Steely Dan – The Royal Scam (Guitar)

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[Intro] Cm7 Cm6 Cm7 Cm6
Cm7 
 And they
[Verse 1]
 Fm7      Gm7       Dm7
 wandered in from  the city 

      Eb/Ab   Dm7  
of St.John without a

Cm7
dime,  Wearing

 Fm7         Gm7           Dm7
 coats that shine both red and       

      Eb/Ab                      Dm7     
green colors from their sunny is -- 

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land,  From their
[Verse 2]
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 boats of iron they looked upon

        Eb/Ab                  Dm7  
--- the promised land where surely  

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life was sweet, on the

Fm7    Gm7             Dm7            
rising tide to New York -- 

         Eb/Ab     Dm7    
City did they ride into the  

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 street, See the
[Chorus]
Fm7          Ebmaj7   Dm7       
glo--ry ,see the ---  glo -- ry 

Eb/Ab  Gm7    
of the royal 

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scam,  They are
[Verse 3]
Fm7     Gm7         Dm7    
hounded down to the bottom 

         Eb/Ab    Dm7  
of a bad town amid   the

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ruins,  where they

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learn to fear an angry race 

   Eb/Ab              Dm7  
of fallen kings their dark com 

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panions,  while the
[Verse 4]
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memories of their southern sky 

    Eb/Ab        Dm7   
was clouded by a savage  

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winter,  Every

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 patron saint hung on the wall, 

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shared the room with twenty 

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sinners,   See the
[Chorus]
 Fm7          Ebmaj7   Dm7 
 glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 

Eb/Ab  Gm7 
Of the royal  

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scam 
[Interlude] Gm7 Am7 Em7 F/Bb Em7 Gm7 E7 Am7 F9 Gbmaj7 Emaj7 Cm7 Cm6 Cm7 Cm6
Cm7
By the
[Verse 5]
    Fm7       Gm7             Dm7
the blackened wall he does it all 

      Eb/Ab               Dm7    
 he thinks he's died and gone to

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heaven,  Now the

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 tale is told by the old man 

      Eb/Ab        Dm7     
back home he reads the

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letter, How they are
[Verse 6]
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 paid in gold jst to babble   

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in he back room all night and waste their

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and waste their time,  And they

Fm7         Gm7       Dm7
wandered in from  the city 

      Eb/Ab       Dm7  
of St.John without a  

Cm7          
dime,  See the   
[Chorus]
  Fm7        Ebmaj7  Dm7 
glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 

Eb/Ab  Gm7    
Of the royal scam .

Cm7            
scam,  see the        

  Fm7        Ebmaj7  Dm7 
glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 

Eb/Ab  Gm7    
Of the royal 

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scam,  see the       

  Fm7        Ebmaj7  Dm7 
glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 

Eb/Ab  Gm7    
Of the royal   

Cm7   
scam
[Outro] Cm7 Cm6