Steely Dan – The Royal Scam (Guitar)

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[Intro] Cm7 Gm11 Cm7 Gm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 [Verse 1]
Cm11      Fm7      Gm7         F
 And they wandered in from the city

         Ab/Eb  Bbsus2  Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Of Saint John without a dime

Cm11     Fm7        Gm7                 F
 Wearing coats that shined both red and green

Ab/Eb  Dm7/G      Bbsus2  Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Colors from their sunny island
[Verse 2]
Cm11        Fm7       Gm7              F
 From their boats of iron they looked upon

             Ab/Eb      Bbsus2 Cm7           Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
The promised land where surely life was sweet

Cm11    Fm7    Gm7              F
 On the rising tide to New York City

Ab/Eb    Dm7/G  Bbsus2 Cm7   Cm11 Cm7
Did they ride into the street
[Chorus 1]
Cm11     Fm7        Ebmaj7 Dm7   Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the    glory of)

Ab6     Gm7   Gm11 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
 Of the roy - al   scam
[Verse 3]
Cm11      Fm7     Gm7         F
 They are hounded down to the bottom

         Ab/Eb  Bbsus2 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Of a bad town amid the ruins

Cm11        Fm7      Gm7           F
 Where they learn to fear an angry race

   Ab/Eb  Dm7/G        Bbsus2  Cm7    Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Of fallen kings, their dark companions
[Verse 4]
Cm11       Fm7    Gm7               F
 While the memory of their southern sky

            Ab/Eb  Bbsus2   Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Was clouded by the savage winter

Cm11   Fm7    Gm7               F
 Every patron saint hung on the wall

Ab/Eb      Dm7/G     Bbsus2 Cm7    Cm11 Cm7
Shared the room with twenty sinners
[Chorus 2]
Cm11     Fm7        Ebmaj7 Dm7   Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the    glory of)

Ab6     Gm7   Gm11 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
 Of the roy - al   scam
[Interlude] C/D Gm7 Fmaj7 Em7 Bb/F Bb6 Gm7 E7b9 Am7 Am11 F7 F9 Gbmaj7 Emaj7 Cm7 Gm11 Cm7 Gm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 [Verse 5]
Cm11    Fm7       Gm7             F
 By the blackened wall he does it all

               Ab/Eb    Bbsus2    Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
He thinks he's died and gone to heaven

Cm11     Fm7     Gm7             F
 Now the tale is told by the old man

Ab/Eb Dm7/G   Bbsus2    Cm7   Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
 Back home he reads the letter
[Verse 6]
Cm11          Fm7     Gm7          F
 How they are paid in gold just to babble

            Ab/Eb    Bbsus2    Cm7             Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
In the back room all night and waste their time

Cm11      Fm7      Gm7         F
 And they wandered in from the city

         Ab/Eb Bbsus2   Cm7  Cm11 Cm7
Of Saint John without a dime
[Chorus 3]
Cm11     Fm7        Ebmaj7 Dm7   Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the    glory of)

Ab6     Gm7   Gm11 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7
 Of the roy - al   scam

Cm11     Fm7        Ebmaj7 Dm7   Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the    glory of)

Ab6     Gm7   Gm11 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7
 Of the roy - al   scam

Cm11     Fm7        Ebmaj7 Dm7   Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the    glory of)

Ab6     Gm7   Gm11 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11
 Of the roy - al   scam
[Outro] Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Fm7 Ebmaj7 Dm7 Ab/Eb Ab6 Gm7 Gm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11