m7 Em7         G    Bm7 Cmaj7
So I pawn my   crown for a ride up  town
                                  ^^^^^^^
    Em9    F#m7     Gsus2  G/C    D/C
And buy it back  to mor    row


🎸 Chorus:
           G#m7           F#m7
Throw back the little ones
    G#m7        F#m7     A
And pan fry the big ones
    G#m7            A      Amaj7
Use tact, poise and reason
    G#m7   E       B    A  B
And gently squeeze them

|Em7     Bm7    |Am      Am7 B7 |
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 guitar 🎸 Solo:
|Gm7       Dm7      |Cm7       D7       |Gm7       C7       |F#m7      B7    |
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|D/G  D/F# Em7      |G    Bm7  G/C      |Em7            Bm7           |D    C                    |
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                                         ----------6/8---------------  --------6/8----------------
|G#m7    F#m7   |G#m7    A      |G#m7    Amaj7  |G#m7 E    B    A     B |
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                                                 --------- 5/4 ---------

|Em7     Bm7    |Am7         B7 |Em7     Bm7    |Am7         B7 |
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🎸 Verse 3:
Em7         Bm7        Am7          B7
Done like a matador
I pray for the weekend
    Em7             A                 F#m7     B  A
And hope the little girls still throw roses
          G      F#m7  Em7      G    Bm7  Cmaj7
Else I'll change my    bait and move up   state
                                ^^^^^^
   Em9      F#m9   Gsus2  G/C   D/C
Be fore the season clo    ses

Coda:

G#m7           F#m9
Throw back the little ones
    G#m7        F#m9
And pan fry the big ones
    G#m7            Amaj7
Use tact, poise and reason
    G#m7   E       B    A  B
And gently squeeze them

piano (freely):
|Em      G     C Bb                      F     Ab G7      Cm  F   Bb  Eb
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|A     E F#   F# E     G A       B/A
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