Kid Charlemagne Chords by Steely Dan

Tempo:
99.15 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

F

Am

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Kid Charlemagne chords
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[C] [Cm]
[C]
[Eb] [A] [Am] While the music played [Em] you were bike and the like.
[C] Those San Francisco nights [E] were the [Ab] best in [Bb] town.
[Am] Just by chance you crossed the [G] diamond with the pearl.
You [C] turned it on the world.
[Bb] Now can you turn [Ab] the world [G] around?
Did you feel [Am] like Jesus?
[Em] Did you [F] realize [Dm] that you [Em] were a champion [C] in their [Em] [C] eyes?
[Eb]
[Am] On the hill the stuff was [G] laced with [B] [Em] kerosene.
[C] But yours was clean and clean.
[Gm] Everyone stopped to stare at you, Technicolor [Am] motorboat.
[Dm] Every [Am] airframe [Em] had your number on the wall.
You [Dm] must have had it [Gm] all.
But [Ab] early on in [G] there and you thought alone.
Could you live [Am] forever?
[Em] Could you [F] see the day?
[F] Could you [Em] feel your whole world [C] fall [Em] apart and [Am] fade [Dm] away?
[G] Did it all.
Did it all get shot [F] amaze?
[G] Did it all get shot [A] amaze?
[G] [C]
[Am] Now your patrons [G] have all [Em] left you in the red.
[Dm] Your low rent friends are [Gm] dead.
Life can [Ab] be very [D] strange.
[Am] All those negro freaks [Em] who used to paint your face.
[F] They joined the youth [C] race.
[Fm] Some things will never [G] change.
[C]
[G] The new world is [Am] vacant.
[Em] You [F] are obsolete.
[Em] [Dm] Look at all [G] the white [C] men on the [Am] street.
[G] Did it all.
[F] [Em] Did it all get shot [Am] amaze?
[Em] Did it all get [F] shot [Ab] amaze?
[G] [C]
[E]
[Gm] [A] [Dm] [Am] [F] [Dm]
[E] [Am] [Em] [F]
[C] [B] [Em]
[D] [C]
[Em] [D] [A] [Am]
[G] [C] [Am]
[Ab] [Gm] [F] [G]
[Am] [Em] [F]
[Dm] [Em] [C] [Em] [Eb]
[E]
[Eb] [G] [Am] Clean this mess up else [G] we'll all end up in jail.
[F] Those test tube men.
Just get it all out [Ab] of here.
[Am]
Is there gas in the [Em] car?
Get this gas in the [A] car.
[Ab] I think the people down the hall know [F] who you [G] are.
Careful what [Am] heart you carry.
[G] Doesn't [F] matter why.
[Dm] You are [Em] still an outlaw in their eyes.
[Am]
[G] Did it all.
[Dm] [G] Did it all get shot amaze?
[Dm]
[G] Did it all get [F] shot amaze?
[G] [C] [F]
[G] [F] [C] [F]
[G] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Am]
[C] [F] [C] [G] [Am]
[C] [F] [C]
[Dm] [C] [Am]
[C] [Dm] [C] [B] [F]
[C] [Dm] [C] [F]
[Em] [Dm] [C] [F]
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
F
134211111
Am
2311
Em
121
C
3211
G
2131
F
134211111
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Let's start jamming Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne chords, Practice these chords sequence - C, F, C, F, G, Am, Em, F, C, Am and G. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 49 BPM before aiming for the song's 99 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: C Major.

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[C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [A] [Am] While the music played [Em] you were bike and the like.
[C] Those San Francisco nights [E] were the [Ab] best in [Bb] town.
_ [Am] _ Just by chance you crossed the [G] diamond with the pearl.
You [C] turned it on the world.
[Bb] Now can you turn [Ab] the world [G] around?
_ Did you feel [Am] like Jesus?
[Em] Did you [F] realize [Dm] that you [Em] were a champion [C] in their [Em] [C] eyes?
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] On the hill the stuff was [G] laced with [B] [Em] kerosene.
[C] But yours was clean and clean.
[Gm] Everyone stopped to stare at you, Technicolor [Am] motorboat.
[Dm] Every [Am] airframe [Em] had your number on the wall.
You [Dm] must have had it [Gm] all.
But [Ab] early on in [G] there and you thought alone.
Could you live [Am] forever?
_ [Em] Could you [F] see the day?
[F] Could you [Em] feel your whole world [C] fall [Em] apart and [Am] fade [Dm] away?
[G] Did it all.
_ Did it all get shot [F] amaze?
[G] Did it all get shot [A] amaze?
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] Now your patrons [G] have all [Em] left you in the red.
[Dm] Your low rent friends are [Gm] dead.
Life can [Ab] be very [D] strange.
_ [Am] All those negro freaks [Em] who used to paint your face.
[F] They joined the youth [C] race.
[Fm] Some things will never [G] change.
[C] _
[G] The new world is [Am] vacant.
[Em] You [F] are obsolete.
[Em] _ [Dm] Look at all [G] the white [C] men on the [Am] street.
[G] Did it all.
_ [F] [Em] Did it all get shot [Am] amaze?
[Em] Did it all get [F] shot [Ab] amaze?
[G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Gm] _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] Clean this mess up else [G] we'll all end up in jail.
[F] Those test tube men.
Just get it all out [Ab] of here.
_ _ [Am] _
Is there gas in the [Em] car?
Get this gas in the [A] car. _
_ [Ab] I think the people down the hall know [F] who you [G] are.
Careful what [Am] heart you carry.
[G] Doesn't [F] matter why.
[Dm] You are [Em] still an outlaw in their eyes.
[Am] _
[G] Did it all.
_ [Dm] [G] Did it all get shot amaze?
[Dm]
[G] Did it all get [F] shot amaze?
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [B] _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _

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This song finds its place within the The Royal Scam album.

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