The Royal Scam chords by Steely Dan

• Difficulty: Advanced

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:
Cm7  Gm11
Cm7  Gm11
Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11
Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11
Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11
Cm7 Cm11 Cm7


🎸 Verse 1:
Cm11      Fm7      Gm7         F
 And they wandered in from the city
         Ab/Eb  Bbsus2  Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Of Saint John without a dime
Cm11     Fm7        Gm7                 F
 Wearing coats that shined both red and green
Ab/Eb             Bbsus2  Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Colors from their sunny island

🎸 Verse 2:
Cm11        Fm7       Gm7              F
 From their boats of iron they looked upon
             Ab/Eb      Bbsus2 Cm7           Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
The promised land where surely life was sweet
Cm11    Fm7    Gm7              F
 On the rising tide to New York City
         Ab/Eb  Bbsus2 Cm7   Cm11 Cm7
Did they ride into the street


🎸 Chorus 1:
Cm11     Fm7        Ebmaj7 Dm7   Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the    glory of)
Ab6     Gm7   Gm11 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
 Of the roy - al   scam


🎸 Verse 3:
Cm11      Fm7     Gm7         F
 They are hounded down to the bottom
         Ab/Eb  Bbsus2 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Of a bad town amid the ruins
Cm11        Fm7      Gm7           F
 Where they learn to fear an angry race
          Ab/Eb  Bbsus2        Cm7    Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Of fallen kings, their dark companions


🎸 Verse 4:
Cm11       Fm7    Gm7               F
 While the memory of their southern sky
            Ab/Eb  Bbsus2   Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Was clouded by the savage winter
Cm11   Fm7    Gm7               F
 Every patron saint hung on the wall
           Ab/Eb     Bbsus2   Cm7  Cm11 Cm7
Shared the room with twenty sinners


🎸 Chorus 2:
Cm11     Fm7        Ebmaj7 Dm7   Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the    glory of)
Ab6     Gm7   Gm11 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
 Of the roy - al   scam


🎸 Interlude:
C/D   Gm7 Fmaj7 Em7 Bb/F Bb6  Gm7 E7b9
Am7 Am11  F7 F9
Gbmaj7 Emaj7 Cm7  Gm11  Cm7  Gm11
Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11
Cm7 Cm11 Cm7


🎸 Verse 5:
Cm11    Fm7       Gm7             F
 By the blackened wall he does it all
               Ab/Eb    Bbsus2    Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
He thinks he's died and gone to heaven
Cm11     Fm7     Gm7             F
 Now the tale is told by the old man
          Ab/Eb Bbsus2 Cm7    Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Back home he reads the letter


🎸 Verse 6:
Cm11          Fm7     Gm7          F
 How they are paid in gold just to babble
            Ab/Eb    Bbsus2    Cm7             Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
In the back room all night and waste their time
Cm11      Fm7      Gm7         F
 And they wandered in from the city
         Ab/Eb Bbsus2   Cm7  Cm11 Cm7
Of Saint John without a dime


🎸 Chorus 3:
Cm11     Fm7        Ebmaj7 Dm7   Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the    glory of)
Ab6     Gm7   Gm11 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7
 Of the roy - al   scam
Cm11     Fm7        Ebmaj7 Dm7   Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the    glory of)
Ab6     Gm7   Gm11 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7
 Of the roy - al   scam
Cm11     Fm7        Ebmaj7 Dm7   Ab/Eb
 See the glory (see the    glory of)
Ab6     Gm7   Gm11 Cm7  Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11
 Of the roy - al   scam


🎸 Outro:
Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11
Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7
Cm11 Fm7  Ebmaj7 Dm7 Ab/Eb
Ab6 Gm7 Gm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11
Cm7 Cm11 Cm7 Cm11