Steely Dan – Razor Boy chords

		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   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
244222   xx4454   xx0232   x0222x   02203x
  F#m     E/F#      D         A      Em7


EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
2x023x   3x000x   x57565   355433   x2424x
 D/F#      G        Dm7    G(III)     B7


EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
3x443x   022100   x46654   x4222x   xx3210
Gmaj7      E       C#m      A/C#     Fmaj7


Verse 1:
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F#m            E/F#       D           A      Em7I hear you are singing a song of the past; I see no tears 

F#m             E/F#          D          A        Em7      D/F#I know that you know that it may be the last for many years 

G		      A              D            A      GYou'd gamble or give anything to be in with the better half 

G              A                      D            A         GBut how many friends must I have to begin with to make you laugh 

Dm7   G(III)   Dm7   G(III)   Fmaj7



Chorus:
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A        	       B7	Will you still have a song to sing when 

       Gmaj7                              F#m              E F#mThe razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?

F#m                  C#m               D        A/C#  E      D EWill you still be singing it on that cold and windy day? 



Verse 2:
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F#m		  E/F#      D            A        Em7             You know that the coming is so close at hand, you feel all right 

F#m          E/F#      D          A         Em7        D/F#        I guess only women in cages can stand this kind of night 

G             A            	 D             A           GI guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose 

G              A                          D             A    GYou think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse 

Dm7   G(III)   Dm7   G(III)   Fmaj7


[Chorus]

A        	       B7	Will you still have a song to sing when 

       Gmaj7                              F#m              E F#mThe razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?

F#m                  C#m               D        A/C#  E      D EWill you still be singing it on that cold and windy day? 


[Solo: 1st half of verse chords]


G             A                  D              A          GI guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose 

G              A                       	D            A     GYou think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse 

Dm7   G(III)   Dm7   G(III)   Fmaj7


[Chorus]

A        	       B7	Will you still have a song to sing when 

       Gmaj7                              F#m              E F#mThe razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?

F#m                  C#m               D        A/C#  E      D EWill you still be singing it on that cold and windy day? 


[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).