Chords for Steely Dan What A Shame About Me

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I [Am] was grinding through my day, getting stuck and cut out at [A] the strand. _
When [Am] in was Franny from NYU, [Dm] we were [Am] quiet at night [Dm] and back then. _
_ We talked about our films and shows and CDs, [G] [Dm] I don't know what [Gm] else.
She [Am] said, yeah, _ Hollywood's been good to me, [Dm] but tell [Am] me, how about [A] [D] yours then? _
[C] I'm still [F] working on a [Eb] novel, but I'm guessing [F] that's a quit.
[D] I'm worrying about the future [B] now, I really [Gm] need this to end.
[F] It's not all [B] that I thought it [Db] would be, [C] what [B] a shame about me.
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She said, I talk [Am] to me, [Dm] do [Am] you ever see anybody else from our old [E] group? _
_ [Am] I didn't kind [A] of want the bonus surprise, [Dm] [Am] it's coming up with something [G] new. _
_ [Dm] I'll have a little [F] tang of [G] steam, I haven't [Dm] been firing in a [G] stockware case. _
And if [Am] somebody told [A] me in the early days, this was gonna be the next big thing. _
[C] Well, now that was just a rule, [Cm] but I guess [F] I'm doing fine.
[D] Three [Db] weeks out of the [B] rehab, living one [Bb] day at a time.
[F] Sneaking up on [B] London's stage, [Db] I'll be in.
[C] What a [A] shame about me.
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] What a shame [Bb] about me.
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I'm thinking [Db] of the me today, [C] spritz on the night.
And [Bb] I got this [Eb] under fire, it's getting [Dbm] old with you. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ Boat ran out of smallpox, [D] the [Am] next she seemed to [A] throw dead.
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I [Am] was about to say, hey, have a nice life, she touched my hand and [Dm] said, whoop.
[Dm] I just had a great idea, _ it would be very [G] cool. _
[Am] Why don't we grab a cab to my hotel and make a leave of back at our old [D] school. _
[B] I said, thank [F] you, the delicious [Cm] and you're standing [F] very close.
[D] Like this is lower [B] Broadway and I'm talking [Bb] to a ghost.
[F] Hey, _ [B] _ _ _ [Db] _
what [Bb] a [Eb] shame about me.
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What a [Bm] shame about me.
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_ [A] Shame. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I say.
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[Am] I say.
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