Kid Charlemagne Chords by Steely Dan

Tempo:
133.35 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

G

Am

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan) chords
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[C]
[Cm]
[C] [Cm]
[A] [Am] While the music [G] played you walked like [C] candlelight
Those fancy city lights [Bb] were the best [Ab] in town
[Bb] [Am] Just by chance you crossed [G] the diamond with the pearl
[C] You turned it on the world
[Bb] You turn the [Ab] world around
[F] [G] Did you feel like [Am] Jesus?
[C] Did you [F] realize [Em] [Dm] that you [G] were a champion [C] in their [Em] eyes?
[C]
[Eb] [A] [Am]
On the hill the stuff [G] was laced with kerosene
[C]
But yours was chinkly
[Bb] Everyone stopped [D] to stare at you
Every [Am] [F]
[Am] apron had your [G] number [B] on the [C] wall
You [Dm] must have had it all
Put an [Ab] air on it there and you thought alone
[G] Could you
[Am] [C] see [F] the day
[Em] [Dm] Could you [G] feel your whole [C] world fall apart and fade [Dm] away?
[G] Did it all
[Am]
[G] Did it all keep shining?
[Dm] [G] Did it all keep [F] shining?
[G] [C]
[Am] Now your patrons [G] have all left [C] you in the red
You're low and friends dead
It's life [Bb] can be [Ab] very [Bb] strange
[Am] All [F] those [Am] day-love Greeks [G] who used to paint the [C] place
[F] They've joined the human race
Some [Fm] things will never change
[E] [C]
[G] Son, your mom [Am] is naked
[C]
You are [F] obsolete
[Em] [Dm] Look at [Em] all the white men [F] on the [Em] [Am] street
[G] Did it all
[F] [Em] Did it all keep shining?
[Dm] [G] Did it [Em] all keep [F] shining?
I'm a man
[G] [C]
[Gm]
[A] [Dm] [Am] [F]
[B] [E] [Am]
[C]
[F] [B] [Em]
[D] [G] [C]
[Em] [D]
[A] [Am] [G]
[C] [Am]
[Bb] [D] [Gm] [F]
[C] Clean [G] [Am]
[Em] [Dm] [Am] [Dm] [Em]
[F] [Em] [Cm]
[E] [Cm]
[G] [Am] this mess up or [G] we'll all end up in jail
[C] Just pass through [F] that, just get it all out of [Ab] here
[Am] Is there gas in the [G] car?
Yeah, there's gas in the [F] car
[Cm] I [Bb] think the [Ab] people down the hall know who you [F] [G] are
Careful what you [Am] carry
[C] Doesn't matter [F] why
[Dm] You are [Em] still an [C] outlaw in their [G] [Dm] [Am] eyes
[G] Did it all
[Dm] [G] Did it all keep shining?
[F]
Did [G] it all keep shining?
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[Em] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [Dm]
[Am] [C]
[F] [C] [G] [F]
[C] [Dm] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [Am] [C]
[Dm] [C] [B] [F]
[C] [Dm] [C]
[F] [G] [F]
[C] [F]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
Am
2311
Dm
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
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To start learning Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Am, C, Am, G, C, F, G and Am. Start with a comfortable 66 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 133. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: C Major.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[A] _ [Am] While the music [G] played you walked like [C] candlelight
Those fancy city lights [Bb] were the best [Ab] in town
[Bb] _ [Am] Just _ by chance you crossed [G] the diamond with the pearl
[C] You turned it on the world
[Bb] You turn the [Ab] world _ around
[F] _ [G] Did you feel like [Am] Jesus?
_ [C] Did you [F] realize [Em] _ [Dm] that you [G] were a champion [C] in their [Em] eyes?
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am]
On the hill the stuff [G] was laced with kerosene
[C] _
But yours was chinkly
[Bb] Everyone stopped [D] to stare at you
Every [Am] _ _ _ [F]
[Am] apron had your [G] number [B] on the [C] wall
You [Dm] must have had it all
Put an [Ab] air on it there and you thought alone
[G] Could you _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [C] see [F] the day
[Em] [Dm] Could you [G] feel your whole [C] world fall apart and fade [Dm] away?
[G] Did it all
_ [Am]
[G] Did it all keep shining?
_ [Dm] [G] Did it all keep [F] shining?
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ Now your patrons [G] have all left [C] you in the red
You're low and friends dead
It's life [Bb] can be [Ab] very [Bb] strange _
[Am] _ All [F] those [Am] day-love Greeks [G] who used to paint the [C] place
_ [F] They've joined the human race
Some [Fm] things will never change
[E] _ [C] _ _
[G] Son, your mom [Am] is naked
_ [C]
You are [F] obsolete
_ [Em] _ [Dm] Look at [Em] all the white men [F] on the [Em] [Am] street
_ [G] Did it all
_ [F] _ [Em] Did it all keep shining?
[Dm] [G] Did it [Em] all keep [F] shining?
I'm a man _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [F] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F]
[C] Clean [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ this mess up or [G] we'll all end up in jail
[C] Just pass through [F] that, just get it all out of [Ab] here _ _
[Am] Is _ there gas in the [G] car?
Yeah, there's gas in the [F] car
_ [Cm] _ I [Bb] think the [Ab] people down the hall know who you [F] [G] are
Careful what you [Am] carry
[C] Doesn't matter [F] why
[Dm] You are [Em] still an [C] outlaw in their [G] _ [Dm] _ [Am] eyes
[G] Did it all
_ _ [Dm] [G] Did it all keep shining?
[F]
Did [G] it all keep shining?
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [B] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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Facts about this song

This song was authored by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.

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