The Royal Scam Chords
by Steely Dan
The Royal Scam by Steely Dan is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm7, Fm7, Gm7, F, Ab, Dm7, Ebmaj7 and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tabbed by :
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Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
------ And they wandered in from the city
Ab Dm7 Cm7
of St.John without a dime -------------
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
---- Wearing coats that shine both red and
Ab Dm7 Cm7
green colors from their sunny is -- land ----
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
---- From their boats of iron they looked upon
Ab Dm7 Cm7
--- the promised land where surely -- life was sweet.
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
---- On the rising tide to New York --
Ab Dm7 Cm7
City did they ride into the street -----
Fm7 Ebmaj7 Dm7
See the glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry
Ab Gm Cm7
of the royal scam. ---------
verse 2 :
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
They are hounded down to the bottom
Ab Dm7 Cm7
of a bad town amid the ruins
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
where they learn to fear an angry race
Ab Dm7 Cm7
of fallen kings their dark companions
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
while the memory of their southern sky
Ab Dm7 Cm7
was clouded by a savage winter
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
Every patron saint hung on the wall,
Ab Dm7 Cm7
shared the room with twenty sinners
Fm7 Ebmaj7 Dm7
See the glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry
Ab Gm Cm7
Of the royal scam
verse 3 :
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
By the blackened wall he does it all
Ab Dm7 Cm7
he thinks he's died and gone to heaven
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
Now the tale is told by the old man
Ab Dm7 Cm7
back home he reads the letter
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
How they are paid in gold jst to babble
Ab Dm7 Cm7
in he back room all night and waste their time
Cm7 Fm7 Gm7 F
------ And they wandered in from the city
Ab Dm7 Cm7
of St.John without a dime
Fm7 Ebmaj7 Dm7
See the glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry
Ab Gm Cm7
Of the royal scam .