Razor Boy chords by Steely Dan

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

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
 E minor 7Em7

EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
2x023x  3x000x  x57565  355433  x2424x
 B7B7


EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
3x443x  022100  x46654  x4222x  xx3210
Fmaj7Fmaj7


Verse 1:
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E minor 7Em7
I hear you are singing a song of the past; I see no tears

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

G+G
You'd gamble or give anything to be in with the better half

G+G
But how many friends must I have to begin with to make you laugh

Fmaj7Fmaj7


Chorus:
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B7B7
Will you still have a song to sing when

    F# minorF#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?

E MajorE
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?

Verse 2:
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E minor 7Em7
You know that the coming is so close at hand, you feel all right

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

G+G
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose

G+G
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse

Fmaj7Fmaj7


[Chorus]

B7B7
Will you still have a song to sing when

    F# minorF#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?

E MajorE
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?


[Solo: 1st half of verse chords]


G+G
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose

G+G
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse

Fmaj7Fmaj7


[Chorus]

B7B7
Will you still have a song to sing when

    F# minorF#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?

E MajorE
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?


[Ending: A augmentedA]


You can vary the chords a little from the ones given above. For the
interlude (before the chorus) I think Dm7Dm7 sounds good, but a straight DmDm
is fine too.

Also, a lot of the G+G and A augmentedA chords can be played as Gadd9Gadd9 and Aadd9Aadd9 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 Aadd9Aadd9
and

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