The Royal Scam chords by Steely Dan

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Advanced

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:
Cm7Cm7 Gm11Gm11
Cm7Cm7 Gm11Gm11
Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11
Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11
Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11
Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7


🎸 Verse 1:
Cm11Cm11   Fm7Fm7   Gm7Gm7     FF
 And they wandered in from the city
     Ab/Eb Bbsus2Bbsus2 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
Of Saint John without a dime
Cm11Cm11   Fm7Fm7    Gm7Gm7         FF
 Wearing coats that shined both red and green
Ab/Eb       Bbsus2Bbsus2 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
Colors from their sunny island

🎸 Verse 2:
Cm11Cm11    Fm7Fm7    Gm7Gm7       FF
 From their boats of iron they looked upon
       Ab/Eb   Bbsus2Bbsus2 Cm7Cm7      Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
The promised land where surely life was sweet
Cm11Cm11  Fm7Fm7  Gm7Gm7       FF
 On the rising tide to New York City
     Ab/Eb Bbsus2Bbsus2 Cm7Cm7  Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
Did they ride into the street


🎸 Chorus 1:
Cm11Cm11   Fm7Fm7    Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm7Dm7  Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the  glory of)
Ab6Ab6   Gm7Gm7  Gm11Gm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
 Of the roy - al  scam


🎸 Verse 3:
Cm11Cm11   Fm7Fm7   Gm7Gm7     FF
 They are hounded down to the bottom
     Ab/Eb Bbsus2Bbsus2 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
Of a bad town amid the ruins
Cm11Cm11    Fm7Fm7   Gm7Gm7      FF
 Where they learn to fear an angry race
     Ab/Eb Bbsus2Bbsus2    Cm7Cm7  Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
Of fallen kings, their dark companions

🎸 Verse 4:
Cm11Cm11    Fm7Fm7  Gm7Gm7        FF
 While the memory of their southern sky
      Ab/Eb Bbsus2Bbsus2  Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
Was clouded by the savage winter
Cm11Cm11  Fm7Fm7  Gm7Gm7        FF
 Every patron saint hung on the wall
      Ab/Eb   Bbsus2Bbsus2  Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
Shared the room with twenty sinners


🎸 Chorus 2:
Cm11Cm11   Fm7Fm7    Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm7Dm7  Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the  glory of)
Ab6Ab6   Gm7Gm7  Gm11Gm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
 Of the roy - al  scam


🎸 Interlude:
C/DC/D  Gm7Gm7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 E minor 7Em7 Bb/FBb/F Bb6Bb6 Gm7Gm7 E7b9E7b9
Am7Am7 Am11Am11 F7F7 F9F9
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 Cm7Cm7 Gm11Gm11 Cm7Cm7 Gm11Gm11
Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11
Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7


🎸 Verse 5:
Cm11Cm11  Fm7Fm7    Gm7Gm7       FF
 By the blackened wall he does it all
        Ab/Eb  Bbsus2Bbsus2  Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
He thinks he's died and gone to heaven
Cm11Cm11   Fm7Fm7   Gm7Gm7       FF
 Now the tale is told by the old man
     Ab/Eb Bbsus2Bbsus2 Cm7Cm7  Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
Back home he reads the letter


🎸 Verse 6:
Cm11Cm11     Fm7Fm7   Gm7Gm7     FF
 How they are paid in gold just to babble
      Ab/Eb  Bbsus2Bbsus2  Cm7Cm7       Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
In the back room all night and waste their time
Cm11Cm11   Fm7Fm7   Gm7Gm7     FF
 And they wandered in from the city
     Ab/Eb Bbsus2Bbsus2  Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
Of Saint John without a dime


🎸 Chorus 3:
Cm11Cm11   Fm7Fm7    Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm7Dm7  Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the  glory of)
Ab6Ab6   Gm7Gm7  Gm11Gm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
 Of the roy - al  scam
Cm11Cm11   Fm7Fm7    Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm7Dm7  Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the  glory of)
Ab6Ab6   Gm7Gm7  Gm11Gm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
 Of the roy - al  scam
Cm11Cm11   Fm7Fm7    Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm7Dm7  Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the  glory of)
Ab6Ab6   Gm7Gm7  Gm11Gm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11
 Of the roy - al  scam


🎸 Outro:
Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11
Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7
Cm11Cm11 Fm7Fm7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm7Dm7 Ab/Eb
Ab6Ab6 Gm7Gm7 Gm11Gm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11
Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11 Cm7Cm7 Cm11Cm11