{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1509947,"song":"The Royal Scam","artist":"Steely Dan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1509947-the-royal-scam-chords-by-steely-dan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1509947?type=chord","rating":4.77519,"votes":13,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Cm7[/ch] [ch]Cm6[/ch]  [ch]Cm7[/ch] [ch]Cm6[/ch] \r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch] \r\n And they[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch]      [ch]Gm7[/ch]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\n wandered in from  the city [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]  \r\nof St.John without a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\ndime,  Wearing[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\n coats that shine both red and       [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]                      [ch]Dm7[/ch]     \r\ngreen colors from their sunny is -- [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nland,  From their[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch]       [ch]Gm7[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\n boats of iron they looked upon[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]  \r\n--- the promised land where surely  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]   \r\nlife was sweet, on the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm7[/ch]    [ch]Gm7[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]            \r\nrising tide to New York -- [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]    \r\nCity did they ride into the  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]                \r\n street, See the[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm7[/ch]          [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]       \r\nglo--ry ,see the ---  glo -- ry [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]  [ch]Gm7[/ch]    \r\nof the royal [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]     \r\nscam,  They are[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm7[/ch]     [ch]Gm7[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]    \r\nhounded down to the bottom [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]  \r\nof a bad town amid   the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]      \r\nruins,  where they[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch]     [ch]Gm7[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nlearn to fear an angry race [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]              [ch]Dm7[/ch]  \r\nof fallen kings their dark com [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]         \r\npanions,  while the[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4] \r\n[tab][ch]Fm7[/ch]      [ch]Gm7[/ch]               [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nmemories of their southern sky [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]   \r\nwas clouded by a savage  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]       \r\nwinter,  Every[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fm7[/ch]  [ch]Gm7[/ch]               [ch]Dm7[/ch]  \r\n patron saint hung on the wall, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]    \r\nshared the room with twenty [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]                \r\nsinners,   See the[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch]          [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]   [ch]Dm7[/ch] \r\n glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]  [ch]Gm7[/ch] \r\nOf the royal  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]     \r\nscam [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]                  \r\n[ch]Gm7[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]F/Bb[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]Gm7[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] \r\n[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]F9[/ch]       [ch]Gbmaj7[/ch]    [ch]Emaj7[/ch]    \r\n[ch]Cm7[/ch]  [ch]Cm6[/ch]  [ch]Cm7[/ch]  [ch]Cm6[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nBy the[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm7[/ch]       [ch]Gm7[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nthe blackened wall he does it all [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]               [ch]Dm7[/ch]    \r\n he thinks he's died and gone to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]    \r\nheaven,  Now the[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch]     [ch]Gm7[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\n tale is told by the old man [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]     \r\nback home he reads the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]       \r\nletter, How they are[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm7[/ch]      [ch]Gm7[/ch]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]  \r\n paid in gold jst to babble   [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]                      \r\nin he back room all night and waste their[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]       \r\nand waste their time,  And they[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm7[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nwandered in from  the city [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]  \r\nof St.John without a  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]          \r\ndime,  See the   [/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fm7[/ch]        [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch] \r\nglo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]  [ch]Gm7[/ch]    \r\nOf the royal scam .[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]            \r\nscam,  see the        [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fm7[/ch]        [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch] \r\nglo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]  [ch]Gm7[/ch]    \r\nOf the royal [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]              \r\nscam,  see the       [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fm7[/ch]        [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch] \r\nglo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/Ab[/ch]  [ch]Gm7[/ch]    \r\nOf the royal   [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]   \r\nscam[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Cm7[/ch] [ch]Cm6[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nCm7 Cm6  Cm7 Cm6 \n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]                  \nGm7  Am7 Em7  F/Bb Em7  Gm7   E7 \nAm7  F9       Gbmaj7    Emaj7    \nCm7  Cm6  Cm7  Cm6\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nCm7 Cm6","chords":["Cm7","Cm6","Fm7","Gm7","Dm7","Eb/Ab","Ebmaj7","Am7","Em7","F/Bb","E7","F9","Gbmaj7","Emaj7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}