KID CHARLEMAGNE - Steely Dan
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From the Album 'Royal Scam'
transcribed by Howard Wright
Howard@jmdl.com
INTRO:
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C7#9
VERSE 1:
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Am G6
While the music played you worked by candle light
F6/9 Bb13
Those San Fransisco nights, they were the best in town
Am G6
Just by chance you crossed a diamond with a pearl
F6/9 Bb13
You turned it on the world, that's when you turned the world around
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 Em7 Dm7
Did you feel like Jesus Did you realise
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
That you were a champion in their eyes ?
C7#9
VERSE 2:
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On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
But yours was kitchen clean
Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolour motorhome
Every A-frame had your number on the wall
You must have had it all
You'd go to LA on a dare and you'd go it alone
Could you live forever
Could you see the day
Did you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away
CHORUS :
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Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7
Get along Kid Charlemagne
VERSE 3:
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Now your patrons have all left you in the red
Your low rent friends are dead
This life can be very strange
All those day-glo freaks who used to paint their face
They've joined the human race, some things will never change
Son you were mistaken
You are obsolete, look at all the white men on the street
CHORUS
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INSTRUMENTAL
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E7#9 A7 Dm7 F/C B7 E7 Am G6
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 B7 Em7 D6 Cmaj7 Em7 D6/E
Am G6 F6/9 Bb13 F G Am G6
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
C7#9
VERSE 4:
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Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail
Those test tubes and the scales, just get it all out of here
Is there gas in the car ?
Yes there's gas in the car
I think the people down the hall know who you are
Careful what you carry
Cause the man is wise
You are still an outlaw in their eyes
CHORUS
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OUTTRO:
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Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7
...etc - keep repeating
Shapes:
a=10, b=11
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x3234x x07555 3x5453 x87788 6x6788
C7#9 Am G6 F6/9 Bb13
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
1x3231 3x5433 x57565 x79787 x8a9a8
F6 G Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x8786x xa9a8x xxa9b8 07678x 5x56xx
F7 G7 C7 E7#9 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
8xaaax 8a8988 x79797 x57777 x35453
F/C B7 E7 D6 Cmaj7
EADGBE EADGBE
x77777 133211
D6/E F
Any questions,queries or suggestions - please let me know !
Howard
KID CHARLEMAGNE - GUITAR SOLO
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From the Album Royal Scam
Transcribed by Howard Wright
Howard@jmdl.com
b=bend up
r=release bend
so 7b9 means play note fretted at 7th, bend up two semitones
7b9r7 means play note at 7th fret, bend up 2 semitones, then
release the bend. Only strike the string once with the
right hand
9r7 means bend 7th fret note up two semitones (without playing
it first), strike the bent note and release it
h=hammer on
p=pull off
/=slide
E-----------------------------------------8--10b12--10p8-10p8----
B------------------------------------8-10---------------------10-
G----7b9--r7p5---7b9r7b9-r7------7/9-----------------------------
D--------------7-------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
E--8/10/8---------------------------14----14-14b15--14--------12-
B--------------------------13-15/16----16---------------10/12----
G-----------------------14---------------------------------------
D-----------------14/15------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
E-14b15r14-12-------------------------17-----19r17p15-17--15---15-
B-------------------15-17----15----15------------------------15---
G-------------12/14-------14----14--------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------15-19-15-17-19-14------------------15-17b19-17
B-17-----------15-17------------------15---------15-17------------
G----16---14/16--------------------------16-14-16-----------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----5-7b8--7--5--7--5/7-------10----------------8--10--10/12--
B---5---------------------8--------8-------8--10----------------
G---------------------------9-7----------/9--9---9--9---9-------
D---------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
E----------10----8---8-------------------------------------------
B-10-13-------11---9---8--------------------5--------------------
G------------------------9----------------5---5h7p5--------8---8-
D--------------------------10-9-8-----6/7----------------7---7---
A----------------------------------------------------7/9---------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
E-8-------------------------------------------------------------
B---10b12--10---------------------------------------------------
G-------------9--7-7/9------7--9-----7--9-----------------7-----
D--------------------------7--7-----7--7------------7-8-9---9-10
A----------------------------------------------7-10-------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------8-10--11r10p8---------------------------------------
B----8-9-10---------------11---11r10p8--------7b8h14p8r7--5h7p5-
G--9-----------------------------------8bp----------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
^^^^^^^^^^^
In case your worried about this last bit, after bending the note you
hammer on the 14th fret with your right hand, then pull off and release
the bend.
A bit tricky otherwise.....
Enjoy!
Howard