Kid Charlemagne Chords & Tabs
by Steely Dan
[Intro]
C7#9
[Verse 1]
Am G6
While the music played you worked by candle light
F6 Bb13
Those San Francisco nights, you were the best in town
Am G6
Just by chance you crossed a diamond with a pearl
F6 Bb13
You turned it on the world, that's when you turned the world around
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 G6 F6
Did you feel like Jesus? Did you realise
Em7 Fmaj7Em7 Dm7
That you were a champion in their eyes?
[Instrumental]
C7#9
[Verse 2]
Am G6
On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
F6 Bb13
But yours was kitchen clean. Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolour motorhome
Am G6
Every A-frame had your number on the wall
F6 Bb13
You must have had it all. You'd go to LA on a dare and you'd go it alone
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 G6 F6
Could you live forever? Could you see the day?
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
Did you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away?
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7
Get along Kid Charlemagne
[Verse 3]
Am G6
Now your patrons have all left you in the red
F6 Bb13
Your low rent friends are dead. This life can be very strange
Am G6
All those day-glo freaks who used to paint their face
F6 Bb13
They've joined the human race, some things will never change
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 G6 F6
Son, you were mistaken You are obsolete
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
look at all the white men on the street
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7
Get along Kid Charlemagne
[Instrumental]
Em7-5 A7 Dm7 F/C Bdim E7
Am G6 Fmaj7 C6/E Dm7 B7
Em7 D6 Cmaj7 Em7 Bm7/E
Am G6 F6/9 Bb13
F G Am G6 Dm7 G6 F6
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
C7#9
[Verse 4]
Am G6
Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail
F6 Bb13
Those test tubes and the scale, just get it all out of here
Am G6
Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car
F6 Bb13
I think the people down the hall know who you are
F6 G Am G6 Dm7 G6 F6
Careful what you carry 'cause the man is wise.
Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
You are still an outlaw in their eyes
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Get along Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7 C7
Get along Kid Charlemagne
[Outro]
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7
...etc - keep repeating
Shapes:
A = 10, B = 11
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C7#9 Am G6 F6/9 Bb13
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F6 G Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7
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F7 G7 C7 E7#9 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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F/C B7 E7 D6 Cmaj7
EADGBE EADGBE
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D6/E F
