Yellow Peril chords by Steely Dan

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
AbAb Gm7Gm7

Verse 1:

Gm7Gm7      Dm7Dm7
Hunting in the Sea of Japan

C minorCm   DmDm    Eb MajorEb   DmDm   C minorCm
Ambrose left the tourist trail behind him

Gm7Gm7       Dm7Dm7
So bold with his gun in his hand

C minorCm   DmDm     Eb MajorEb   DmDm    A augmentedA  Gm7Gm7  A augmentedA
Of his fuzz there was no need to remind him

Refrain:

AbAb       Gm7Gm7
Tripping over a Holy Man

AbAb            Gm7Gm7
Mind that here you don't choose your friends

AbAb         Gm7Gm7
Ambrose asked for a helping hand

Dm7Dm7      Gm7Gm7    FF    Gm7Gm7
He heaved his chest, and pointed West

  C minorCm    Dm7Dm7  AbAb
To where the river runs

Verse 2:

Gm7Gm7       Dm7Dm7
With Josie back home on his mind

C minorCm    DmDm   Eb MajorEb     DmDm   C minorCm
Brushing off the fruit flies of the season

Gm7Gm7       Dm7Dm7
And 'Brosie was surely struck blind

C minorCm   DmDm     Eb MajorEb   DmDm  A augmentedA Gm7Gm7 A augmentedA
With a sight that defies human reason:

Refrain:

AbAb       Gm7Gm7
On an island of gleaming rocks

AbAb          Gm7Gm7
Jutting up from the blue lagoon

AbAb      Gm7Gm7
A augmentedA ceremonial music box

  Dm7Dm7   Gm7Gm7    FF     Gm7Gm7
And from it flowed, a bright new mode

   C minorCm    DmDm  Eb MajorEb
That made our hero swoon

Bridge:

 Dm7Dm7 C minorCm     A minorAm Gm7Gm7 A minorAm Gm7Gm7
A augmentedA finer minor from China

 Dm7Dm7 C minorCm     AbAb
A augmentedA finer minor from China

Instrumental:
C minorCm Gm7Gm7
F minorFm G minorGm AbAb G minorGm F minorFm
C minorCm Gm7Gm7
F minorFm G minorGm AbAb G minorGm D MajorD Cm7Cm7 D MajorD
AbAb Gm7Gm7
AbAb Gm7Gm7
AbAb Gm7Gm7
DmDm Gm7Gm7 FF Gm7Gm7
C minorCm DmDm AbAb
Gm7Gm7

Verse 3:

Gm7Gm7        Dm7Dm7
The world when the traveler returned

C minorCm   DmDm     Eb MajorEb   DmDm    C minorCm
As you know played out its bloody romances

Gm7Gm7      Dm7Dm7
But Ambrose he knew what he'd learned

C minorCm    DmDm    Eb MajorEb   DmDm    A augmentedA Gm7Gm7 A augmentedA
With his prize in hand he took his chances

Refrain:

AbAb         Gm7Gm7
Soon the sound that delights the ear

AbAb         Gm7Gm7
Blended in with the armies' roar

AbAb        Gm7Gm7
When the warriors strained to hear

   DmDm Gm7Gm7    FF    Gm7Gm7
This new bebop, the shooting stopped

   C minorCm    DmDm   Eb MajorEb
Their guns were bullet-full

Outro:

  Dm7Dm7 C minorCm     A minorAm Gm7Gm7 A minorAm Gm7Gm7
A augmentedA finer minor from China

  Dm7Dm7 C minorCm     AbAb
A augmentedA finer minor from China