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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244222 xx4454 xx0232 x0222x 02203x
2x023x 3x000x x57565 355433 x2424x
3x443x 022100 x46654 x4222x xx3210
Verse 1:
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I hear you are singing a song of the past; I see no tears
I know that you know that it may be the last for many years
You'd gamble or give anything to be in with the better half
But how many friends must I have to begin with to make you laugh
Chorus:
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Will you still have a song to sing when
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?
Verse 2:
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You know that the coming is so close at hand, you feel all right
I guess only women in cages can stand this kind of night
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse
[Chorus]
Will you still have a song to sing when
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?
[Solo: 1st half of verse chords]
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse
[Chorus]
Will you still have a song to sing when
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?
[Ending: F#m E/F# D 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 Gadd9, instead of plain A and G).