Razor Boy

razor boy - by steely dan ( becker/Fagen ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - transcribed by joe hankin ( wetzil ( at ) hotmail ( dot ) com ) additions/Edits by howard wright ( howard ( at ) jmdl ( dot ) com ) from the album "countdown to ecstasy" capo 1 ( or tune up half a step ) chord shapes : - - - - - - - - - - - - - eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe 244222 xx4454 xx0232 x0222x 02203 x F#m E/F# D A Em7 eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe 2x023x 3x000x x57565 355433 x2424 x D/F# G Dm7 G ( iii ) B7 eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe 3x443x 022100 x46654 x4222x xx3210 Gmaj7 E C#m A/C# Fmaj7 Verse 1 : - - - - - - - - - F#m E/F# D A Em7 i hear you are singing a song of the past; i see no tears F#m E/F# D A Em7 D/F# i know that you know that it may be the last for many years G A D A G you’d gamble or give anything to be in with the better half G A D A G but how many friends must i have to begin with to make you laugh Dm7 G ( iii ) Dm7 G ( iii ) Fmaj7 Chorus : - - - - - - - A B7 will you still have a song to sing when Gmaj7 F#m E F#m the razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away? F#m C#m D A/C# E D E will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day? Verse 2 : - - - - - - - - - F#m E/F# D A Em7 you know that the coming is so close at hand , you feel all right F#m E/F# D A Em7 D/F# i guess only women in cages can stand this kind of night G A D A G i guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose G A D A G you think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can’t refuse Dm7 G ( iii ) Dm7 G ( iii ) Fmaj7 [ Chorus ] A B7 will you still have a song to sing when Gmaj7 F#m E F#m the razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away? F#m C#m D A/C# E D E will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day? [ Solo : 1st half of Verse chords ] G A D A G i guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose G A D A G you think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can’t refuse Dm7 G ( iii ) Dm7 G ( iii ) Fmaj7 [ Chorus ] A B7 will you still have a song to sing when Gmaj7 F#m E F#m the razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away? F#m C#m D A/C# E D E will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day? [ ending : F#m E/F# D A ] you can vary the chords a little from the ones given above . for the Interlude ( before the Chorus ) i think Dm7 sounds good , but a straight Dm is fine too . also , a lot of the G and a chords can be played as Gadd9 and Aadd9 chords , to vary the sound a little . for example , try playing x0242x instead of x0222x once in a while . ( on the original , the piano plays mostly Aadd9 and Gadd9 , instead of plain a and G ) .