Steely Dan

The Royal Scam

Steely Dan


Tom: Gm

Cm7 Cm6  Cm7 Cm6 
Cm7 
 And they


[Verse 1]
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 wandered in from  the city 
      Eb/Ab   Dm7  
of St.John without a
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dime,  Wearing
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 coats that shine both red and       
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green colors from their sunny is -- 
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land,  From their


[Verse 2]
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 boats of iron they looked upon
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--- the promised land where surely  
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life was sweet, on the
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rising tide to New York -- 
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City did they ride into the  
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 street, See the


[Chorus]
Fm7          Ebmaj7   Dm7       
glo--ry ,see the ---  glo -- ry 
Eb/Ab  Gm7    
of the royal 
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scam,  They are


[Verse 3]
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hounded down to the bottom 
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of a bad town amid   the
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ruins,  where they
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learn to fear an angry race 
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of fallen kings their dark com 
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panions,  while the


[Verse 4] 
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memories of their southern sky 
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was clouded by a savage  
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winter,  Every
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 patron saint hung on the wall, 
Eb/Ab                Dm7    
shared the room with twenty 
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sinners,   See the
 

[Chorus]
 Fm7          Ebmaj7   Dm7 
 glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 
Eb/Ab  Gm7 
Of the royal  
Cm7     
scam 


[Interlude]                  
Gm7  Am7 Em7  F/Bb Em7  Gm7   E7 
Am7  F9       Gbmaj7    Emaj7    
Cm7  Cm6  Cm7  Cm6
Cm7
By the


[Verse 5]
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the blackened wall he does it all 
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 he thinks he's died and gone to
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heaven,  Now the
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 tale is told by the old man 
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back home he reads the
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letter, How they are


[Verse 6]
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 paid in gold jst to babble   
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in he back room all night and waste their
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and waste their time,  And they
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wandered in from  the city 
      Eb/Ab       Dm7  
of St.John without a  
Cm7          
dime,  See the   
 

[Chorus]
  Fm7        Ebmaj7  Dm7 
glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 
Eb/Ab  Gm7    
Of the royal scam .
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scam,  see the        
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glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 
Eb/Ab  Gm7    
Of the royal 
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scam,  see the       
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glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 
Eb/Ab  Gm7    
Of the royal   
Cm7   
scam