Kid Charlemagne/ Steely DanThe royal scam[ 1976] |
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VERSE 1: -------- Am G6 While the music played you worked by candle light F6/9 Bb13 Those San Fransisco nights, they were the best in town Am G6 Just by chance you crossed a diamond with a pearl F6/9 Bb13 You turned it on the world, that's when you turned the world around F6 G Am G6 Dm7 G6 F6 Did you feel like Jesus Did you realise Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 That you were a champion in their eyes ? C7#9 (alternative for final C7#9 - see intro) VERSE 2: -------- On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene But yours was kitchen clean Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolour motorhome Every A-frame had your number on the wall You must have had it all You'd go to LA on a dare and you'd go it alone Could you live forever Could you see the day Could you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away CHORUS : --------- Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7 Get along Kid Charlemagne (again, the tab from the intro section can be used with the final C7 chord) VERSE 3: -------- Now your patrons have all left you in the red Your low rent friends are dead This life can be very strange All those day-glo freaks who used to paint their face They've joined the human race, some things will never change Son you were mistaken You are obsolete, look at all the white men on the street CHORUS ------ Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne Get along Kid Charlemagne GUITAR SOLO ------------ The solo is transcribed in a separate file - here, I've just given the chords and the two short phrases that link some of the chord changes near the start of the section. (chords above the corresponding bit of tab) Em7b5 A7 Dm7 F/C E---------------------- B--------2--3-5--6----- G---------------------- D--------2--3-5--7----- A---------------------- E---------------------- Bm7b5 E7 Am G6 E--------4--5-7--8----- B---------------------- G--------4--5-7--9----- D---------------------- A---------------------- E---------------------- Fmaj7 Csus2/E Dm7 B7 E--12-10--10--8--8--8--7--8--8--7-- B---------------------------------- G---------------------------------- D---------------------------------- A---------------------------------- E---------------------------------- Em7 D6 Cmaj7 Em7 D6/E Am G6 F6/9 Bb13 F G Am G6 Dm7 G6 F6 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 C7#9 VERSE 4: -------- Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail Those test tubes and the scales, just get it all out of here Is there gas in the car ? Yes there's gas in the car I think the people down the hall know who you are Careful what you carry Cause the man is wise You are still an outlaw in their eyes CHORUS ------ Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne Get along Kid Charlemagne OUTTRO: ------- Fmaj7 Csus2/E Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Csus2/E Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Csus2/E Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 ...etc - keep repeating |