Intro: G   A (x8) 
Verse: 1 
  D                A/C#          Bm             A 
Your everlasting summer you can see it fading fast 
    D                    A/C#              Bm              A 
So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last 
       G                   D/F#          F6               A/E 
Well, you wouldn't know a diamond if you held it in your hand 
       D                   A/C#     Bm              A 
The things you think are precious, I can't understand 
                         G 
Are you reelin' in the years? 
                  A 
Stowin' away the time? 
                          G 
Are you gatherin' up the tears? 
                        A 
Have you had enough of mine? 
                          G 
Are you reelin' in the years? 
                   A 
Stowin' away the time? 
                          G 
Are you gatherin' up the tears? 
                        F#m 
Have you had enough of mine? 
Verse: 2 
           D                   A/C#        Bm            A 
You been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen 
    D                   A/C#              Bm                 A 
In all the years I've known you, I still don't know what you mean 
     G               D/F#           F6                 A/E 
The weekend in the college didn't turn out like you planned 
     D                     A/C#     Bm               A 
The things that pass for knowledge, I can't understand 
 
                          G 
Are you reelin' in the years? 
                   A 
Stowin' away the time? 
                            G 
Are you gatherin' up the tears? 
                         A 
Have you had enough of mine? 
                          G 
Are you reelin' in the years? 
                   A 
Stowin' away the time? 
                            G 
Are you gatherin' up the tears? 
                          F#m 
Have you had enough of mine? 
Solo: G  A 
{verse 3} 
    D             A/C#         Bm            A 
I spend a lot of money and I spent a lot of time 
     D               A/C#          Bm            A 
The trip we made to Hollywood is etched upon my mind 
      G                     D/F#               F6           A/E 
After all the things we've done and seen, you find another man 
     D                   A/C#     Bm             A 
The things you think are useless, I can't understand 
                           G 
Are you reelin' in the years? 
                   A 
Stowin' away the time? 
                            G 
Are you gatherin' up the tears? 
                        A 
Have you had enough of mine? 
                         G 
Are you reelin' in the years? 
                    A 
Stowin' away the time? 
                            G 
Are you gatherin' up the tears? 
                         F#m 
Have you had enough of mine? 
Instrumental Outro 
G  A