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What A Shame About Me

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|      Am7/D|          |            |              |
|      Am7/D|          |            |              |
|      Am7/D|          |            | *            |
|      Am7/D|          |            |              |
I was Am7/Dgrinding through my day gig
Stackin' cutouts at the Strand*
When Am7/Din walks Franny from NYU
We were quite an item back then
We Dm7/Gtalked about her films and shows and Cds
And I don't know what else* 
She said, yeah, Am7/DHollywood's been good to me
But tell me - how about yourself 
I'm still Cmaj7working on that F13novel
But I'm Ebmaj7/Fjust about to F13quit
'Cause I'm Dworrying about the Db7future now
Or B7maybe this is Bbmaj7it
It's Fmaj7not all that I B7+9thought it would Bbmaj7beE13-9  
What a Bb/Cshame a B7+9bout me Gsus4/Bb  Bbmaj13  
        Am7/DShe said, talk to me, do you ever see
Anybody else from our old crew*
Bobby Dakine won the Bunsen Prize
Now he's coming out with something new
Dm7/GAlan owns a chain of Steamer Heavens 
And Barry is the software king*
And Am7/Dsomebody told me in the early 80's 
You were gonna be the Next Big Thing 
Well now Cmaj7that was just a F13rumour
But I Ebmaj7/Fguess I'm doin' F13fine
DThree weeks out of the Db7rehab
Living B7one day at a Bbmaj7time
Sneaking Fmaj7up on the B7+9new cen Bbmaj7turyE13-9  
What a Bb/Cshame a  B7+9bout me Gsus4/Bb  Bbmaj13  
        Am7/DWhat a shame about Gm7/Cme
I'm thinking of a Bbm7/Ebmajor Jane Street Fmaj9sunrise
And the Bb13goddess on the Csus4/Ebfire     esEbm7/Abcape was you
|       Dbm7/Gb|             |         Abm7/Db|             |
|       Dbm7/Gb|             |         Abm7/Db|             |
|        Gbm7/B|      Abm7/Db|
We Am7/Dboth ran out of small talk 
The connection seemed to go dead*
I was about to say, hey, have a nice life
When she touched my hand and said:
You Dm7/Gknow I just had this great idea
This could be very cool*
Why don't we grab a cab to my hotel 
And make believe we're Am7/Dback at our old school 
I said Cmaj7babe you look de F13licious
And you're Ebmaj7/Fstanding very F13close
But like Dthis is Lower Db7Broadway
And you're B7talking to a Bbmaj7ghost
Take a Fmaj7good look it's B7+9easy to Bbmaj7seeE13-9  
What a Bbmaj7shame  a Ebmaj9bout meE7  F  
What a Bb/Cshame a B7+9bout me Gsus4/Bb  Bbmaj13  
   |        Am7/D|            |           |            |
    Shame!                      Shame about me…
  ‘*‘lick                  Gsus4/Bb  Csus4/Eb  
--16-s15--16-s15---------X--------X--------
--16-s15--16-s15---------1--------6-------
--15-s14--15-s14---------0--------5-------
-------------------------0--------5-------
-------------------------1--------6-------
-------------------------X--------X-------

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What A Shame About Me

by Steely Dan

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7/D

Dm7/G

Cmaj7

F13

Ebmaj7/F

Db7

Bbmaj7

Fmaj7

B7+9

E13-9

Bb/C

Gsus4/Bb

Bbmaj13

Gm7/C

Bbm7/Eb

Fmaj9

Bb13

Csus4/Eb

Ebm7/Ab

Dbm7/Gb

Abm7/Db

Gbm7/B

Am7/D

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Am7/D

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Am7/D

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Am7/D

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Am7/D

I was grinding through my day gig

Stackin' cutouts at the Strand*

Am7/D

When in walks Franny from NYU

We were quite an item back then

Dm7/G

We talked about her films and shows and Cds

And I don't know what else*

Am7/D

She said, yeah, Hollywood's been good to me

But tell me - how about yourself

Cmaj7 F13

I'm still working on that novel

Ebmaj7/F F13

But I'm just about to quit

D Db7

'Cause I'm worrying about the future now

B7 Bbmaj7

Or maybe this is it

Fmaj7 B7+9 Bbmaj7 E13-9

It's not all that I thought it would be

Bb/C B7+9 Gsus4/Bb Bbmaj13

What a shame a bout me

Am7/D

She said, talk to me, do you ever see

Anybody else from our old crew*

Bobby Dakine won the Bunsen Prize

Now he's coming out with something new

Dm7/G

Alan owns a chain of Steamer Heavens

And Barry is the software king*

Am7/D

And somebody told me in the early 80's

You were gonna be the Next Big Thing

Cmaj7 F13

Well now that was just a rumour

Ebmaj7/F F13

But I guess I'm doin' fine

D Db7

Three weeks out of the rehab

B7 Bbmaj7

Living one day at a time

Fmaj7 B7+9 Bbmaj7 E13-9

Sneaking up on the new cen tury

Bb/C B7+9 Gsus4/Bb Bbmaj13

What a shame a bout me

Am7/D Gm7/C

What a shame about me

Bbm7/Eb Fmaj9

I'm thinking of a major Jane Street sunrise

Bb13 Csus4/Eb Ebm7/Ab

And the goddess on the fire escape was you

Dbm7/Gb Abm7/Db

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Dbm7/Gb Abm7/Db

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Gbm7/B Abm7/Db

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Am7/D

We both ran out of small talk

The connection seemed to go dead*

I was about to say, hey, have a nice life

When she touched my hand and said:

Dm7/G

You know I just had this great idea

This could be very cool*

Why don't we grab a cab to my hotel

Am7/D

And make believe we're back at our old school

Cmaj7 F13

I said babe you look de licious

Ebmaj7/F F13

And you're standing very close

D Db7

But like this is Lower Broadway

B7 Bbmaj7

And you're talking to a ghost

Fmaj7 B7+9 Bbmaj7 E13-9

Take a good look it's easy to see

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj9 E7 F

What a shame a bout me

Bb/C B7+9 Gsus4/Bb Bbmaj13

What a shame a bout me

Am7/D

| | | | |

Shame! Shame about me…

Gsus4/Bb Csus4/Eb

‘*‘lick

--16-s15--16-s15---------X--------X--------

--16-s15--16-s15---------1--------6-------

--15-s14--15-s14---------0--------5-------

-------------------------0--------5-------

-------------------------1--------6-------

-------------------------X--------X-------

About What A Shame About Me Chords by Steely Dan

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