Razor Boy Steely Dan
Razor Boy - by Steely Dan (Becker/Fagen)
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Transcribed by Joe Hankin (wetzil (at) hotmail (dot) com)
Additions/edits by Howard Wright (Howard (at) jmdl (dot) com)
From the album "Countdown to Ecstasy"
Capo 1 (or tune up half a step)
Chord Shapes:
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[EADGBE]244222 [EADGBE]xx4454 [EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]x0222x [EADGBE]02203x
[F#m] [E/F#] [D] [A] [Em7]
[EADGBE]2x023x [EADGBE]3x000x [EADGBE]x57565 [EADGBE]355433 [EADGBE]x2424x
D/F# G Dm7 G(III) B7
[EADGBE]3x443x [EADGBE]022100 [EADGBE]x46654 [EADGBE]x4222x [EADGBE]xx3210
[Gmaj7] [E] [C#m] [A/C#] [Fmaj7]
Verse 1:
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[F#m]I hear you are [E/F#]singing a s[D]ong of the p[A]ast; I [Em7]see no tears
[F#m]I know that you [E/F#]know that it m[D]ay be the l[A]ast for m[Em7]any years[D/F#]
[G]You'd gamble or give a[A]nything to be i[D]n with the be[A]tter ha[G]lf
[G]But how many fr[A]iends must I have to be[D]gin with to m[A]ake you la[G]ugh
Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7
Chorus:
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[A]Will you still have a s[B7]ong to sing when
The raz[Gmaj7]or boy comes and takes your fancy t[F#m]hings away?[E] [F#m]
[F#m]Will you still be sin[C#m]ging it on that co[D]ld and wi[A/C#]ndy da[E]y? [D] [E]
Verse 2:
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[F#m]You know that the [E/F#]coming is [D]so close at h[A]and, you [Em7]feel all right
[F#m]I guess only [E/F#]women in c[D]ages can st[A]and this k[Em7]ind of nigh[D/F#]t
[G]I guess only w[A]omen in cages can p[D]lay down the t[A]hings they l[G]ose
[G]You think no to[A]morrow will come when you l[D]ay down you ca[A]n't r[G]efuse
Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7
(Chorus)
[A]Will you still have a s[B7]ong to sing when
The raz[Gmaj7]or boy comes and takes your fancy t[F#m]hings away?[E] [F#m]
[F#m]Will you still be sin[C#m]ging it on that co[D]ld and wi[A/C#]ndy da[E]y? [D] [E]
(Solo: 1st half of verse chords)
[G]I guess only w[A]omen in cages can p[D]lay down the th[A]ings they l[G]ose
[G]You think no to[A]morrow will come when you[D] lay down you[A] can't[G] refuse
Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7
(Chorus)
[A]Will you still have a s[B7]ong to sing when
The raz[Gmaj7]or boy comes and takes your fancy t[F#m]hings away?[E] [F#m]
[F#m]Will you still be sin[C#m]ging it on that co[D]ld and wi[A/C#]ndy da[E]y? [D] [E]
(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. For example, 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).
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