Biography:
Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band which formed in 1972. The band was formed by Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) and Walter Becker (guitar, bass), who met in 1967 while both attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and began a songwriting partnership shortly thereafter.
Their music is characterized by dark, witty lyrical narratives, obscure lyrical allusions and complex, jazz-influenced instrumentation and chord sequences, overlying more ordinary popular song structures.
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Other songs:
- Barrytown
- Brooklyn (owes The Charmer Under Me)
- Deacon Blues
- Dirty Work
- Fire In The Hole
- My Old School
- Rikki Don't Lose That Number
- Aja
- Almost Gothic
- Any Major Dude Will Tell You
- Any World That Im Welcome To
- Babylon Sisters
- Bad Sneakers
- Barry Town
- Black Cow
- Black Friday
- Blues Beach
- Bodhisattva
- Boston Rag
- Brooklyn
- Cant Buy A Thrill
- Chain Lightning
- Change Of The Guard
- Charlie Freak
- Cousin Dupree
- Daddy Dont Live In That New York City No More
- Dallas
- Do It Again
- Doctor Wu
- Dont Take Me Alive
- Dr Wu
- Everything Must Go
- Everything You Did
- Fm No Static At All
- Gaucho
- Glamour Profession
- Green Book The
- Haitian Divorce
- Hey Nineteem
- Hey Nineteen
- Home At Last
- I Got The News
- Janie Runaway
- Josie
- Kid Charlemagne
- King Of The World
- Kings
- Let George Do It
- Lunch With Gina
- Midnight Cruiser
- Monkey In Your Soul
- My Rival
- Night By Night
- Only A Fool Would Say That
- Parkers Band
- Pearl Of The Quarter
- Peg
- Pixeleen
- Pretzel Logic
- Razor Boy
- Reelin In The Years
- Rikki Dont Lose That Number
- Sail The Waterway
- Show Biz Kids
- Sign In Stranger
- Slang Of Ages
- The Caves Of Altamira
- The Fez
- The Last Mall
- The Royal Scam
- Things I Miss The Most
- Third World Man
- Through With The Buzz
- Throw Back The Little Ones
- Turn That Heartbeat Over Again
- What A Shame About Me
- With A Gun
- You Go Where I Go
- Your Gold Teeth
- Your Gold Teeth Ii
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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:
-------------
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
244222 xx4454 xx0232 x0222x 02203x
F#m E/F# D A Em7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
2x023x 3x000x x57565 355433 x2424x
D/F# G Dm7 G(III) B7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x443x 022100 x46654 x4222x xx3210
Gmaj7 E C#m A/C# Fmaj7
Verse 1:
---------
F#m E/F# D A Em7
I hear you are singing a song of the past; I see no tears
F#m E/F# D A Em7 D/F#
I know that you know that it may be the last for many years
G A D A G
You'd gamble or give anything to be in with the better half
G A D A G
But how many friends must I have to begin with to make you laugh
Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7
Chorus:
-------
A B7
Will you still have a song to sing when
Gmaj7 F#m E F#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
F#m C#m D A/C# E D E
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?
Verse 2:
---------
F#m E/F# D A Em7
You know that the coming is so close at hand, you feel all right
F#m E/F# D A Em7 D/F#
I guess only women in cages can stand this kind of night
G A D A G
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose
G A D A G
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse
Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7
[Chorus]
A B7
Will you still have a song to sing when
Gmaj7 F#m E F#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
F#m C#m D A/C# E D E
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?
[Solo: 1st half of verse chords]
G A D A G
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose
G A D A G
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse
Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7
[Chorus]
A B7
Will you still have a song to sing when
Gmaj7 F#m E F#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
F#m C#m D A/C# E D E
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).
----------------------------------------
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:
-------------
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
244222 xx4454 xx0232 x0222x 02203x
F#m E/F# D A Em7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
2x023x 3x000x x57565 355433 x2424x
D/F# G Dm7 G(III) B7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x443x 022100 x46654 x4222x xx3210
Gmaj7 E C#m A/C# Fmaj7
Verse 1:
---------
F#m E/F# D A Em7
I hear you are singing a song of the past; I see no tears
F#m E/F# D A Em7 D/F#
I know that you know that it may be the last for many years
G A D A G
You'd gamble or give anything to be in with the better half
G A D A G
But how many friends must I have to begin with to make you laugh
Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7
Chorus:
-------
A B7
Will you still have a song to sing when
Gmaj7 F#m E F#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
F#m C#m D A/C# E D E
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?
Verse 2:
---------
F#m E/F# D A Em7
You know that the coming is so close at hand, you feel all right
F#m E/F# D A Em7 D/F#
I guess only women in cages can stand this kind of night
G A D A G
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose
G A D A G
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse
Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7
[Chorus]
A B7
Will you still have a song to sing when
Gmaj7 F#m E F#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
F#m C#m D A/C# E D E
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?
[Solo: 1st half of verse chords]
G A D A G
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose
G A D A G
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse
Dm7 G(III) Dm7 G(III) Fmaj7
[Chorus]
A B7
Will you still have a song to sing when
Gmaj7 F#m E F#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
F#m C#m D A/C# E D E
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).
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