KID CHARLEMAGNE - Steely Dan ------------------------------ From the Album 'Royal Scam' transcribed by Howard Wright Howard (at) jmdl (dot) com =================================================================== May 2002: Corrected a few chord shapes (thanks to Michael Putt for his feedback and suggestions), added some tab for the intro and instrumental/solo sections. =================================================================== INTRO: ------ The basic sound of the intro is like a C7#9, with the contrast of the major 3rd and minor 3rd (#9) highlighted. Strumming a C7#9 shape works pretty well for this. Or, if you have another player to hold the long C bass notes, you can get something a little closer to the original keyboard part with the tab below: (with C bass) E---6----6----6----6----6----6------- B---8----8----8----8----8----8------- G---8h9--8h9--8h9--8h9--8h9--8h9----- D------------------------------------ A------------------------------------ E------------------------------------ VERSE 1: -------- Am G6 While the music played you worked by candle light F6/9 Bb13 Those San Fransisco nights, they were the best in town Am G6 Just by chance you crossed a diamond with a pearl F6/9 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 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 That you were a champion in their eyes ? C7#9 (alternative for final C7#9 - see intro) VERSE 2: -------- On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene But yours was kitchen clean Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolour motorhome Every A-frame had your number on the wall You must have had it all You'd go to LA on a dare and you'd go it alone Could you live forever Could you see the day Could 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 (again, the tab from the intro section can be used with the final C7 chord) VERSE 3: -------- Now your patrons have all left you in the red Your low rent friends are dead This life can be very strange All those day-glo freaks who used to paint their face They've joined the human race, some things will never change Son you were mistaken You are obsolete, look at all the white men on the street CHORUS ------ Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne Get along Kid Charlemagne GUITAR SOLO ------------ The solo is transcribed in a separate file - here, I've just given the chords and the two short phrases that link some of the chord changes near the start of the section. (chords above the corresponding bit of tab) Em7b5 A7 Dm7 F/C E---------------------- B--------2--3-5--6----- G---------------------- D--------2--3-5--7----- A---------------------- E---------------------- Bm7b5 E7 Am G6 E--------4--5-7--8----- B---------------------- G--------4--5-7--9----- D---------------------- A---------------------- E---------------------- Fmaj7 Csus2/E Dm7 B7 E--12-10--10--8--8--8--7--8--8--7-- B---------------------------------- G---------------------------------- D---------------------------------- A---------------------------------- E---------------------------------- Em7 D6 Cmaj7 Em7 D6/E Am G6 F6/9 Bb13 F G Am G6 Dm7 G6 F6 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 C7#9 VERSE 4: -------- Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail Those test tubes and the scales, just get it all out of here Is there gas in the car ? Yes there's gas in the car I think the people down the hall know who you are Careful what you carry Cause the man is wise You are still an outlaw in their eyes CHORUS ------ Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne Get along Kid Charlemagne OUTTRO: ------- Fmaj7 Csus2/E Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Csus2/E Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Csus2/E Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 ...etc - keep repeating Chord Shapes: ------------- The rhythm guitar part in the song plays chord shapes that mostly use just the top four strings. If you have someone else to fill in the bass part this works well - just use the top 3 or 4 strings from the shapes below. If you want to get the sound of full chord (including the bass notes) on the guitar, the shapes below should work well. In some cases, leaving out the note on the top E gives a more compact s hape (e.g try 3x545x instead of 3x5453 for G6). a=10, b=11 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x3234x x07555 3x5453 x87788 6x6788 C7#9 Am G6 F6/9 Bb13 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 1x3231 3x5433 x57565 x79787 x8a9a8 F6 G Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x8786x xa9a8x xxa9b8 0x533x x0522x F7 G7 C7 Em7b5 A7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 8xaaax 8x756x 7x776x x7675x x7x788 F/C or F/C Bm7b5 E7 Csus2/E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 797877 x57777 x35453 x77777 133211 B7 D6 Cmaj7 D6/E F