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*      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      Em7
I 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      G
You'd gamble or give anything to be in with the better half 
 
G              A                      D            A         G
But how many friends must I have to begin with to make you laugh 
 
Dm7   G*       Dm7   G*       Fmaj7
 
 
 
Chorus:
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A                      B7
Will you still have a song to sing when 
 
       Gmaj7                              F#m              E F#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
 
F#m                  C#m               D        A/C#  E      D E
Will 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           G
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose 
 
G              A                          D             A    G
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse 
 
Dm7   G*       Dm7   G*       Fmaj7
 
 
[Chorus]
 
A                      B7
Will you still have a song to sing when 
 
       Gmaj7                              F#m              E F#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
 
F#m                  C#m               D        A/C#  E      D E
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day? 
 
 
[Solo: 1st half of verse chords]
 
 
G             A                  D              A          G
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose 
 
G              A                               D            A     G
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse 
 
Dm7   G*       Dm7   G*       Fmaj7
 
 
[Chorus]
 
A                      B7
Will you still have a song to sing when 
 
       Gmaj7                              F#m              E F#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
 
F#m                  C#m               D        A/C#  E      D E
Will 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).
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