Razor Boy chords by Steely Dan (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
  Em7


EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
2x023x   3x000x   x57565   355433   x2424x
 B7


EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
3x443x   022100   x46654   x4222x   xx3210
Fmaj7


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

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

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

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

Fmaj7



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

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

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



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

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

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

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

Fmaj7


[Chorus]

B7
Will you still have a song to sing when

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

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


[Solo: 1st half of verse chords]


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

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

Fmaj7


[Chorus]

B7
Will you still have a song to sing when

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

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


[Ending: 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