Razor Boy - Steely Dan ---------------------- From the album "Countdown to Ecstasy" Transcribed by Joe Hankin (wetzil (at) hotmail (dot) com) Additions/edits by Howard Wright (hakwright (at) gmail (dot) com) Capo 1 (or tune up half a step) Chord Shapes: ------------- EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 244222 xx4454 xx0232 x0222x 02203x F#m E/F# D A Em7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 2x023x 3x000x x57565 355433 x2424x D/F# G Dm7 G(III) B7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 3x443x 022100 x46654 x4222x xx3210 Gmaj7 E C#m A/C# Fmaj7 Verse 1: --------- F#m E/F# D A Em7 I hear you are singing a song of the past; I see no tears F#m E/F# D A Em7 D/F# I know that you know that it may be the last for many years G A D A G You'd gamble or give anything to be in with the better half G A D A G But how many friends must I have to begin with to make you laugh Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7 Chorus: ------- A B7 Will you still have a song to sing when Gmaj7 F#m E F#m The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away? F#m C#m D A/C# E D E Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day? Verse 2: --------- F#m E/F# D A Em7 You know that the coming is so close at hand, you feel all right F#m E/F# D A Em7 D/F# I guess only women in cages can stand this kind of night G A D A G I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose G A D A G You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7 [Chorus] [Solo: 1st half of verse chords] G A D A G I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose G A D A G You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7 [Chorus] [Ending: F#m E/F# D A] You can vary the chords a little from the ones given above. For the interlude (before the chorus) I think Dm7 sounds good, but a straight Dm is fine too. Also, a lot of the G and A chords can be played as Gadd9 and Aadd9 chords, to vary the sound a little. E.g try playing x0242x instead of x0222x once in a while. (On the original, the piano plays mostly Aadd9 and Gadd9, instead of plain A and G).Back to Steely Dan and Donald Fagen guitar tabs
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