Steely Dan - Song: Any Major Dude - 4 chords required please

Welcome to the forum.  Great song.

This is a tough one.  I hear a F#m7 on "tell" at 2:42, and the chords (I think) you are looking for make up an ascending progression that resolves back to an A on "tell" at 2:48.

Assuming that's right, the question is, how do we get from F#m7 to A in 4 steps?

Try this.  I don't think it's 100% correct, but I think it's the right idea:

F#m7 (tell @ 2.:42)
G (barre 3)
D (barre 5)
E (barre 7)
A (tell @ 2:48)

Play around with those (or variations of them) and see if you can make it work.  Otherwise, someone else may be able to give you a better answer.

***EDIT:***
Disregard the above.  I found a tutorial which sounds more correct:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYeh4mYqH9g

At 6:48, the guy in the video says this should be the ending progression:

F#m7 ("tell")
D7 - not sure about this, but give it a go
F - sounds right
G - sounds right
A ("tell")

Good luck with it.