Chords for Steely Dan (Acoustic Cover) - Kid Charlemagne
Tempo:
100.95 bpm
Chords used:
Em
Dm
Am
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] [C]
[Eb]
[E] [Am] While the music [G] played you worked [Am] by candlelight, [F] the San Francisco [Dm] nights, you were [Bb] the best in town.
[Am] Just by chance you [G] crossed the diamond [Am] with the pearl, you [F] turned it on the world.
[Bb] That's when you turned the world [Dm] around.
[G] Did you feel [A] like Jesus?
[C] Did [Dm] you realize that [Em] you were a champion in their eyes?
[E]
[Em] On the hills the stuff [G] was laced with [Am] kerosene, but yours was kitchen clean.
[Gm] Everyone stopped to stare at your Technicolor [Em] motorhome.
Every A-frame had [G] your number [Em] on the wall.
You must have [Dm] had it all.
You [Gm] go to L.A. on a dare and you go it alone.
[G] Could you live [Am] forever?
[Em] Could you [Dm] see the day?
Where you [Em] felt your whole world [F] fall apart and [E] fade away?
[Em] Gidday [Dm] long, [Em] gidday long Kid [Dm] Charlemagne, [Em] gidday long Kid [F] Charlemagne.
[Em] [C]
[Am] All your patrons have [G] now left you in the red.
[F] Your low rent [Dm] friends are dead.
[Bb] Life can be very strange.
[Em] All those day-glo [G] freaks who used to [Am] paint the face, [F] they've joined the [Dm] human race.
[Bb] Some things will never change.
[Dm] [G] Son, you were [Am] mistaken.
[C] You [Dm] are obsolete.
Look [Em] at all the white men on the street.
[Dm] [Em] Gidday long, [Dm]
[Em] gidday long Kid [F] Charlemagne, gidday [Em] long Kid Charlemagne.
[Em] [C] [E]
[Am] Clean this mess up, [G] else we'll all end [C] up in jail.
[F] Those test tubes [E] and the scales, just [Gm] get them on out of here.
[Am] Is there gas in the [G] car?
Is there gas in [F] the car?
[F] I [Bb] think the people down the hall know who [Dm] you are.
[G] Careful what [Am] you carry.
You should realize you are [Em] stealing all on their [Dm] eyes.
[Em] Gidday long, [E]
[Em] gidday long Kid [Dm] Charlemagne, gidday [Em] long Kid [F] Charlemagne.
[Em] [C]
[E]
[C]
[Eb]
[E] [Am] While the music [G] played you worked [Am] by candlelight, [F] the San Francisco [Dm] nights, you were [Bb] the best in town.
[Am] Just by chance you [G] crossed the diamond [Am] with the pearl, you [F] turned it on the world.
[Bb] That's when you turned the world [Dm] around.
[G] Did you feel [A] like Jesus?
[C] Did [Dm] you realize that [Em] you were a champion in their eyes?
[E]
[Em] On the hills the stuff [G] was laced with [Am] kerosene, but yours was kitchen clean.
[Gm] Everyone stopped to stare at your Technicolor [Em] motorhome.
Every A-frame had [G] your number [Em] on the wall.
You must have [Dm] had it all.
You [Gm] go to L.A. on a dare and you go it alone.
[G] Could you live [Am] forever?
[Em] Could you [Dm] see the day?
Where you [Em] felt your whole world [F] fall apart and [E] fade away?
[Em] Gidday [Dm] long, [Em] gidday long Kid [Dm] Charlemagne, [Em] gidday long Kid [F] Charlemagne.
[Em] [C]
[Am] All your patrons have [G] now left you in the red.
[F] Your low rent [Dm] friends are dead.
[Bb] Life can be very strange.
[Em] All those day-glo [G] freaks who used to [Am] paint the face, [F] they've joined the [Dm] human race.
[Bb] Some things will never change.
[Dm] [G] Son, you were [Am] mistaken.
[C] You [Dm] are obsolete.
Look [Em] at all the white men on the street.
[Dm] [Em] Gidday long, [Dm]
[Em] gidday long Kid [F] Charlemagne, gidday [Em] long Kid Charlemagne.
[Em] [C] [E]
[Am] Clean this mess up, [G] else we'll all end [C] up in jail.
[F] Those test tubes [E] and the scales, just [Gm] get them on out of here.
[Am] Is there gas in the [G] car?
Is there gas in [F] the car?
[F] I [Bb] think the people down the hall know who [Dm] you are.
[G] Careful what [Am] you carry.
You should realize you are [Em] stealing all on their [Dm] eyes.
