Steely Dan – What A Shame About Me (Guitar)

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Transcription and chart Peter Kruger [email protected] |Am7/D | | | | |Am7/D | | | | |Am7/D | | | * | |Am7/D | | | |
      Am7/D
I was grinding through my day gig
Stackin' cutouts at the Strand*
     Am7/D
When in walks Franny from NYU
We were quite an item back then
   Dm7/G 
We talked about her films and shows and Cds
And I don't know what else*
                Am7/D
She said, yeah, Hollywood's been good to me
But tell me - how about yourself
          Cmaj7           F13
I'm still working on that novel

        Ebmaj7/F      F13 
But I'm just about to quit

           D                  Db7 
'Cause I'm worrying about the future now

   B7            Bbmaj7
Or maybe this is it

     Fmaj7          B7+9             Bbmaj7  E13-9
It's not all that I thought it would be

       Bb/C    B7+9    Gsus4/Bb  Bbmaj13
What a shame a bout me 

Am7/D
        She said, talk to me, do you ever see
Anybody else from our old crew* Bobby Dakine won the Bunsen Prize Now he's coming out with something new
Dm7/G
Alan owns a chain of Steamer Heavens
And Barry is the software king*
    Am7/D
And somebody told me in the early 80's
You were gonna be the Next Big Thing
         Cmaj7           F13
Well now that was just a rumour

      Ebmaj7/F        F13
But I guess I'm doin' fine

D                      Db7
Three weeks out of the rehab

       B7           Bbmaj7
Living one day at a time

         Fmaj7     B7+9    Bbmaj7   E13-9
Sneaking up on the new cen tury

       Bb/C     B7+9     Gsus4/Bb   Bbmaj13
What a shame a  bout me 

Am7/D                      Gm7/C
        What a shame about me

                  Bbm7/Eb           Fmaj9
I'm thinking of a major Jane Street sunrise

        Bb13           Csus4/Eb   Ebm7/Ab
And the goddess on the fire     escape was you
|Dbm7/Gb | |Abm7/Db | | |Dbm7/Gb | |Abm7/Db | | |Gbm7/B |Abm7/Db |
   Am7/D
We both ran out of small talk
The connection seemed to go dead* I was about to say, hey, have a nice life When she touched my hand and said:
    Dm7/G 
You know I just had this great idea
This could be very cool* Why don't we grab a cab to my hotel
                       Am7/D
And make believe we're back at our old school 

       Cmaj7            F13
I said babe you look de licious

           Ebmaj7/F      F13
And you're standing very close

         D             Db7
But like this is Lower Broadway

           B7           Bbmaj7
And you're talking to a ghost

       Fmaj7          B7+9    Bbmaj7  E13-9
Take a good look it's easy to see

       Bbmaj7   Ebmaj9     E7  F        
What a shame  a bout me

       Bb/C    B7+9     Gsus4/Bb  Bbmaj13   
What a shame a bout me 

   |Am7/D        |            |           |            |
    Shame!                      Shame about me…
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Repeat/fade Transcription and chart Peter Kruger [email protected]