[Em] Gidday long, [E]
[Em] gidday long Kid [Dm] Charlemagne, gidday [Em] long Kid [F] Charlemagne.
[Em] [C]
[E]
[C]
Key:
Em
Dm
Am
G
F
Em
Dm
Am
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ While the music [G] played you worked [Am] by candlelight, [F] the San Francisco [Dm] nights, you were [Bb] the best in town.
[Am] _ Just by chance you [G] crossed the diamond [Am] with the pearl, you [F] turned it on the world.
[Bb] That's when you turned the world [Dm] around.
[G] Did you feel [A] like Jesus?
[C] Did [Dm] you realize that [Em] you were a champion in their eyes?
_ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ On the hills the stuff [G] was laced with [Am] kerosene, but yours was kitchen clean.
[Gm] Everyone stopped to stare at your Technicolor [Em] motorhome.
Every A-frame had [G] your number [Em] on the wall.
You must have [Dm] had it all.
You [Gm] go to L.A. on a dare and you go it alone.
[G] Could you live [Am] forever?
[Em] Could you [Dm] see the day?
Where you [Em] felt your whole world [F] fall apart and [E] fade away?
[Em] Gidday [Dm] long, [Em] gidday long Kid [Dm] Charlemagne, [Em] gidday long Kid [F] Charlemagne.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] All your patrons have [G] now left you in the red.
[F] Your low rent [Dm] friends are dead.
[Bb] Life can be very strange.
[Em] All those day-glo [G] freaks who used to [Am] paint the face, [F] they've joined the [Dm] human race.
[Bb] Some things will never change.
[Dm] _ [G] Son, you were [Am] mistaken.
[C] You [Dm] are obsolete.
Look [Em] at all the white men on the street.
[Dm] _ [Em] Gidday long, [Dm] _
[Em] gidday long Kid [F] Charlemagne, gidday [Em] long Kid Charlemagne.
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ Clean this mess up, [G] else we'll all end [C] up in jail.
[F] Those test tubes [E] and the scales, just [Gm] get them on out of here.
_ [Am] _ Is there gas in the [G] car?
Is there gas in [F] the car?
_ [F] I [Bb] think the people down the hall know who [Dm] you are.
[G] Careful what [Am] you carry.
You should realize you are [Em] stealing all on their [Dm] eyes.
[Em] Gidday long, [E] _
[Em] gidday long Kid [Dm] Charlemagne, gidday [Em] long Kid [F] Charlemagne.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ While the music [G] played you worked [Am] by candlelight, [F] the San Francisco [Dm] nights, you were [Bb] the best in town.
[Am] _ Just by chance you [G] crossed the diamond [Am] with the pearl, you [F] turned it on the world.
[Bb] That's when you turned the world [Dm] around.
[G] Did you feel [A] like Jesus?
[C] Did [Dm] you realize that [Em] you were a champion in their eyes?
_ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ On the hills the stuff [G] was laced with [Am] kerosene, but yours was kitchen clean.
[Gm] Everyone stopped to stare at your Technicolor [Em] motorhome.
Every A-frame had [G] your number [Em] on the wall.
You must have [Dm] had it all.
You [Gm] go to L.A. on a dare and you go it alone.
[G] Could you live [Am] forever?
[Em] Could you [Dm] see the day?
Where you [Em] felt your whole world [F] fall apart and [E] fade away?
[Em] Gidday [Dm] long, [Em] gidday long Kid [Dm] Charlemagne, [Em] gidday long Kid [F] Charlemagne.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] All your patrons have [G] now left you in the red.
[F] Your low rent [Dm] friends are dead.
[Bb] Life can be very strange.
[Em] All those day-glo [G] freaks who used to [Am] paint the face, [F] they've joined the [Dm] human race.
[Bb] Some things will never change.
[Dm] _ [G] Son, you were [Am] mistaken.
[C] You [Dm] are obsolete.
Look [Em] at all the white men on the street.
[Dm] _ [Em] Gidday long, [Dm] _
[Em] gidday long Kid [F] Charlemagne, gidday [Em] long Kid Charlemagne.
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ Clean this mess up, [G] else we'll all end [C] up in jail.
[F] Those test tubes [E] and the scales, just [Gm] get them on out of here.
_ [Am] _ Is there gas in the [G] car?
Is there gas in [F] the car?
_ [F] I [Bb] think the people down the hall know who [Dm] you are.
[G] Careful what [Am] you carry.
You should realize you are [Em] stealing all on their [Dm] eyes.
[Em] Gidday long, [E] _
[Em] gidday long Kid [Dm] Charlemagne, gidday [Em] long Kid [F] Charlemagne.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _